Radikal Freedom Yoga as realisation

Yogasara Academy is bringing two new courses in 2013.

The Immersion Course and the Advanced Teacher Training.

• The Immersion Course

This course is for those of you wanting to dive deep into the practice of yoga. This course will take you deep into the practices of Yoga, more deeply than you could ever go on any standard course.

The next immersion course beginning early 2013 will run for eighteen months. We will meet once per month for a full weekend plus two one-week retreats and a two-week retreat at the end of the course.

The UK part of the course will run at Yogasara Studio in Bristol. The retreats will be in Bulgaria or Portugal. There will be a maximum of 20 students with our two main tutors. The focus on this course is quality time for cultivating personal practice of kriyas, asana, pranayama, mantra, inquiry, meditation and yogic dance. All the practices will be held within the framework of the exploration of applied Yogic philosophy.

This course will include:

•  The cleansing practices, kriyas
• Yoga Asana practice
• Practical ethics
• Basic breath development
• Pranayama, covering all the classical practices
• Mudra and bandha, understanding and practicing the classical hasta and  kaya mudras and the classical and neo-bandhas
• Practice of relaxation, yoga nidra and Yogic Trancework
• Understanding, exploring and going deep with concentration and 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
• Karma yoga
• Jnana yoga
• Bhakti yoga
• Working with the emotions as Yoga
• Bodywork rooted in Asian practice, particularly shiatsu and Thai massage
• Yogic dance as movement into spontaneous freedom and ecstatic devotion
• Tandava, the dance of yoga and the yoga of dance
• Sound journeying

This Immersion course will take you into an in depth exploration of yogic practices and understanding them through practical exploration.

We endeavor to make our courses as child friendly as possible, whilst honoring the workspace needed to cultivate practice. Those with childcare responsibilities are invited to apply.

Full cost including all accommodation and food on the retreat components is £3100

Places are subject to successful interview.

Creative financing and energetic exchanges are possible for those with appropriate talents to share.

The application process involves writing a letter of application detailing your practice history to date and saying why you want to Immerse with Christopher. He will then invite you to an interview either in Bristol or virtually on Skype.

Looking forward to working with you,

The Yogasara Academy Team.

• Yogasara Academy Advanced Teacher Training Course

For those of you who have gone deep into practice (such as the Immersion Course) and wish to develop your teaching skills. This course will also deeply serve those who have already done a teaching course where the course was too short, inadequate or did not allow you to develop in the way you needed.

This course is 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 the course and who fulfill the required criteria.

Deep exploration of yogic technique and philosophy as well as plenty of practice space to cultivate your teaching skills is guaranteed.

This course will run over eight retreats. Seven of these will be for one week. The eighth retreat will be for three weeks. Homework will be given and is expected to be completed between each meeting. The total duration of the course is just under two years.

One of the best advanced teacher trainings available, this course has more than 700 contact hours and a total requirement of an additional 2200 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 course.

This course starting early in 2013 is accredited by the Independent Yoga Network.

This course covers all of the following areas and more:

• Practice and teaching of asana
• Teaching yin and dynamic vinyasa-based practice
• Developmental steps of practice, kramas
• Anatomy, physiology and kinesiology of practice, deeply understanding the bio-mechanics of movement
• Modifications, the how and why
• Medical complications and precautions leading to a safe practice
• Yoga as therapy
• Hands on adjustments
• Working with injuries
• Teaching and practice of basic breath and pranayama
• Teaching and practice of mudra and bandha, understanding, practicing and teaching the classical hasta and kaya mudras and the classical and neo-bandhas
• Teaching and practice of relaxation and yoga nidra
• Understanding, exploring and teaching concentration and meditation
• Physiology of relaxation and meditation
• Psychology of meditation
• 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 Buddhist yoga and other relevant texts and traditions
• Study of the work of Ken Wilber
• History of the yoga tradition
• Applied yogic philosophy
• Karma yoga
• Jnana yoga
• Bhakti yoga
• Pregnancy in yoga and integration of pregnant women in
• classes
• Teaching and business skills
• Professional ethics
• Yoga micro teaching practice
• Yoga teaching in full classes
• Class planning and construction
• Course planning and construction

Full cost including all food, accommodation and tuition: £3850

Creative financing and energetic exchanges are possible for those with appropriate talents to share.

We endeavor to make our courses as child friendly as possible, whilst honoring the workspace needed to cultivate quality teaching.

Those with childcare responsibilities are invited to apply.

Places are subject to successful interview.

The application process involves writing a letter of application to Christopher, detailing your practice history to date and saying why you want to teach Yoga. Christopher will then invite you to an interview either in Bristol or virtually on Skype.

Looking forward to working with you,

The Yogasara Academy Team.

Want to do both courses?

For those committing to both the Immersion and the Teacher Training the combined cost will be £5990. That is a saving of over £900.

Old Students?

Old students wanting to come and assist and develop their skills in assisting and teaching are very welcome to come and join in. Certificates will be offered to all those that do take part in this assisting process. Costs for this work are by discussion with Christopher.

Mentoring?

Do you need someone to support you in developing your practice, your teaching or your life’s work? Find out more about Mentoring with Christopher here.