Yoga Alliance registered yoga teacher training in Rishikesh at World Peace Yoga School, on the banks of the holy Ganga at the gateway of the Himalayas — in the city known as the ‘Yoga Capital of the World’.
Our Rishikesh Yoga Teacher Training Courses are certified by Yoga Alliance USA. We offer 200, 300 and 500 hours of Hatha, Ashtanga & Vinyasa yoga teacher training, along with Kundalini, Tantra, Meditation and Yoga Therapy programs and shorter courses such as 95 hours Kids, 85 hours Pre-natal and 50 hours Yin yoga TTC — designed for all levels, from beginner and intermediate to advanced.
World Peace Yoga School has been established for over 15 years in Rishikesh, India, and has trained 15,000+ students on the yoga journey both on and offline. We offer a deep, spiritual experience alongside teaching various yoga styles, and it is our connection to our students and our traditional teaching methods that make us stand out.
We are in a serene spot behind Laxman Jhula police station, on the banks of the Ganga — you hear her flow day and night. Encircled by the Himalayas, you feel the vibration of the ancient seers and sages who meditated here.
Yogi Vishnu Panigrahi is an Indian yoga guru. His sole purpose is to spread the knowledge of Yoga, give his life to charity, and serve humanity to establish peace and harmony in the world. He is the founder of Samadhi Ashram and World Peace Yoga School.
Yogi Vishnu Panigrahi is one of the most famous yoga gurus in India. He has only a goal to serve humanity by spreading yogic knowledge to establish peace in the world.
Rishikesh is located in Northern India, tucked into the Himalayan foothills of Uttarakhand, with the holy river Ganges flowing through it. One of India’s seven holy cities, it is the spiritual center and Yoga Capital of the World, drawing seekers from every corner of the globe for yoga teacher training and spiritual growth. The breathtaking scenery, the vibrant but serene atmosphere and a history steeped in thousands of years of yoga and spiritual tradition are impossible to replicate elsewhere.
Here at World Peace Yoga School Rishikesh, you will get a harmonious combination of yogic learning and living. Our school sits on the banks of the Ganga; behind it the jungle is vast, and a 15-minute walk through the forest brings you to spring-fed waterfalls. Sattvic vegetarian food, prepared fresh each day, follows the yoga schedule and supports your practice.
Once you graduate from your Rishikesh Yoga Teacher Training, you can register with Yoga Alliance. World Peace Yoga School (RYS 200, 300, 500) is registered with Yoga Alliance USA to provide internationally recognized certification, so you can teach anywhere in the world. Our courses are based around the true Himalayan teachings in a modern, safe & considerate environment.
At World Peace Yoga School Rishikesh, the course fee for our residential yoga teacher training includes food and accommodation — a shared room with an attached bathroom, 24-hour water supply and daily vegetarian meals.
In the essential interest of transparency, these are not covered by your course fee:
We offer a wide range of yoga teacher training in Rishikesh, catering to different levels of experience and various yoga styles — 200, 300 and 500 hours of Hatha, Ashtanga & Vinyasa, Kundalini, hybrid and combo programs, yoga therapy, and shorter courses to further develop yourself and your knowledge once you have completed a TTC. Our courses are designed for all levels, from beginners and intermediate to advanced, and all our Yoga Teacher Training Courses are registered with Yoga Alliance.
A short-term course to begin your yoga teacher training journey, building new teaching skills through traditional yoga practices and more than 100 yoga postures.
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Our 200-hour course is based on Hatha & Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga and designed especially for beginners and intermediate yoga practitioners.
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Take your teaching to the next level and continue your yoga studies with our 300-hour yoga teacher training in Rishikesh, India.
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Our combined 200 + 300 hour path in one Yoga Alliance registered course — for those who want to live Yoga, not just teach it.
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Learn pranayama, physiology, anatomy and yoga philosophy on a 100-hour Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training that helps you become an excellent teacher.
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Activate the dormant power through profound, realistic learning and practice of Kundalini Yoga, with accommodation, meals and certificate.
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30 days at our flagship school in Laxman Jhula, the heart of Rishikesh, with Yoga Alliance registration.
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Go beyond 300 hours with our advanced 500-hour Kundalini yoga teacher training. Accommodation, meals and certificate are included.
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Designed for those who are unable to devote four weeks to a teacher training course in Rishikesh. On completion, you can apply for RYT 200.
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A 20-day fast-track course in Hatha, Ashtanga-Vinyasa and Yin yoga that lets you apply for RYT 500.
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Learn, practice and master professional yoga in 50 days. Start your course at any time and complete it at your convenience.
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Blends Ashtanga Vinyasa, Hatha, pranayama and meditation, leading to Yoga Alliance RYT 200 certification.
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An intensive program for dedicated students who wish to complete their 500-hour YTTC in Rishikesh in one month, leading to RYT-500.
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11 residential days plus online classes, with Yoga Alliance registration.
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Combine a 200-hour yoga teacher training with a 50-hour Yin yoga TTC and learn to teach gentle, healing classes.
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Combine a 200-hour yoga teacher training with a 50-hour prenatal yoga TTC and learn to safely guide pregnant women.
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Combine a 200-hour yoga teacher training with a 50-hour Trikālī Tantra TTC and move beyond technique into Yoga as a living experience.
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A foundational 200-hour YTTC together with a 50-hour Meditation TTC that leads you inside, toward silence, clarity and direct self-experience.
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Our 200-hour Multistyle and Kundalini yoga teacher training with a 2-day Ayurveda massage course, Yoga Alliance registration, stay and meals.
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A complete, traditional YTTC combined with 10 days of Panchakarma therapy — a sacred journey of transformation and renewal.
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Deepen your skills by joining our Level 1 and Level 2 Sound Healing Course alongside the Yoga Teacher Training.
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A 200-hour Hatha and Ashtanga YTTC with Yin Yoga, prenatal yoga, sound healing, Reiki and Ayurvedic massage.
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A 200/300-hour yoga teacher training with Sound Healing, Reiki, 3 days of Panchakarma and a massage course, plus a Yoga Alliance registration.
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15 days of on-site training in the therapeutic aspects of yoga, Ayurveda and naturopathy.
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A 20-day fast-track course for those who want to advance their healing & therapy career as a yoga and wellness coach.
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A 50-day course combining yoga therapy, Ayurveda, naturopathy, Yin and healing, with Reiki included.
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An 11-day hybrid course in Tantra and Kundalini yoga, with sound healing and stress management on site and online Kundalini classes.
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A 15-day residential course in the Himalayas to discover your hidden meditation teaching abilities and deepen your practice.
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Discover your hidden teaching abilities with our 200-hour Meditation and Yoga Nidra teacher training and earn your RYT 200 certificate.
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Become a certified Yin Yoga teacher. The course includes therapy, Tantra, Kundalini and Ayurveda classes and a Yoga Alliance continuing education (CE) hours certificate.
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Learn to deliver safe aerial classes while building flexibility, strength and confidence, using a fabric hammock as a prop and support.
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Our 10-day Acro Yoga Teacher Training combines massage, yoga and acrobatics to improve concentration and build strength.
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Learn to guide pregnant women safely with breathing techniques, meditation and asana on our 85-hour prenatal yoga teacher training.
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For anyone with a passion for sharing Yoga with children — parents, educators, health professionals and yoga teachers.
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Tread into the sacred dimension of Trikālī Tantra — a pure, holistic lineage of tantric wisdom originating from ancient Kashmir Shaivism.
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Learn and practice the ancient Shakta Tantra wisdom of the 10 Mahavidyas — a grounded path to inner strength and Shakti awareness.
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A 5-day spiritual and scientific study of conscious relaxation, with a certificate on completion.
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A seven-day wild Himalayan retreat of trekking, silence and meditation, away from the ashram and into the mountains.
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A 13-day pilgrimage by road to Mount Kailash and Lake Mansarovar, run with our Nepal trekking partner.
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Learn safe hands-on and verbal adjustments and earn 50 hours of Yoga Alliance continuing education.
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Unlock the ancient science of Jyotish — Vedic Astrology, which helps you understand your life’s cosmic blueprint.
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Learn Yoga & Ayurveda in India and get your RYT-200 certificate after completing your training.
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An in-depth program of classical Ayurvedic healing that purges the body of toxins, resets its systems and rejuvenates you.
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A short, intensive and highly informative program to learn the art of drug-free, non-invasive natural healing.
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Designed for personal growth and wellness, this course empowers you to consume food mindfully.
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A 3-hour Sunday course using herbal powders, oils and massage for natural, healthy skin, hair and body.
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Course details, curriculum and training information for Indian students joining our 200-hour yoga teacher training in Rishikesh.
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Course details and training information for Indian students joining our 300-hour yoga teacher training in Rishikesh.
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Our combined 200 + 300 = 500 hour yoga teacher training for Indian students, leading to Yoga Alliance USA registration.
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A 4-week Kundalini yoga teacher training for Indian students at a Yoga Alliance registered school.
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30 days at our flagship school in Laxman Jhula, recognized by Yoga Alliance.
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Explore Kundalini, the hidden powerhouse of the human body, on our advanced 500-hour Kundalini yoga teacher training.
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Our rooms bring the comfort of home to your stay, with a serene, simple yet comfortable setting and light, airy designs that offer modern facilities. Some rooms look out over the Himalayas and the Ganga. Rooms have Wi-Fi, a lockable wardrobe and modern bathrooms with 24-hour hot water and fresh towels; air conditioning is available on request at an extra charge. Our training fee includes shared accommodation.
Our restaurant serves plant-based sattvic vegetarian food, and our cooks prepare everything fresh each day, with meal times that follow the yoga schedule. If you are looking for private accommodation, mention it while enrolling for the course — it is available at an additional cost.
Graduates may be registered as RYT YTTC with Yoga Alliance, USA, and can work and practice globally. Earning this certificate enables students to teach based on yoga principles with confidence and integrity.
An unbroken chain of masters — from the Vedic rishis to Guru Vishnu — each passing the practice from teacher to disciple.
5000 Years Of The Himalayan Tradition
He is the author of some verses of the Rig Veda. He is one of the seven most revered rishis and one of the siddhas of the Shaivism tradition.
A great Raja Yogi of the Siddha tradition and writer of the Yoga Sutra, in which he brought all 4000 yoga traditions into 196 sutras and made them easy.
A great Siddha accomplished yogi and disciple of Agastya Muni.
An immortal yogi of the Himalayas, disciple of Siddha Bhogar Nathar.
A Himalayan Yogi disciple of Mahavatar Babaji.
A Himalayan Yogi disciple of Bengali Baba.
Founder of AHYMSIN, a great yogi and writer of many yoga books (disciple of Swami Rama of the Himalayas).
Leading Master of yoga and meditation of the ancient Himalayan Tradition. He is the disciple of Swami Veda Bharati and founder of World Peace Yoga School.
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Rishikesh is the epitome and hub of yoga, the spiritual center and Yoga Capital of the World. Set in the Himalayan foothills alongside the majestic Ganges River, there is no other destination like it. The seers and sages who have meditated here, and continue to do so, keep the energy high for all spiritual yogis — the perfect setting for self-transformation.
We offer 200, 300 and 500 hour yoga teacher training in classical Hatha, Ashtanga and Vinyasa, along with Kundalini, Tantra, Meditation, Yoga Therapy and short courses, for beginners to advanced practitioners. You will learn yogic principles, the yogic lifestyle, asana, philosophy, mantra, and pranayama during your yoga teacher training in Rishikesh.
World Peace Yoga School is a Registered Yoga School with Yoga Alliance USA, Yoga Alliance Professionals and Yoga Alliance International in India. Our RYT 200, 300 and 500 certificates are internationally recognized, and all our graduates can register online on the Yoga Alliance website.
World Peace Yoga School is dedicated to serving humanity — the charity is done from the benefit of the school fees. We are currently opening a girls’ school in the poorest district of Odisha.
Our school in Rishikesh offers a serene, simple yet comfortable setting with light, airy rooms and modern facilities. Some rooms look out over the Himalayas and the Ganga, and you can watch pastel sunsets from our terrace and balcony, with the lush mountains all around.
We offer various services for students during their yoga teacher training in Rishikesh, including Wi-Fi, 24-hour hot water, fresh towels, free filtered drinking water around the clock, weekend excursions and taxi pick-up from Dehradun Airport.
World Peace Yoga School helps you feel the power, divinity, and peace in your inner self. You will get to know about the yogic lifestyle and ways to follow it. We will help you discover a new version of yourself with the proper guidance during our yoga teacher training course in Rishikesh. The course includes daily classes, practice, a nutritious diet, yogic philosophy, etc.
Join our residential yoga teacher training at World Peace Yoga School in Rishikesh, the Yoga Capital of the World, on the banks of the Ganga behind Laxman Jhula police station. We offer 200, 300 and 500 hour courses in classical Hatha, Ashtanga and Vinyasa, as well as Kundalini, therapy and short courses.
Yes. World Peace Yoga School (RYS 200, 300, 500) is registered with Yoga Alliance USA to provide internationally recognized yoga teacher training certification in India. Once you register on the Yoga Alliance website, you can teach anywhere in the world.
The YTTC is suitable for everyone. We teach yoga from its roots through all its aspects, so previous experience is not necessary.
Fly into Delhi International Airport, then take a connecting flight to Dehradun, the closest and most convenient airport — the school is only a 30-minute drive away. Send us your flight details once booked and our driver will pick you up.
We accept approximately 20 students per yoga teacher training course.
Yes — the course fee includes food and accommodation. You will have a shared room with basic amenities such as an attached bathroom, 24-hour water supply, water heater, shower, and wardrobe. The food at our center is 100% vegetarian.
No. Students come from all over the world, so English is a second language for many of them. The courses are easy to follow and the teachers will help you with anything.
Yes, it is very safe to travel alone to Rishikesh, and many travelers do. A police post is just a short walk from the school, and we have 24/7 security with CCTV cameras.
Yes, you will take a written and a verbal test. The result is based on your performance, attendance, and behavior.
December to February are the coldest months, around 15–26°C, so bring warm clothes. April to August is hot and rainy, with temperatures up to 40°C, and September marks the end of the rainy season. October to March is pleasant to cold.
World Peace Yoga School follows a detailed curriculum as prescribed by the Yoga Alliance for its 200-hour, 300-hour, and 500-hour teacher training courses.
It is safe to travel to World Peace Yoga School. We are in Laxman Jhula, Rishikesh — pick the route that suits your arrival.
Delhi / any airport
Dehradun
From Delhi or any other airport fly to Dehradun Airport and our taxi will be waiting for you if you come one day before the course starts.
Your city
Haridwar / Rishikesh
You can come directly to Haridwar or Rishikesh by train or bus, and then hire a tuktuk or taxi by yourself.
