Yoga Teacher Training (TTC) – Rudraprayag, Himalayas, India

Intensive 4-week training

International Sivananda yoga teacher training

The first yoga teacher training in the West

Enrich your own life and the lives of others

Become a yoga teacher

This four-week intensive program includes 401 teaching hours of 45 minutes each.

On completion, participants receive a diploma from the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres.

You will also receive an international certificate recognized by Yoga Alliance as meeting the 200-hour training standard for Registered Yoga Schools (RYS).

This training is the core module of a two-year Sivananda yoga teacher training program and is recognized by the German health insurance system.

The course was founded in 1969 by Swami Vishnudevananda, with the aim of spreading peace in the world through yoga.

Sivananda Yoga Teacher Training Courses (TTC) are considered the most comprehensive and traditional yoga teacher training courses in the West. Since 1969, more than 50,000 people worldwide have completed them.

Course dates and locations

In Europe and North India

Reith, Tyrol, Austria

2026 January 25 – February 22

2026 February 28 – March 29

2026 May 9 – June 7

Language: German and English

Price: €3770 | €2671 (limited number)

Rudraprayag, Himalayas, India

2026 February 21 – March 22

2026 October 21 – November 19

Language: English, German, French, Spanish

From €3100

Orléans, Loire Valley, France

2026 January 3 – February 1

2026 February 7 – March 8

2026 March 14 – April 12

Language: French, French and English (only in July)

From €2330

In Lithuania

2026 May 23 – June 20

Language: English, Lithuanian, Polish, Russian

Training plan

Yoga teacher training topics

• Asanas and pranayama: intensive practice and teaching methods
• Kriyas: cleansing exercises for the physical body
• Anatomy and physiology: the effects of yoga practice on health
• Nutrition: vegetarianism and yogic diet
• Meditation: guided practice together
• Bhagavad Gita: study of this classic yoga scripture
• Bhakti yoga: chanting Sanskrit mantras, rituals in Indian temples
• Karma yoga: selfless service
• Raja yoga: the eight classical limbs of yoga
• Kundalini yoga: cosmic energy within the human being
• Jnana yoga: key philosophical concepts