Programs Offered
Three Training Paths
Setu Yoga Studio™ offers three distinct programs depending on your goals — whether you want to teach yoga, advance an existing teaching practice, or specialise in therapeutic yoga. All three are guided by the same certified Yoga Chikitsa Acharya.
Curriculum
Eight Core Modules
The 200-Hour TTC covers the full classical yoga spectrum — theory, practice, and therapeutic application. The 500-Hour program revisits and deepens each of these modules at an advanced level.
Detailed study of postures, anatomical alignment, modifications and sequencing for diverse student populations including therapeutic adjustments.
Classical breathing techniques, their physiological and nervous system effects, contraindications, and integration into class formats and therapy protocols.
Meditation traditions, guided meditation techniques, Yoga Nidra, and how to lead students into sustained stillness across ability levels.
Study of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Bhagavad Gita, the eight limbs, and their practical application to modern life and yoga instruction.
Introduction to therapeutic yoga — protocols for back pain, stress, PCOD, thyroid, diabetes, and common lifestyle conditions. Foundation for the Yoga Therapy Training.
Functional anatomy for yoga — musculoskeletal, nervous, respiratory, endocrine systems. Understanding the body's response to asana, pranayama, and relaxation.
Class planning, verbal cuing, observation, correction, feedback, student management, and how to serve beginners, seniors, and therapeutic students in the same class.
Supervised teaching practice, peer feedback sessions, and final assessment. Certificate of Course Completion awarded on successful completion.
Your Mentor
Guided by Genuine Expertise
Training at Setu Yoga Studio™ is led by Yogacharya Arroju Sreenivasulu — a certified Yoga Chikitsa Acharya, YCB-certified Teacher and Evaluator, and Life Member of the Indian Yoga Association, with 32 years of experience across yoga instruction, therapy, and corporate wellness.
Suresh Bantupalli, 200-Hour TTC certified, supports the program with Asana, Pranayama, and Dhyana instruction.
Who Should Join
Is This Program Right for You?
These programs are suited for a wide range of students — from those entering yoga professionally to those who simply want a deeper, more structured engagement with the practice.
- ◆ Yoga practitioners wanting to deepen their own practice and eventually share it with others.
- ◆ Healthcare and wellness professionals — physiotherapists, doctors, nutritionists — wanting to integrate yoga therapeutics into their clinical work.
- ◆ Those seeking a career transition into yoga teaching, studio instruction, or yoga therapy practice.
- ◆ Studio practitioners who want personalised, mentored training — not a large institutional program with minimal instructor contact.
- ◆ Teachers already certified elsewhere who want to deepen their philosophical and therapeutic foundation through the 500-Hour or Yoga Therapy Training.
Student Experiences
From Practitioners to Teachers
"I joined expecting to learn how to teach poses. What I actually got was a complete re-understanding of yoga — from breath to philosophy to the nature of the mind. The Yogacharya's depth of knowledge is unlike anything I encountered at other TTC programs."
"I am a physiotherapist. The Yoga Therapy Training completely changed how I work with patients. The Yogacharya's understanding of how specific pranayama and asana sequences interact with the endocrine and nervous system is clinical-grade — this is not wellness fluff."
Program Disclosure
About the Certificate
These are independent programs — not institutionally affiliated with IYA, YCB, or other governing bodies for registration or certification. Participants receive a Course Completion Certificate on successful completion.
The value of this training lies in the quality of instruction and the depth of curriculum — not in registry membership. You will leave with a genuine understanding of yoga as a classical, therapeutic, and philosophical system, and the ability to teach it with integrity.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick Answers
Educational Association
Structured Learning & the Indian Yoga Association
Setu Yoga Studio is a registered Associate Center of the Indian Yoga Association (IYA) — India’s national body for yoga practitioners, educators, and institutions. This affiliation reflects a commitment to educational rigour, ethical practice, and structured learning methodology.
Our Teacher Training programs are designed in alignment with these educational principles: grounded in classical tradition, guided by an experienced Yoga Chikitsa Acharya, and structured to develop both the practitioner and the teacher within you.
IYA membership does not constitute government certification or a guarantee of any specific employment outcome. The value of teacher training lies in the quality of learning, practice, and mentorship you receive.
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