Yoga is the embodiment of wholeness. Yoga posture practice does this from the body to Consciousness. There are many different approaches to yoga posture practice, but they all depend upon the same foundation: integrated activation of the whole body. Teaching Yoga is perhaps the most satisfying and meaningful activity. Yet, it is not as easy as it can be made to look. You need not only to know what you are offering on the basis of your own embodied experience. You also need to know how to transmit that to the experience of others.
Whatever style of practice you favour it must establish Pathways of Wholeness, from the body to Consciousness. Then the power and wisdom of Consciousness can flow along these pathways into daily life (Ishvarapranidanah) as an embodied sense of vitality and safety. These pathways are established by refining the relationships between the obvious parts of the body (asana). This is done by using small local muscles in the whole body that integrate all the motor, structural and respiratory muscles: an integration esoterically known as "the bandhas in the whole body" (Sarvangabandha).
Our Heart of Yoga training will show you how to use the subtle 'functional' actions to activate and integrate the whole body. This will take place in the Embodiment Module in December. These actions must take place within any and all postures, fertilising them. Some of these actions require the availability of deep, structural muscles that need to be activated and strengthened. This will be taken care of in Strengthening Modules 2 and 3. They will provide you with the tools to activate and strengthen the core muscles of your spine, abdomen and throat. Integrating Module 4 will focus on accessing the power of free breathing within the postures so that the Heart of Yoga opens (sushumna). The Teaching Skills Module 5 will show you how to teach the bandhas and pranayama to others, both in both posture and pranayama practice.
No matter what style of yoga you practice or teach, what shapes you use, or sequences you present them in, this training will give you the tools to refine and deepen your practice and teaching, without any need for special skills, extreme abilities, or even familiarity with yoga texts.
The foundation of the Training is four embodiment modules.
Embodiment Module 1: Embodying the Bandhas
December 7,8,14,15 10.30-13.00 & 17.00-19.00
December 9,13 18.00-20.30
Central European Time
This module will present the three core bandhas, and the two peripheral bandhas as the key to yoga posture practice.
Strengthening Module 2: Pranayama for the Bandhas Part One.
January 19, 25 10.30-13.00 & 17.00-19.00
January 20,24 18.00-20.30
Central European Time
This module will present Pranayama practices for developing the core muscles upon which the core bandhas depend.
Strengthening Module 3: Pranayama for the Bandhas Part Two.
February 16, 22 10.30-13.00 & 17.00-19.00
February 17, 21 18.00-20.30
Central European Time
This module will present additional Pranayama practices for developing the core muscles upon which the core bandhas depend.
Integrating Module 4: Asana, Pranayama and Patanjali.
March 9, 15 10.30-13.00 & 17.00-19.00
March 10, 14 18.00-20.30
Central European Time
This module will present posture and pranayama practice in the light of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.
Module 5: The Teaching Skills Module (attendance of modules 1-4 required)
April 5,6,12,13 10.30-13.00 & 17.00-19.00
Central European Time
This module will show you how you can teach what you have embodied to others. It will apply the following to the teaching of yoga postures and pranayama:
Module 6: The Yoga of Patanjali in Practice.
May 10,11 10.30-13.30 & 15.30-18.00
Central European Time
This module will present an integrated practice of pranayama, meditation and postures, grounded in the wisdom of Patanjali. You can attend online, or in person in Istanbul. It will provide you with a fertile foundation for ongoing daily praxis.
This Training will enrich your practice, teaching and life. It is suitable for anyone teaching or training to teach Yoga. It does not require flexibility, strength, agility, nor book knowledge, not even of the Yoga Sutras. All modules will be recorded and available to stream for 60 days after the module ends. Notes will be provided at the end of the Course.
Instalment payments is an option, contact us at: [email protected]
Whatever style of practice you favour it must establish Pathways of Wholeness, from the body to Consciousness. Then the power and wisdom of Consciousness can flow along these pathways into daily life (Ishvarapranidanah) as an embodied sense of vitality and safety. These pathways are established by refining the relationships between the obvious parts of the body (asana). This is done by using small local muscles in the whole body that integrate all the motor, structural and respiratory muscles: an integration esoterically known as "the bandhas in the whole body" (Sarvangabandha).
Our Heart of Yoga training will show you how to use the subtle 'functional' actions to activate and integrate the whole body. This will take place in the Embodiment Module in December. These actions must take place within any and all postures, fertilising them. Some of these actions require the availability of deep, structural muscles that need to be activated and strengthened. This will be taken care of in Strengthening Modules 2 and 3. They will provide you with the tools to activate and strengthen the core muscles of your spine, abdomen and throat. Integrating Module 4 will focus on accessing the power of free breathing within the postures so that the Heart of Yoga opens (sushumna). The Teaching Skills Module 5 will show you how to teach the bandhas and pranayama to others, both in both posture and pranayama practice.
No matter what style of yoga you practice or teach, what shapes you use, or sequences you present them in, this training will give you the tools to refine and deepen your practice and teaching, without any need for special skills, extreme abilities, or even familiarity with yoga texts.
The foundation of the Training is four embodiment modules.
Embodiment Module 1: Embodying the Bandhas
December 7,8,14,15 10.30-13.00 & 17.00-19.00
December 9,13 18.00-20.30
Central European Time
This module will present the three core bandhas, and the two peripheral bandhas as the key to yoga posture practice.
Strengthening Module 2: Pranayama for the Bandhas Part One.
January 19, 25 10.30-13.00 & 17.00-19.00
January 20,24 18.00-20.30
Central European Time
This module will present Pranayama practices for developing the core muscles upon which the core bandhas depend.
Strengthening Module 3: Pranayama for the Bandhas Part Two.
February 16, 22 10.30-13.00 & 17.00-19.00
February 17, 21 18.00-20.30
Central European Time
This module will present additional Pranayama practices for developing the core muscles upon which the core bandhas depend.
Integrating Module 4: Asana, Pranayama and Patanjali.
March 9, 15 10.30-13.00 & 17.00-19.00
March 10, 14 18.00-20.30
Central European Time
This module will present posture and pranayama practice in the light of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.
Module 5: The Teaching Skills Module (attendance of modules 1-4 required)
April 5,6,12,13 10.30-13.00 & 17.00-19.00
Central European Time
This module will show you how you can teach what you have embodied to others. It will apply the following to the teaching of yoga postures and pranayama:
- distinguishing between structural and functional actions
- distinguishing between actions and impacts
- fertilising stillness with movement and repetition
- harnessing the relationship between structure (posture) and function (breathing)
- the art of progressive sequentiality (vinyasakrama)
- activating the intelligence of the body
- accessing the Intelligence of Consciousness
- somatic instruction (talking into the body)
- communication dynamics
- power dynamics
Module 6: The Yoga of Patanjali in Practice.
May 10,11 10.30-13.30 & 15.30-18.00
Central European Time
This module will present an integrated practice of pranayama, meditation and postures, grounded in the wisdom of Patanjali. You can attend online, or in person in Istanbul. It will provide you with a fertile foundation for ongoing daily praxis.
This Training will enrich your practice, teaching and life. It is suitable for anyone teaching or training to teach Yoga. It does not require flexibility, strength, agility, nor book knowledge, not even of the Yoga Sutras. All modules will be recorded and available to stream for 60 days after the module ends. Notes will be provided at the end of the Course.
Instalment payments is an option, contact us at: [email protected]