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• Are you planning to become a certified yoga instructor and seeking to pursue a career in yoga?
• Are you already teaching yoga but wish to further your study and evolve your teaching methods?
• Are you seeking to deepen your knowledge of yoga for your own personal practice and evolution?
Yoga Jyoti offers a Teacher Training course in Hyderabad consisting of over 300 hours
of intensive study and practice over a period of one year.
This Teacher training course is unique in many respects:
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It integrates experiential knowledge with philosophy aiming at facilitating learning and practice that is
deep and life transforming |
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It offers the most extensive and comprehensive curriculum that empowers the participants to evolve as
confident and compassionate yoga teachers |
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It is based on holistic understanding of the human system with highly individualized application where
each individual's unique needs and capabilities are respected and addressed |
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It combines the traditional wisdom of yoga with an eclectic array of tools and techniques to aid in the
understanding of the human system and facilitate healing and transformation |
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It offers personalized attention and guidance (through mentoring process) for each student throughout
the period of training in their personal practice and study |
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It offers teaching opportunities in the field of yoga training and therapy work through continuous guidance
and support post-training and opportunity to teach under the banner of Yoga Jyoti on successful completion
of the course |
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The course will offer participants an opportunity to be part of a healthy community of people committed
to the path of personal growth and transformation, a group that can inspire social change |
The course content comprises of:
In-depth study of:
Theory and Application of the various tools of yoga
viz., postures (asana), breathing practice
(Pranayama), meditation (dhyanam), visualization
(bhavana) & chanting (adhyayanam)
and
Yoga Philosophy as presented in the Yoga Sutra of
Patanjali.
Other topics that will be covered in the training are:
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A comprehensive overview of other important
yoga texts likes Bhagavad-Gita & Hatha Yoga
Pradipika |
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An introduction to the healing dimensions of
yoga and applying the tools of yoga for
individualized practice. |
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Understanding the basics of Ayurveda |
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Basics of human anatomy, physiology and
bio-mechanics |
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An overview of Western psychology in
comparison with eastern psychology |
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The Art of facilitation - developing stronger
inter-personal skills and other soft skills to
effect deeper change of attitudes and
behaviors and emerge as leader-facilitators |
Being the channel of blessing and healing for this world through yoga is the basic message of this program
About the Trainer
Smt. Saraswathi Vasudevan is committed to sharing
her experience and knowledge of yoga that she has
acquired over the past 17 years of her life in this
path.
Saraswathi holds two Post Graduate degrees (in
Nutrition and Psychology) from the University of
Madras. She completed her Post Graduate Diploma in Yoga from the reputed
KYM institute of Yoga Studies in Chennai where she worked and continued
to study for 17 years till recently. As the head of Research
Department at KYM, she has also spearheaded an important Government
sponsored research study on Yoga and Epilepsy. She has played a significant
role in evolving research-based models for therapy at the Institute.
Much of her training and work involved specializing in individualized
yoga therapy where the unique needs and abilities of every student is
respected and addressed through a comprehensive, holistic and scientific
approach to healing and well being.
Saraswathi has been teaching and training yoga teachers both within
India and abroad. She is a visiting faculty for the Yoga Teacher Training
Programs conducted by Yoga Therapy Toronto, Canada. She is also trained
in the art of facilitation and works as a Senior Associate of Eternale
Learning, a facilitators' training organization based in Pune.
Through this training program, she hopes to establish and nourish a beautiful
yoga community in Hyderabad that will eventually spread its light to
the rest of the world… and serve the community and the world at large
through yoga.
Other resource persons for this training program will be invited from a
pool of leading teachers and practitioners in their respective fields, those
who share the vision and commitment of Yoga Jyoti.
Course Schedule
The course will begin in April 2008 and end in March 2009.
During the one-year period, the group will meet for 5 days every month
between April '08 and Oct'08 (with breaks for the months of May and
August) - 7-8 hours per day of intensive study and practice.
Between Nov'08 and Mar'09, the group will meet for one weekend every
month.
Apart from the regular class room hours
Participants are expected to engage in a minimum of 20 hours of group
study/activities/project work.
After 5 months of training, participants will undergo internship and will
be expected to teach under guidance and supervision for a minimum of
10 hours before the end of the training period.
Personal Practice sessions with Mentor
Since personal practice is an integral and indispensable part of becoming
and being a yoga teacher, regular one-to-one sessions with the mentor
are a compulsory part of the training. Each student is expected to meet
his or her respective mentors for at least 10 sessions over the period of
one year. The course fee does not cover the cost of these sessions.
Location
The course will be conducted at 'sraddha' the
new Yoga Jyoti center situated at
Road No.80
Jubilee Hills
Hyderabad-500081
Group Size
It is proposed that a minimum of 12 and a
maximum of 25 participants will be accepted
in this program. In the event that we receive
less than 12 confirmed registrations, this
training may be postponed.
We would like to proceed with a committed
group of students where each student is guaranteed
to receive sufficient personal attention
from the trainer and mentor.
Course Fee
The total cost of the one-year training
program is Rs. 20,000/-.
Payment Options:
Payments can be made in two equal
installments.
Application Procedure
Those interested in applying for the course
may get in touch with Yoga Jyoti for the
application form and detailed curriculum.
The application form to be submitted on or
before 15th March 2008.
Following submission of application form,
applicants are expected to attend a personal
interview.
Admission requirements
Applicant must have a sincere desire to
help him/herself and others through yoga.
Applicants must be willing to commit to
daily practice of yoga as designed and
guided by their teacher/mentor.
They must be mentally and emotionally
stable and also possess reasonably good
communication skill in English.
Participants are expected to have a reasonable
level of good health to cope with
the rigors of the training but there is no
requirement for particular levels of
strength and flexibility to do yoga postures.
It is sufficient to have an open and
flexible mind
Minimum Age
18 years
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