Kerala Yogashala offers a comprehensive guide for curious learners, leading them through the Yoga Alliance certified Online Teacher Training (200 Hrs) with meticulous step-by-step instruction. No matter where you currently stand in your yoga journey, this course promises to enrich your life significantly.
In the age of rapid changes, people are having a growing desire to reconnect with ayurveda and yoga to be on a path to true well being. Yoga is an overall beneficial practice where ayurveda plays a crucial role. Originated around 500 years ago, Ayurveda is a gift from India to the world. The benefits of this ancient practice goes beyond treating symptoms and offers a holistic approach to health and wellness. It is based on the principle of keeping an alignment between the relationship of mind and body.
The teachings and practices of ayurveda as well as yoga are popular across all the demographics in India. In the southern part of India, the traditional ayurvedic treatments, therapies, retreats, and professional yoga teacher training courses are extremely popular. Especially in Kerala, ayurveda and yoga holds a special place in the lifestyle and everyday routine of the people.
The tropical climate of Kerala and the fertile landscape boosts the plantation of medicinal herbs and spices, which are essential for ayurveda practices. Along with this, Kerala is quite famous for its yogic culture. Practitioners seeking profound health and mind-body connection involve themselves in yoga retreats or teacher training programs in Kerala for their comprehensive well-being. These sessions of yoga along with ayurveda provide a holistic approach to better health and happier lifestyle. Yoga and ayurveda together make a powerful synergy, making Kerala a popular global destination for people seeking total wellness experience.
As both originated in India, yoga and ayurveda are considered to be sister sciences. They both share the same goal of achieving balance and stability in life. Although ayurveda and yoga differ in terms of practices, they still compliment each other and are interwoven in terms of philosophy. Here’s how they both are interrelated:
Familiarity with the fundamentals of Ayurveda is extremely important for all yoga practitioners. Ayurveda boosts the effects of Yoga practice and helps in rejuvenating the soul. Yoga along with ayurveda teaches you the understandings of Prakriti, Gunas, and Vikriti and how these act as an effective framework for living a healed life. As stated above, each individual has three unique blends of energies, also known as Doshas. You must understand your doshas, practicing yoga alongside, to have a personalized approach to complete wellness.
Ayurveda balances the body’s natural rhythms and enhances the effects of yogic practices. Routine practice of eating right, waking up early, following self-care rituals in addition with performing asanas and pranayamas will start improving your holistic wellbeing. Ayurveda helps practitioners to manage Pranas (life force energy) through treatments, proper diets, and detoxification processes. It supports yogic practices by enhancing muscle recovery, joint health, and reduces pain with the help of herbs, and massages.
Kerala is known as the “Land of Ayurveda”, and is famous worldwide for its wellness retreats, and reliable ayurvedic practices. Having a rich biodiversity, spiritual heritage, and ancient healing traditions, it provides an authentic atmosphere for those seeking a combined benefit of yoga and ayurveda. The reputation of this coastal state as a destination of Yoga and Ayurveda retreats has made it a center for rejuvenation, and deepened the yogic practices. Several schools such as Kerala Yogashala offer yoga teacher training courses and retreats programs in Kerala which incorporate ayurvedic practices in their schedules. These practices involve various ayurvedic herbs workshops, massage sessions, treatments, free ayurvedic consultations, ayurvedic Indian cooking, etc.
At Kerala Yogashala, yoga teacher training is about improving overall health and incorporating the benefits of yoga in your lifestyle. The courses of these training have included Ayurvedic learnings in order to enhance the effects of yoga. If you want to have a healthier lifestyle or want to pursue yoga teacher training as a career, learning about the benefits and workings of ayurveda is essential. No practitioner can ace the yogic practices without having proper knowledge about ayurvedic principles.
Understanding Fundamental Philosophy
Yoga teacher training has a natural progression of incorporating Ayurveda in it, which is helpful in providing a better approach to harmonious body and soul. Integration of ayurveda in teacher training programs offer an invaluable foundation of yogic philosophies revolving around achieving optimal vitality. Yoga and ayurveda together seamlessly align understandings of yogic disciplines and explore the interconnection of doshas and energy chakras.
Boosting the benefits of Asana Practice
Ayurveda emphasizes on understanding the doshas of your body, which is a key contributor to tailor the yogic practices according to your body’s needs. Being aware about Prakriti, Vikriti, and Gunas associated with your body will provide a better yogic experience to you. For example, if your Vata dosha is imbalanced, then asana practices like Utkatasana (Chair pose), Prasarita Padottanasana (wide legged standing forward bend), and Malasana (Garland pose) will improve circulation, nerves impulses, and stability in your body.
Enhancing Yogic Journey
Detoxification and cleansing processes like Panchakarma is an important part of yoga teacher training programs. Ayurveda in training programs allows you to experience overall purification and facilitates a deeper connection with the subtle aspects of yogic practice. It resets our entire mind and body while removing all the accumulated toxins.
Discover the transformative experiences of our past students and retreat participants. Their stories speak to the quality and authenticity of our Yoga Teacher Training and Retreats in Kerala. These feedbacks will help you understand how our courses have impacted the lives and raised spiritual awakening and professional development.
Incredible experience to dive into the Yoga, Indian culture and unique spiritual atmosphere of ancient Varkala. Highly recommend to start your way as a yoga teacher. Still miss my Indian Home, tasty food of Indian Mother and beautiful nature with the sound of ocean during your sleep at night 🙏 Very professional teachers and deep attitude to everything what they are doing. I was really lucky to find this place and such people!
Oleksandra Melanich, 28 years
I stayed at Navadurga Yoga School for a couple of weeks in November 2022. I felt most welcome by the team and family in this nature surrounded place with best home-made food. My goal was to get back to a daily Yoga & Pranayama routine and to deepen my practice. With the support of Shibin, yoga teacher and founder of the school, I achieved a wonderful pranayama technique and felt the big benefit of a daily discipline.
Carmen Gerner, 26 years
I completed my 200 hour ttc at Navadurga and it was a beautiful experience. The school is located in a perfect location near the beach, the temple and various cafes. The studio on the roof overlooks the trees creating a serene and peaceful atmosphere. Its the perfect place to experience, yoga, nature and Varkala’s community.
hannah hill 24 years
wonderful, small authentic place to dive deeper into yoga!! Great local food cooked with love by the mum!! In my case it was a really intimate atmosphere as we were three people doing the TTC together which was absolutely amazing for the learning experience!!! Overall, it was an amazing and exhausting journey and just the first step into the power of yoga! The teachers are great and all of the people involved listen to your needs!
Julia Roblick 26 years
I’ve done TTC with Navadurga school, that was life changing, thanks to teacher Shibin, he is professional. Great vibe, delicious food, accommodation is spacious. Definitely recommend to anyone!
Rita Zanderle, 30 years
Yoga and ayurveda are complementary systems, which when practiced together benefits the entire wellbeing. After thorough research about the correlation between yoga and ayurveda, our expert team at Kerala Yogashala prepared comprehensive yoga teacher training courses incorporating the learnings about ayurveda and what are its effects on a practitioner’s life. The training program as well as the retreats also offers free ayurvedic consultations which will give you complete insights about your body and support your yogic journey. Get the opportunity to have hands-on knowledge about Abhyanga, potli and power massages, certified Panchakarma courses, and a 200- hour foundation course in Ayurveda offered by the Kerala Yogashala.
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Feel blessed I had the chance to attend Navadurga YTTC. It’s a tough intense and challenging experience that changes life for the better. In Navadurga I had the precious opportunity to study philosophy, meditation and adjustments from well prepared and professional teacher. But most of all I had the chance to practice yoga with a true yogi that considers yoga a path towards samadhi.
Viviana Bertu, 26 years I've found my sanctuary at this yoga studio