Vedic Counseling Course Module 3 – Focus on Yoga, Vedanta, Tantra, and Mantra
with Acharya Swami Sitaramananda, Swami Vashistananda, Swami Jnaneswariananda and Swami Dharmananda
November 15 - 21, 2018
Vedic Counseling Course
This Vedic Counselling course goal is to help serious Yoga Teachers, Ayurvedic Practitioners and Vedic Sciences Practitioners to acquire additional and practical skills to be able to help their students or clients on the path of positive living and high thinking.
The Sivananda Ashram Yoga Farm has been for years the forum of the teaching of vedic sciences such as Jyotish (vedic astrology, science of time), Ayurveda (the science of healing), Tantra (the knowledge of universal patterns of energies underlying visible and invisible worlds, includes science of mantras, yantra, and sacred myths) and Vastu (science of space and placement) and last but not least, the science of Yoga and Vedanta philosophy.
Module 3 – Focus on Yoga, Vedanta, Tantra, and Mantra
In the 3rd Module of this 6 Module course the focus will be on Yoga, Vedanta, Tantra and Mantra.
Anybody can sign up, even if you have not participated in the first 2 modules.
Schedule
Day 1 November, 16 Thursday
6-7:30 AM Yoga/Vedanta – UNDERSTANDING THOUGHT POWER AND MENTAL HEALTH
8-10 AM Yoga/Vedanta – PRANA: HOW TO INCREASE, CONSERVE THROUGH THE ELEMENTS
10 AM BRUNCH
12-2 PM GURU PUJA (initiation of module) – Swami Vasishta
4-6 PM TEACHINGS ON BALANCE (HA-THA) IN ASANAS , EFFORT AND RELAXATION
8-9:30 PM SATSANG – bhakti , mythologies, stories – FAMOUS STORIES GURU/DISCIPLES – Swami Vasishta
Day 2 November, 17 Friday
6:00 AM 7:30 AM Yoga/Vedanta SwJ/SwD 1.5 RAJA YOGA: COUNSELLING ON THE JOURNEY INWARDS -PRATYAHARA AND DHARANA, DHYANA
8:00 AM 10:00 AM Yoga/Vedanta SwJ/SwD 2 TECHNIQUES OF POSITIVE THINKING ACCORDING TO THE 4 PATHS
11:00 AM 12:00 PM FREE
12:00 PM 3:00 PM TYM SwV 3 DURGA PUJA at Durga temple
3:00 PM 4:00 PM FREE
4:00 PM 6:00 PM Yoga/Vedanta SwJ/SwD 2 TEACHINGS ON BALANCE AND CONCENTRATION IN PRANAYAMA
8:00 PM 8:30 PM TYM SwSK/SwJ/SwD/SwS 0.5 MANTRA (KIRTAN) – DEVI SONGS
8:30 PM 9:30 PM TYM SwV 1 bhakti , mythologies, stories – DEVI MAHATMYA STORY
Day 3 November, 18 Saturday
6:00 AM 7:30 AM Yoga/Vedanta SwJ/SwD 1.5 FACTORS FOR AWAKENING OF KUNDALINI
8:00 AM 10:00 AM Yoga/Vedanta SwJ/SwD 2 CHAKRAS AND KUNDALINI – THE AWAKENING JOURNEY
11:00 AM 12:00 PM FREE
12:00 PM 3:00 PM TYM SwV 3 KRISHNA, NAVAGRAHA PUJA and planets mantras
3:00 PM 4:00 PM FREE
4:00 PM 6:00 PM Yoga/Vedanta SwJ/SwD 2 HOLDING OF THE POSTURES
8:00 PM 8:30 PM TYM SwSK/SwJ/SwD/SwS 0.5 MANTRA (KIRTAN) – SIVA SONGS – HANUMAN SONGS
8:30 PM 9:30 PM TYM SwV 1 bhakti , mythologies, stories – MYTHS RAHU KETU, SUN, MOON ETC…
Day 4 November, 19 Sunday
6:00 AM 7:30 AM Yoga/Vedanta SwJ/SwD 1.5 RIGHT ATTITUDE IN SADHANA – SELF DISCIPLINE
8:00 AM 10:00 AM Yoga/Vedanta SwJ/SwD 2 COUNSELLING ON PREREQUISITES FOR AWAKENING: YAMAS AND NIYAMAS
11:00 AM 12:00 PM FREE
12:00 PM 3:00 PM TYM SwV 3 GANESHA AND HANUMAN PUJA
3:00 PM 4:00 PM FREE
4:00 PM 6:00 PM Yoga/Vedanta SwJ/SwD 2 ASANAS : FOCUS ON FLOW AND SEQUENCE
8:00 PM 8:30 PM TYM SwSK/SwJ/SwD/SwS 0.5 MANTRA (KIRTAN) – SUNDAY PRAYERS
8:30 PM 9:30 PM TYM SwV 1 bhakti , mythologies, stories -RAMAYANA
Day 5 November, 20 Monday
6:00 AM 7:30 AM Yoga/Vedanta SwJ/SwD 1.5 DAILY SADHANA ROUTINE
8:00 AM 10:00 AM Yoga Optional
11:00 AM 12:00 PM TYM SwSK/SwJ/SwD/SwS 1 MANTRA
12:00 PM 3:00 PM TYM SwV 3 SIVA PUJA
3:00 PM 4:00 PM FREE
4:00 PM 6:00 PM Yoga/Vedanta SwJ/SwD 2 VARIATIONS TO POSTURES.
8:00 PM 8:30 PM TYM SwSK/SwJ/SwD/SwS 0.5 MANTRA (KIRTAN) – SIVA SONGS
8:30 PM 9:30 PM TYM SwV 1 bhakti , mythologies, stories – SIVA PURANA
Daily Schedule organized by Teaching Category
- UNDERSTANDING THOUGHT POWER AND MENTAL HEALTH
- PRANA: HOW TO INCREASE, CONSERVE THROUGH THE ELEMENTS
- TEACHINGS ON BALANCE (HA-THA) IN ASANAS , EFFORT AND RELAXATION
- MANTRA (KIRTAN) – GURU KIRTAN
- GURU PUJA (initiation of module)
- FAMOUS STORIES GURU/DISCIPLES
- RAJA YOGA: COUNSELLING ON THE JOURNEY INWARDS – PRATYAHARA AND DHARANA, DHYANA
- TECHNIQUES OF POSITIVE THINKING ACCORDING TO THE 4 PATHS
- TEACHINGS ON BALANCE AND CONCENTRATION IN PRANAYAMA
- MANTRA (KIRTAN) – DEVI SONGS
- DEVI MAHATMYA STORY
- FACTORS FOR AWAKENING OF KUNDALINI
- CHAKRAS AND KUNDALINI – THE AWAKENING JOURNEY
- HOLDING OF THE POSTURES
- MANTRA (KIRTAN) – SIVA SONGS – HANUMAN SONGS
-
KRISHNA, NAVAGRAHA PUJA and planets mantras
-
MYTHS RAHU KETU, SUN, MOON ETC…
- RIGHT ATTITUDE IN SADHANA – SELF DISCIPLINE
- COUNSELLING ON PREREQUISITES FOR AWAKENING: YAMAS AND NIYAMAS
- ASANAS : FOCUS ON FLOW AND SEQUENCE
- MANTRA (KIRTAN) – SUNDAY PRAYERS
-
GANESHA AND HANUMAN PUJA
-
RAMAYANA
- DAILY SADHANA ROUTINE
- VARIATIONS TO POSTURES
- SANSKRIT MANTRAS
- MANTRA (KIRTAN) – SIVA SONGS
-
SIVA PUJA
- SIVA PURANA
Pre-requisite
Some prior experience in yoga is recommended
Certification
After completion of all 6 modules you will receive a 350 hour certificate from the Sivananda Yoga Farm.
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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Swami Vashistananda comes from the Namboodri lineage in Southern India, Kerala and has been a long-time teacher of bhakti and vedanta in the Sivananda organization ever since. He has been at the Yoga farm since October 2014 and does ceremonies at all the ashram temples and shrines. Swamiji…
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Swami Jnaneswariananda joined the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers in 1995 and has been director of centers and ashrams in Canada and Italy. She teaches Hatha Yoga, Meditation, Anatomy, and Vedanta at Teacher Training Courses in North America, Italy and India. Swami Jnaneswariananda took vows of Sannyas in 2001.…
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