100-Hour Aerial Yoga Teacher Training

We run two aerial teacher trainings in Tapovan, Rishikesh. Every price is all-inclusive of accommodation, meals, course materials and certification, and is quoted per room type:

• 50-Hour Aerial YTT — 7 days, starting every Monday. Dormitory $195, Shared room $385, Private room $550.
• 100-Hour Aerial YTT — 12 days, starting the 17th of each month. Dormitory $390, Shared room $770, Private room $1,100.

Both are led by Mayuri Shewale (E-RYT 500, founder) with Priya Sharma (RYT 500, aerial specialist).

The 50-Hour Aerial YTT starts every Monday and runs Monday to Sunday, so there is almost always a batch within a week of when you want to arrive. The 100-Hour Aerial YTT starts on the 17th of each month and runs for 12 days. Upcoming dates are listed on each course page and roll forward automatically.

The 50-Hour is a 7-day intensive: hammock fundamentals, rigging and safety, the core aerial asana vocabulary, and enough sequencing to teach a beginner class confidently.

The 100-Hour runs 12 days and doubles the contact hours. It covers everything in the 50-hour and then goes further into aerial anatomy, advanced inversions and transitions, restorative and yin work in the hammock, therapeutic applications, and a much longer teaching practicum with supervised feedback.

Choose the 50-hour if you want a specialty to add to an existing teaching practice. Choose the 100-hour if aerial is going to be the thing you actually build a schedule or a studio around.

The 12-day 100-Hour training includes the whole 50-hour syllabus and then builds on it:

• Advanced inversions and transitions: multi-point wraps, controlled drops and linking sequences
• Deeper aerial anatomy: spinal decompression, shoulder and hip mechanics under load, contraindications
• Aerial restorative and yin: long-hold supported work and cocoon sequences
• Therapeutic applications: adapting the hammock for stiff backs, limited mobility and larger bodies
• Extended teaching practicum: teaching full classes to your peers with supervised feedback
• Rigging in depth: hardware, load ratings, and assessing whether a space can safely take a rig

No prior teaching certification is required. The trainings are open to anyone with a genuine interest in aerial yoga — certified teachers adding a specialty, fitness professionals expanding their range, or dedicated practitioners who want to teach. A basic understanding of yoga postures and terminology will help, but both courses start from fundamentals and build progressively.

You receive an Aerial Yoga Teacher Training certificate for the hours you complete — 50 or 100. These are continuing-education programmes certified under YACEP (Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider), so if you are already a registered teacher the hours count toward your Yoga Alliance continuing-education requirement.

To be clear about what this is and is not: RYS designations apply to 200-, 300- and 500-hour foundational trainings. A 50- or 100-hour aerial specialty is a YACEP credential, not an RYS one. Anyone advertising a 50-hour course as "RYS certified" is describing it wrongly.

The fee is all-inclusive for the length of the course: accommodation in your chosen room type (dormitory, shared room or private room), daily sattvic meals, use of all hammocks and rigging equipment, course materials, and your certificate. Flights, visa, travel insurance and personal expenses are not included.

Yes. Many students take the 7-day 50-hour training first to see whether aerial suits them and their body, then return for the 100-hour once they have taught a few classes and know what they still need. There is no deadline for coming back. Get in touch before you book the second training and we will tell you what carries over.

Our professional-grade aerial silks and rigging are rated to hold up to 2,000 lbs (900 kg). They are secure for all body types. Every rig point is checked before each session as part of the safety protocol you will also be taught to run yourself.

Some conditions need caution or medical clearance before you practise aerial:

• Pregnancy: aerial yoga is not recommended during pregnancy
• Glaucoma or other eye conditions: inversions raise eye pressure
• Recent surgery: particularly abdominal, spinal or joint surgery
• Uncontrolled high blood pressure: inversions affect blood pressure
• Heart conditions: consult your cardiologist first
• Inner-ear conditions: these can affect balance during aerial movement

If you have any health concerns, speak to your doctor and tell us during registration. Our teachers are trained to offer modifications wherever it is safe to do so.