Yoga Articles And Blog
Fees & value
What is the Right Price of Yoga TTC & Retreats?
If price is your concern while choosing a yoga teacher training or a retreat, this is the article for you. What an all-inclusive fee should actually cover, where the real differences between schools lie, and which cheap offers end up costing more once you arrive.
- What the fee should include: tuition, a room, three meals a day, course materials and the Yoga Alliance certificate, with nothing added on arrival.
- Where hidden costs appear: airport transfer, treatments, excursions and certification fees quoted separately from the headline price.
- How to check a school is real: Yoga Alliance registration, named teachers with verifiable credentials, and reviews that mention them by name.
Certification
Is Yoga Alliance Certification from India Valid in the USA?
Will a teacher training certificate from India count when you return home? What RYS and RYT mean, what Yoga Alliance registration is and is not, and what to check before you book.
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Choosing a programme
Ashram vs Yoga Retreat vs Yoga Teacher Training in India
An ashram stay, a yoga retreat and a yoga teacher training can look alike from a distance. How they differ in purpose, schedule, free time and certification, and how to choose.
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International students
Yoga Teacher Training in India for Western Students
Your first yoga teacher training in India? Twenty honest points on food, water, weather, visas, ashram life and the difficult days, from a teacher who has welcomed Western students for years.
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Group retreats
Group Yoga & Ayurveda Retreat in India: A Rishikesh Guide
Yoga teachers, studios and groups of friends can experience Yoga and Ayurveda at their source. What a group retreat in Rishikesh includes, how long to stay, and how the ashram shapes the programme around your group.
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Choosing a destination
Why Rishikesh Is the World Capital of Yoga
Bali promises villas, Thailand beach shalas, Goa golden sunsets. Yet serious practitioners still fly straight into the Himalayan foothills. Here is why Rishikesh is the yoga capital of the world.
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Fees & value
How Much Does Yoga Teacher Training in Rishikesh Cost?
Course prices in Rishikesh run from $600 to over $2,500. This is what each level actually costs, the four factors that set the price, and how to tell a genuine ashram from a cut-corner bargain.
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Styles compared
Ashtanga vs Kundalini vs Yin Yoga: Which Style Suits You?
Ashtanga, Kundalini and Yin share one goal but almost nothing else. One builds heat and discipline, one works with energy and breath, one holds deep stillness. Here is how to pick your path.
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Yogic science & wellbeing
How Yoga Brings so Many Benefits
If you are asking why you should learn yoga, the honest answer is: why not? Yoga is not merely exercise. It is a tested method for settling the body, the breath and the mind together, which is exactly what a fast, distracted life takes away from you.
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Kundalini & energy
What Is Kundalini Yoga?
Kundalini Yoga is one of the eight most ancient traditions of yoga, also known as Hatha Kundalini or Kundalini Tantra. It works on awakening the chakras through rigorous pranayama, bandha, mudra and mantra, and it is best learned under a teacher rather than from a book.
Read articleSri Yoga Ashram runs its accredited 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training in four specialised streams in Rishikesh: Ashtanga, Kundalini, Yin and Meditation.
