Himalayan Yoga Academy

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500 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Course in Nepal

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500-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Course in Nepal

Become a Certified RYT-500 Yoga Teacher in the Birthplace of Yoga

Embark on a life-transforming journey with our 500-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Course (TTC) in Nepal, the sacred land where yoga originated. Designed for aspiring yogis and teachers, this Yoga Alliance USA-certified program combines 200-hour foundational training with 300-hour advanced studies, empowering you with deep knowledge, confidence, and teaching expertise.

At Himalayan Yoga Academy, we blend traditional wisdom with modern teaching methodologies, offering an immersive experience in Hatha, Ashtanga, Vinyasa, Kundalini, Meditation, and Yoga Philosophy. Whether you’re a beginner seeking profound growth or an experienced practitioner aiming to teach, this course will elevate your practice and unlock your highest potential.

Why Choose Our 500-Hour Yoga TTC in Nepal?

  • Yoga Alliance USA Certified – Earn your RYT-500 credential and teach globally.
  • Authentic Learning – Study in Nepal, the spiritual home of yoga, with master teachers.
  • Comprehensive Curriculum – Covers asanas, pranayama, meditation, anatomy, philosophy, and teaching methodology.
  • Small Group Sizes – Personalized attention with limited seats (max 12 participants).
  • Holistic Transformation – Physical, mental, and spiritual growth in the serene Himalayas.

Course Overview

📅 Duration: 42 Days (Intensive Residential Program)
🌍 Level: Beginner to Advanced
🗣 Language: English
📍 Location: Nepal (Kathmandu/Pokhara)

What You’ll Learn

✔ Advanced Asana Practice – Master Hatha, Ashtanga, Vinyasa, and Kundalini Yoga.
✔ Pranayama & Meditation – Deepen breathwork and mindfulness techniques.
✔ Yoga Philosophy – Study Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, and ancient scriptures.
✔ Anatomy & Physiology – Understand the body’s mechanics about yoga.
✔ Teaching Methodology – Develop confidence in sequencing, alignment, and adjustments.
✔ Ethics & Lifestyle – Embrace yogic principles for a balanced, purposeful life.

Who Is This Course For?

  • Aspiring yoga teachers seeking RYT-500 certification.

  • Current 200-hour graduates wanting to deepen their practice.

  • Serious practitioners eager to immerse in traditional yoga.

  • Anyone seeking spiritual growth, self-discovery, and holistic wellness.

Upcoming 2025/2026 Batches

Start Date Availability Max Participants Booking
1st March 2025/26 Available 12 [BOOK NOW]
1st May 2025/26 Available 12 [BOOK NOW]
1st Sept 2025/26 Available 12 [BOOK NOW]
1st Nov 2025/26 Available 12 [BOOK NOW]

A Life-Changing Experience

This 500-hour YTTC is more than a certification—it’s a sacred journey toward self-mastery. By the end, you’ll:

  • Teach with confidence worldwide.

  • Deepen your spiritual connection.

  • Gain a profound understanding of yoga’s true essence.

Day Schedules

05:30 – Wake-Up & Ushapana

06:30 – 07:00 – Jalaneti & Herbal Tea

7:00 am –8:45 am - Hatha Yoga Asana, Pranayama Teaching Methodology Class

9:00 – 10:00 am – Breakfast and Herbal Tea

10:00 – 11:30 am - Yogi Anatomy/ Philosophy

11:45 - 13:00- Ashtanga Yoga Flow by Yogi Prapti.

01:00 - 02:00 pm – Lunch Free Time.

04:00 - 05:30 pm – Hatha Yoga Flow

05:30 – 06:00 pm – Herbal Tea

06:00 - 07:00 pm – Evening Meditation & Yoga Nidra Session

07:00 – 09:00 pm – Dinner

9:30 pm – Bedtime


Course Dates:

500 Hours Advanced Yoga Teacher Training Course Dates

Pleaase mail us for the upcoming dates

Programs Terms and Conditions/Refund Policy - 500 Hour Yoga Teacher Training in Nepal

All classes are mandatory only in case of an emergency or illness one can take leave with respected teacher permission. Uninformed leaves won’t be accepted and this will leave bad impression on student monthly performance.

Prerequisites- A high degree of self-motivation is required for all aspects of the course. The practice and especially the teaching of yoga demand a high degree of self-discipline and purity. To ensure the success of the program, participants are required to attend all spiritual activities, meditation sessions, lectures and asana classes. Meat, fish, eggs, coffee, alcohol, tobacco, drugs and nudity are prohibited during the course as they are counterproductive to the yoga practice. Participants who do not comply with the school rules may be dismissed from the course.

Discipline Rules for Students - Smoking and alcohol are strictly prohibited in the school. If you are having a fast any day, you have to inform kitchen manager for avoiding food waste. Always make discipline, respect teachers and follow all rules. Always be in the time, you are late means will not be permitted to join class. Clear your books of account before departure from Himalayan Yoga Academy. Before departure return your books, maps or any goods which you borrowed. Himalayan Yoga Academy provides accommodation for a student who join the yoga course. So, any friends or relatives will not be included in accommodation however they can stay in school by renting another room. Student have to be present in all scheduled program of Himalayan Yoga Academy.

Refund Policy – The course fees & Booking amount will be refundable if he/she cancels the course 30 days prior to the training. They can schedule the course anytime in the future. If student cancel the course after joining it, we accept cancellation but course fees will not be refund in cancellation.

What's included?

  • 200 & 300 Hours of Training Under the Guidance of Professional Gurus / Teachers
  • 41 Nights Accommodation; Attached Bathroom with Hot & Cold shower
  • Complete Training Fees and Certificates
  • 2 Hours of Complementary Sound Healing Training
  • 3 vegetarian or Vegan meals daily (Cultural Food on Festivals & Rituals)
  • Daily herbal tea as mentioned above, Drinking water
  • 2 Excursions ( Monastery Insight Experience ( 2 Days 1 Night ) / Waterfall Tour / Kathmandu Heritage Sightseeings
  • All the Yog Materials ( Yoga Bag, Yoga Book-1, Notebook-1, Pen-1, Jalaneti pot-1 )
  • One Tree Sapling Plantation For a Greener Future
  • One-Way Arrival Transfer (Arrival or Departure )
  • Lifetime Family / Friends

What's not included?

Airfare, any other local travel or sightseeing

Personal Expenditure

Laundry (available for extra charge)

Extra Therapies

Course Syllabus

Prayer: Om chant, Mantra prayer and Chanting
Jogging; Subtle exercise, Dynamic (warm up) exercise, Spinal exercise and Suryanamaskar (Traditional and integrated form both)
Satkarma: Dhauti, Basti, Neti, Nauli, Tratak and Kapalbhati
Asana (postures): Meditative postures, Relaxing Postures, Balancing Postures, Fitness maintaining
Postures, Inverted postures,
Additional Package: Upa Yoga Capsule, Ashtanga Vinyasa Primary Series Asanas.
Body Alignment in Yoga
Yoga safety guidelines
Mudra, Bandha and Pranayama (Breathing Ethics)
Yoga nidra (Yogic Sleep) and Dhyana (Meditation)
Guided Teaching Practice

Communication skills such as group dynamics, time management, and the establishment of priorities and boundaries
How to address the specific needs of individuals and special populations, to the degree possible in a group setting
Principles of demonstration, observation, assisting and correcting
Teaching styles and Qualities of a teacher
The student learning process
Business aspects of teaching yoga (including marketing and legal)

Constituents of Human Body: Cells, Tissues, Organs,Terminologies;
System of Protection and Movement of bones, joints, muscles, Flexibility, Efficiency, Body Alignment,
System of Intake of raw materials and the elimination e.g Digestive, Respiratory, Excretory;
Communication and Immune system-Cardiovascular, Nervous, Endocrine, Lymphatic;
Spiritual anatomy and physiology: Pancha kosa, Chakras, Physical and spiritual Nadis, Kundalini power etc.

The brief study of yoga philosophies and traditional texts: Meaning, Definition and History of Yoga, Biography of some yogic Rishis such as Lord Shiva, Patanjali;
Brief introduction of the Yoga Sutras, Hatha Pradipika and Gherand Samhita;
Forms of yoga: Karma yoga, Bhakti yoga, Gyana yoga, Dhyana yoga, Mantra yoga, Hatha yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga
Yogic Lifestyle: Day Regimen, Night Regimen and Seasonal Regimen, Aahara – Vihaara – Vichaara – Vishraama;
Ethics: Yama (social ethics): eg. Ahimsa (non-violence), Satya (truthfulness); Asteya (non-stealing), Aparigraha (non-possessiveness), Bhrahmacharya (True nature),Niyama (individual ethics): eg. Shouch (purification); Santosha (contentment), Tapa (tenacity), Swadhyaya (self study), Ishwor pranidhan (self surrender to god)
Concepts of Dharma and Karma, Bondage and Moksha
Yogic Aahara / Sattvic Food, Rules of healthy food habits
Ethics for yoga teachers, such as those involving teacher – student relationships and community
Understanding the value of teaching yoga as a service and being of service to others (seva)

Practice teaching as the lead instructor

Receiving and giving feedback
Observing others teaching
Assisting students while someone else is teaching

Remaining Contact Hours and Elective Hours
The remaining Contact Hours (55 hours) and elective hours (15 hours, either contact or non-contact) are to be distributed among the five educational categories, but the hours may be allocated at the discretion of each RYS based on their program’s focus.

Prayer, Subtle exercise, Dynamic (warm up) exercise, suryanamaskar (traditional and integrated base), Spinal exerciseSatkarma- Shankhaprakshalana Kriya, Asana (postures): meditative postures, Relaxing Postures, Balancing Postures and cultural Asanas; Ashtanga Vinyasa Intermediate Asanas; Tibetan Five Rites Asanas and body alignment in yoga Mudra and Bandha; Pranayama(Breath ethics),

Advance Form of Yoga nidra (Psychic sleep), Mantra practice, Kundalini Yoga
Dhyan (Meditation): Process and models of meditation
Guided teaching practice
Developing practices integrating the various tools of yoga
Therapeutic Yoga on Common Diseases
Yoga safety guidelines
Developing practices integrating the various tools of yoga, developing practices focusing on specific needs of an individual/group.


Communication skills such as group dynamics, time management, and the establishment of priorities and boundaries

How to address the specific needs of individuals and special populations, to the degree possible in a group setting

Principles of demonstration, observation, assisting and correcting
Teaching styles and Setting up classes

Qualities of a teacher and the student's process of learning, business skills

The student learning process

Business aspects of teaching yoga (including marketing and legal)
Principles of demonstration and Instruction-cueing,
Teaching styles Business skills and Communication skills
Observation, assisting and correcting
Learning to observe, demonstrate, motivate, be inclusive and adapt to individual needsIncludes approaches to teaching from other styles or schools.
Design Yoga class for Special Population (basic seniors, official, pregnancy, and children yoga safety)

  • Constituents of Human Body: Cells, tissues, terminologies Chemistry of human body, Body environment, Homeostasis, survival needs, Membrane and Glands on yogic principles.
  • Structure of bones, synovial joints, Key muscles for asana effect, smooth muscles, Flexibility, Efficiency, Ideal Postures andalignment; movements. Mechanism of postures and yogic effects
  • Physiology of Chemical Digestion, Position of Alimentary Canal, Asana Principles in Digestive system, Mechanism of Respiration, Air composition; Vital-R.R.
  • Types of Circulation of blood and Physiological interrelationship of breathing and circulation; structure of blood vessels; blood composition, Vital- B.P. and P.R
  • Hypothalamus and major Hormones; Immune organs and their functions and yogic concern; Reproduction and Reproduction physiology and karma
  • Sympathetic and para-sympathetic neuro-body co-ordination and yogic concern;
  • Health and Illness, hygienic yogic practices, yoga educational goal
  • Yoga health benefits/contraindications must be covered in this section
  • Kinesiology of yoga asana, contraindications, movement patterns
  • Spiritual anatomy and physiology: Pancha kosa, types of spiritual Body Chakras, Physical and spiritual Nadis, Kundalini power, Aura etc.
  • The brief study of yoga philosophies and traditional texts: Meaning, Definition, and History of Yoga, Biography of some yoga Rishis such as Lord Shiva, Gorakhanath, Patanjali Rishi, Brief study of the Yoga Sutras, Bhagavat Geeta and Sankhya Yoga,
  • Types of yoga-: Karma, Bhakti, Gyana, Dhyana, Hatha, Ashtanga, Mantra, Laya, Kundalini, Raja,Yoga lifestyle: Day Regimen, Night Regimen, and Seasonal Regimen
  • Ethics for Yoga Teachers
  • Human Ethics: Yama (social ethics) eg Ahimsa (non-violence), Satya (truthfulness); Asteya (non-stealing), Aparigraha (non-possessiveness), Brahmacharya (True Nature)
  • Niyama (individual ethics) eg.Shouch (purification); Santosha (contentment), Tapa (tenacity), Swadhyaya (self study), Ishwor pranidhan (self surrender to god),
  • Jeevan Vigyan:the concepts of Dharma, Artha, Kama & Moksha. Trigunas , Karmaphal, yogic karma and its fruit, Bondage and liberation, Smriti, Samskaras, Vasanas
  • Yogic Aahara/ Sattvic Food and healthy way of eating & drinking
  • Basic concept of Nature Cure and Ayurveda
  • Practice teaching as the lead instructor
  • Receiving and giving feedback
  • Observing others teaching
  • Assisting students while someone else is teaching