This school is great!!! It was amazing body, mind and life changing experience with Dr.Das. Highly recommend it to everyone who really want to live healthy, active and positive life.
ROSTYSLAV BILCHENKO
CANADA | 15-03-2021
I definitely recommend staying here. I stayed at this Ashram for a week and really enjoyed it. They were actually closed for vacation when I wanted to stay and they opened up their home for me and also created a custom program for me. My program included 2 yoga/ breath classes each day with a meditation and an hour of yoga philosophy. I was blown away by depth of the knowledge that the facilitators had. I learnt so much while I was here. My stay was outstanding as well! The place was sparkling clean, the food was AMAZING, and I could have a hot shower daily. I came during the winter and they had let me know that the water was heated from solar energy so there might not be hot water all the time but I never had any issues. Most importantly I felt safe staying here. The staff was like a little family. One night, one of the guys that was also staying here wasn’t home before they locked the gates for the night and one of the staff members stayed up and waited for him and even offered him food when he got back. I definitely recommend staying here for at least part of your time in the Rishikesh area!
JESSICA
CANADA | 25-12-2019
I had the most amazing experience receiving my training through this program. I would highly recommend this program to anyone looking to deepen their yoga practice in the correct way while also connecting to deeper levels of the self and universe. Truly forever grateful.
KRISTEN MUNROE
CANADA | 25-07-2019
My experience with this Yoga Teacher Training was life changing and hard to capture in words. It was an extremely challenging experience, in the best way! (To be clear, this review is in regards to a satellite program held by Dr. Das in Canada, not at the ashram in Rishikesh). The teachers helped me achieve and understand things I never thought possible. It amazes me how much I learned (and retained) in such a short time. Our teachers were incredible and I cannot thank them enough for their guidance, wisdom, understanding, approach, etc. They truly live what they teach and continue to be an inspiration to me daily. Not only did I experience an immense period of growth during the course, but am still experiencing continued learning and rapid growth in the days following the course as I continue to practice, reflect, and study. This growth has not only been within my physical practice, but mental/emotional/spiritual wellbeing as well. The facility was wonderful and the food provided was delicious and nourishing. The participants in our group forged strong relationships and were extremely supportive of one another. The teachers created a welcoming, safe, and supportive atmosphere that allowed us to flourish. They challenged us appropriately and were very aware of the various physical levels of our group and catered to that diversity while maintaining appropriately high expectations of students. I would recommend this course to anyone who is considering it. While it is very rewarding and exciting to attain certification, the experience is so much more than getting that piece of paper!
LAURA DUGGAN
CANADA | 07-01-2019
My experience with the YTT in India and in Canada has been way more than expected. Both, as a student and also working with Dr. Das as a teacher. His vast knowledge, professionalism and great kindness and compassion, are key components to his teaching and his personality. After studying and practicing yoga for over 25 years, I can say that Patanjali International Yoga Foundation honours the yoga tradition and principles impeccably. There is no other place I would go to or I would recommend. PIYF and Dr. Das are a synonym of excellence, care and dedication. A real yoga experience, a real teacher. I am looking forward to more learning and more teaching at PIYF!
SOLEDAD CARBONE
CANADA | 29-05-2018
I think so I really enjoy my training with Pantanjali International Yoga Foundation. We were really well taken care of during our time there. Also, teachers were really there for us to help us go further in our practice and evolve in the path of yoga. It was an amazing training to help us improve, but also a life changing experience. There is definitely a different me that went out of this Ashram. To help the school improve in return, I would say that it would have been even more amazing to hear more about the point of view of Dr. Jitendra Das. I think he experienced many things in his life, and it would have been really constructive to hear him philosophize on his teaching. Go a little bit out of the text. To finish with, the only thing that missed a bit of organisation and de facto was hard for me to understand was the anatomy classes. I think this part could be rethink.
MYRIAM DUSSAULT
CANADA | 30-08-2017
The Patanjali Institute is in a wonderful location: easily accessible and close to amenities. The building itself is beautiful, bright and clean. The teachers were top notch and much of the teachings have been implemented into our daily lives. The yoga classes were challenging and the teachers very helpful. The food at the ashram was so good and each meal was prepared thoughtfulness and love. Would recommend to anyone and everyone to open themselves to the teachings and the experience.
SUKH SHACK
CANADA | 19-07-2017
I came to PIYF without knowing what was exactly going to be my life like for the following three weeks. All I knew is that I wanted to learn yoga from the real source. I knew I wanted to be safe and feel comfortable. I arrived to PIYF and since the first moment I felt welcomed and at home. The Yoga training is very intense requires the full attention of all your senses. But the effort pays back and more. There yoga is part of the learning. I feel like a new me, a better one, on the right path. The group of students is amazing. The house helpers are beyond kind always ready to help. The food is delicious. Made with love, patience and dedications and always fresh. Dr Jitendra Das is not just on exceptional teacher and human being but also a great host. All the teachers and class helpers are extraordinary. I leave with a heart full of gratitude and knowing that I will return to the Himalayan sun and this beautiful school. Thanks you so much!
SOLE CARBON
CANADA | 23-01-2016
I came here to find a healthy way to live my life and to find inner peace. Sometime I had duality with my emotions, confronted to my old and present attachment. I learn a lot about different ways to achieve my goal; I’m on the good way to find what I was looking inside an outside. Yoga was the only moment that I can feel peace in my mind, and now, I know why my experience was over my expectation and the energy of the place grounded me here and now. Hopefully, I will be able to share my passion and knowledge to others in class in my daily life. For sure I see things differently the positive will shine and I will come back for sure to find even more. It’s the most organize thing there done for myself. Thanks for everything.
JULIE DEMERS
CANADA | 06-01-2016
I’m very please with my stay at PIYF! The accommodation is clean, the food is fresh, good, and the staffs here are very friendly. I came for the Yoga Teacher Training to learn more about traditional yoga. I have been teaching in Canada for 7 year prior to coming to piyf and I must say that I felt like a new student! The course is intensive though. The more you study, the materials of PIYF suggest before arrival, the better prepared you will be. The Dr das is here to teach you. You will be through to use all your senses and truly experience the training come to study, learn. I chose PIYF to continue my yoga studies. I offer to Dr Das, PIYF many thanks, respect and Namaste!! http://www.patanjaliyogafoundation.com/
SEAN STOETEN
CANADA | 24-07-2015
When I followed my YTT, We were around 15 Yoga Students. I felt really comfortable at the ashram. The teacher was really present to answer to our questions and help us to push our personal practice a little bit deeper, day after day. I improve my personal skills as a teacher and as students. I met a lot of wonderful people here even if sometime it was intense, I’m really grateful to have been a part of this, thanks to the universe and thanks to Dr Das. www.patanjaliyogafoundation.com
VERONIQUE BIBEAU
CANADA | 17-03-2015
It’s my second time at the PIYF RISHIKESH and I still love it as much. The food is good and the staff is really friendly. The classes are intense enough to feel a change in your body and your mind after just a couple of days. The safety into the asana and the evening lesson alignment is the primary focus and adjustments classes. It gives us confidence as teachers. We have enough free time to walk around in rishikesh the shiva temple waterfalls and more. You work hard but you see and feel the improvements ‘ NO PAIN NO GAIN ‘ the silent days is such a great inner experience. I would love to do more. Thank you again and see you soon!! Perrine Marais-canada https://patanjaliyogafoundation.com/
PERRINE MARAIS
CANADA | 15-02-2015
My experience at PIYF is very inspirational. Thank you Dr Das for being such a good Teacher-Your teaching method were very start, precise, dedicated and as promised ‘ True to the original source of ancient Yoga Style ‘. I really learned a lot and feel that I have made the right choice coming here completing the teacher training programm here gives me the best foundation to continued my development and study in yoga. I also realy enjoyed the freshly made food and comfortable accommodation. My only complaint would be the temperature-It is so cold at the yoga hall! Perhaps next time I will come back in summer time. Thank you again for everything and and I hope to come back again in the near further. PS: the programm is harder than I expected but very rewarding in the end when finished. No pain, no gain! I appreciate you pushing us to go further and try harder. http://patanjaliyogafoundation.com/index.php
LYDIA CHANG
CANADA | 23-12-2014
When I first arrived I didn’t know what to expect. Well I met wonderful people who taught me so much about myself. The classes are really well prepared and the theory classes helped me to go deeper in my practice. During these 3 weeks, I saw a lot of improvements during the asana, physically, mentally but mostly psychologically. Dr. Das is really displin and you can see in his eyes that he went through the same learning process that we so too. So it’s not had to completely surrender to trust him. The food was amazing and the rooms were very comfortable. I experienced a lot of purification during my stay but what I’m leaving with is a complete feeling of at peace with myself.
PERRINE MARAIS
CANADA | 19-04-2014
The Yoga Teacher Training Course has been incredibly valuable experience in everyway. It was so inspire to learn from a real master of Yogi Jitendra das lives and practice in the yogic path and leads by example. He put his heart and soul into his work and into structuring the training, so that we could learn asanas and much more in a very systematic way. The yogic path is a lifetime of work, but I feel ready to offer to other what I have learned here, as I continue with my practice also, the food was spectacular and prepared with real love. Overall, this has been a journey I wouldn’t forget and I feel very great full to Jitendra Das and to the Patanjali Yoga Foundation for being such a genuine establishment for the teaching of yoga and Teacher Training. Thank you!! More than ever I’m inspired to continue along the path that you have set out so beautifully for us!
TAMMY STONE
CANADA | 20-08-2013
Peace and unconditional love, everything is completed now, are the main points the course brought in my life. I simply have gratitude to the great mountain, to the sun, to the moon, to the holly Ganga river, to the teacher and to the precious cook of PIYF. I feel we are a big family returned again on this planet earth and this experience is a blessing here… Thank you to PIYF Rishikesh India to creating such a great atmospheres.
ALISON
CANADA | 02-02-2014
