Advanced Teachers Training Course in Vietnam
with Swami Sitaramananda, Swami Narayanananda and Swami Pranavananda
March 1 - 29, 2020
Description
The Advanced Yoga Teachers Training Course (ATTC) allows graduates from the Sivananda Yoga Teachers Training Course (TTC) to deepen their spiritual practice and study of Hatha yoga, Vedanta philosophy, Raja yoga, Anatomy, and Sanskrit. Advanced Yoga Teachers Training couse is another opportunity to practice under guidance in a supportive atmosphere with long-time (up to 30 years) yoga practitioners and teachers. Advanced yoga teachers training course gives you a boost of energy and clarity. The program is similar to the 200 hour yoga teachers training cousre and should not be perceived as a course only for experts.
Curriculum
ASANAS
- The twelve basic postures in depth
- Practice of classical advanced variations
- Precise corrections
- Deeper understanding of Hatha Yoga
PRANAYAMA
- Extended practice of Anuloma Viloma
- Advanced pranayamas
- Proper use of the Bandhas
VEDANTA
- The philosophical schools of India
- Analogies of the supreme reality
- Study of Vedantic meditation techniques
- Explanation of Vedantic mantras
RAJA YOGA
- In-depth study of the Yoga Sutras from Patanjali
- The mind, its mystery and control
- Detailed study of the eight steps of Raja Yoga
BHAKTI YOGA
- The nine types of Bhakti
- The five attitudes of devotion
SANSKRIT
- Learning the Sanskrit alphabet
- Correct pronunciation and spelling of the mantras and hymns
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
- Study of the nervous system, brain, endocrine glands and how they relate to the practice of asanas, pranayama and meditation
KIRTAN (MANTRA CHANTING)
- Positive effects on the emotions
- Correct pronunciation and mental attitude
- Learning of classical Sanskrit songs
DIET
- Subtle aspects of the vegetarian diet
- Proper nutrition according to the three-Dosha theory of Ayurveda
Daily Schedule
4:30 a.m…………Wake up
5:00 a.m……….. Advanced Pranayama class
6:00 a.m………..Satsang (meditation, chanting and lecture) or silent walk
7:45 a.m……….. Asana class – 1 Hour
9:00 a.m…………Anatomy and physiology lecture
10:00 a.m……….Vegetarian Brunch
11:00 a.m……….Karma Yoga
12 noon………….Raja yoga or Sanskrit lecture
2:00 p.m…………Main lecture (Vedanta, bhakti yoga, karma yoga)
4:00 p.m…………Advanced asana and pranayama class
6:00 p.m…………Vegetarian Dinner
8:00 p.m…………Satsang (meditation, chanting, and lecture) or special program
Certification
CERTIFICATE OF YOGA ACHARYA
- Upon successful completion of the examination, participants receive an internationally recognized diploma from the “Yoga Vedanta Forest Academy” of Rishikesh, situated in the Himalayas, and the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres and Ashrams with headquarters at Val Morin, Quebec, Canada. The title Yoga Acharyameans master of Yoga.
YOGA ALLIANCE
- Certified by the worldwide Yoga Alliance for the 500 hours standard for Registered Yoga Schools (RYS).
Pre-requisite
Successful completion of the Sivananda Teachers Training Course (TTC).
Languages
The course will be offered in English with simultaneous translation into Mandarin Chinese and Japanese.
Teachers
Swami Sitaramananda is a senior acharya of the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers and is director of the Sivananda Ashram Vedanta Yoga Farm, California and the Sivananda Yoga Resort and Training Center, Vietnam. She is acharya of China, Taiwan, and Japan as well. Swamiji is the organizer and teacher of the Sivananda Yoga Health Educator Training…
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Born in England, Swami Narayanananda is a senior teacher of yoga and meditation at International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers with 25 years experience of practice and teaching. He is now Director of Sivananda Vietnam Yoga Resort and Training Center. He has been a student of the practice of…
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Swami Pranavananda, hails from the USA, and has been a Yoga and Meditation teacher since 1995 in the US and abroad. He teaches mainly the Hatha Yoga and Anatomy sections for the TTC courses. He was the director of the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers in Los Angeles, CA…
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