
World Happiness Academy · One pathway, three levels
YVH — Yoga Vāsiṣṭha Hypnotherapy
From the tales of the Supreme Yoga to supervised work with clients: 190 hours in three levels, each one opening the next, with Fundamental Peace as the measure.
What YVH is
An old text and a modern craft, taught together
Yoga Vāsiṣṭha Hypnotherapy sets the sixty-four tales of the Yoga Vāsiṣṭha beside what hypnotherapy knows about attention, imagination and suggestion. It is a model proposed for research: its hypotheses are published, and they are still to be tested.
Across the three levels the measure stays the same: Fundamental Peace, taken with the FP20 before, during and after the work.
The three levels

Level 1Enrolment open
YVH Foundations: One Mind, Many Voices
The model, the tales, trained attention and YVH Parts Dynamics. Twelve live sessions from February 2027, or the narrated course at your own pace today.
- For
- Coaches and hypnotherapists. The coaching track works with eyes open, with no formal trance and no regression.
- Format
- 12 live sessions of two hours, in English and Spanish, and 14 narrated sessions at your own pace
- Dates
- Thursdays, 11 February to 6 May 2027, 14:00 Madrid time. The narrated course opens when you enrol.
- You leave with
- A certificate of completion for 30 hours
- Fee
- Founding cohort 890 USD · 45,000 INR for residents of India
What you learn
- The YVH model: seven rungs and eight phases
- Twelve tales as contemplative suggestion
- Trained attention and disciplined imagination
- YVH Parts Dynamics and the witness

Level 2Enrolment open after Foundations
YVH Regression: The Four Thresholds
Age, womb, past-life and interlife regression, taught in that order and crossed first as a client. First cohort from September 2027.
- For
- Certified hypnotherapists who have completed Level 1.
- Format
- 16 live sessions of two hours, your own four regressions, 8 supervised practice sessions and 18 narrated sessions
- Dates
- Thursdays, 2 September to 16 December 2027, 14:00 Madrid time
- You leave with
- A certificate of completion for 40 hours
- Fee
- Founding cohort 1,490 USD · 75,000 INR for residents of India
What you learn
- Age regression: the formative imprints of this life
- Womb regression: belonging and separation
- Past-life regression: stories that change the person who lives them
- Interlife regression: the witness between the stories

Level 3In preparation · waiting list open
YVH Practitioner: The Protocol Year
Eighteen written protocols, three supervised clients and an assessed title. Planned from January 2028, after the first two levels.
- For
- Certified hypnotherapists who have completed Levels 1 and 2.
- Format
- 24 live sessions, 12 supervision groups, three supervised clients and 18 written protocols in English and Spanish
- Dates
- Planned from Thursday 13 January 2028, for 36 weeks
- You leave with
- The assessed title YVH Practitioner, on a public register
- Fee
- Planned founding fee 2,490 USD · 125,000 INR for residents of India
What you learn
- Eighteen protocols, word for word
- A whole course of work with a real client
- Ten competencies, rated on recorded sessions
- Measuring every case with the FP20
Side by side
Compare the three levels
| Level 1YVH Foundations: One Mind, Many Voices | Level 2YVH Regression: The Four Thresholds | Level 3YVH Practitioner: The Protocol Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours | 30 hours | 40 hours | 120 hours |
| For | Coaches and hypnotherapists. The coaching track works with eyes open, with no formal trance and no regression. | Certified hypnotherapists who have completed Level 1. | Certified hypnotherapists who have completed Levels 1 and 2. |
| Format | 12 live sessions of two hours, in English and Spanish, and 14 narrated sessions at your own pace | 16 live sessions of two hours, your own four regressions, 8 supervised practice sessions and 18 narrated sessions | 24 live sessions, 12 supervision groups, three supervised clients and 18 written protocols in English and Spanish |
| Dates | Thursdays, 11 February to 6 May 2027, 14:00 Madrid time. The narrated course opens when you enrol. | Thursdays, 2 September to 16 December 2027, 14:00 Madrid time | Planned from Thursday 13 January 2028, for 36 weeks |
| You leave with | A certificate of completion for 30 hours | A certificate of completion for 40 hours | The assessed title YVH Practitioner, on a public register |
| Fee | Founding cohort 890 USD · 45,000 INR for residents of India | Founding cohort 1,490 USD · 75,000 INR for residents of India | Planned founding fee 2,490 USD · 125,000 INR for residents of India |
| Status | Enrolment open | Enrolment open after Foundations | In preparation · waiting list open |
How the levels connect
Each level opens the next
- 1Level 1 is open to coaches and hypnotherapists, and it is the way in to everything else.
- 2Level 2 asks for a hypnotherapy certification and Level 1.
- 3Level 3 asks for Levels 1 and 2, and a practice in which you can see three clients.
If you coach and do not practise hypnotherapy, Level 1 is complete in itself: its coaching track stays inside the limits of coaching.
See the coaching pathwaySafeguards
What holds at every level
- What appears in trance or regression is a subjective experience. It is never offered as proof of anything that happened, in this life or in another.
- No belief is asked of the practitioner or of the client.
- The work is practised inside your own profession and the rules of the place where you work. It does not replace medical, psychiatric or psychological care.
- The levels are the Academy's own. They are not ICF levels, the programs are not ICF-accredited, and none of them replaces a hypnotherapy certification.
Interlife regression is taught here as part of YVH. It is not Life Between Lives®, the method of the Michael Newton Institute, which trains and certifies its own facilitators.
Faculty
Luis Miguel Gallardo
Creator of the YVH model · Clinical and transpersonal hypnotherapist · ICF PCC
Luis Miguel Gallardo is Professor of Practice at the Yogananda School of Spirituality and Happiness, Shoolini University (India), Founder and President of the World Happiness Foundation and Co-CEO of the Institute of Interpersonal Hypnotherapy. He is the author of The Mind That Makes the World and The Sixty-Four Tales of the Supreme Yoga.
Questions
Before you choose
- Where do I start?
- With Level 1, YVH Foundations. You can join the live cohort that begins in February 2027, or start the narrated course today.
- Can I take Level 2 or Level 3 on its own?
- No. Each level builds on the one before: Level 2 uses the model, the settling and the parts dialogue of Level 1, and Level 3 places the four regressions of Level 2 inside a full course of work.
- I am a coach, not a hypnotherapist. How far can I go?
- Level 1, in its coaching track. Levels 2 and 3 are hypnotherapy and ask for a hypnotherapy certification first.
- What does the whole pathway cost?
- For a founding participant, 890 USD for Level 1, 1,490 USD for Level 2 and a planned 2,490 USD for Level 3: 4,870 USD for 190 hours. For participants resident in India, 45,000 INR, 75,000 INR and a planned 125,000 INR. You pay for each level when you enrol in it.
- Is this an ICF program?
- No. These are continuing-education programs of the World Happiness Academy, and their levels are not ICF levels. An application for ICF Continuing Coach Education for Level 1 is in preparation; any units depend on ICF's decision.
- Do I have to believe in past lives?
- No. The programs work with what a person experiences and with what it changes for them, and they make no claim about where those experiences come from.
Start with Level 1
Enrolment in YVH Foundations is open. The narrated course opens as soon as you enrol, and the live cohort begins in February 2027.
These are continuing-education programs of the World Happiness Academy. The levels are the Academy's own: they are not ICF levels, the programs are not ICF-accredited, and they do not replace a hypnotherapy certification or local regulation.