Continued Education
Himalayan Institute 500HR YTT - Summer Segment
100hrs
Awakening to the Subtle Body: Chakras, Pranayama, and Sacred Yogic Texts
•Participate in a personal study and exploration of the subtle body
•Refine your understanding of chakras as doorways to pure consciousness, and integrate this knowledge into the practice of asana with a chakra focus
•Learn more about the five prana vayus in relation to breathing, prana, and pranayama
•Develop or deepen your personal practice of pranayama, and learn how to offer these potent practices to students in a balanced and helpful way
•Refine your skills of effective and powerful class sequencing
•Learn about the role of sacred yogic texts in the enrichment of practice and teaching
•Explore key aspects of the Bhagavad Gita as a foundation for understanding the four paths of yoga, dharma, and the wheel of karma
•Practice traditional yogic meditation techniques to develop or deepen your personal meditation practice, and learn to teach meditation fundamentals to your students
•Enhance your credibility as a yoga teacher by skillfully incorporating Sanskrit into your teaching, and learn traditional Sanskrit prayers and chants to apply in your own practice
Completed August 23, 2020