Twenty eight mornings, and the teacher is already in the room.
A residential 200 hour yoga teacher training in the Doon valley, held over one unbroken month. Twelve trainees. Two practices a day. You teach from the first week, and on Graduation Day you teach a full class of your own, filmed, so you leave able to do the thing rather than only certified to.
Two hundred hours to become more than certified. Every trainee here teaches a complete class before they graduate, so the month ends with proof of who you have become, not only a document saying you attended.
We would rather tell you this on the first screen than the last.
Srij Yoga is a new school. Our application for Registered Yoga School status, RYS 200, with Yoga Alliance USA is being prepared and submitted now. Until it is approved we do not describe ourselves as a registered school, we do not use the Yoga Alliance mark, and we do not take a single rupee from you.
The curriculum is written to the RYS 200 core curriculum standard, and our lead trainer already holds the E-RYT 500 credential that Yoga Alliance requires of a lead trainer. What remains is their review of the manual and syllabus.
So this page opens a priority list, not an admission. When the registration is approved, everyone on the list hears first, in order, and only then do we open seats and fees. If approval does not arrive in time for the February batch, we will write and say so plainly, move you to a later batch if you want it, and nobody will be out of pocket.
That is the whole position. Nothing else sitting behind it.
Plenty of people finish a 200 hour course. Far fewer come out able to teach.
If you have been looking at teacher trainings for a while, you have probably noticed the pattern. The certificate arrives on schedule. The confidence does not.
Forty people, one trainer
In a large batch nobody watches your alignment closely, and nobody hears you teach more than once or twice. You leave with notes, not with feedback.
You study teaching, you rarely do it
Reading about cueing is not the same as standing at the front, losing your place, and finding it again. That skill only comes from repetition, watched and corrected.
Weekends spread over months
Practice does not compound when it restarts every fortnight. A residential month lets your body, your sleep and your study settle into one rhythm.
Srij is built as the opposite of all three. Twelve trainees, so you are known by name. Teaching practice from week one, not week four. And one unbroken month where the only thing you have to manage is your own practice.
The same 200 hours, spent very differently.
Every school lists the same curriculum. What separates them is what happens to you inside those hours. Here is the honest comparison.
| A typical 200 hour course | Srij Yoga | |
|---|---|---|
| Group size | 25 to 45 trainees | 12, capped with no exceptions |
| Who teaches you | A rotating panel, often changing weekly | Srishti teaches the large majority herself |
| Times you teach | Two or three, usually in the last week | 20 or more, observed, starting week one |
| Feedback on teaching | A group note at the end of the session | Individual, the same hour, then again the next day |
| One to one time | Rare, usually only if you ask | A private review every week, scheduled for you |
| Assessment | Attendance, sometimes a short quiz | Observed teaching, practical and written paper |
| Injuries and limits | One sequence for everyone | Taught by a prehab and rehab trained teacher |
| Full class taught | Optional, and often skipped | Compulsory, 60 minutes, filmed on Graduation Day |
| What you take home | A certificate | A certificate, footage of you teaching, and the Launch Kit |
| After you leave | You are on your own | Twelve months of alumni support and direct access |
| Food | Buffet, often shared with hotel guests | Cooked fresh for the cohort, sattvic and seasonal |
| Setting | A busy yoga town, noise past midnight | A quiet valley, nothing to sell you outside the gate |
| What you pay for | Extras added on arrival | One fee, stay, meals, props, transfer, assessment |
You are taught by Srishti, not by a rotating panel.
- AcademicM.A. Yogic Science
- Yoga Alliance credentialE-RYT 500
- Continuing educationYACEP
- SpecialisationPrehab and rehab
- Based inDehradun
Srishti has spent her teaching years working with bodies that do not fit the textbook. Stiff hips, old injuries, desk shoulders, and people returning to movement after years away.
That background shapes how this training is taught. You will not be asked to force a shape your body is not ready for, and you will not be handed one sequence to repeat for a month. You learn how a posture is built, what to look for when it goes wrong, and how to give the person in front of you a version that actually works.
Two things sit behind the school. An M.A. in Yogic Science, which is where the philosophy and anatomy teaching comes from, and the E-RYT 500 credential, which Yoga Alliance requires of a lead trainer and which is earned through documented teaching hours over years rather than a short course.
She teaches the large majority of the programme herself. Visiting faculty come in for specific sessions, and they are named before you arrive, never a surprise on the schedule.
Four weeks, and each one asks something different of you.
Most schools publish a syllabus. Fewer publish the arc. Open each week and see exactly what changes.
Unlearn, then rebuild the basics properly.
The first week is slower than people expect. We take apart the postures you already know and rebuild them from the feet up, so that later, when you teach them, you can explain every part.
- Two practices a day beginMorning led practice, evening alignment work. Your body starts adapting from day three.
- Foundational asanaStanding postures, forward folds and the breath that carries them. Built from the ground up.
- Your first time teachingYou teach one posture to two people by day five. Short, watched, and immediately discussed.
- Anatomy startsJoints, load and what a safe range actually means for a body that is not yours.
The week your practice stops being a workout.
Pranayama and meditation move to the centre. Almost everyone reports the same thing in week two, that sleep changes first and attention changes shortly after.
- Pranayama in depthRatios, retention and the subtle body, taught carefully rather than dramatically.
- Backbends and inversionsApproached through preparation and modification, never through force.
- Philosophy beginsThe Yoga Sutras and the eight limbs, read closely rather than quoted.
- SequencingYou learn why a class is ordered the way it is, then build your first full sequence.
You stop being a student and start being watched as a teacher.
The heaviest week, and the one people remember. You teach almost every day, you receive direct feedback in front of the group, and you teach again the next morning with it applied.
- Daily practicumFull and part classes taught to your peers, observed and corrected in the same hour.
- Hands on and hands off assistsConsent, contact, and the far harder skill of knowing when to leave someone alone.
- Voice and presenceCueing, pace, silence, and what to do when you lose your place in front of a room.
- Teaching real limitationsHow to run a class when one person cannot kneel and another cannot lift their arms overhead.
Assessment, graduation, and the part nobody prepares you for.
The final week brings it together and then looks forward. You are assessed properly, you teach a complete class in front of a camera, and you leave with a plan rather than a certificate and a good feeling.
- Graduation Teaching DayYou teach a full sixty minute class, photographed and filmed, with feedback in person before the ceremony.
- Written paperAnatomy, philosophy and methodology. Open discussion afterwards, not a sealed grade.
- The working side of teachingFinding your first students, holding boundaries, insurance, pricing and ethics.
- Your next twelve monthsA personal practice plan and a 90 day teaching plan, written with Srishti before you leave.
Every hour is allocated before you arrive.
The programme is written to the four core curriculum categories that Yoga Alliance sets for a 200 hour school, with the remaining 15 hours placed where this cohort needs them most.
Techniques, training and practice
Asana in depth, pranayama and the subtle body, kriya, mantra and meditation. You practise twice a day and learn each posture from the ground up, including how to modify it for a body that is not ready for the full shape.
Anatomy and physiology
Functional anatomy, biomechanics and the physiology of breath, taught in relation to what you will actually see in a class. Joints, load, common compensations, and where injury tends to come from.
Yoga humanities
History, philosophy and ethics. The Yoga Sutras and the eight limbs, read closely rather than quoted. What the tradition asks of a teacher, and how that shows up in the way you hold a room.
Professional essentials
Teaching methodology, cueing, sequencing, demonstration, hands on and hands off assists, and observed practicum. Plus the working side of teaching, from finding your first students to conducting yourself with care.
Elective
Placed where this cohort needs it. Usually more practicum for those who want the repetitions, and more anatomy and modification work for those planning to teach older or injured students.
You are assessed, not just attended
Competency is checked through observed teaching, a practical assessment and a written paper. This is what the current standard requires, and it is the difference between a certificate and a qualification.
Note on registration: the syllabus above is written to the Yoga Alliance RYS 200 core curriculum. Srij Yoga’s application for Registered Yoga School status is in progress and is not yet approved. Once the school is registered, graduates will be eligible to apply to Yoga Alliance for the RYT 200 credential in their own name.
The schedule is the method.
Nothing here is unusual. It is simply held, every single day, for four weeks, which is the part almost nobody gets to experience.
Wake, warm water, kriya
Before light. A quiet start, cleansing practices, and no phones until after the morning session.
Pranayama and meditation
Breath work and seated practice. This is where most trainees notice the first real change, usually in the second week.
Morning asana practice
A full led practice. You are a student here, not a trainee. Corrections are given quietly and individually.
Breakfast
Cooked, vegetarian, sattvic, eaten together. Silence for the first ten minutes.
Anatomy or philosophy
Classroom session, alternating through the month, always tied back to what you practised that morning.
Lunch and rest
The longest break of the day. Sleep, read, walk, or wash your clothes. It is yours.
Teaching methodology and practicum
The heart of the training. Cueing, sequencing, assists, and teaching in front of the group with feedback the same hour.
Evening practice
Alignment work, restorative practice or yin, depending on the week and how the group is recovering.
Dinner
Together again. This is when the cohort becomes a group rather than twelve strangers.
Satsang, chanting or self study
Some evenings are held, some are open for your own study and journalling.
Lights out
Sleep is treated as part of the training, because at this volume of practice it is.
Sunday is a half day. One morning practice, then the afternoon free for rest, laundry, or a short trip out of the valley. The full schedule is sent to you before you arrive, so you know exactly what you are agreeing to.
This is the first thing you learn, at six in the morning.
Four counts in, four held, six out, two still. It looks like nothing written down. Done every morning for four weeks, it is the practice most trainees say changed their sleep before anything changed in their body.
Give it four rounds now. If your attention settles even slightly, that is the whole argument for a residential month, made in about ninety seconds.
If you feel lightheaded, stop and breathe normally. Skip breath retention if you are pregnant or managing a heart or blood pressure condition.
One fee. Everything you need for the month.
You should not be making small decisions about food, transport or logistics while you are trying to learn. All of it is handled.
All 200 hours of instruction
Every session on the schedule, taught in person, with your lead trainer present for the large majority of it.
28 nights of accommodation
Clean, quiet rooms with hot water and daily housekeeping, a short walk from the practice hall.
Three cooked vegetarian meals daily
Sattvic, seasonal and made fresh in our kitchen. Herbal tea through the day. Dietary needs handled on medical grounds.
Training manual and study set
The full course manual, a practice journal and the reading list, given to you on day one.
Mat, props and hall access
Bolsters, blocks, straps and belts provided. The hall stays open for your own practice outside session hours.
Weekly one to one review
A private twenty minute conversation each week on your practice, your teaching, and anything you are finding hard.
Airport or station pickup
Collected from Dehradun airport or railway station on arrival day, and dropped back on departure day.
Practical and written assessment
Conducted in the final week, with feedback given in person rather than emailed as a grade.
Twelve months of alumni support
Your certificate, guidance on registering with Yoga Alliance in your own name once the school is approved, and a year of access to Srishti and the alumni group for questions about real classes you are teaching.
Five minutes, then fifteen, then thirty, then a full class of your own.
Confidence is not something a school can hand over at the end. It is built by teaching a little more than you are ready for, being corrected, and doing it again the next day.
One posture, taught to two people, in the first week. Short enough that nerves cannot win.
A warm up and a short sequence, taught to a small group with feedback in the same hour.
Half a class, including cueing, pacing and adjusting for one person who cannot do a shape.
A full class, planned and taught by you, observed and assessed properly.
You teach a real, complete class on Graduation Teaching Day, and it is filmed.
Nobody leaves here holding a certificate and still afraid to teach.
Every trainee must teach a complete sixty minute class before graduating. Not a segment, not a demonstration to the group. A real class, planned by you, taught start to finish.
On the final Saturday we hold Graduation Teaching Day. Each trainee teaches, a photographer and videographer are present, and you receive your feedback in person before the ceremony that evening.
You go home with more than a document. You go home with footage of yourself teaching, photographs you can actually use, and the memory of having already done the thing you were afraid of.
- 01You teach a full sixty minute class, start to finish, on your own.
- 02Professional photographs of you teaching, edited and sent to you.
- 03Short video clips you can use on a website or social profile.
- 04Individual feedback from Srishti, given face to face, not emailed.
- 05Graduation ceremony with the cohort that evening.
Most trainees go home and stall. This is what stops that.
The hardest part is rarely the training. It is the first month at home, staring at an empty page, trying to plan a class for real people. You leave with the page already filled.
Ready to teach on day one
- Beginner 60 minute class
- Hatha 60 minute class
- Vinyasa 60 minute class
- Gentle and chair based class
- Mobility focused class
- Pranayama session
- Meditation and Yoga Nidra session
So you never start from nothing
- Warm up and cool down library
- Asana modification library
- Teaching cue handbook
- Basic anatomy reference
- Props and set up guide
The part schools forget
- Client intake form
- PAR-Q and basic screening process
- Class planning template
- Pricing and packages guidance
- Simple personal brand basics
Written before you leave
- 30 day personal practice plan
- 90 day new teacher action plan
- A path for private clients, group classes and workshops
- Twelve months of alumni support
- Direct access to Srishti for questions
Teaching flexible, healthy twenty five year olds is the easy case and almost nobody meets it. A serious part of this training is teaching beginners, older adults, stiff bodies, heavier bodies and desk workers, which is who will actually walk into your first class.
Four weeks changes what you can do, not only what you know.
Hours completed
Documented against each curriculum category, so your training stands up to scrutiny anywhere.
Times you teach
Observed practicum through the month, so standing at the front stops feeling like an event.
Practices held
Two a day for four weeks. This is where a personal practice becomes something that survives going home.
People beside you
A group small enough that you leave with teachers you will still be calling in five years.
Is this the right training for you?
Three questions, answered honestly. We would rather you find out here than in week one.
How long have you had a regular practice?
Can you give the full 28 nights without work?
What do you most want from the month?
Who this month is built for.
This is for you if
- ✓You have a regular practice of at least six months and want to understand what you have been doing.
- ✓You want to teach, whether that is a full career or a few classes for people you care about.
- ✓You are willing to be corrected, and to teach badly in front of others while you learn to teach well.
- ✓You can give the month properly, without splitting your attention with work.
- ✓You are travelling alone and want a small, calm, well supervised place to do this.
This is not for you if
- ·You are looking mainly for a holiday. This is a working month with early mornings.
- ·You need to keep a job running through the month. The schedule does not leave room.
- ·You want a certificate quickly and are not interested in being assessed.
- ·You are managing an acute injury or health condition that has not been cleared by your doctor.
- ·You want a large batch and an anonymous experience. Twelve people is close quarters by design.
A valley quiet enough to study in, and easy enough to reach.
Dehradun sits in the Doon valley, below the ridge of Mussoorie and within reach of the Ganga at Rishikesh. Late February here is cool and clear. Mornings are cold enough to want a shawl, afternoons are warm in the sun, and the air is dry and still.
We chose it over the crowded yoga towns for a simple reason. You can walk out of the gate without being sold something. There is no cafe circuit and no noise carrying over the wall at night. The valley gives a training month the two things it actually needs, which are silence and good sleep.
It is also genuinely easy to reach. Direct flights from Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and other Indian cities land at Jolly Grant, about forty minutes away. From outside India, one connection through Delhi is all it takes.
- Nearest airportJolly Grant, DEDAbout 40 minutes
- Nearest stationDehradunAbout 30 minutes
- WeatherCool and dryLayers, not woollens
- AltitudeValley floorNo acclimatisation needed
- RishikeshAbout 1 hourOne Sunday trip
- ConnectivityWifi availableOff during sessions
The things people actually ask us.
Is Srij Yoga registered with Yoga Alliance right now?
No, not yet. Our application for Registered Yoga School status, RYS 200, is being prepared and submitted to Yoga Alliance USA. Until it is approved we will not call ourselves a registered school or use their mark. Our lead trainer already holds the E-RYT 500 credential that a lead trainer is required to hold, so what remains is the review of our manual and syllabus.
What happens if the school is not approved before the first batch?
We will write to everyone on the priority list and say so plainly. Since no fees are collected until registration is approved, nobody is left out of pocket. If approval arrives late we will either move the cohort to a later date or run the month as an unregistered training, clearly labelled as such, and you would choose freely with all the facts in front of you.
Will I be able to register as an RYT 200 afterwards?
Once Srij Yoga is a registered school, graduates of an approved programme are eligible to apply to Yoga Alliance for the RYT 200 credential in their own name. Registration is always something you apply for yourself and it is separate from the certificate we issue. We walk you through the process step by step at the end of the month.
How advanced does my practice need to be?
You need a regular practice of about six months and a body willing to work every day. You do not need advanced postures, a headstand, or any particular flexibility. Consistency and a willingness to be corrected matter far more. If you are unsure, write to us and describe your practice honestly, and we will tell you either way.
What is the food like?
Three cooked vegetarian meals a day, sattvic and seasonal, made fresh in our own kitchen, with herbal tea through the day. It is simple food that supports two practices a day rather than heavy food that fights them. Genuine dietary needs on medical or gut health grounds are accommodated. Personal preference is not, because the food is part of the training.
Is it safe for a woman travelling alone?
Yes, and it is something we plan for rather than assume. The group is twelve people in one supervised gated residence with a woman lead trainer living on site. Airport pickup and drop are included so you are never arranging transport yourself in an unfamiliar city. Rooms are lockable, and we are happy to put you on a call with a past trainee once the first cohort has run.
Can I work remotely during the training?
No, and we would rather say so clearly. The day runs from before sunrise into the evening, six full days a week. Trainees who try to hold a job through the month tend to fall behind in the practicum, which is the part that actually makes you a teacher. Come when you can give the month properly.
What does it cost, and when do I pay?
Rs. 1,20,000 for the full programme, which includes a shared twin room, all meals, the Launch Kit and Graduation Day. A private room is an optional upgrade of Rs. 56,000, bringing the total to Rs. 1,76,000. Nothing is payable now. When the school registration is approved we open seats to the priority list in order, and only then are you asked for a deposit, with the balance due before arrival. Full terms and the refund policy are sent to you in writing before any payment is made.
Why only twelve trainees?
Because twelve is the largest group one lead trainer can honestly keep track of across 28 nights. Beyond that, someone stops being watched properly, and it is usually the quietest person in the room. If the cohort fills, we offer the next date rather than adding chairs.
Why I am starting a school instead of teaching in another one.
I have taught inside other people’s trainings. Some of them were very good. What kept bothering me was the size of the room. Thirty or forty people, one month, and by the end I still did not know how half of them actually moved.
Twelve is a number I chose because it is the largest group I can honestly keep track of. I can watch every practice, sit with every trainee each week, and see the difference between someone who is quiet because they are absorbing and someone who is quiet because they are lost.
I am also building this school slowly and in the open. The registration is not finished, and I would rather write that on the first screen than let you discover it later. When it is approved, you will hear from me directly.
If one of these three batches is the right month for you, I would be glad to have you here.
Same 200 hours, same twelve seats. Pick the month you can actually give.
Each batch runs for 28 nights and is capped at twelve trainees. Thirty six seats exist for the whole of 2027. Choose one below and it will follow you through the rest of the page.
Each batch begins the morning the previous one leaves, so the residence is never running two groups at once. You arrive on the first date, sleep 28 nights, and leave after breakfast on the final morning. If a batch fills, we move you to the next one rather than adding a thirteenth seat.
Two rooms. The same training.
Everything on this page is included in both. The only difference is where you sleep.
- All 200 hours of instruction, taught in person
- 28 nights in a shared twin room
- Three cooked vegetarian meals daily, plus herbal tea
- Manual, practice journal, mat and all props
- 20 or more observed teaching slots, from week one
- A weekly private review with Srishti
- Graduation Teaching Day, with photographs and video of you teaching
- The Teaching Launch Kit, yours to keep and use
- Practical and written assessment, with feedback in person
- Airport or station transfer both ways
- Twelve months of alumni support after you leave
Your own room with an attached bathroom and a quiet corner to study in. Chosen by most trainees who travel in from abroad, and by anyone who knows they rest better alone.
- Private room, attached bathroom
- A desk and study corner of your own
- First choice of weekly review times
Rooms are limited, so the upgrade is offered in the order the priority list is joined.
Fees do not include flights, travel insurance, visa costs, personal expenses, or anything not listed on this page.
No payment is taken while our Yoga Alliance registration is in progress. When approval comes through, priority list members are offered seats in order, and the deposit and refund terms are sent in writing before anything is paid.
The cohort is capped at 12 trainees. When it is full we offer the next date rather than enlarging the group.
Roughly half of a cohort like this travels in, so the month is set up for it.
The training is taught entirely in English. You are collected at the airport, fed three times a day, and never left to work out transport, food or a SIM card on your own in an unfamiliar country.
Three steps, and none of them cost anything today.
Join the priority list
Send us a short note about your practice and what you want from the month. It takes about two minutes.
We speak properly
Srishti calls you. This is a real conversation about which batch suits you, not a sales call. Ask anything.
Your seat, once we are approved
The moment the school registration is approved, priority list members are offered seats in order, and the terms are sent in writing.
14 February → 14 March 2027
The certificate takes a month. What it changes lasts longer.
Come with a practice and a willingness to be corrected. We handle the rest of it, from the schedule to the meals to the day you first teach a full class on your own.