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The course has taught me a lot. Not only on the theory but how to apply the principles of yoga in daily life. I have also learned the reasons behind the poses and the sequences, how to think and analysis for each pose based on the anatomy and the type of the pose, how can it combined with the warm-up exercise and the neutralizing pose. Last but not least, how it gave me the opportunity to understand more deeply into yoga.

I love the course. I have learnt so much about yoga from this course. It first cleared all the wrong ideas I had about yoga, and it also instilled in me what yoga really is. Teachers are great with many years of experience. They are very passionate about all aspects of yoga, such as Mudra, Bandha, Asana, Meditation and Pranayama. They always tried their best to help or give you options when you cant approach an asana. Besides, all the teachers know their subject thoroughly so they will provide you with answers to all your questions. Instructions are given clearly, so that even beginners like me feel confident that I can to do a more advanced asana or become good at yoga eventually. Also, all the admin staff is very friendly and easy-going and always ready to help when you need them. After the course, students are also given chances to work with different charity groups to put what we have learnt into practice.

I  enjoyed the learning of 200YTT. The course content was very comprehensive and well-rounded. It gives me understanding of all the foundational information of teaching yoga. Instructors were all knowledgeable and experienced. I can feel their enthusiastic to yoga. Yoga Theory was very informative and useful.

In the first session, I was enlightened by Master Yogananth when he was explaining what yoga is. At that moment, I suddenly realized that I was only practicing asanas in the past without knowing the real meaning of yoga. I felt so insufficient and ignorant. However, instead of bewildered, I was inquisitive in further understanding yoga. After attending Master Anurags module on Introduction on Yoga Theory, I then have much clearer concept on philosophy of yoga, which provided me the foundation in understanding the profound orthodox of yoga. The meaning and concepts of “The eight limbs of yoga”, the ways to clear my soul with Yama and Niyama, the ways to achieve harmony of yin and yang inside the body through practicing asanas, kriyas and pranayamas, and the means to achieve Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi all these were brand new horizon for me to explore. I now feel like having something beautiful to pursue throughout my life time, which can lead me to the highest spiritual status. And I hope I can somehow influence the people next to me, simmer down the restless souls and savour the joy of life with them.  

I love the course. I have learnt so much about yoga from this course. It first cleared all the wrong ideas I had about yoga, and it also instilled in me what yoga really is. Teachers are great with many years of experience. They are very passionate about all aspects of yoga, such as Mudra, Bandha, Asana, Meditation and Pranayama. They always tried their best to help or give you options when you cant approach an asana. Besides, all the teachers know their subject thoroughly so they will provide you with answers to all your questions. Instructions are given clearly, so that even beginners like me feel confident that I can to do a more advanced asana or become good at yoga eventually. Also, all the admin staff is very friendly and easy-going and always ready to help when you need them. After the course, students are also given chances to work with different charity groups to put what we have learnt into practice.  

The format of the training is very nice since you can find the best way of incorporating yoga into your daily life. You can also choose when to practice, in the mornings, during the days or in the evening. The teachings are varied and covering many topics which gives you a good insight into different perspectives to yoga. It is delivered in a very easy and structured approach which made it easy to understand and it is workable for all levels.

It is amazing, enjoyable and rewarding during my yoga journey and teaching journey. Thanks for the support and kindness.

I am very happy to have participated in your teacher training course. It is a good course that covers so many different aspects of yoga. The teachers are knowledgeable and willing to share. For my part I have learnt a lot both about yoga and myself and whats more this course has brought awareness into what Im doing and how much more theres to cover and discover. With the foundation knowledge that the training has given me I can continue on my path with the instruction given in group classes. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience with us. All the best.

I know I am supposed to talk only about what this Course has meant to me, but to fully explain the impact it had left in me I decided to take you on a little journey into my past which made me choose Yoga as a way of life today. Since 2010 I have been going for the odd Yoga class here and then and I literally mean "here and there" as I travelled and worked in many different cities and interesting places. In 2010, I stayed for a month in the Maldives and meditated with an inspiring individual. He follows and taught me about meditation to Maharishis chants and mantras. It calmed me a lot, but I was still very distracted and restless and mostly sad. 2011 & 2012 is a blurry chaotic period. I should have done more Yoga…and less of everything else. In L.A 2013 I did 2 weeks of daily Kundulini which really woke up something inside of me, I faced a lot of my own "deamons", but I was not necessarily ready for it; I dont think I was ready to let go of the past and become myself, like the child I remember. I used to meditate from a young age and read about the chakras and I remember being in bliss during the state which I called "escape", but at 27 in LA i really wasnt ready to be myself again although Kundulini set me out on the path to recovery. Knowing that I want to follow Yoga more often, I had an introduction to Vinyasa Yoga in London (2013) and felt that it made me very energetic, fresh and creative. I went to class every morning early and then spent the rest of my days in the recording studio. It was a really good combination and kept me out of trouble, as I wanted to feel the freshness Vinyasa brought to me. And I felt focussed. 2014 came with a big bang of brokeness, but this time i didnt lay down. I got up to a road of reconstruction and with it rehabilitation. I let go of everything I had in mind and just became still. I carried with Vinyasa self practise and meditation. I still travelled a lot, almost every month in a different country, but then I suddenly started to grow a longing for stability and familiarity. In 2015 we moved to Hong Kong. I wasnt particularly happy about the move, but I was here. So, instead of staring climbing into that cozy hole of depression I went out and found the one two things that makes me feel better every day. Horse riding and Yoga. Its in this year and regular practise that I realised and learnt a lesson about myself. I have been trying to help everybody else, but forgot about my own happiness. I started healing myself, I started learning about my body, my mind and my soul during my yoga practises. And I decided that I found what I want to do. I found so many answers when I stopped asking questions. I found reason when I stopped acting reckless. And I found myself when I lost everything I had. But mainly I found myself "happy". This is why I did the YTT course because I wanted to understand the basics of the movement that made me feel again. And I wanted to understand how to move others into such peace of mind and a deeper understanding. I have learnt that all these kept secrets and dwelling on the past blocks our energies and causes injuries and illness and I am coming to learn more about self healing and would like to share that with anyone who is willing to experience this journey with me, because it makes me happy to give back. During this program I have learnt the principles and origins of Yoga. I felt the alignments of the postures and experienced what a difference it makes to me, good or bad. And learnt how to turn into only good. I now know that through the vast knowledge of Yoga and self experience I can help others with depression, stress & anxiety, heart conditions, asthma, diabetes, sports injury, hormonal imbalances etc. If not cure, I can help others to manage their conditions and instabilities and make a real difference, if only for a few. Moreover, I have come to know that I want to study further, that I am hungry for the knowledge and experience that I have been offered during this course and practise. Thank you.

Completed 200-hours Yoga Teacher Training Certificate Course In this program, the Asana Module helped me better understand postures as Master Yogananth will go through all the different poses and breaking them down in detail. Apart from learning different postures, I had deeper understanding about anatomy. Anatomy and physiology are important components to learn as a yoga teacher. An understanding of the human body is crucial in proper alignment and in structuring a safe practice. I was also reminded by Master of how completely diverse every single body is and understand my body nature more. I can also learn more techniques to adjust another person in a yoga pose. To me, adjusting others is a challenging responsibility. I am happy that I had chance to practice teaching at the end of the program. I can put what I have learnt into practice by devising my own sequences. I also acknowledged that I had to consider various aspects both before and during teaching. I fully realized that I had a lot to learn and practice to be a good yoga teacher. Moreover, I had gained valuable knowledge in history and origin of yoga as these are important historical or philosophical information not to be confused or misinterpreted by mistake. I am delighted to know that I may have the opportunity to teach those who may not have access to yoga by registering as a volunteer at the Andiappan Yoga Community. Joining this Teacher Training program is one of the best decisions I ever made. I am thankful for Master Yogananth and Master Vishnu for their guidance throughout the program.

Before the Yoga Teacher Training Course, I had always treated yoga as a form of exercise. However through the course, I have gained a much better understanding of yoga. Thanks to Master Vishnu, I learned a lot about the history, origins and philosophy of yoga. Master Yogananth has taught us cleansing and breathing techniques as well as mudras, which were all new concepts to me. I, in particular, found the practical lesson of kriya useful. I am also glad to have learned different breathing techniques, which have great health benefits. This has reinforced my belief in yoga therapy. Through the Asana module, I have had the chance to learn different postures. Master Yogananths instructions and demonstrations were very detailed and clear. I have learned a lot and have greatly improved my techniques and skills. I feel very grateful for the help and the sharing of experience offered by all the Anahata yoga teachers throughout the course. I could definitely see their passions and dedications. It was truly an amazing experience. I will for sure continue my journey as a yoga practitioner and would love to be a member of the Andiappan Yoga Community.

I think the training course is quite good to learn yoga from traditional Indian. I can learn tradition in addition to yoga asanas. But still, many thanks to all masters in the teaching course and it brings a good start on yoga teaching to me. Many thanks.

I had practiced yoga for 3 years, I want to have an improvement in my poses and would like to know more yoga theories and history, so I just get in this course. For the whole course, I like the practical part more as Yogananth is really experienced and patient, he really uses his heart to teach. He had adjusted my poses (in detail) that I never aware I am doing wrong. He is good and I may attend the Advanced Teacher Training next year. Also, because of this training course, I start to join the private classes here and learn from other master: Yoko, Mahesh and Melissa, all of them are kind and give good yoga advices for me. I will keep on learning here.

Though studying this 200-hours Yoga Teacher Training Certificate Course which helped me to learn more philosophy and knowledge of yoga. I’m really enjoyed to take 30 hours of group class sessions to improve my yoga techniques from all professional instructors. Yoga is not only practice posture, but also soul training. I’m really enjoy to listen myself body now. Many thanks for Master Yogananth and Master Vishnu, I enjoyed their practice style. My training don’t stop at the end of the program, I will continue to practice advance training in the future at Anahata Yoga. Thanks all of your teaching and sharing.

I practiced yoga for some times, and finally I decided to learn more and structure the way I was practicing. The course gave me a solid basic knowledge, both for the theory and practice. I know where I need to look for and where I need to research more, and how much I don’t know now, more then ever! Very well done. Nice experience and kept in a very warm and happy atmosphere, with good time for laugh.

This is a great lesson for learning how to become a yoga teacher, even I’m just a beginner of yoga, and I’m the one who not good at Eng, but I still can understand at the class, all the yoga master have very good body language, let me can understand the pose even maybe I can’t hear very understand.

It is my pleasure to practice yoga in Anahata Yoga. All yoga masters are very professional and teach us with their hearts. I learned many techniques to perform the poses better and avoid injury. My strength and flexibility have been improved a lot and I can be more stable holding the poses now. I also learned to control my breathing during the yoga practice. I would like to thank all the masters for teaching me and sharing their yoga experience and all the staff of Anahata Yoga for helping me to finish the course. I will keep learning from the masters and practicing yoga in Anahata Yoga. I hope I can be a good yoga teacher in the future.

It was an amazing experience on Anahata. I am very happy that I chose my 1st teacher training here. I use to think yoga is just warriors, triangles, half moon, standing, splits & so on, but in Anahata I learned some great stretches which transformed my body, into more flexibility. Wish I could continue my practice here but I am carrying along all the sweet memories with me. Thank you to Master Yogananth, Vishnu, Mahesh, Yogesh & Anurag. Last but not the least I genuinely enjoyed & learned something new in Andiappan class.

Overall really enjoyed the course. The teachers were very knowledgable, humble, helpful and patient. The structure of the course is very thoughtful as well. The anatomy module lays a foundation of the asana and pranayama modules. Masters explained each asana in a complete and detailed manner from warmup to alignment to counterpose. The theory and practical lessons not only corrected a lot of mistakes or misconception I had in my previous practice, but also provide a safer and more scientific approach for future learning and practice. Will recommend the course to anyone who would like to advance in their own practice for future teaching.

I had been thinking to take an advance yoga teacher training for ages. I decided to take this training in Anahata Yoga because I know the origin of Yoga is from India, and their masters almost come from India. I could learn, explore its philosophy, theory, significant technique, and also their actual yoga knowledge in this training. Of course, it was every bit as good as I expected. I have improved in basic skills in asana, and also the sense of practicing, I will initially practice it any time once I am available. By this training, I understand about what is pranayama, how to control and practice the breathing and invented their benefit in our daily life. I have learned from this all rounded teacher training and it is not just from this all rounded teacher training and it is not just from the evening tutorial classes, and also group classes and morning Andiappan. Moreover, we have all needed to finish two assignments, which I have further known about yoga history and history of Hatha Yoga. I understand my learning is just new started. This 200 hours teacher training is only for my stepping stone. On the next stage, I have to practice the actual teaching technique through further teaching opportunity, to share my minimal knowledge with other people those are interested.

In the course, I have gained a lot of knowledge on the history, philosophy and different stream of yoga. Our teachers tried their best to help us understand more about the theory and philosophy by telling us some interesting old Indian stories. By applying the theory into the stories, I can understand more about the eight limbs of yoga and some theories which are quite new and difficult to me. Apart from that, I also learned a lot about my body and how it works in different postures in yoga practice by learning different part of the body through understanding the anatomy and physiology of the body. What I love most about the course is the asana part and I think most of my classmates feel the same too. We learned how to do the posture properly and also help to adjust the posture of my partner. By practicing with my partner, I learn more about the strength and weakness by sharing experience with each other and doing the yoga practice together. I also learned how to use props like straps and yoga blocks in our practice. This kind of variations and modifications are useful in making the class more interesting.

I have really enjoyed participating in the course and have learned a great deal about my own and others practice. I particularly enjoyed the practical part of the course, and learned much about the benefits, contradictions, variations and modifications of the asanas. I also enjoyed Yogananth s and Yogeshs light-­hearted approach, which is something that I would like to carry through into my own practice as a teacher. I also enjoyed the fact that Yogananth Is very appreciative about peoples different views and needs of yoga and is realistic about how one could integrate this into their daily life, without it becoming overwhelming for a complete beginner. Vishnu was also clearly very knowledgeable and has given me a great understanding of the anatomy of the body and how I can now use this to aid my practice. Overall, I am happy with my learning and my understanding of the teachings of the course. I look forward to putting my newfound knowledge into practice and developing this further.

It was a great experience to take this TTC program as the course content is well prepared and the instructors are very passionate in teaching sharing their yoga experience in self practice and in teaching aspect which can help me to prepare the future teaching path on yoga i have learnt the techniques on doing yoga postures which I didn’t know before and the most important is that course can let me know the important of each persons anatomy so that we can use a proper way to adust or modify ones postures. Thank you so much for all the master.

I loved the course. It fitted in well with my busy lifestyle and working full time. I feel like I learnt a lot and will continue learning. It has been a great starting point.

I would highly recommended the advance training as a path for all yoga practitioners. I first joined the training hoping to deepen my practice. The training was much more then I expected. Master Yogananths thoughtful guidance pushed every trainee to seek their limits. We tried many advance posture that we all thought we could never achieved. He also shared a lot of his teaching techniques and allowed us to experience yoga through other practitioner by aiding them and working in partner postures. The whole training was fun, rich and inspirational. I was so happy that I feel more connected with myself, my practice and my teaching. The whole training helped me to open a new path in yoga, spiritually and in practice. Truly thanks to Master Yogananth and Master Mahesh for their kind and heartful guidance.