200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training in Nepal.

A 200-hour yoga teacher training is the first formal step from student to teacher. In Nepal it is also something else: four weeks of living the practice in the country where much of it was written down. The syllabus at Nepal Yoga Alliance follows Yoga Alliance guidelines — asana, pranayama, mudra, bandha and kriya on the practical side; Patanjali, the Bhagavad Gita and the Hatha Yoga Pradipika on the philosophical side; and functional anatomy so you understand what you are asking of a body before you ask it. The daily rhythm matters as much as the syllabus. Practice begins before sunrise with pranayama and meditation, followed by a Hatha class. Mid-morning is theory. Afternoons alternate between Vinyasa, alignment labs and practice teaching. Evenings are for satsang, sound healing or rest. When you compare schools, ask three questions: who actually teaches the contact hours, how many students are in a batch, and what happens if you get injured mid-course. A school that answers those clearly is a school worth attending.