Below are the Asanas, Mudras, Kriyas that you will learn/practice during the practical intensive period.
Your full certification will be given during this period.

Asanas
Shavasana
Ardhahalasana (one leg/ both leg)
Uttana padasana
Pawana muktasana (ardha /purn )
Naukasana (supine/prone )
Viparitakarani
Sarvangasana
Matsyasana
Halasana
Bhujangasana
Ardha salabhasna
Shalabhasana
Dhanurasana
Makarasana
Vakrasana
Janushirasana/Paschimotana
Vajrasana
Ustrasana
Yoga mudra
Parvatasana
Akarna dhanurasana
Chakrasana (lateral)
Vrikshasana
Tadasana

Meditative poses
Ardha padmasana
Padmasana
Swastikasana

Other practices
Simha asana
Brahma Mudra
Uddiyana Bandha

Pranayama
Anuloma Viloma
Ujjayi

Kriyas
Kapalabhati
Jala Neti
Rubber Neti
Vamana Dhauti

Mantra recitation
Pranava japa
Swasti mantra
Om stavan

Advantages :

1. Time saver – 15 days in India instead of a month or 6 weeks.
2. Cost saver
3. Deeper study – full focus on the subject in the privacy of your own home and in your own time.
4. Internationally recognized certificate.
5. Authentic – designed by the oldest Yoga Institute in the world.

The online theory part is US $350 or INR 21000 for Indians.

Our certificate is valid Internationally.

It is issued by COUNCIL OF YOGA ACCREDITATION INTERNATIONAL.

International Yoga Certification is of 3 kinds :

Yoga Instructor’s Certification – 200 hours minimum.
Yoga Teacher’s Certification – 500 hours minimum.
Yoga Therapist’s Certification

Our blended course gives you a Yoga Instructor’s Certificate, covering the requisite 200 hours.

Yes, you can start your practice with this yoga certificate, although we recommended a few months apprenticeship and hands-on experience with an experienced yoga teacher, after the certification.

Our teachers have been teaching Yoga as a subject to the thousands of students who have passed out of the Yoga College at KaivalyaDhama, India.

The teachers in the online course are :

Dr. Ganesh Rao (Lecturer – Patanjali Yoga Sutras)

Dr. Ganesh Rao has conducted more than 13500 sessions of Yoga till date, covering both the theory and practice of all aspects of Yoga catering towards health and healing. Dr. Rao is a Guide for Ph.D. students in Philosophy and Yoga of Mumbai University and K.K. Sanskrit University, Nagpur.

Dr. G. S. Sahay (Lecturer, Gold Medalist – Sanskrit)

Prof. Sahay has around 34 years of Teaching experience to the post graduate students at G.S. college of Yoga and cultural synthesis Lonavla , and taught Indian philosophy, Patanjali Yoga sutras, and Traditional Yogic texts .He has also delivered lectures in different re-orientation programs organized for the teachers from the schools of Maharashtra and Central Govt. He has conducted various yoga camps and workshops on yoga in India as well as visited Seoul South Korea to conduct yoga courses.

Dr. Sharad Bhalekar (Ayurvedic Physician, Lecturer)

Dr. Bhalekar is one of the most popular teachers at KaivalyaDhama. He frequently travels to Singapore and other south-east asian countries to teach.

R. S. Bhogal (Lecturer – Psychology, Author)

Prof. R. S. Bhogal is a post graduate in psychology. Also, he is qualified in the NET exam (Organizational Psychology) with 17 years of research experience and twenty years of teaching experience. He was also Managing Editor and Associate Editor of Yoga Mimamsa for 17 years.

Lee Majewski (Holistic Yoga Practitioner, Kundalini / Hatha Yoga Certified)

Lee has been in charge of the teaching methods at KaivalyaDhama. She also runs the cancer rejuvenation and chronic cure programs at Lonavala and around the world.

ONLINE GUIDES

Vartika Dubey is the daughter of Shri O P Tiwari and disciple of Swami Digambarji. She has been trained in pranayama by her father and has had the blessing of her guru and father both to teach Pranayama. She directs the New York chapter of KaivalyaDhama and has been teaching for many decades.
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The course is multimedia. There are 32 hours of video lectures, but the same is also given in streaming audio, so you can access easily from portable devices like phones, tablets etc.
Audio lectures do not consume much bandwidth.

Besides this, the transcripts of all lectures are given along with a google translation function – so if your native language is not English, then this makes it easier for you to study.

There are ebooks to study and some text material.
There are assignments that you have to complete and submit before you attend the practicals..

It gives you an enormous amount of information in various formats.

Currently the 2 week intensives are held every alternate month in India at KaivalyaDhama .

It is also held in USA – pls see this link – Intensives in USA

After completing the online theory part, you can enrol for the intensives in India or the United States.

Mercedes Stewart – USA, North Carolina (Kaivalyadhama Mentor)

(Contact Mercedes Stewart at 910.382.6096.)

Abhyasa training is held twice a year in Richlands/Jacksonville, North Carolina, at YogatheGarden. This 18-week course runs July – November & January – May. It is local and non-residential.

Mercedes Stewart, CY.ED, CYAI has been a student of Shri O.P. Tiwari and his daughter Vartika since 1996. She received her training and certification from Kaivalyadhama in 2001. She has taught traditional yoga in a therapeutic style to include pranayama and meditation techniques, history, and philosophy for more than 15 years.
Her website : www.mercysgarden.com

Look, there are about 36 hours of audio/video lectures and some sections are in text. But just listening to the lectures is not enough for your learning.
We recommend taking your own notes and completing the assignments.
This will take minimum 120 to 150 hours of your time.
So if you devote 2 hours a day, everyday,  for 3 months then you should be able to complete it.
However, if you want to do it thoroughly, then we recommend listening to the lectures, reading the transcripts, reading the e-books, doing the assignments . This might take upto 6 months if done slowly but with dedication.

Once you enrol in the course, you will see a link ‘Ask a question’.
Your questions will be answered by Dr. Vartika Dubey, who has more than 35 years of immersion in the philosophy and practice of yoga.

Kdham courses are recognised by all the major councils of yoga, since its one of the oldest Yoga institutes in the world.
Our affiliation is with CYAI.

Being recognised and aided by the Government of India, student visa is issued in the name of Kaivalyadhama Yoga Institute.

Kaivalyadhama faculty have experience of more than three decades.

The institute’s perspective in imparting Yoga education is completely scientific and secular.

Kaivalyadhama college has placements in Indian spas such as Taj, Hilton, Mahendra, Oberoi and others. At international level our teachers are employed in across globe.

Councils established by Government of India such as Ministry of health and family welfare, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department if Science and Technology all recognise the institute .