This Yoga Teachers Training Course is a profound, personal experience, based on the ancient gurukula teaching system, integrating the student’s daily life into the yoga training. By the end of the intensive four-week course the student will possess a firm foundation for teaching others, in addition to strengthening his or her own yoga practice with self-discipline and awareness of the nature of body, mind and spirit. Upon graduation from the course, students receive a certificate of qualification.
Satyananda Yoga Research Centre is a registered charitable trust formed for the purpose of propagating yoga, naturopathy, meditation, hypnotherapy, reiki, pranic healing etc . We have already conducted several Yoga Teachers Training Course during the last twenty five years. Men and women come from all around the world take part in the training, which is given in English language.
Opportunities to connect to your intuition, awaken your life energy, and enhance your personal aura. There will be lectures and workshops giving you the necessary theoretical skills to teach. You will also work in smaller groups to refine your practical skills. This course is also recommended for people who simply wish to experience Yoga at an in depth level. Intensive courses may be compared to the rapid methods of learning languages when living in a foreign country. During this intensive course, you will be living and practicing Yoga 24-hours a day, for four weeks.
Yoga Teachers’ Training Course
April
19th - April 30 , 2010
1. History of Yoga
2. Philosophy and Aim of Yoga.
3. Main Schools of Yoga.
4. Basic anatomy and physiology,
5. Basic psychology,
6. Nature cure methods,
7. Vedanta. 8.Ashtanga yoga
Course Contents
Preparatory Exercises
1. Loosening exercises.
2. Energisation methods
Relaxation
Yoga Nidra practice.
Yoga Nidra-theory
Yoga Nidra and brain
Yoga Nidra and mind
Research on Meditation
Asanas (Yoga Postures)
1. Yoga Vidya sequence with its 12 basic postures
2. Asanas for relaxation
3. Yoga for the back and spine
4. Yoga and sports training
5. Comparison to other forms of physical training
6. Asanas and physiological research
7. Asanas for general fitness
8. Asanas for the flow of life-energy.
9. Asanas, combined with chakra concentration, special breathing techniques, mantras, bandhas, mudras
10. Asanas for personal growth and development
Pranayama (Breathing Techniques)
1. Breathing techniques for daily life
2 Breath control
3 Easy pranayama for relaxation and recharging
4. Psychic cleansing
5. Advanced pranayama according to Hatha Yoga Pradipika
Kriyas (Yoga Cleansing Exercises)
Shatkriyas according to Hatha Yoga Pradipika
1. Tratak (eye cleansing)
2. Kapalabhati (lung cleansing)
3. Neti (nose cleansing)
4. .Dhauti (throat- and stomach cleansing)
5. Nauli (small intestine cleansing)
6. Basti (colon cleansing).
7 .Shank Prakshalana (total intestine cleansing)
1. Physical body in relation to yoga exercises
2. Muscle and bone structure
3. Respiratory/Digestive system
4. Nerves and Hormones
5. Physiological effects of Yoga
6. Physiology of movement
7. Sport medicine theory and research
Health
1. What is health? Reasons for disease.
2. Healthy, holistic living
3. Yogic remedies for the treatment of minor llnesses like colds, hay fever, headache, allergies, constipation
4. Yoga as therapy: remain healthy into old age 5.Healing through mental training
Ayurveda
Health and disease. The three Doshas. Correct living according to your body type. Ayurvedic food.
Nutrition
1. Natural nutrition. Reasons for a vegetarian diet
2. The mental and energetic effects of food
3. Nutrition and advanced Hatha Yoga
4. Fasting, slimming and staying slim
5. Special nutrition and diets
Tantra and Kundalini Yoga (Energy Training)
1. Theory: Shiva-Shakti-Philosophy
2. The astral body: Prana, Nadis, Chakras, Kundalini
3. Opening of chakras
4. The Raising of Kundalini: methods, experiences, dangers and security measures
Sanskrit Speaking Course
This is a crash and intensive course by which you will be able to speak this divine language.
QUALIFICATION FOR ADMISSION
The intensity of the training programme requires a high degree of discipline and commitment but mastery of yoga practices is not necessary. Yoga is about inner growth. Prior practice of asanas and meditation is preferable.
VENUE
The course will take place at Satyananda Ashramam, Perumanna, a beautiful place with the frontage of Chaliyar River. This ashramam is just 5 kilometers away from Calicut city.
Daily Schedule
6 - 8.30 am Morning pranayama and Meditation Chanting, Lecture. Early morning is a time of strong spiritual vibrations; this will aid your meditation to grow deep and intense.
8.45 - 11am Yogasanas, Pranayama, Relaxation classes.
11 am Breakfast/Lunch.
12 noon Karma Yoga (selfless service), leisure time.
2.45 pm Lecture, Workshop.
5 pm Asanas, Pranayama, Relaxation,teaching skills in small groups of students.
6.30 pm Dinner, Leisure time.
8-10 pm Evening Meditation, Chanting, Lecture.
Course Fee
1000 U.S. Doller - inclusive of Tution Fee, Exam fee, food, accomadation (dormatary)
Separate Room Facilities
Two persons will be accomadated ) 2000 U.S. dollers inclusive of Tution Fee, Exam fee, food.
Exam
There will be written and practical exams at the completion of Yoga Vidya Teachers’ Training Course.
Certificate
Upon completion of course and exam you will be awarded with the yoga teachers’ certificate by the Satyananda Yoga Research Centre. This certificate enjoys wide recognition.
Leisure
Thursdays are reserved for your leisure, from 9.30 am to 8.00 pm. There will be no classes.
Important information Attendance at all programme is mandatory. In order to maintain the proper atmosphere. Meat, fish, alcohol, tobacco, coffee, black tea, eggs, drugs and revealing clothing are not allowed. Their use may lead to dismissal from the course. The meals offered are lacto-vegetarian. We cannot cater to special dietetic needs during the course. The teachings of the course are based on the gurukula tradition, the classical way of transmitting spiritual knowledge in the yoga tradition. Its basis is a relationship of trust and mutual respect between the student and teacher, and aims at the complete development of the former: physical, mental and spiritual.
