Diya Yogashala is a certified yoga school in Rishikesh which provides 100 hour yoga teacher training and 200 hour yoga teacher training courses. The school is located near Ram Jhula and is close to the banks of river Ganga, where it also offers multi-style yoga teacher training and yoga retreats in Rishikesh.
During the various 100 hour and 200 hour yoga training courses held at Diya Yogashala, focus is on improving the body’s flexibility, and teaching and training the students in the basics of different styles of yoga. Use of props such as wooden blocks, ropes and straps are taught during practice of Hatha Yoga, in which students have to hold their poses for several breaths. These props are useful and come in handy in maintaining Hatha yoga poses for several minutes. They act as a balancing factor for various parts of the body of yoga students during their practice of various yoga poses.
Diya Yogashala offers two types of yoga retreats in Rishikesh – One week and Two Weeks yoga retreats. Both of them include 60 minute yoga session and 30 minute meditation session twice a day; along with an ayurvedic massage once a day. It’s fun part includes trekking and hiking to different tourist destinations every day, along with fun-filled yogic musical evenings. Religious mantras and chants are played in the musical evenings to soothe the minds of yoga enthusiasts and help them forget all their troubles.