Yoga Vidya Mandiram is a school in Rishikesh that aims to restore, explore and impart the purest form of knowledge of Yoga and Meditation, maintaining its ancient and traditional purity. The school believes in promoting true human values such as peace, kindness, love and service through yoga and meditation, welcoming all individuals irrespective of their background or beliefs. The four aspects of yoga education, namely Dharma (Duty and Discipline), Jnana (Knowledge), Vairagya (Detachment), and Aishvarya (Self-realization), are related and covered by Astanga Yoga or The Classical Yoga, as Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyan and Samadhi. The school follows principles such as truthfulness, respect and compassion, and sustainability. Yoga education becomes a part of a person’s day-to-day living and transforms the individual from the gross to the subtlest level of experiences and consciousness.

Rishikesh has been a sacred place for pilgrimage, spiritual practice, and spiritual gatherings since ancient times, and has now become the world capital of yoga. Yoga Vidya Mandiram offers certified Yoga Teacher Training Courses (TTC) under Yoga Alliance USA, which are a holistic approach to studying yoga and its essential subjects for people who want to understand yoga and its core essence. The course fees are all-inclusive of classes, food, accommodation, and a half-day sightseeing. The complete Yoga Teacher Training courses are available for different durations from 7 to 50 days, and the students follow a 6-day retreat schedule with the 7th day as a rest day.

Yoga in its true sense suggests a beautiful and enriching way to connect with each other. The Yoga Vidya Mandiram school aims to serve humanity through spiritual re-awakening using ancient inheritance of the spiritual and philosophical sciences of yoga in general, and meditation in particular, as taught by the great yogis of the Himalayas. The practices of yoga and meditation teach skills which support each student’s ability to pursue their full potential, bringing awareness, knowledge, wisdom to discriminate good and bad, and the virtue of detachment, leading to the highest stage of self-realization.