Starting from Nov 2025 to April 2026
The 500 Hour Yoga Teacher Training in Nepal is a transformative journey that blends ancient yogic wisdom with modern practice, helping you grow in self-awareness, well-being, and confidence as a teacher.
The 500 hour yoga Teacher Training in Nepal is an advanced course for who want to delve deeper into yoga and become a professional teacher. Held in the peaceful Himalayan surroundings, this program allows you to deeply engage in both learning and living yoga. You will have the opportunity to discover asanas, pranayama and meditation throughout your teaching philosophy, anatomy, and methods courses. The teachers are well experienced in yoga from India and Nepal and they make us learn yoga in its purest and traditional way.
Along with learning yoga, you will also experience a complete yogic lifestyle with nutritious vegetarian food and daily discipline. By the end of the program, you will feel stronger in your personal practice and ready to guide others with wisdom and confidence.
The 500 Hour Yoga Teacher Training in Nepal is designed for those who want to take their yoga practice and teaching to the next level. Combining traditional yoga wisdom with modern methods, it not only helps you grow personally but prepares you with the confidence of being able to guide others as well.
This program follows Yoga Alliance standards and is suitable for anyone who loves yoga, wants to go deeper into the practice, or wishes to become a skilled yoga teacher.
The first part of the course (200 hours) focuses on building a solid foundation. This entails learning yoga postures with correct form and alignment (asanas), control over the breath (pranayama), meditation techniques, yoga philosophy, anatomy and basics of how to teach methodology themselves. This also covers how you can add this into your life to live as a true practitioner of yoga.
The second part (300 hours) takes one into advanced training. Here you will polish your teaching style, deepen your philosophical understanding and learn how to construct class sequences from the ground up, also practicing advanced postures and any meditation methods. You will also gain hands-on experience in guiding students, managing a class, and developing confidence as a yoga teacher.
By the end of the training, you will not only improve your own practice but also gain the knowledge and skills to teach yoga in an authentic and holistic way.
The 500 Hour Yoga Teacher Training is an amalgamation of the 200 Hour YTTC and 300 hour yoga teacher Training course. This course allows you to immerse in the traditional practices of Yoga along with its therapeutic application. Immerse yourself in Hatha and Ashtanga yoga postures, detailed study of yoga anatomy, powerful pranayama and meditation practices, yoga philosophy, alignment and adjustment techniques, and much more.
The aim of our 500 hour Certified Yoga Teacher Training in Nepal is to make a yogic community that inspires people to encourage a “better way of living”. With this program, unlock the holy gates of wisdom and embrace the beauty of this ancient craft.
Whole day is Rest/Holiday/Field
Visits Includes Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner in Campus
Our 500 Hour Yoga Teacher Training in Nepal is scheduled in fixed batches during September - October 2025 and March - April 2026. Each course runs from the 7th of the month to the 4th of the second following month. Experience the serene beauty of Nepal while deepening your practice.
Starting from Nov 2025 to April 2026
Starts From 7th Of Every Month
Ends On 4th nearly two months later (59 Days)
The Room with AC will incur an additional $10/day, added on top of the course fee
The course price and dates have been updated as of September 22, 2025.
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3. If you'd like to arrive early or extend your stay
4. Taxi from Airport to Yogshala
Being part of a yoga teacher training program in a faraway land can make you anxious and worried. There are plenty of things to ponder about and you're putting those decisions upon someone else's shoulder. But fortunately at Rishikul Yogshala, we care about all such details - one of them being a comfortable and relaxed accommodation facility.
From a home-like atmosphere to comfy beds to supportive staff, we have it all covered for you. All the rooms consist of modern amenities like attached washrooms, Wi-Fi facility, balcony space and hot water supply. A pool along with a garden area will also be at your disposal. If you want, you can share your room with someone otherwise we will be happy to provide you with a private room.
Delicious, nutritious and wholesome vegetarian meals are a part of the 500 hour yoga TTC in Nepal. The food is prepared by professional chefs, and includes the goodness of a proper yogic diet prepared to detox as well as nourish your body. The yogic diet at Rishikul Yogshala is carefully administered and breakfast includes items like Khichdi, Poha, Porridge, fresh seasonal fruits and more.
Lunch is usually heavy as compared to breakfast and dinner consisting of rice, chapatti, lentil soup, traditional Indian curries, etc. Dinner includes soups, salads, beans, rice, lentils, etc. Herbal drinks are also offered to all the students which aid in the intense practice of yoga.
On successful completion of the 500 hour Yoga Teacher Training in Nepal, you will be rewarded with:
Work towards a common goal of impacting the local ecosystem after successful completion of the 500 hour Yoga TTC. Gain eligibility to become a global level Yoga Instructor in either private or government sectors with the Yoga Alliance USA Certification.
Commit to digital-detox during this 500 hour YTT, and awaken yourself spiritually with the uniquely secret tools of Yoga at Rishikul Yogshala.
Yoga multiplies human potential and evolutionary abilities with the use of Yoga Asanas, Meditation, and Pranayama to accentuate the intellect and spark the inner-wisdom.
Become a professional yogi and uplift the human race by making use of the techniques, theory, the art and science of Yoga.
Teach the ancient form of Yoga in schools, colleges, NGOs, community centers, on YouTube or become an ‘influencer’. The choice is yours as you are now a trained, global level Yoga Instructor.
Reaching our Center in Nepal is an exciting step on your journey. To help you plan your trip effectively, here are some general guidelines on how to reach our center:
Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu is the closest to the center. The airport has connections to major cities through major airlines. You can take a bus or cab from the airport to reach Pokhara.
Nepal is well connected to India through highways and the main entry points are Kakkarbhitta in West Bengal, Biratnagar in Bihar, and Sunauli, Dhangadi and Mahendranagar in Uttar Pradesh. You can take a cab or bus from these destinations to reach Pokhara with ease.
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