Hatha Yoga Teacher Training

Germany

Course: Practice of Hatha Yoga Teacher

Code:HY-III-R

Dates: 2 to July 23, 2010

Level: III

Hours: 240

Language: Spanish

Where: Yoga-Vidya, Bad-Meinberg, Germany

Course starting time: 2/07/2010 at 15:00

Checkout time: 12:00 on 23th July, 2010

Course Contents

Who is this course for?

This course is designed for people with at least two years experience in the practice of Yoga who want to learn how to teach Hatha Yoga.

The course provides the knowledge and skills needed to teach Hatha Yoga. It will greatly advance your personal practice.

These courses are also aimed at those who are simply interested in improving their practice and deepening their knowledge of Yoga practice and tradition.

Objective of the Course

Its main objective is to emphasize the pedagogical techniques that are applied in the teaching of yoga, through the prism of an innovative methodology that enriches and empowers you to teach with confidence your future students.

Our Hatha Yoga Training Course

'Yoga Center' trains its teachers of Hatha Yoga from several perspectives:

• as an Indian wisdom tradition
• as a psycho-physical practice system
• as a cultural experience
• as an empirical health practice

We are unique in offering you the advantage of knowing how Hatha Yoga is understood in the Hindu context and at the same time in post-modern terms.

Course Themes

• 1. Yoga in the West
• 2. Hatha Yoga
• 3. Tantra & Kundalini Yoga**
• 4. Raja Yoga**
• 5. Karma Yoga
• 6. Bhakti Yoga
• 7. Jñana Yoga & Other Topics**

Course Content:

Postures, breathing, relaxation, meditation, pranayama, kriyas, tradition and Kirtan.

During the course you will study and analyze the postures, breathing, and relaxation, from anatomical and physiological viewpoints.

You will learn the classic techniques of Integral Yoga and come to understand the sources of this Indian tradition. You will experience personal growth, deepen your understanding of the practice, psychology and philosophy of Yoga while learning the Yoga vocabulary and terms in Sanskrit.

Through an eclectic and pragmatic methodology, with its variety of techniques, you will discover the most appropriate ways to approach students of different levels.

1. Yoga in the West

• History of Yoga.
• Teachers and different paths
• Philosophies and goals of Yoga

2. Hatha Yoga

• class preparation
• class distribution
• atmosphere
• vocabulary
• rhythm
• teacher's body language
• psychology of the teacher
• learn to teach the postures (asanas)
• correction and adjustment of postures (asanas)
• benefits and contraindications
• pedagogy of teaching
• traditional asanas and their anatomical adjustments
• the design of various classes
• preliminary exercises
• Development attention to the body and sensitivity to the practice
• preliminary warm ups
• exercises that substitute asanas
• Hatha Yoga Pradidpika
• the origins of Hatha Yoga
• the Nathas
• mudras
• bandhas
• other styles of Hatha Yoga pranayama
• breathing techniques for daily life
• learning breathing
• basic Pranayama
• prana and energy
• advanced Hatha Yoga Pranayama Pradipika
• Relaxation
• classical deep Relaxation
• Yoga Nidra
• autogenic training (Schultz)
• progressive relaxation (Jacobson)
• Kriya (purification or cleansing exercises)
• the six kriyas of Hatha Yoga Pradipika
• anatomy and physiology
• human physiology and how this relates to the practice of Yoga
• muscle dynamics
• the function of breathing

3. Tantra and Kundalini Yoga

• Energy and extrasensory perceptions
• astral body: prana, nadis, chakras, kundalini
• Life after death and astral dimensions
• opening the chakras
• psychic phenomena: clairvoyance, telepathy, psychokinesis.
• Developing extrasensory perceptions.
• Awakening of Kundalini: methods, experiences, dangers, precautions
• Techniques Kundalini Yoga: Mantra, Laya, Yantra, Nada, Hatha Yoga

4. Raja Yoga: Meditation and Mental Training

• the human mind : subconscious, conscious, superconsciousness
• thought and its power, positive thinking
• self realization
• development of will power, concentration, creativity and intuition
• emotions and feelings
• affirmations and visualization
• Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
• Indian philosophy and western meditation
• Concentration and attention
• meditation techniques:
• meditation with mantras
• tratak
• meditation on the chakras
• vipassana
• expansive meditation
• creative visualization
• abstract meditation
• overcoming obstacles
• experiences

5. Karma Yoga (Yoga in action)

• the Law of Karma
• dharma: appropriate action
• Living ethically
• selfless service
• Ashramas: states of life
• high thinking and simple life

6. Bhakti Yoga

• Feelings and emotions
• the miracle of love
• communication with God
• Hindu Mythology
• kirtan, mantra and Rituals
• experiences of the Divine
• introduction to Mantra
• Relationship between Guru and Disciple
• Spiritual Preferences
• Bhakti Sutras

7. Jnana Yoga and Other Issues

• Hindu scriptures, introduction to: Vedas, Smritis, Itihasas, Puranas Upanishads, Brahma Sutras, Bhagavad Gita, Hatha Yoga Pradipika
• the three bodies
• transformative States
• transpersonal Psychology
• six systems of Hindu philosophy
• Vedanta Philosophy: Who am I?
• Buddhism
• Sat, Chid, Ananda
• physics and mysticism
• philosophy East and West
• Death, life after death,Reincarnation
• Religions of the World

Training Timetable:

• 06:30 Good morning
• 07:00 Meditation
• 08:00 Personnel Practice and Pedagogy
• 11:00 Brunch
• 12:30 Hindu Tradition
• 13:45 Classic texts
• 15:00 Asanas and Pedagogy
• 18:00 Dinner
• 20:00 Meditation
• 22:30 Buenas Noches

General Information

Teachers

The course will be directed by our most senior instructors.

• Gauri
• Shanmugananda

When

The Course starts at 15:00 on July 3rd. It officially ends on the morning of July 24th. The ashram departure is organized for the day July 24, but you can arrange a longer stay if wish.

Location

The course will be held in the Yoga-Vidya Ashram in Bad-Meinberg, Germany. The ashram provides a lovely country setting just outside the historical Spa village of Bad-Meinberg. Daily community practices of mantra chanting, pranayama, meditation, pujas and homas offers a thorough introduction to Hindu Yoga rituals.

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You can download a registration form pdf. After printing it out you can fill it in and then mail it in or fax it to 911850398 with your deposit to reserve your place on the course.

Certification

Certification is obtained after passing the theoretical and practical assessments, resulting in a Practice of Hatha Yoga Teacher diploma.

Students may choose to resit the exams at one of the AIPYS centers, if necessary to complete their diploma requirements.

In the case of not passing the exams, a Certificate of Attendance will be awarded.

Course Terms of Agreement

When you sign up for one of our courses there are certain general conditions of agreement that will apply.

Note

We reserve the right to make changes to any of the above without further notice.