Santosha Yoga Institute

Discover and share the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda

Learn Online With Santosha Yoga Institute's Self Paced 50-Hour Ayurveda Course

Experience the profound balance in your own life and share the holistic science of Ayurveda with your students. Our comprehensive online course will give you the knowledge and qualifications you need to integrate Ayurvedic principles into your teaching and daily life with confidence and clarity.

Start your Ayurveda journey today…

17+ Years

Training & Retreat
Experience

16,000+

Yoga Teachers
Trained & Qualified

3 Training

Locations Around 
the World

Specialists

and experienced Master Yoga Teachers

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Hear From These Transformed Yoga Teachers

‘‘Thank You so Much for Sharing all of your Experience, Knowledge and Wisdom’’

I held my workshop on Saturday afternoon. It was a practice run through with my husband to see how the format went and how I went!

I absolutely loved it, and so did my husband. He is one of these who find it very difficult to sit and do nothing. He also has a science background, so unless there is science behind something he will not believe it has any benefit. He loved the two Yoga Nidra sessions, and was really impressed by the information around what each step is and why we do the steps. He also like the brain wave information. He said the workshop was well paced, a good balance between practical and knowledge.

Overall, doing the practice run through was great as I now feel confident to advertise and run the workshop for a small group of people!

Thank you so much for sharing all of your experience, knowledge and wisdom. I would never have had the confidence or the knowledge to pursue this without you.

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Lyn Russell
Santosha Online Yoga Nidra Teacher Training Graduate

‘‘Learning via Online was Easy with Santosha’’

The online material was so thorough and informative that I never felt I was lost or missing something. Learning via online was easy with Santosha because their online platform was well organized. It took the doubt of online learning completely away.

The teachers were also amazing! Sunny is a very well trained and knowledgeable yogini. That care and intellect carries on with the teachers of Santosha. My experience of training with Santosha gave me a whole different understanding of yoga. The mental, spiritual, meditative side of yoga was so beneficial to my life and especially in these crazy times we are in currently.

My many, many thanks to Sunny and the entire Santosha team for all your love and support!

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Elisa Santamaria, South Africa
Santosha Online Yoga Teacher Training Graduate

Expand Your Yoga Teaching Potential With

World Class Training From the
Comfort of Your Home

Fully Yoga-Alliance Certified Ayurveda Training

Work through 50 hours of continuing education units, and qualify to teach Ayurveda in your own classes, studio or retreats.

Add Skills to Become a Sought-After Yoga Teacher

Increase your teaching potential, add to your yoga teaching toolbox, and benefit your own personal practice for lasting growth, transformation and healing.

Learn From Renowned and Highly Passionate Teachers

Expect the same world-recognised, high-level of teaching, support and expertise students expect from Santosha Yoga.

Work Through Online Modules at Your Own Pace

Complete your Ayurveda Teacher Training from the comfort of your own home, with flexible study that fits your schedule.

An Unbeatable Online Yoga Training Experience

Immerse yourself in video lectures and live online mentoring and support, and connect with like-minded yoga teachers from around the globe to build your network.

Take a closer look at exactly what you’ll learn at our 50-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Online:

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Gain the Skills You Need to Share

Ayurveda With Others for
Health, Healing, and Increased Wellbeing

Everyone is craving peace and healing in this hyper-connected world, and Ayurveda is the key. Through this powerful yoga practice, you can experience benefits such as:
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Align with Nature’s Rhythms

Understand how to live and teach in harmony with daily, seasonal, and individual cycles for optimal health.
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Restore Balance & Energy

Learn how to calm the nervous system, improve digestion, and cultivate sustainable energy through personalised self-care.
Elimination of stress, and relief from anxiety in everyday life - Yoga Nidra - Santosha Yoga Institute
Find Stillness

Gain tools to reduce stress, quiet the mind, and foster emotional resilience — for yourself and your students.
Improved focus and productivity in every area of life - Yoga Nidra - Santosha Yoga Institute
Deepen Your Teaching & Stand Out Professionally

Elevate your classes and offerings with Ayurvedic wisdom that adds depth, relevance, and lasting impact.
Reduced pain in the body - Yoga Nidra - Santosha Yoga Institute
Empower Lasting Transformation

Share practical, accessible tools that help students create meaningful change — not just on the mat, but in everyday life.

Freedom from mental chatter for more peace and clarity - Yoga Nidra - Santosha Yoga Institute
Cultivate Mind–Body–Spirit

Integrate ancient practices that nurture physical vitality, inner awareness, and spiritual connection.
And so much more…
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In a World ‘Out of Sync’,
Ayurveda is a Chance to Restore ‘Harmony’...

Life is full — and your desire to grow as a teacher shouldn’t be put on hold because of it. That’s why our Ayurveda training is designed to fit seamlessly into your real life, without sacrificing depth or integrity.

Through 50 hours of self-paced online learning, supported by live mentoring, you’ll gain practical, embodied Ayurvedic wisdom you can immediately apply — both personally and professionally. You’ll graduate confident in your ability to share Ayurveda with your students, enriching your classes, workshops, and one-on-one offerings with timeless tools for holistic wellbeing.

This highly sought-after skill set will elevate your teaching, set you apart in the wellness space, and empower you to support profound, lasting transformation — from the inside out.

Here’s what to expect when you study
Ayurveda Online with Santosha Yoga Institute:

Embark on your own amazing journey of self-discovery to serve as a powerful foundation for your teaching.
Learn all aspects of Ayurveda within a contemporary context and language, so you can apply what you’ve learned right away.
Build a comprehensive foundation for teaching Ayurveda skillfully, with compassion and awareness.
Grow, connect, and contribute to your overall mission as a yoga teacher, and as a yogi, through an exclusive, once-in-a-lifetime study experience.

Explore and Experience All Aspects
of Ayurveda, Including:

The origins of Ayurveda,
the science of living
Deepening your knowledge
and application of Ayurveda
The core
Ayurvedic principles
Ayurveda for body,
mind, and spirit
Studying the traditional
Indian healing science
Ayurvedic practices from
waking up to bedtime
Ayurveda for maintaining
optimum health
Ayurveda for
preventing disease
Ayurveda as a powerful
tool for healing
Ayurveda for
optimal health
Understanding the
science of living
Integrating Ayurveda
into your daily life

Workshops and
individual sessions
Planning and conducting Ayurveda courses

Take a closer look at exactly what you’ll learn at our
online Ayurveda course

Online Ayurveda Yoga Teacher Training Course Brochure

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Who is This Training Program For?

This course is completely self-paced and suitable for anyone wanting to deepen their understanding of Ayurveda - whether as a yoga teacher or not.

For those on the path of a teacher, this course will prepare you to incorporate Ayurveda into your own life, and share your knowledge with your students

For teachers and non-teachers alike, this experience is a wonderful odyssey on your path to greater wellness, health and self-growth.

Let’s Take a Closer Look at What You’ll Learn in Our Online Ayurveda Modules:

Our Yoga-Alliance Certified course provides you with a clear understanding of the healing power of Ayurveda, so you can deepen your own practice and share it with others. Here’s what you’ll discover inside:

MODULE 1

INTRO TO AYURVEDA

Learn about the ancient Indian roots of Ayurveda, a health system which has been around for thousands of years. Gain important foundational knowledge of the definition, history, principles and philosophy of Ayurveda.

MODULE 2

DOSHAS AND PRAKRUTI

Gain a true understanding of Ayurvedic constitution types; and their Influence on health, digestion, mental health and wellbeing. Delve into Prakruti/Vikruti Axis, and learn about imbalances and how to address them.

MODULE 3

THE MIND

Explore the Maha Gunas - universal attributes that exist in all matter - and their effect on the mind. Learn about detoxifying the mind and the importance of meditation practices in Ayurveda for health and wellbeing.

MODULE 4

FOOD + LIFESTYLE

Learn the vital role of digestive fire, food combining and nutrition; the principles of an Ayurvedic diet for ultimate health and longevity, including the Six Tastes. Gain practical knowledge of Ayurveda and Yoga lifestyle with daily rituals for physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing.

MODULE 5

INNER WISDOM

Learn to listen to your inner wisdom and balance your Doshas through lifestyle changes and actions. Gain knowledge of the appropriate times and seasons for certain activities, how to relax and recharge and how to counterbalance the Doshas for ultimate wellbeing.

MODULE 6

AYURVEDA + YOGA

Gain an understanding of how Ayurveda & Yoga come together. Implement Ayurveda and Yoga postures and sequences for balancing the Doshas - for personal & professional use. Create holistic Ayurveda informed Asana, Pranayama and Mediation sequences to share and teach.
*Start your Ayurveda journey today

Ayurveda Yoga Teacher Training Online

50-Hour Ayurveda Yoga Teacher Training Online – $379 USD
Full Yoga Course Investment – $449 USD

PAYMENT OPTION AT CHECKOUT
* Online Special Rate!

2 x Monthly Payments of $189.50 USD
Full Payment – $379 USD

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Advance Your Career With This
Yoga Alliance Certified Course

Santosha Yoga Institute is a registered YACEP (Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider®), benefiting your study and career in a variety of ways:

For Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT-200/ RYT-500) Yoga Alliance counts this course as 50 hours of Continuing Education Units

For Yoga Alliance International Students this training provides 50 hours towards your Yoga Teaching pathway

For Yoga Alliance International Students who are looking for Pathway Trainings that build upon their already gained certificate (i.e. have a 200 Hour YTT), by completing this course you can be registered as a 250 Hour Teacher

Along with those on the Yoga Teaching path, this course is also of great value to healers interested in learning more and empowering themselves and their clients.

Meet Your Ayurveda Online Teacher:

John Vincent Riccio

John is an Ayurvedic Practitioner, Consultant & Health Counsellor, along with being a 500-hour certified yoga teacher. Receiving his first teaching certificate from Evolution Yoga in August 2015 was a monumental point in John's life, which came nearly 13 years after taking his first yoga class in San Diego, California while serving in the U.S. Navy.

In January 2016, he took an offer to teach the weekday 6am classes & be a part of the teacher-trainer team during a 30-day teacher training in Tampa Bay, Florida. Not only did he meet his future-wife there, but he started to expand his perspective on Hatha Yoga, including what yoga is as a science and what it meant to his life and life in the cosmic sense. This experience kickstarted a twenty-month/nine-country tour across four continents teaching, living and learning from healers and yogis.

John eventually returned to Albuquerque, New Mexico where he began extensive study in the ancient Vedic life-science, Ayurveda.

The Ayurvedic Institute, founded by Dr. Vasant Lad, BA.Ms. (1984), served John with the divine wisdom, knowledge and clinical application experience of the ancient holistic sciences including yoga, kaya chikitsa, panchakarma, herbology, marma, pranayama, meditation, the art of pulse reading and more.

After their time in Albuquerque, John & Irene moved the family to her home country of Italy where they now practice, teach and study the Holistic Arts full-time.

John Riccio

Become a Lifelong Member

Our Supportive Online Community When You Join…

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Our goal is that all those we encounter can gain an experience of Santosha Yoga Institute – and then share and spread this experience back into the communities through teaching; creating a ripple effect that will change the world and the hearts of all beings in it.

Physically, mentally and spiritually rewarding, Santosha Yoga Institute Training certifications are some of the most comprehensive yoga teacher training in the world. Embark on this next-step in your career or personal practice with confidence, knowing you're supported by a network of like-minded experts and individuals cheering you on.

Hear What These Transformed Graduates Have to Say:

‘‘Such a Strong Sense of Community, Love and Passion through my Laptop!’’

I never thought I could feel such a strong sense of community, love and passion through my laptop! The courses are well organized and very complete.

I have learned so much. The challenging part for me was to deconstruct what I had learned in my own yoga practice, in order to teach in a safe way for my future students.

My life has been turned upside down with the COVID crisis. This training not only gave me new future perspectives, it also helped me go through a difficult time and listen to myself. I can only recommend!

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Héloïse Lambert
Santosha Online Yoga Teacher Training Graduate

‘‘Most Wonderful and Knowledgeable Instructors’’

I’m so grateful that this opportunity came up and I was able to learn from the most wonderful and knowledgeable instructors from around the world. There is so much to learn and I have been fully supported both during the course and ongoing. I’ve come away with such amazement at what I learnt as yoga is really so much more than I thought. I’m so happy to have found answers and I want to share my love for yoga with all.

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Melanie Ceveri
Santosha Online Yoga Teacher Training Graduate

Ready to Discover the Healing Power of Ayurveda, and Skilfully Share This Practice With Your Students?

Level-up your ability to change lives, facilitate healing spaces, and provide breakthrough transformations for your yoga students. Our Santosha Yoga Institute 50 Hour Ayurveda Teaching Training is your opportunity to learn 100% online, at your own pace, and add a highly sought-after skill to your toolkit. Embark on your Ayurveda journey now, and get started today.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, you can join our Online Ayurveda Training from anywhere - at anytime. As this is an online course location is no obstacle and you can begin your journey when best suits you. If you have access to a device with internet ability then you are ready to join!

Yes, for Yoga Alliance RYT Registered Teachers, the Ayurveda Online course is 50 hours CEU. Yoga Alliance Australia or Yoga Alliance International registered Teachers - this Ayurveda certification is eligible to be registered as 50 training hours towards your training pathway.

We have designed this Online Ayurveda Teacher Training course to be accessible to EVERYONE - with no complicated tech requirements to join. As long as you have access to a laptop, phone or iPad with wifi enabled to access our easy-to-use Yoga Course learning portal you are ready to go!

You can start our Online Ayurveda Training today! You will be sent a log-in to begin as soon as you sign up so you can begin your studies right away.

No extra books are needed. We provide all the materials and manuals needed to complete the Ayurveda Online course. The class content is video based with an accompanying downloadable course slides PDF for reading. These comprehensive slides have all the information you need to complete the Online Ayurveda course.

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