Teacher training
200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training
Our main course. Twenty-four days, twenty students, led by Geeta with specialist faculty for anatomy and philosophy. Starts the 1st of every month.
24 days
From $1,075
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Junegiri Farms · Rishikesh, India
A small yoga school above the Ganga.
20 students, never more
200-hour teacher training and retreats in the Himalayan foothills. Twenty students, four teachers, and food grown in our own garden.
No payment today — we hold your place while you decide.
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- Years teaching
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- Students, maximum
- E-RYT 500
- Lead trainer
Why here
Rishikesh has three hundred yoga schools. Almost all of them are concrete buildings in the middle of Tapovan, running batches of thirty, buying food from the same wholesale market. We sit above the river with twenty students, four teachers and a garden.
that difference is the whole thing
It is easy to verify and impossible to copy without land. It is why the food is what it is, why there are only twenty of you, and why you hear birds instead of horns.
Courses
What we run
Teacher training on the 1st of every month, and retreats in between.
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Retreat
Yoga & Detox Retreats
Seven or ten days. No exams, no certification, no 5:30 philosophy modules — just practice, food and space to rest.
7–10 days
From $420
Advanced
300-Hour Teacher Training
For teachers who already hold a 200-hour and have taught. Twelve students, twenty-eight days. First batch January 2027.
28 days
From $1,450
What makes it different
Three things you won't find in town
Food from the garden
The most common complaint in Rishikesh teacher training reviews is the food — repetitive, oily, and by week three nobody wants to eat it. We grow most of what you eat, and the menu follows what's ready rather than a weekly loop.
Twenty students, never more
Small enough that we know how your shoulder moves by the second week, and can correct it. Because we own the farm we profit at eight — schools paying rent in town need twenty-five, so intimacy is a promise they cannot make.
The founder teaches
Most schools here book freelance trainers by the month and students find out who's teaching them on arrival. Our faculty is named on the site, and Geeta leads every teacher training herself.
What you leave with
Able to teach, not just to practise
01
A full 200 hours
Structured to the Yoga Alliance educational categories — technique, methodology, anatomy, philosophy and practicum.
02
Confidence to lead a room
You teach from week two. By the end you can plan and hold a class, not just perform one.
03
Anatomy you actually use
Enough understanding of the spine, pelvis and shoulder to keep your future students safe.
04
A daily practice that holds
Twenty-four days of early mornings builds something that survives going home.
05
Real breath work
Pranayama taught progressively rather than as a five-minute add-on at the end of class.
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Nineteen other people
Small batches turn into a group that stays in touch. That matters more than anyone expects.
What you'll study
Nine disciplines, two hundred hours
Contact hours — the time you actually spend in the room, not an aspirational total. Structured to the Yoga Alliance educational categories.
Hatha Yoga
40hहठ
Classical postures held with attention to alignment. The foundation everything else is built on.
Ashtanga Vinyasa
35hअष्टाङ्ग
The primary series fundamentals, taught as a system you can adapt rather than a sequence to memorise.
Pranayama
20hप्राणायाम
Breathing practices taught progressively, with the contraindications most courses skip.
Meditation
15hध्यान
Concentration, mindfulness and mantra. Morning and evening, every day, until it stops feeling like effort.
Anatomy & Physiology
30hThe spine, pelvis and shoulder in depth — enough to keep your future students safe, not enough to bore you.
Yoga Philosophy
30hदर्शन
Patanjali's Sutras and the Bhagavad Gita, read closely rather than summarised into slogans.
Teaching Methodology
30hSequencing, cueing, demonstration, and hands-on adjustment with proper attention to consent.
Practicum
35hYou teach from week two. Real classes, real feedback, revised and taught again.
Shatkarma & Ayurveda
15hषट्कर्म
Traditional cleansing practices and the Ayurvedic basics that shape how we cook here.
250 scheduled hours, plus self-study to reach 200.
E-RYT 500
Lead trainer
Geeta, registered with Yoga Alliance — verifiable in their public directory.
20
Students maximum
The ceiling we hold to, however many courses are running that month.
24
Days, 1st of each month
Contact hours, not an aspirational total.
12 months
Free deposit transfer
Change your dates any time within a year, no fee.
Certification
Yoga Alliance registered school
Junegiri Yoga Schoolis a Registered Yoga School (RYS-200) with Yoga Alliance. Complete the 200-hour training and you receive our certificate and become eligible to register as an RYT-200 — the credential most studios ask for internationally.
Registering as an RYT is your own optional, paid membership with Yoga Alliance rather than something that happens automatically on graduation. We explain how that works, and what it is actually worth, on the certification page.
How certification worksThe farm
A school small enough to teach properly.
That order matters. The vegetables in your thali were grown a two-minute walk from where you practise, and the kitchen cooks to what came in that morning.
It is a lived-in place rather than a resort — the dogs wander through, the horses are in the field below, and it is genuinely quiet in a way that Tapovan is not.
The place
Where you'll be
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Your teacher
Geeta founded the school and leads every teacher training.
Geeta founded Junegiri and leads the 200-hour teacher training. She is registered with Yoga Alliance as an E-RYT 500 — a credential requiring more than two thousand logged teaching hours over at least four years, and one you can verify yourself in their public directory.
She teaches hatha and vinyasa with an emphasis on understanding why a shape works rather than copying it — and her philosophy sessions are the ones graduates mention most.
What's here
Facilities, honestly described
A quiet guesthouse in the hills, not a resort. Everything below is real — we'd rather under-promise than have you arrive disappointed.
Open-air practice
We practise outside whenever the weather allows, on flat ground above the fields. Sheltered space for monsoon and winter mornings.
Organic kitchen garden
Most of what you eat is grown a two-minute walk from where you practise. You're welcome in the garden any time.
Rooms with hot water
Triple, twin and private, all with attached bathrooms. Simple and clean — a farm guesthouse, not a hotel.
Wi-Fi that works
Good enough to video-call home. Not good enough to stream 4K, and honestly that's fine for a month.
Laundry included
Done a couple of times a week. Bring four or five days of practice clothes.
Free station pickup
From Rishikesh or Haridwar. Your first journey in India shouldn't be alone with a stranger outside a station.
Ayurvedic treatments
One massage included with the teacher training; more available on the property by arrangement.
Library and study space
Somewhere quiet to read that isn't your room, for the self-study hours.
Who comes here
Twenty strangers, then not
Most of our students travel from Europe, the UK, Australia and North America, alongside people from across India. A majority arrive on their own.
- Small batches turn into groups that stay in touch — it matters more than anyone expects going in.
- Most of our students are women travelling alone. Female staff live on site and we collect you from the station.
- Ages have ranged from early twenties to late fifties, and the mix is usually the best part.
- No experience of India required. We'll tell you what you need to know before you land.
Six in the morning
The bit no brochure gets right
Practice starts before the light does. By the time the sun clears the far ridge you have been on the mat an hour, and the valley below is still under cloud. This is the view from the terrace, filmed on a phone, because that is what everyone here actually reaches for.
- Two practices a day, the first at six and the second in the late afternoon.
- Philosophy sits in the middle of the day, when the heat makes anything else unwise.
- Evenings are yours. Most people walk, read, or sit out on the veranda.
Upcoming
Next available dates
Teacher training starts on the 1st of every month and runs 24 days. Batches are capped at twelve and the peak months fill first.
Retreat
Available1 – 7 October 2026
7-Day Yoga & Detox Retreat · 7 days
From
₹36,000
$420
Teacher training
Available5 – 28 October 2026
200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training · 24 days
From
₹92,500
$1,075
Teacher training
Available5 – 16 October 2026
100-Hour Foundation Training · 12 days
From
₹52,000
$605
Teacher training
Available6 – 12 October 2026
Yin Yoga Teacher Training · 7 days
From
₹42,000
$490
Teacher training
Available9 – 18 October 2026
Prenatal & Postnatal Training · 10 days
From
₹58,000
$675
Retreat
Available16 – 22 October 2026
7-Day Yoga & Detox Retreat · 7 days
From
₹36,000
$420
A day here
Up at half five. Six days a week.
It is demanding, and we would rather tell you here than have you find out in week two. Most people hit a wall and come out the other side. Sundays are yours.
- 05:30Wake
- 06:00Pranayama and meditation
- 07:00Hatha practice
- 09:00Breakfast, from the garden
- 10:30Yoga philosophy
- 11:45Anatomy and physiology
- 13:00Lunch, then rest
- 15:00Teaching methodology
- 16:30Vinyasa or yin
- 18:15Mantra and meditation
- 19:00Dinner
- 22:00Lights out
Before you ask
The questions everyone has
What visa do I need?
India's e-Tourist visa explicitly permits short-duration yoga programmes, and it is what most of our students travel on. Rules change and depend on your nationality, so please confirm with your nearest Indian embassy or the official e-visa portal before booking flights. We'll issue an admission letter for your application if you need one — just ask.
What is the food like?
Three sattvic vegetarian meals a day, mostly grown here. The menu changes with what's ready in the garden rather than repeating on a weekly loop. This is the thing former students mention most, and it's why we grow as much of it as we can rather than buying in from town.
Do I need to be flexible or advanced?
No. You need a regular practice of six months or so and the willingness to work. Flexibility is not a prerequisite for teaching yoga — understanding is. Some of the best teachers we've trained could not touch their toes on day one.
How many students will be in my batch?
Twenty at most. That is the ceiling we hold to — large enough for a proper practicum group with plenty of partners to work with, small enough that the teaching stays personal and nobody becomes a face at the back.
Is Rishikesh safe for a woman travelling alone?
Broadly yes, and a majority of our students are women travelling alone. Rishikesh is a pilgrimage town — alcohol and meat are banned, and it's calmer than most Indian cities. The usual sense applies: don't walk alone on unlit roads late, be firm with anyone pushy, and use registered taxis. On the farm you have lockable rooms, lit paths, female staff on site and someone reachable at any hour. We'll collect you from the station so your first journey isn't alone with a stranger.
Come and see
Not sure whether it's right for you?
Then don't book yet. Message Geeta and ask the awkward questions first — whether you're flexible enough, whether it's safe travelling alone, what happens if you get ill. We would rather talk you out of the wrong course than take your deposit.
