Rishikesh Nath Yogshala is a residential yoga school in Laxman Jhula, Rishikesh, teaching Hatha, Ashtanga, Vinyasa and Iyengar-influenced yoga in a lineage connected to the Nath sampradaya, the Himalayan tradition associated with Guru Gorakhnath. It is a Yoga Alliance Registered School (RYS 200 and RYS 300) for its residential teacher trainings, taught by four named teachers who lead every batch personally. Sunday is the school's day off. See the 200 hour yoga teacher training for the current course structure.
Rishikesh Nath Yogshala is a small residential yoga school on the northern edge of Laxman Jhula, teaching yoga the way it was taught to the people who now teach it: with a named teacher in the room, a fixed daily rhythm, and no shortcuts dressed up as tradition. This page is the honest version of "about us", what the school actually teaches, who actually teaches it, what accreditation actually means here, and where the school draws a line on what it will not do to grow.
The school takes its name from the Nath sampradaya, the lineage of Himalayan yogis associated with Guru Gorakhnath, whose teachings on breath, posture and the subtler workings of the body sit underneath much of what is taught today as Hatha yoga. That lineage is not treated as decoration here. It shows up in how asana classes are sequenced, in the weight given to pranayama and the purification practices known as shatkarma, and in philosophy classes that connect the physical practice back to where it actually came from rather than presenting yoga as a fitness routine with Sanskrit names attached.
Ashtanga, Vinyasa flow and Iyengar-influenced alignment work sit alongside that Hatha foundation, so the school teaches a multistyle curriculum rather than certifying students in a single narrow lineage. The aim, across every course the school runs, is a graduate who understands where a technique comes from and can teach more than one style convincingly, not someone who has memorised a single sequence for an exam.
Rishikesh Nath Yogshala is taught by four core teachers: Mayuri Shewale, the founder and lead teacher; Rahul Badoni, co-founder and philosophy teacher; Priya Sharma, the aerial yoga specialist; and Swami Anand, who leads meditation. Every module of every residential course is led personally by one of them, batch after batch, rather than handed to a trainee or a rotating junior instructor once the school gets busy. Meet the full team, with credentials and what each one teaches, on the teachers page.
The school sits on the quiet, northern side of Laxman Jhula, close enough to the Ganga to hear it and far enough from the market to actually sleep. Rishikesh itself sits in the foothills of the Himalayas, at the point where the holy Ganges river comes down out of the mountains, and the town is widely known as the "Yoga Capital of the World" for exactly that setting, ashrams, yoga schools and the river together in one place.
The training halls are built for what actually happens in them across a day: room enough for a full group asana session, and quiet enough afterward for the meditation and philosophy sessions that share the same space at other points in the schedule. Full detail on the rooms themselves, what each tier includes, and what a typical week of sattvic meals looks like, is on the food and accommodation page.
Rishikesh Nath Yogshala is a Registered Yoga School with Yoga Alliance at the RYS 200 and RYS 300 levels, for its residential teacher trainings. That is a specific, checkable status, not a vague claim of being "certified": Yoga Alliance sets curriculum-hour and teaching-practice requirements a school has to meet to hold RYS status at each level, and this school meets them for its 200 hour and 300 hour residential courses. Graduates of those courses receive a certificate from the school itself, which is what most working yoga teachers use to start teaching.
Registering as a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) on Yoga Alliance's own registry afterward is always a separate step the graduate takes themselves, directly with Yoga Alliance, at Yoga Alliance's own fee, it is not something the school does for you or bundles into the course. The school's online courses are taught by the same Rishikesh-based, Yoga Alliance registered faculty, but the online format itself is not Yoga Alliance registered; anyone telling you otherwise about an online-only course anywhere is not describing how Yoga Alliance registration actually works. If accreditation is the deciding factor in your choice of course, ask the school directly which specific status applies to the course you are considering before you book, rather than assuming it carries over automatically from the residential programme.
The school prices its courses honestly, one number, shown before you book, that does not change once you have arrived. There is no seasonal discount code that quietly means someone booked ahead of you paid less for the same course, and no fee that only appears after you have landed in Rishikesh with nowhere else to stay. What each course fee actually covers, item by item, is set out in full on that course's own page, so you can check exactly what you are paying for before you commit.
Growth is not worth breaking the things that make the training work. Rishikesh Nath Yogshala will not overbook a batch past the point where every trainee gets real, individual attention from a named teacher. It will not delegate teaching to trainees or recent graduates to cover a shortfall in staff, the four teachers on the teachers page are the ones actually leading class, every time. And it will not add a fee after you have arrived that was not disclosed when you booked. These are constraints the school has chosen to operate inside, not marketing lines, and they are the reason the faculty has stayed small rather than expanding to match every batch that could theoretically be sold.
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Tradition | Nath sampradaya lineage, Hatha-rooted, multistyle curriculum |
| Accreditation | Yoga Alliance Registered School, RYS 200 and RYS 300, residential courses |
| Location | Laxman Jhula, Rishikesh, on the bank of the Ganga |
| Day off | Sunday, every week |
| Meals | Two sattvic vegetarian meals daily on courses (three on retreats), cooked on-site |
| Teaching language | English |
Dehradun (DED), Jolly Grant Airport, is the nearest airport, with a straightforward taxi ride into Rishikesh from there; free pickup is included for every residential course. Students travelling by train instead usually come through Haridwar, which has stronger long-distance rail connections than Rishikesh itself. Classes are taught in English; Spanish-speaking support is available on request if you let the school know when you enquire or book, so they can arrange it ahead of your arrival rather than on your first morning.
Training days at Rishikesh Nath Yogshala run on a fixed rhythm on purpose: an early wake-up, asana practice, pranayama, brunch, lecture blocks that rotate through anatomy, philosophy and teaching methodology, a midday rest, an afternoon asana or meditation session, and dinner in the evening, with Sunday set aside as the one day the rhythm pauses. That consistency is itself part of what the training is teaching, since showing up for a practice at the same hour every day, whether or not you feel like it that morning, is a habit most working yoga teachers rely on long after they leave Rishikesh. The exact daily schedule for each course is set out on that course's own page, and what a full week of meals looks like is covered on the food and accommodation page.
Rishikesh Nath Yogshala takes two kinds of student. The first has kept a home practice going for a while and wants the structure, anatomy and confidence to teach it to others. The second loves yoga enough to want to understand it properly before ever standing in front of a class. Neither has to arrive with a prior certificate; what matters more is a willingness to show up early in the morning for weeks in a row and keep showing up, because the training assumes a working level of fitness and some prior familiarity with a regular practice rather than teaching from zero.
If a full teacher training is more than you are ready to commit to right now, the school also runs yoga retreats in Rishikesh for guests who want guided practice and the same sattvic food without the certification track attached. Either way, the questions people ask most before booking, about money, visas, food and the course itself, are answered in full on the FAQ page.
The school teaches within the Nath sampradaya, a Himalayan lineage associated with Guru Gorakhnath, with a Hatha foundation and Ashtanga, Vinyasa and Iyengar-influenced work taught alongside it as a multistyle curriculum.
Yes, as a Registered Yoga School at the RYS 200 and RYS 300 levels, for its residential teacher trainings. Registering as an RYT on Yoga Alliance's own registry afterward is a separate step the graduate takes themselves.
Rishikesh Nath Yogshala is in Laxman Jhula, Rishikesh, on the bank of the Ganga in the foothills of the Himalayas, in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand.
Yes. Sunday is the school's day off every week, used by most students to rest, explore Rishikesh or sit by the river.
No. The school will not overbook a batch past the point where every trainee gets real attention from a named teacher, and it will not hand teaching to trainees. The four teachers on the teachers page lead every class themselves.
With one honest number per course, shown before you book and unchanged once you arrive. Exactly what each fee includes is set out in full on that course's own page.
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