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Yogasara Academy Immersion Advanced Teacher Training Course

This is a course for those truly wishing to dive deep into the practice of yoga. If you just want to understand Yoga and practice more deeply than you could ever go on any standard course then this is for you. This course is also designed to bring the teacher in you out, the real teacher that naturally flows from quality practice. To this end an advanced teaching certificate is available for those who complete this element of the course.

The next immersion course beginning early 2013 will run for two and a half years years. We meet once per month for a full weekend plus two one week retreats and a one month retreat at the end of the course. The UK part of the course will run at Yogasara Studio in Bristol.

There will be a maximum of 20 students with our three main tutors. There is a strong focus on quality time for cultivating personal practice. Deep exploration of all aspects of yogic technique and philosophy as well as plenty of practice space to cultivate your teaching skills is guaranteed.

One of the best advanced teacher trainings available, this course has more than 1108 contact hours and a total of 4000 hours of personal study and practice. When you consider the average UK Yoga teacher has only ever done around 200-500 hours of training you can see how deep you will journey on this immersion course.

This course is accredited by the Independent Yoga Network.

This course covers all of the following areas and more:

• Practice and teaching of asana
• Developmental steps of practice, kramas
• Anatomy, physiology and kinesiology of practice
• Teaching yin and dynamic vinyasa-based practice
• Modifications, the how and why
• Medical complications and precautions leading to a safe practice
• Hands on adjustments
• Working with Injuries and Yoga as therapy
• Basic breath, pranayama, covering all the classical practices
• Mudra and bandha, understanding, practicing and teaching the classical hasta and kaya mudras and the classical and neo-bandhas
• Practice and teaching of relaxation and yoga nidra
• Understanding, exploring and going deep with concentration and meditation
• Physiology of relaxation and meditation
• Psychology of meditation
• Mouna
• Study of classical texts and traditions including, the Yoga Sutras, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Gheranda Samhita, Bhagavad Gita, Upanishads, Spandakarika, Vijnana Bhairava Tantra as well as inquiry into buddhist yoga and other relevant texts and traditions
• Inquiry into the lineages of women including Mirabai, Yeshe Tsogyel, Aro Lingma, Magc Labron, Anandamayi, Gurumayi, Carolyn Myss and others
• Study of contemporary yogic literature and yogic tradition including Spiral Dynamics and the work of Ken Wilber
• History of the yoga tradition
• Applied yogic philosophy
• Karma yoga
• Jnana yoga
• Bhakti yoga
• Kirtan
• Bodywork rooted in Asian practice, particularly shiatsu and Thai massage
• Yogic dance as movement into spontaneous freedom and ecstatic devotion
• Pregnancy in yoga and integration of pregnant women in classes
• Exciting work with sound with Juan Gabriel and other teachers
• Teaching and business skills
• Professional ethics
• Yoga micro teaching practice
• Yoga teaching in full classes
• Class planning and construction
• Course planning and construction
• The work that reconnects
• Tandava, the dance of yoga and the yoga of dance
• Sound journeying.

This Immersion course will take you into a rich exploration of the profound variety of yogic practices and understanding them through practical exploration.

There will be teaching components and advanced teaching certification internationally accredited by the Independent Yoga Network for those whose dharma it is to teach.

For those who just want to dive deep in yoga, then an attendance certificate will be offered.

Those with childcare responsibilities are welcome to apply.

Prices are upon application. Creative financing and energetic exchanges are possible.

Places are subject to successful interview.

Looking forward to working with you,

Christopher