Arhanta Yoga Ashrams aims to spread and teach authentic and correct knowledge of yoga to practitioners from all ages, backgrounds and practice levels. We are committed to develop our students into confident yoga teachers with proper knowledge and understanding of the history, philosophy and practice of yoga. We provide everyone the opportunity to experience the benefits of classical yoga practices. We help our students to become yoga teachers rather than mere yoga instructors. According to our understanding, an instructor is someone who just instructs the students about what to do how to do it. He/she generally provides the same instructions for every student regardless of his/her personal capabilities and aspirations. Whereas, the role of teacher is to help the student to meet his or her goal. To be able to help the student, a teacher first of all needs to know the goals of the student, the strengths and limitations of the student and then accordingly use the most suitable teaching method. Therefore it takes much more effort, dedication and skills to become a yoga teacher. To train such teachers requires great dedication, experience and skills. Our teachers share the same philosophy and work with all the students on an individual basis to ensure maximum growth of each student. We follow the traditionaln Gurukul system of teaching. In this system the student stays in the ashram along with the teachers and other fellow students. This system is a time tested proven system of achieving personal growth. The ashram environment and yogic lifestyle help the students to concentrate completely on learning and reflection.
The Arhanta Yoga retreats in take place at our Yoga ashram in. The Yoga ashram offers two kinds of accommodations. You can choose between double shared room and single room accommodation. All rooms are equipped with attached toilet and bathroom. The bathrooms have cold showers, but warm water is available in buckets at the hot water points in every building.
A yoga retreat is a yoga holiday programme which covers daily yoga and meditation practices along with healthy food, and other rejuvenating activities. Generally a yoga retreat is held at a yoga ashram or a beautiful serene location away from crowd and noise. Sometimes alternative therapies like Ayurveda, massage etc, are also included in the retreat programme.
Arhanta Yoga is a registered organization with its headquarters in the Netherlands. Arhanta Yoga is a registered trademark. The Arhanta Yoga Ashrams are registered with Yoga Alliance USA / Canada, Yoga Alliance Europe, International Yoga Federation and CRKBO (Netherlands) as Yoga schools for professional Yoga training. Our yoga teacher training courses and certifications meet and generally exceed all the international standards of a yoga teacher certification and accreditation. Therefore it is well accepted by all major yoga associations / federations as well as all major insurance companies.