200 Hour Multi-Style Yoga Teacher Training, Rishikesh

The 200 Hour Multi-Style Yoga Teacher Training at Tattvaa Yogashala in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, is a foundational yoga teacher training course for people who want to study and teach yoga in the setting where much of modern yoga practice has taken root. It draws on multi-style yoga, ashtanga, pranayama and yoga nidra, and it is one of several course lengths the school offers. Teaching is in English.

Tattvaa Yogashala was founded by Yogi Kamal Singh and has been a registered yoga school since May 2012. It holds Yoga Alliance registrations as an RYS 200, RYS 300 and E-RYT 500 school.

What to Expect

The material for this course names the practices rather than a day-by-day timetable, so expect a training built around the school's four strands: multi-style asana, ashtanga, pranayama (breath practice) and yoga nidra. The school also teaches Mysore style ashtanga and honors the lineage of Sri K Pattabhi Jois, which gives the training a grounding in the ashtanga method alongside broader multi-style work.

The school also runs pranayama, yoga nidra and ashtanga retreats, as well as 100, 300 and 500 hour trainings. If you are weighing course lengths, the 200 hour training sits in the middle of that range.

Who Teaches

Yogi Kamal Singh is the founder of Tattvaa Yogashala. Alongside him, the school lists Sunil Sharma Ji as a pranayama and meditation teacher, Yogi Upendra Ji as a highly qualified yoga teacher, and Swami Omkarananda, who is associated with psychokinesis and psychic healing. The school describes 26 years of experience, and it carries a 4.9 rating from more than 200 reviews on its own listings, with a separate Yoga Alliance profile rating of 4.66 from 205 reviews.

The Setting

The school stands in Swarg Ashram, near Ram Jhula, in Rishikesh, on the Ganges in the Himalayan foothills. Two room options are offered, chosen on the application form: couple sharing, a shared room for two guests when the course allows it, and a private room for one guest, which is available on all courses and is the only option for some programmes.

Getting there is straightforward:

- By air: fly from Delhi to Dehradun Airport (DED), then take a pre-booked taxi, about 45 minutes to Rishikesh.
- By road: a private taxi from Delhi takes 5 to 6 hours and suits late arrivals or heavy luggage.
- By train: take a train from Delhi to Haridwar, 4 to 5 hours, then a taxi of about 30 minutes to the school.

Before You Go

The application form lists no prerequisites or experience requirements for the 200 hour course. Applying takes about two minutes and requires no payment at that stage. The school's team replies within 48 hours, by email or WhatsApp, and the replies come from staff rather than an autoresponder.

Airport pickup is available for an extra fee. It is not included in the course and is quoted once your arrival details are known. The school has also offered an early bird discount of 10 percent for enrolling three months before the start date.