I would conclude that the YTT is the most meaningful and rewarding experience I had during the summer break. Prior to the teaching training, I have no formal training experience in Yoga. Throughout the two months of learning, I have gained profound changes in the understanding and awareness of the body and mind as well as the philosophy of yoga. The course is a very comprehensive introduction to the teaching of yoga as it consists of various modules that the key elements of yoga. After the 200 YTT, I hope to further enhance my practice and knowledge in Yoga. I realized that “The more you know, the more you don’t know”. In the coming days, I would continue with my self-practice and read more books about yoga. I also hope to join the Anahata Community Group to try teaching yoga and serve the community. I would also consider taking the more advanced course.

Great experience in learning yoga in depth. Practical classes and basic poses were explained in detail.

Thank you for a wonderful learning experience.

This course has been fantastic and I learned so much from the entire experience – it was a pleasure to be part of such a wonderful class and I cannot wait to take the knowledge I learned from this class and apply it to my own practice and to my teaching.

The course is comprehensive and well-designed, covering various aspects of yoga, from anatomy, asanas, lineages, mantra, pranayama, kriyas to bandhas. It is just a right-mix of theory and practice, teaching me what yoga teachers should know and all the important points to pay special attention to. All Masters are very enthusiastic to teach and share their knowledge. Besides just teaching, they are so warm that they really care about students’ well-being and health, both physical and mental. I appreciate their care and vehemence deeply. I feel so profoundly indebted to their teaching and concern. I am truly enlightened and get to know what yoga really is. Yoga, now I understand, is the attitude towards life, and balance. How ignorant I once was, only knowing that yoga was just posture and asana. This understanding is really shallow, and if a yoga teacher really just focuses on asanas, and just keeps pursuing postures, it is somewhat misunderstanding the essence of yoga. I am very much inspired by the Masters. They taught me that yoga is in life, not in the studio. It is how you live as an integral person, with cultivation, love and peace in the heart that counts. Thank you, Masters. I will try to bring yoga to my everyday life. Besides, I get to know my limitations. I once tended to compare myself with the others, envious of what others could do. Now I try not to compare but respect myself. I come to know everyone has limitations, but we just get to accept them. We are what we are. Everyone is unique and got different structures. Just accept them and do what we can. Thank you, Masters, once again for enlightening me. Thank you.

I am so grateful to have joined the 200-hour yoga teacher training at Anahata. It has been a great and wonderful experience for me. The masters here are all very experienced and provide invaluable advice and guidance on our alignments and which postures would best suit our bodies and skills. In these few months, I have found myself progressing gradually from one who does not manage to do a headstand to one who can now do it for some time with some simple variations. I have gained more strength and also flexibility on my back throughout the training after attending the group and Andiappan classes by Masters Yogannath, Mahesh, Vishnu, Guruprit and Aarya. Not only do the practical classes benefit me, I am also very much inspired by the theory classes which lead us to the history and origins of the yoga, the various sutras, mudras, pranayama, etc, enriching us with the life philosophy of yoga. Master Yogannath’s sharing of thoughts that there is no perfect posture but only one which suits an individual’s needs the most and that yogis should try to learn and experience the different modes and styles of teaching by different masters are indeed very impressive. Thanks to the generosity of masters, some of us have the opportunity to do a demonstration of a sequence at the big yoga event IRIS. That was again a very memorable and wonderful experience and I sincerely hope that the Andiappan Yoga Community will grow bigger and more and more people will benefit from understanding and doing yoga in future.

I am a 25 year-old girl. The most important thing that I learnt during YTT course was that yoga is not only about movements but also the spirit. Yoga had changed my mind from not willing to walk out my comfort zone to being positive on facing challenges. It seems like there is a voice telling me I can do even better. It was such an honour as one of the students of the classes. The masters are professional and patient on guiding me. They encourage on my strengths and offer advices on my weaknesses and that is the most useful and meaningful part to help me keep improving my skills on yoga. Thank you so much.Namaste!

The training was a truthfully great experience. It is a very good first approach to Yoga and teaching. I very much like the spiritual aspect of the training. The anatomy and asana modules were great eye openers on my current limitations. I would say it is a good start to be a better teacher for myself and it gave me more willingness to pursue in this direction.

It’s been great weeks learning and getting more in-depth knowledge about not only yoga practices, but also about the anatomy of human body and yoga history that deepen my understanding about yoga. It was a great course that had very clear outlines of learning materials every week, and I liked the way how the yoga masters tried to really train us to become successful instructors through providing very thorough feedback on individuals.

They are all very passionate about all aspects of yoga so I have learnt a lot knowledge and gain experience from them. I love the course. I would highly recommend for anyone who is interested in Yoga. If you have any doubt or question, you may ask masters after the classes, they are willing to answer and explain. I really enjoy being a student in the course, given lots of chances to learn and practice.

Thank you so much. I really appreciate the depth of knowledge and experience of all the masters. I have gained different experience from different masters. The amount of knowledge that I have obtained at Anahata Yoga is life-changing. and I grew an enormous amount intellectually, spiritually and emotionally over the course. I appreciate its clarity, commitment and broad knowledge and experience. This is more than just an education, it was a life affirming experience.

I enjoyed every second of the learning precess. Teachers and all the staffs are very kind, professional and keen to help.

I had been practising yoga for about a year and a half before I came across and applied for the part-time 200hr YTTC at Anahata Yoga – Yoga from the Heart. Yoga had helped me with my flexibility and state of mind and I was interested to deepen my knowledge of yoga and learn how to develop self-practise. I was basically doing a series of random asanas without really knowing the purpose of each one or if I was even doing them properly! The yoga masters at this studio are extremely knowledgeable about yoga from all aspects, with different masters teaching different modules of the course. I really appreciate how they are able to make that knowledge accessible and relatable to anyone regardless of their background knowledge. I could always approach them if I had any wonderings and everyone at the studio and the course were also very supportive. I feel the advantage of doing YTT part-time is that it provides you with time and space to digest all the wonderful things you are learning and have a go at experiencing them yourself. I would imagine it also makes the transition back to your normal life easier than if you had gone away for a month for an intensive course. Anahata Yoga also has a great community that provides you with opportunities to assist and eventually teach at community classes for when you ‘graduate’, providing a great platform and support system for new teachers. I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone at Anahata Yoga for making me feel welcomed and for inspiring me to deepen my practice!

Get to know more about yoga, knowing Yoga is not only about flexibility but many things as well. Will need to learn more in the future! The masters here are awesome, patience and helpful!

I learn a lot from this course, the teacher is kind and helps me stretched a lot.