9-month online yoga training to deepen your knowledge
You have completed the Sivananda teacher training and wish to go further in your understanding of yoga philosophy?
The Sivananda Yoga Academy offers you an in-depth 400-hour online yoga training, to study one of the traditional paths of yoga: Vedanta, Raja Yoga or Bhakti Yoga.
From September to June, combine weekly online lectures with experienced teachers, three in-person retreats at the ashram, and personalized support from a tutor.
This online yoga training allows you to balance spiritual development with your professional and family life, while benefiting from the support of a community of students sharing the same aspirations.
Yoga Academy 2026-2027 Programme
Cultivating mind and heart
September 11th, 2026 – June 19th, 2027
You can benefit from a discount of 100 € and gain free access to the online asana classes already from 16 June 2026 onwards if your registration and first payment is received by latest 15 June 2026.
In 1948, Swami Sivananda founded the “Yoga Vedanta Forest Academy” with a clear vision: to transmit the knowledge of Yoga, to teach the Yoga of Synthesis, to awaken faith and devotion in everyone, to work for the spiritual awakening of humanity, and to bring peace and happiness to every home.
The Sivananda Yoga Academy perpetuates this vision through an in-depth study programme. As an extension of the Yoga Vedanta Forest Academy, it offers a structured path to deepen knowledge of the different paths of Yoga.
Each year, the Academy focuses on one of the traditional paths of yoga:
Teachings given by European Acharyas (Swami Kailasananda, Swami Sivadasananda). All recordings are available to review at your own pace.
Every 3 weeks (60 min) – Ask your questions to teachers and exchange with other students.
Bi-monthly meetings (30 min) to support you individually in your sadhana.
All asana classes (French and English) and online satsangs throughout the program.
Complete immersion at the Sivananda Yoga Ashram (Loiret). With a programme tailored for Academy Students.
Written essay of 4 pages on a subject of your choice among the themes studied.
The weekly lectures will be given by European Acharyas and long-time Swamis, mainly Swami Kailasananda and Swami Sivadasananda.
The Swamis and experienced teachers from the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers will teach during the in-person retreats and support you for personal mentoring
Online yoga training with in-depth and practical teaching, combining lectures and interactive online sessions, in-person retreat stays and personal support to deepen the path of Bhakti Yoga. 400-hour certification.
400 hours, Nine months (from September to June)
English with French translation.
Online training and partly in-person.
4 practice rooms, one study room, one library, one refectory, two outdoor platforms.
Equipment available for theoretical classes: flipchart, video projector, individual mats for sitting cross-legged on the floor, individual foldable low tables adapted for note-taking while sitting on the floor, chairs, translation equipment.
Access to a web platform to review classes.
For any accommodation needs related to a disability, we invite you to contact us directly to study together the possibilities for following the training.
Final exam in the form of a written essay of four pages (free choice of subject among a variety of themes). The month of May will be dedicated to writing the essay.
Email : academy@sivananda.net
Yoga Academy 2026-2027 Program
Cultivating mind and heart
September 11th, 2025 – June 19th, 2026
You can benefit from a discount of 100 € and gain free access to the online asana classes already from 16 June 2026 onwards if your registration and first payment is received by latest 15 June 2026.
