200-Hour · 300-Hour · 500-HourYoga Teacher Training
Become the teacher you came to be.
In one paragraph
Deep Yoga Wellness is a Yoga Alliance certified teacher training school in Tapovan, Rishikesh, on the western bank of the Ganges. We run 200-hour, 300-hour, and 500-hour residential trainings with cohorts of twenty to thirty students, taught by Sudhanshu Badoni and a small faculty rooted in the classical Hatha lineage.
Yoga Alliance
RYS 200 / 300 / 500
Cohort size
20–30 students
Location
Tapovan, Rishikesh
Duration
24 days residential
Lineage
Hatha & Pranayama
Next batch
Jul 14, 2026
RYS 200 / 300 / 500 — verifiable
Small-group, mentor-led
On the Ganges since 2008
Certified teachers worldwide
Accredited & verified
Every Deep Yoga teacher training carries Yoga Alliance RYS 200, 300 and 500 accreditation — internationally recognised in 150+ countries.
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Upcoming cohorts
Cohorts run year-round, capped at 20–30 students. Seats are shown live — when the chip reads "waitlist," that batch is sold out and the next becomes the soonest opportunity to join us at the shala.
PROGRAMS
Whether you're stepping into your first teacher training or deepening a teaching practice you already have, there's a path for you. All accredited by Yoga Alliance.
By the Ganges
The shala sits on the western bank of the river, a five-minute walk from the Ram Jhula bridge. The marble floor is cold under your feet at 5:30am and the brass bell rings once before silence settles over twenty-four lungs beginning their first pranayama of the day.
This isn't an ashram. It isn't a resort. It's a teacher training school built for people who want depth and clarity in equal measure, where every asana is rooted in anatomical precision and philosophical context.
Mornings are pranayama by the water, then asana on the marble, then philosophy in the courtyard with chai. Afternoons hold anatomy labs, teaching practica, and the kind of stillness that only comes when you're far from everything familiar.
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Meet your lead teacher
Sudhanshu Badoni leads every cohort at Deep Yoga Wellness. He runs the YogaAsana YouTube channel where he publishes pranayama tutorials, philosophy talks, and dispatches from the riverside shala in Tapovan. His teaching weaves classical Hatha alignment with the breath disciplines that shape every Deep Yoga cohort's morning practice.
From the YogaAsana channel
Pranayama tutorials, philosophy clips, and dispatches from the shala in Tapovan. Filmed by Sudhanshu and his team between cohorts.
The king of pranayamas, taught from basic to advanced — alternate-nostril breathing as Sudhanshu teaches it on day one of every Deep Yoga 200hr cohort. Foundation breathwork that any practitioner can begin today.
Read the companion article →The complete Surya Namaskar tutorial. The exact morning practice that opens every Deep Yoga teacher training — from breath synchronization to alignment refinements an experienced practitioner can use to deepen the form.
Read the companion article →A deep breakdown of Patanjali's Yoga Sutra 1.17 — vitarka, vichara, ananda, asmita. The four stages of samprajnata samadhi that every philosophy module at Deep Yoga teacher training works back to.
Read the companion article →The relaxation asanas every 200hr trainee learns to teach with care — Shavasana, Makarasana, supported variants. How to hold a room in stillness, taught the way it's taught at the riverside shala in Tapovan.
Read the companion article →From our alumni
I came thinking I knew what I was buying. I was wrong, in the best way. Twenty-eight mornings on the river will rearrange you. The teachers held the line between rigor and warmth — I finished the program a different person, and a real teacher.
Maya Sutton
Brooklyn, USA · Cohort July 2025
I had practiced for six years. I assumed the YTT would be a polish. It was a foundation. The pranayama work alone justified the whole month — I now teach a class my students travel for, and every cue I use was first given to me here.
Daniel Holm
Copenhagen, Denmark · Cohort October 2024
A school that respects the lineage without performing it. Twelve of us, one shala, five-thirty pranayama, philosophy that actually meant something. I came back a teacher. I came back a person who knows how to hold a room.
Aisha Patel
London, UK · Cohort March 2025
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Accommodation & meals
Your fee includes your stay and meals on campus — so you can arrive, settle in, and give the practice your full attention. Comfortable rooms, attached bathrooms, and a sattvic vegetarian kitchen, all a short walk from the Ganges in Tapovan, Rishikesh.
Clean, comfortable rooms with attached bathrooms and hot water — choose private or twin-shared occupancy.
Fresh, vegetarian, locally sourced food from our own kitchen — light, nourishing and yogic.
Wi-Fi, filtered drinking water, laundry and 24/7 support — all a short walk from the Ganges in Tapovan.
Find us
The river is open
A 200-hour immersion on the banks of the Ganges. Small cohorts, senior faculty, a lineage that doesn't bend. Your mat is waiting.
