Secular Mindfulness · Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
24-day residential 200-hour meditation teacher training in Rishikesh, India. Yoga Alliance RYS 200 & 300 registered. Covers multi-style meditation, pranayama, philosophy, and teaching methodology. Accommodation and meals included. Year-round intake.
200-Hour Meditation Teacher Training Rishikesh is a meditation teacher training run by Mantra Yoga & Meditation School, based in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India. It sits in the Secular Mindfulness tradition and is offered in person. The program runs 24 days residential with about 200 contact hours, and is priced at $1000-$2000. Secular mindfulness teacher trainings sit downstream of the MBSR protocol but draw broadly from contemplative traditions, neuroscience, and applied psychology. Programs vary widely in length, depth, and standards. Mantra Yoga & Meditation School positions this training inside that lineage. The accreditation listed for the program is Yoga Alliance RYS 200, which signals where graduates sit in the wider teacher community. Practical detail matters here. 200-Hour Meditation Teacher Training Rishikesh is a meditation teacher training run by Mantra Yoga & Meditation School, based in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India draws students who want to teach in wellness, community, and small-group settings. OMP lists this program in its Meditation Teacher Training directory so practitioners can compare it on tradition, hours, format, and accreditation alongside several hundred other pathways. Source notes describe it as: 24-day residential 200-hour meditation teacher training in Rishikesh, India. Yoga Alliance RYS 200 & 300 registered. Covers multi-style meditation, pranayama, philosophy, and teaching methodology. Accommodation and meals included. Year-round intake. Practice forms inside this tradition typically include sitting meditation, breath awareness, body scan, loving-kindness, walking practice, and applied exercises for daily life. Students entering 200-Hour Meditation Teacher Training Rishikesh should expect to meet those forms in cohort sessions, in their own daily practice, and in supervised teaching with peers and faculty. Honest teacher trainings in this field share a few markers: a real practice requirement, a named faculty with verifiable lineage, supervised teaching of real students, and inquiry-based feedback. The directory entry above gives the structural facts; the school's own materials are the place to confirm faculty bios, the practicum format, and what graduates are authorized to teach.
Practice forms inside the curriculum follow the Secular Mindfulness tradition. Students work with sitting meditation, breath awareness, body scan, loving-kindness, walking practice, and applied exercises for daily life. Across 24 days residential and roughly 200 contact hours, the cohort moves through foundational practice, teaching skills, and supervised practicum. Mantra Yoga & Meditation School structures the work around the standard arc for this tradition: deepening of personal practice, study of source materials, observation and co-teaching of groups, written reflection, and feedback from faculty. Where the program lists named modules, those appear in the school's own curriculum sheet; the directory does not invent module names that are not on the source page. Inquiry is central. In the Secular Mindfulness tradition, the teacher's job is less to deliver content than to hold a frame inside which participants can notice their own experience. Most credible teacher trainings in this field weight inquiry skill heavily across the curriculum. Students should expect daily personal practice across the program, plus retreat or intensive components depending on the tradition. The school's onboarding materials list specific reading, recordings, and pre-program participation requirements.
Mantra Yoga & Meditation School delivers the training in person over 24 days residential. The structure usually combines cohort sessions, individual practice, mentorship, and supervised teaching. In the Secular Mindfulness tradition, the standard expectations are a daily personal sit, regular meetings with a mentor or supervisor, and either a silent retreat component or a residential intensive depending on the program. The in-person component anchors the cohort, with residential days that hold the silent practice container the tradition expects. Feedback comes through inquiry transcripts, recorded teaching, and direct observation by faculty.
Graduates earn the certificate issued by Mantra Yoga & Meditation School. The credential carries the weight of Yoga Alliance RYS 200, and graduates teach inside the scope the school authorizes. Graduates teach within the scope the program defines and within their own existing professional license where one applies.
Most programs in this category expect an established personal meditation practice and a clear teaching context. The school's application page lists the specific prior training, retreat history, or screening required.
Secular mindfulness trainings span the widest quality range in this directory. The strongest are anchored to a named teacher with a real practice background and a multi-month structure with supervision; the weakest are short certifications without inquiry or feedback. Read the curriculum and faculty bios closely.
| Location | Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India |
| Country | India |
| Tradition | Secular Mindfulness |
| Format | In-person |
| Training hours | 200 |
| Duration | 24 days residential |
| Estimated cost | $1000-$2000 |
| Accreditation | Yoga Alliance RYS 200 |