I have gained more knowledge of yoga in all aspects after this training course. More practices on asana and meditation could be done. Working with a partner certainly helps enhancing the experience as it is always easy to watch the demonstration but its different when you actually do the posture. Good vibes throughout the class.  

I joined the 4-month 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training course at Anahata yoga with the aim to enrich my personal knowledge: to learn the philosophy of yoga its relation with human anatomy as well as proper teaching technique to prepare myself for my interest outside of regular work. Overall, I was satisfied with the teachers quality and course content. The different modules of the course set a proper foundation for new yoga teachers. The practical modules also helped us understand our own anatomy and limitations and how to work around them. The teachers are very knowledgeable in their subjects and tried their best to answer all our inquiries even after class hours. All in all, I would definitely recommend the course to anyone who is interested in learning the basics of teaching techniques in yoga / those who would like to improve his / her own knowledge in yoga.  

Overall, I enjoyed my experience with the 200-hour YTT at Anahata Yoga. The teachers seemed very knowledgeable and passionate about the practice of yoga, and they welcomed questions or concerns. Regarding the 30 hours of self-practice, I was glad for the opportunity to learn from different instructors and experience different class and teaching styles. I feel that I learned a great deal about the history and background of yoga, as well as the poses and parts of the body.

It was such a great experience of have my first 200hrs YTT in Anahata. I truly felt every Masters in Anahata are teaching us with heart. Yogananth and Vishnu are yoga guru with fruitful experience that they always are willing to share with us. I will definitely consider to continue my yoga study in Anahata.

For the TT course, I found it very fruitful in deepening the inner depth knowledge of yoga. It is not only the asana I had learnt for not hurting myself by doing postures right, but the spirit and philosophy behind and being explained clearly into details of anatomy, mind and soul. Thanks sincerely here for all Masters who had been teaching patiently and intellectually. Bravo!

I signed up this course to deepen my own practice and to develop my body and mind prior to leaving Hong Kong. Now I am so pleased that I decided to take my YTT with Anahata Yoga in this time. Thank you so much for one of the best experiences ever. I know “life changing” can be used often, but I really feel it has been for me now. I can honestly say I learned a lot there, and enjoyed the time I spent during the training, group lessons and “Andiappan Yoga” practices. I would highly recommend this course to friends and I am even considering returning in a few years for the advanced teacher training. Towards the second week and into the third week, I really started feeling wonderful, joyful and being positive on practicing in any teachers group lessons and “Andiappan Yoga” classes. Learning yoga philosophy was also a great experience for me. It brought me a change with a deeper understanding of yoga and life itself. All teachers will be part of me forever. Master Yogananth with his great guidance on asana practice, Master Vishnu with his amazing knowledge and enthusiasm on teaching and healing people, Master Anurag, incredible yoga teacher with an incredible voice, soul and energy. Beside above three main teachers, all instructors in Anahata Yoga are so kind and skillful on teaching. I cannot express in writing how grateful I am to have had the opportunity to learn from those teachers on this course. And hopefully, Andiappan workshops or any training courses will be held in Osaka region, Japan in not so far future. With heartfelt thanks to all who were part of this journey.

I really enjoyed my teachers as well as classmates during my Yoga studies. The teachers were very good at planning, and taking it step by step for me to understand everything about Yoga with 6 sense of humor and seriousness. I felt we had a great group on our practices to move forward in our knowledge. I created a keen interest for me to continue my studies in November and January to I am more advanced Yoga together with, some of my classmates. Looking seeing you all in November.

The Anahata 200-hours Yoga Teacher Training Certificate Course has deepened my understanding of yoga. The yoga masters who teach the course are impressive with their commitment to a yogic lifestyle and their vast knowledge. Throughout the teaching, the yoga masters shared how yoga can help with different physical ailments and disease. I had already learnt about the ‘energy’ flow of Chakras and the importance of diet in yoga but this was my first introduction into learning Yoga through Yoga anatomy and developing an understanding of how asanas and pranayama work with the muscles, bones and joints. I began to understand poses in terms of strengthening and stretching muscles, working with the body and understanding the differences in lateral stretches, lengthening, twisting and rotations, for example. I learnt the importance of sequencing asanas to work with the body and with the movement of air. I have always preferred the active meditation and flow of breathe, I find in the sequence of asanas. Yet, during this course I have understood the fundamental role of pranayama, mudra, bandha and kriya in ones practice. I also have a renewed sense for mediation. I found the assignments not only a great opportunity to reflect on what I had indeed learnt from the course but also to continue to deepen my understanding.

The idea and the determination of being a yoga teacher have begun since April of this year. Sharing my experience, helping others and bringing positivity to people around me is how I would like my job or myself to be like. This 3-month yoga teacher training was an incredible experience and helped me build a basic foundation for my teaching journey. Not only learning the human anatomy, asanas and yoga philosophy, I have also learnt to be humble and open-minded to understand and learn various limbs and styles of yoga. This attitude can also be applied to daily life and makes me more acceptant to things happen in life. Yoga knowledge is as great as ocean. I used to be a person who needs to follow solid rules and guidelines so as to gain the sense of security. After these few months, I am more capable of following the nature call and my heart. There is an unforgettable saying taught by Master Anurag regarding the control over emotions, “I am capable of anger but anger does not control me”. Being emotional has been one of my “weaknesses”. Yoga does make me a calmer person and my emotions have become more manageable. I would further develop this saying into “I am capable of different emotions, but they do not control me”. I hope I could help those who are emotional and sensitive to gain a more peaceful state of mind and bring awareness to their own senses and thoughts.  

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.

First of all I really want to thanks Master Yogananth for sharing his passion and professionalism with us. My experience during the course could be paragonate as the beginning of a wonderful journey that will never end. Each step I done bring me lightness, path, space, simplicity, brightness, flexibility, warmness, close friend, positivism, strength and much more... I can feel as all my world is changing around me and I feel very grateful. I personally still have a long way to go before I assimilate all that has been teach but seeing all this small progress motivate me to go a head. Level 1 & 2 was physically demanding but incredibly amazing how Master Yogananth bring us in such amazing position and give us so much confidence. I really wont mind repeat this experience one day, who knows.Level 3 was more spiritual and help us connect all the input we received from YTTC 200hrs up to the end I really enjoyed it. Thanks Anahata for offering us this level of teaching in the heart of HK. Thanks for everything.

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 am very appreciated for this course. I find it is very useful and practical in my yoga practise. And very useful to my daily life. I would recommend my friends to join this course

The Yoga Therapy TT helped me to realize the true meaning of Yoga. It was interesting to learn how to provide suitable yoga practice to eliminate physical and mental stresses, so-called modern day disorders, such as insomnia, diabetes, stiff shoulders etc. The topics were very large and I understood very basic but the knowledge and the experience are of much help to my future daily practice and life. I would like to start to assist the Breast cancer patient yoga class to learn more and would like to teach sometime in the future. I enjoyed this course and Thank you for all Yoga Masters at Anahata Yoga.

Yoga therapy is a very board and expanding subject. Master Vishnu is very knowledgeable on the subject. Weve learnt anatomy in understanding the body and different systems; the yoga therapy and ayurvedic theories and how they work; the different diseases and body conditions; how to use the yoga therapy approaches to help manage different body conditions. Other teachers Master Yogananth, Master Arun, Master Lakshmi and Master Anurag also shared many useful knowledge and experiences on different aspects of the subject. The course is very informative and we get to observe and analyse different body types, as well as practising different yoga therapy sequences.

I really loved this course. After studying an Anatomy 101 at University I felt that I can already could apply yoga methods to the healing and strengthening of physical ailments, but I have a clearer knowledge now on how exactly yoga makes a difference. I understand that in addition to stretching a muscle, by stimulating or relaxing pressure points in the body, a pain, spasm, stiffness or even uric acid crystals can heal by altering blood supply and sufficient nerve pulses through the target area. It is very interesting to learn which postures stimulate certain pressure points añd how I can apply pressure manually as a Yoga Therapist. I have tried it on a client and it works really well. I found the topic on womens health very interesting too, Dr Lakshmi has vast knowledge. There are exercises that I implemented on myself and my best friend to relieve serious menstrual pain and ovarian cysts and it subsided within the first month. Therewith I also incorporated postures to help balance our hormones which proved promising to the fact that I am now happily pregnant. I will definitely explore this route of practise further with my clients, because I know it worked on me and my best friend too. Master Yogananths classes on specifically Breast Cancer was also a great field of interest and I started attending the actual classes with the patients that he is working with. I was amazed to see a difference in these patients, not only physically but also in their moods and outlook on life. This is a field of practice that I would like to pursue further. It is encouraging to learn that I can help women with mastectomies to overcome limitations caused by the removal of (-or partial removal of) their pectorals and sometimes intercostal muscles. Helping these women to heal, use their arm again, build immunity and feel good about themselves again is very satisfying. In Abu Dhabi, where I live are also many people with diabetes that I would like to help. It is amazing that such simple movements can make such a great difference to peoples lives in management of their disease. Simple postures stimulate the organs and glands responsible for such a destructive disease and I would like to help these suffers to manage their symptoms better. One of my dearest friends in Dubai is pregnant and suffers from gestational diabetes and arthritis because of it. I have given her the postures as Dr Lakshmi has demonstrated to us and they seem to be relieving her symptoms. It is fulfilling to have the answers and methods to help others. My father also suffers from a form of arthritis, gout. After this course I was able to give my father advice on his diet and also gave him a range of digestive postures and movements that help blood circulation and lymph drainage; three month later with regular practice he is gout free! This year I also found out that I have cervical spondylosis and a bulging disk between c4 and c5. With the knowledge I have learned from this course I am able to manage my injury and lifestyle. I know now how to alter my practice to prevent recurrent injury and I also know how to do strengthening exercises for the muscles of the neck and loosen the muscles around the shoulders to prevent spasms. It has proven to be successful and I am happy to manage my injury in a way to live a pain free life and I am ready to help others with similar injuries. Thank you.

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.