Yoga teacher training in India
India certifies more yoga teachers than any other country, and almost all of it is residential: you join a fixed cohort, live on site, and practise twice a day for three to four weeks. That format is the reason an Indian course costs a fraction of the same qualification taken in Europe or North America, because the advertised price normally covers a room and every meal as well as the teaching.
Aatm Yogashala · Rishikesh
Aatm Yogashala · Rishikesh
Om Shanti Om Yoga School · Rishikesh
Om Shanti Om Yoga School · Rishikesh
Om Shanti Om Yoga School · Rishikesh
Om Shanti Om Yoga School · Rishikesh
Om Shanti Om Yoga School · Rishikesh
Rishikesh Yog Peeth · Rishikesh
Rishikesh Yog Peeth · Rishikesh
Rishikesh Yog Peeth · Rishikesh
Tattvaa Yogashala · Rishikesh
Samyak Yoga · Mysore
Rishikesh Yog Peeth · Rishikesh
Sattva Yoga Academy · Rishikesh
Sattva Yoga Academy · Rishikesh
Rishikesh Vinyasa Yoga School · Rishikesh
Sattva Yoga Academy · Rishikesh
Aatm Yogashala · Rishikesh
Om Shanti Om Yoga School · Rishikesh
Om Shanti Om Yoga School · Rishikesh
Sattva Yoga Academy · Rishikesh
Choosing a teacher training in India
Two places account for most of what runs, and they are not interchangeable. Rishikesh, in the Himalayan foothills, is where the large multi-style schools cluster, and it is where you go for a general 200-hour certificate that draws on hatha, vinyasa and ashtanga together. Mysore, in the south, is the home of ashtanga in the Pattabhi Jois lineage, and courses there tend to be smaller, longer and aimed at people already committed to one method.
The 200-hour course is the entry qualification and assumes no teaching experience. A 300-hour course builds on it and expects you to hold a 200 already; a 500-hour programme is the two run together across roughly eight weeks. Yoga Alliance registration is the usual standard schools quote, and it is worth confirming directly with the school rather than taking a badge on a website at face value.
Season shapes the calendar more than most people expect. September to April is the comfortable window across the north, October to March is the busiest, and courses fill earliest then. May and June are severely hot. The monsoon from July to mid-September brings heavy rain, quieter cohorts and lower prices. The south runs on a different pattern, with the heaviest rain arriving later.
Prices on this page are the figures each school advertises on its own course page, read again every time the page loads. Where a school quotes several rates for one course, usually a shared room and a private one, the figure shown is the lowest you could actually pay.
Common questions
- How much does a yoga teacher training in India cost?
- Across the courses listed here, prices run from a few hundred dollars for a short 100-hour course to over four thousand for a long residential 500-hour programme. A 200-hour certificate in Rishikesh typically sits around $1,000. Almost all of these figures include accommodation and meals for the full course.
- Is a teacher training in India recognised elsewhere?
- Yoga Alliance registration is the standard most schools quote, and a certificate from a registered school is accepted the same way wherever it was earned. Check the school's registration yourself rather than relying on a logo, and confirm which teachers are leading your specific dates.
- Rishikesh or Mysore?
- Rishikesh if you want a general certificate covering several styles, which is what most first courses are, and the widest choice of dates. Mysore if you are committed to ashtanga in the Pattabhi Jois lineage and want to study it in the place it comes from.