Our online yoga teacher training starts at $160 — $160 for the 100 hour, $220 for the 200 hour and $250 for the 300 hour. You can start any month, and each combines live Zoom sessions with recorded lessons and study material you keep. Taught from Rishikesh by a Yoga Alliance Registered School (RYS 200 and RYS 300) — the same teachers who lead our residential trainings. You receive a certificate from the school on completion.
Rishikesh Nath Yogshala runs three online yoga teacher training courses, at 100, 200 and 300 hours, taught live over Zoom from the same school on the bank of the Ganga where the residential trainings take place. They exist for a specific kind of student: someone who wants the school's actual teachers, curriculum and feedback, not a self-paced video library, but cannot yet clear the time or the cost to travel to India and train in person. This page compares the three online courses, explains honestly what online training can and cannot give you compared with training in Rishikesh, and covers the technology, certification and format questions that apply across all three.
If you are choosing between the online courses and a trip to Rishikesh itself, read the comparison section below before you decide. Online training is a genuine, live-taught option, not a discount version of the real thing, but it is not the same experience as a residency, and this page will not pretend otherwise. If you already know online is right for you, the comparison table just below will help you pick which of the three courses to start with.
All three courses are taught live by the same core teachers and follow the same honest-pricing approach as the rest of the school: one fee, quoted before you book, covering the list on each course's own page. What differs between them is level and depth, not quality.
| 100 hour | 200 hour | 300 hour | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level | Foundation, for beginners and early practitioners | Core teacher training, for a regular home practitioner | Advanced, for graduates of a 200 hour level course |
| Best for | Testing whether teaching is a path worth pursuing | Building real teaching skills and a multistyle base | Deepening practice and teaching for those already qualified |
| Prerequisite | None | Some regular practice beforehand is assumed | A 200 hour level foundation, here or elsewhere |
| Focus | Hatha and Ashtanga basics, anatomy, philosophy, meditation | Hatha, Ashtanga, Vinyasa, pranayama, anatomy, philosophy, teaching methodology | Advanced sequencing, deeper philosophy and pranayama, teaching practicum |
| More detail | 100 hour course page | 200 hour course page | 300 hour course page |
Most students who are new to yoga start with the 100 hour course, then move on to the 200 hour course once they know they want to teach. Students who already hold a 200 hour level certification, whether from this school or elsewhere, typically go straight to the 300 hour course to deepen what they already know.
Every one of the online courses shares its core curriculum with the equivalent residential training. What changes is the format, and a few things that only a residency can provide. Being clear about that trade-off up front is more useful than glossing over it.
| Online | In Rishikesh | |
|---|---|---|
| Adjustment | Verbal correction, over video | Hands-on adjustment from a teacher in the room |
| Immersion | Fits around your existing life and routine | A fixed daily rhythm, away from ordinary distractions |
| Cost | No travel, visa or accommodation cost on top | Includes accommodation, meals and excursions in the fee |
| Time commitment | Spread across your weeks, fitted around work | Full days, with nothing else to plan around |
| Certification | School certificate on completion | School certificate on completion, at a Yoga Alliance RYS 200 / RYS 300 registered school |
If cost or travel is the only reason you are considering online rather than Rishikesh, it is worth being honest with yourself about whether it is a genuine choice or a compromise you plan to revisit. Plenty of students use an online course as a deliberate first step and travel for the residential 200 hour training once they can, arriving already familiar with the material and the teaching team. Others complete their whole training online because that is what actually fits their life, which is just as legitimate a reason to choose it.
All three online courses are taught the same way: live over Zoom, by the same core teachers who lead the school's residential trainings in Rishikesh, not a separate online-only staff. Each live block runs for as long as a proper asana class or a full lecture needs, and sessions recur across your weeks in the course rather than arriving as one long unbroken stream to work through alone.
Because the school is in Rishikesh, every session is scheduled around Indian time. That generally puts live sessions in the evening in India, which lands in the early morning across most of the United States and around midday to early afternoon across Europe, depending on which side of the Atlantic you are on. Check the current live schedule against your own time zone before you commit to any of the three courses.
If you miss a live session, you are not simply out of luck. Every session across all three courses is recorded, and the recording is yours to keep, so you can watch it back and bring questions to the next live class or raise them in the course WhatsApp group. A missed class costs you a delay, not the content itself.
Across all three courses, you need a reasonably stable internet connection, a laptop, tablet or phone that can run Zoom with the camera on, and a spot at home with enough floor space to move through a full asana practice without knocking into furniture. A second device or a simple stand to prop your camera at a useful angle helps a teacher actually see your alignment, since a phone propped against a water bottle on the floor rarely shows your full body.
On props, you do not need a studio's worth of equipment for any of the three courses. A folded blanket or firm cushion substitutes for a bolster, a stack of books works in place of a block, and a long scarf or a dressing-gown belt does the job of a strap. What matters more than owning the "correct" prop is having something with the right shape and firmness on hand when a teacher calls for one, and a practice space quiet enough that you can hear instruction and be heard when it is your turn.
Rishikesh Nath Yogshala is a Yoga Alliance Registered School, recognised at the RYS 200 and RYS 300 levels for the residential trainings it runs from Rishikesh. That is a fact about the school, and it is worth being precise about what it does and does not tell you about any of the three online courses.
On completing an online course, you receive a certificate from Rishikesh Nath Yogshala confirming you have finished it, covering the modules set out on that course's own page. Whether hours completed online can themselves be registered with Yoga Alliance toward a Registered Yoga Teacher credential is a question with its own rules, set by Yoga Alliance, that can change and that depend on your own circumstances. Rather than promise an outcome the school does not control, the honest answer is: ask Yoga Alliance directly, before you enrol in any of the three courses, if registering as an RYT is the reason you are taking one.
What the school can promise, for all three courses, is the training itself: the same modules and teachers as its residential trainings, and a certificate that reflects genuine hours of live instruction rather than a document handed out for watching pre-recorded videos on your own schedule.
Be honest with yourself about self-discipline before you book any of the three courses. Nobody is going to knock on your door if you skip a live session, and nobody is watching to see whether you unroll your mat between classes. The students who get the most out of online training are the ones who treat the live schedule the way they would treat a class they were paying to attend in person, and who use the recordings to catch up rather than to replace showing up in the first place. If you know from experience that you need a room full of other people and a teacher standing over you to stay consistent, it is worth knowing that about yourself before you enrol, not partway through the course.
If you are new to yoga or want to test whether teaching interests you, start with the 100 hour course. If you already have a regular home practice and want a genuine teacher training, the 200 hour course is built for that. If you already hold a 200 hour level certification and want to go deeper, the 300 hour course is the advanced option.
Rishikesh Nath Yogshala is a Yoga Alliance Registered School (RYS 200 and RYS 300) for its residential trainings. Each online course awards a certificate from the school itself on completion. Whether hours completed online can be registered with Yoga Alliance toward an RYT credential is governed by Yoga Alliance's own rules, which can change, so confirm directly with Yoga Alliance before you enrol if that registration is the reason you are taking a course.
All three courses are taught live over Zoom by the same core teachers who lead the school's residential trainings in Rishikesh. Sessions are scheduled around Indian time and recur across your weeks in the course, rather than arriving as a single video library to work through alone.
A stable internet connection, a device that runs Zoom with the camera on, and enough floor space at home to move through a full asana practice. Household substitutes work for props: a folded blanket for a bolster, books for a block, a long scarf or belt for a strap.
Every live session across all three courses is recorded, and recordings are yours to keep, so a missed class is a delay, not a loss. Bring questions from the recording to the next live session or raise them in the course WhatsApp group.
It teaches the same core curriculum by the same teachers, but it is a different experience, not an equivalent one. Online training cannot offer hands-on adjustment, shared meals or the daily immersion of living at the school, and this page says so plainly. What it offers instead is a schedule that fits around a life a residency would ask you to pause.
The same core teaching team who run the school's residential courses in Rishikesh, including Mayuri Shewale, Rahul Badoni and Swami Anand, not a separate online-only staff. Meet the full team on the teachers page.
You can book any of the three courses directly through the school's booking page, where the current fee and enrolment details for each one are shown. If you have questions first, the general FAQ page and the teachers page are both good places to look, or you can contact the school directly.
Start any month · live sessions plus recorded material you keep · study from anywhere in the world.
| Course | Price |
|---|---|
| Course100 Hour Online YTTC | Price$160 |
| Course200 Hour Online YTTC | Price$220 |
| Course300 Hour Online YTTC | Price$250 |
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