Certified Nada and Mantra Yoga Teacher Training in Rishikesh

By repeating mantra, one can not only enter deep meditation, but also heal oneself and others.

The entire branch of bhakti yoga – the yoga of devotion – is deeply connected to the mantra and the kirtan chant.

Nada Yoga opens your body, soothes your mind and opens your heart.

Overview of the course

This course will be full of sounds and melodies. As this course takes place in an ashram in the holy city of Rishikesh, we will participate in the program of the ashram with meditation, yoga lessons, fire ceremony, meals and evening programs.

You will find that sound is a big part of traditional Indian yoga and that it will accompany us through the structured days: during meditation we will recite a mantra in silence, in the yoga class a mantra will be the theme of the class, during the Fire Puja we will sing a complete set of ancient Vedic mantras and prayers.

Before meals we will honor the meal with the Bhojan mantra, and the evening program consists of the Ganga Art – the light ceremony on the Ganges and an energetic kirtan circle.

But during the course you will not only participate in the activities, but also learn the theory behind the Sanskrit sounds. We will teach you mantra and Kirtans and their meaning. Practice with you how to sing them and tell you when to use them.

This will take the form of classes as well as excursions: we will attend famous ceremonies on the river Ganga, meet real Indian yogis who introduce us to the mystery of Nada Yoga, knowledgeable musicians will explain Indian instruments to us, we will have harmonium classes and finally lead the evening Kirtan ourselves..

This course is for:

• Yoga teachers who want to incorporate the science and beauty of the mantra into their classes
• all who want to lead Kirtan
• everyone who loves sound and feels a special connection to the vibrations of Vedic mantras and prayers.
• all who want to experience Mantra and Kirtan in the spiritual atmosphere of an Indian ashram
• For registered Yoga Teachers of the Yoga Alliance who want to receive certified training lessons

Course content:

• Theory and Science of Sound
• Om The Urklang
• Saguna and Nirguna mantras
• Vedic and Tantric mantras
• Vedic mantra chanting
• Techniques of Mantra Meditation
• Mantra as part of your yoga class
• Structure of Mantra Yoga Hours
• many mantras and kirtans with chords
• Mantra and Jnana Yoga, Bhakti Yoga and Kundalini Yoga
• Mantra and rituals
• Bhakti Yoga
• Kirtan vocals
• Instructions from Kirtan
• Introduction to Indian Instruments
• Harmonium Hours
• Japa meditation
• Workshop: Mala knotting

About Rishikesh

The spiritual place Rishikesh is located on the holy Ganges at the foot of the Himalayas. Surrounded by forest and mountains, the city consists of a colourful collection of temples, ashrams and yoga schools. Every day, pilgrims from all over India come to take a holy bath in the Ganges and take part in the ceremonial ceremonies. Baba ji’s (holy men) sit in deep meditation on small rocks on the bank of the Ganges, glowing candles float on the river every evening for the fire ceremony, and Hindu prayers and mantras can be heard everywhere.

The lived spirituality is contagious and very quickly you become a part of it and develop an intensive yoga practice in a structured everyday life.

In this wonderful energized place is the Parmath Niketan Ashram, one of the oldest and largest ashram complexes in Rishikesh and located directly on the banks of the Ganges. Despite the size, the ashram is a wonderful oasis of calm with many gardens and green areas, temples and yoga halls.

Here all aspects of yoga and spiritual life are brought together into one unit and the two daily yoga lessons are a wonderful combination of asanas, pranayama, mantra, mudra, philosophy and meditation, in which the focus is brought to the inside and often magical moments arise.

The ashram offers a good framework for a healthy yogic lifestyle with a regular daily routine, delicious and vegetarian dishes, yoga lessons and ashram events, such as the morning fire puja (prayer), the famous Arti (light) ceremony on the Ganges, satsang (exchange) Singing with the spiritual leaders of the Ashrams Pujya ji and Svadhvi ji and Kirtan.