Yoga Teacher Training Schools in Nepal
Short answer
Below is an alphabetical, fact-checked list of teacher training schools based in Nepal, split mainly between Kathmandu's valley and Pokhara's lakeside. Each entry shows style, hour count, a Yoga Alliance status note and the fee quoted on the school's own site, in no ranked order.
| School | Area | Style | Hours | Yoga Alliance | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prashmana Yoga School | Kathmandu | Hatha / multi-style | 200 | Unverified | See website |
| Sambodhi Yoga Home | Kathmandu | Hatha / Ashtanga Vinyasa | 200 | RYS listed | See website |
| Tratak Yoga Academy (Pokhara Yoga School) | Pokhara | Ashtanga Vinyasa / Hatha | 100 / 200 | RYS listed | See website |
| Yoga in Pokhara | Ghachowk, near Pokhara | Multi-style, Himalayan-influenced | 200 / 300 | RYS listed | See website |
| Yogmandu | Kathmandu | Classical Hatha | 200 / 300 / 500 | RYS listed | See website |
Listed alphabetically. Inclusion is not an endorsement; check details with each school.
Where these facts came from
Each listing below was pulled from a school's own site or, where marked, checked against Yoga Alliance's public search. Hours, style and fee come straight from current marketing pages, not from a paraphrase. "See website" in the price field means the school does not publish a number; "Unverified" under Yoga Alliance means no matching registration turned up under that school's exact name. Order runs alphabetically and nothing else.
What the fields mean
- Location names the hub the school operates from — almost always Kathmandu or Pokhara, Nepal's two centers for this kind of training.
- Style shows the marketed tradition, typically Hatha, Ashtanga Vinyasa, or a blend described as multi-style.
- Hours covers whichever certificate lengths the school currently sells, commonly 100, 200, 300 or 500.
- Yoga Alliance flags a claimed Registered Yoga School status, a paid US membership rather than any Nepali government credential.
- Price reflects the school's own published fee at the time we checked; season, accommodation grade and group size all shift the real cost.
Questions worth asking a Nepal-based school
Confirm whether the Yoga Alliance listing is active and under what exact registered name. Ask whether the quoted price covers lodging, meals, and any trekking days bundled into the marketing, since several Pokhara programs pair training with short Annapurna-area hikes and those days are sometimes counted toward total hours and sometimes not. Ask directly how many hours are supervised teaching practice versus personal study. Confirm the language of instruction — most schools teach in English, but verify rather than assume — and ask about the lead teacher's specific training background. Get batch size and refund terms in writing, and if a trek is included, ask whether it is optional and how altitude or weather delays are handled.
How Kathmandu and Pokhara differ
Nepal's training scene really splits into two distinct settings. Kathmandu offers a dense, historic urban base near sites like Swayambhunath and Boudhanath, with city traffic and a packed old-town atmosphere shaping daily life around a course. Pokhara sits beside Phewa Lake with the Annapurna range visible on clear mornings, and its slower pace draws several schools that fold short treks into the training calendar. Because Nepal is a separate country from India, it runs its own visa system — most nationalities can get a visa on arrival at Kathmandu's airport or at land border crossings, though rules shift, so check Nepal's official immigration pages rather than a school's summary. Currency here is the Nepalese Rupee, not the Indian Rupee, and infrastructure such as guesthouse hot water, electricity reliability and mountain road conditions is worth asking about directly, especially for any program built around a Himalayan excursion.
A listing here isn't a recommendation
A school appears on this page because it publishes a teacher training course in Nepal — that is the entire bar for inclusion. We make no claim about safety on trek days, teaching quality, or whether marketed excursions actually run as described. Prices, instructors and Yoga Alliance status shift without notice, so use this page as a starting point for direct questions rather than a settled answer.
Keeping this page current
We revisit this list periodically and update what we can reconfirm. Where a school has closed, moved cities, or changed its stated Yoga Alliance status since our last check, its own live site remains the better authority to trust.
A note on trekking add-ons
A handful of Pokhara schools bundle a multi-day Annapurna foothills trek into the training package, and how that trek is priced varies a great deal — some fold it fully into the headline fee, others charge it as a clearly separate add-on with its own guide and permit costs. Ask whether trekking permits (such as the ACAP fee) are included or arranged separately, since this is easy to overlook until arrival. Kathmandu-based programs, by contrast, tend to stay closer to a fixed classroom and courtyard setting without a trekking component, which suits students who would rather not add altitude and multi-day travel to an already packed training schedule. Currency here is quoted in Nepalese Rupees on local pages but often converted to Dollars or Euros for international marketing, so check which figure you are actually being asked to pay before transferring a deposit.