29-Daagse 300-Urige Bhakti Yoga Docentenopleiding in Rishikesh, India

Certification

Students who complete the training are eligible to register with Yoga Alliance as Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®).

Accreditation

Sanatana Yog Sandesh is certified by Yoga Alliance USA and Yoga Alliance International, which provides the chances to use the certificate for career and job opportunities. Upon successful completion of the course, students are eligible to register with Yoga Alliance USA as Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®).

300-hour traditional Bhakti YTTC in Rishikesh, India

All scriptures of yoga unanimously declare that Bhakti yoga is the yoga of Kaliyuga. The Sanskrit word “Bhakti” means devotion. Devotion is the natural orientation of pure emotion to god, with a view to experience divine communion. All great sages of the world have praised Bhakti as the greatest means and reward.

This Bhakti YTTC is based on the commentary of Swami Sivananda on the Bhakti Sutra of Sage Narada and the methods expressed in it. There are many great scriptures on Bhakti yoga, but the Bhakti Sutra of Sage Narada is considered as one of the most important, and it is in which Sage Narada describes the intricate details of Bhakti and possible means to attain divine love.

Assessment

The entire YTTC is the assessment of the students at all levels, including practical and written tests. At the successful completion of the course, an aspirant will be conferred a certificate, indicating that they are qualified to impart the techniques in which he or she has been trained.

Eligibility

• The participants should have already completed a 200-hour YTTC.
• The participants must have experience of yoga either as a practitioner or teacher (at least two years).
• The participants should have spiritual orientation in order to harness and undergo the practices of Kriya yoga.
• The participants should be open-minded and lenient towards religious discourses during the YTTC. However, participants are allowed to ask relevant questions for clarity.
• The participants are not required to believe in god, but they should be able to respect others' beliefs.
• The participants must be able to hold a posture of meditation for at least 20 minutes and have the ability to hold a relevant posture of Hatha yoga conveniently for some time (minimum of 15 seconds) without any discomfort.
• The participants must have the capacity to hold the breath for five to 10 seconds in continuity of any practice without difficulty.
• The participants should be able to practice disciplines of yoga, such as purity, punctuality, waking up early, participation in the daily activities, and so on.
• The participants should have a good command of the English language as this is the medium of education.
• The participants must have medical fitness - physical as well as mental. In cases otherwise, Sanatana Yog Sandesh must be detailed about the individual limitation, along with a medical report.
• The participants must have the natural will and commitment to undergo the 28 days of intensive training with discipline in order to imbibe the knowledge of Bhakti yoga.

Curriculum

This 300-hour traditional Bhakti YTTC in Rishikesh, India incorporates a series of subtle topics for study and practice. All these topics come under the following heads:

1. Techniques, training, and practice

It incorporates several practices of Bhakti yoga, including important practices of Hatha yoga as well for greater efficiency into Bhakti yoga, which students will study in the course. They are:

Asana in a prescribed sequence for Bhakti yoga purposes

• Postures of Hatha yoga, such as preparatory movements of joints, muscles, and parts of body
• Standing, supine, prone (backward, forward, spine twist)
• Inversion
• Balance
• Specific padmasana asana and vajrasana asana (lotus and thunderbolt series postures)

Pranayama

• Higher techniques of breathing with awareness
• Visualization
• Retention
• Use of mudra and bandha (yogic svashan
• Kapalabhati
• Bhastika
• Nadi shodhana
• Sheetali
• Sheetkari
• Bhramari
• Ujjayi
• Surya bheda
• Moorcha

In addition, altogether, you'll learn 12 classical pranayamas, with a special focus on nadi shodhana pranayama for mantra chanting and performing rituals.

Mudra

• Specific, selected, and important gestures to affect energy in the body

Bandha

• Important locks to block the flow of energy in the body (jalandhara bandha, uddiyana bandha, moola bandha, and maha bandha)

Satkarma

• Purificatory practices in yoga (laghu sankhaprakshalana, vaman, jala neti, and sutra neti)

Meditation

• Fundamental and intermediate practices of yoga Nidra
• Yogic breathing with awareness
• Fundamental practices of developing awareness
• Kaya asthairyam (stillness of body) and its intermediate level
• Awareness of natural breath and its intermediate level
• Awareness of peace
• Developing awareness with mantra such as AUM
• Fundamental dharana (concentration) practices and concentration with sacred mantra
• Trataka (gazing)
• Saguna meditation (on the forms of god and enlightened saints)
• Various methods of dharana (concentration) practices as described in the Bhakti Sutra of Sage Narada
• Group meditation for universal peace and harmony

Rituals and kirtan

• Orthodox panchopchar, astopchar, and sodsopchar methods of ritual to worship any form of god
• Unorthodox methods of rituals to worship god
• Kirtan with sacred names of god
• Orthodox and unorthodox prayers

Moral practices

• Practices of yama, niyama, and other moral practices relevant to spiritual growth.

2. Teaching methodology

This is a combination of complex topics such as designing a Bhakti yoga class, how to teach different practices of yoga, how to be a good yoga teacher, ethical guidelines, developing communication skills, time management, principles of demonstration, assistance, awareness, and correction.

You will also learn styles of teaching, specific needs of individuals in a yoga class, and business aspects of yoga teaching, etc.

3. Anatomy and physiology

(A) Modern human anatomy and physiology

• Overview and additional details of skeleton, muscular, digestive, respiratory, cardiovascular, endocrine, and nervous systems with regards to Bhakti yoga and its practices
• Urinary system and reproductive system (female and male)
• Immune system
• Important joints and their movements in different asanas
• Important muscles and their movements in different sanas

(B) Yoga human anatomy and physiology

• Discussion on the human body according to Bhakti yoga and its relation to the study of the human body in modern study, regarding the three bodies, five elements, five koshas, prana, mind, five sense organs and five motor organs, nadi, chakra, and Kundalini

(C) Holistic approach of yoga

• Learning how the system of Bhakti yoga needs to be incorporated for the human well-being of body, mind, emotion, and spirit

4. Yoga philosophy, lifestyle, and ethics for yoga teachers

• Overview of the fundamental topics from 200-hour Hatha YTTC
• Sristi (creation) and pralaya (dissolution)
• Concept of dharma
• Dharma and karma relation
• Religion and its true essence, with reference to comparative study of different faiths of the world
• Hinduism - a way of living, with reference to other ism’s as ways of living
• Reflection on the life of great gurus of different parts of the world, with special reference to Swami Vivekananda
• Bhakti yoga as the yoga of Kaliyuga
• History of Bhakti yoga
• Development of Bhakti yoga
• Important schools of Bhakti yoga
• Great teachers of Bhakti yoga
• Bhakti yoga in the ancient scriptures of the world
• Concept and methodology of Bhakti yoga
• Bhakti Sutra of Sage Narada as an important scripture of Bhakti yoga as described by Swami Sivananda
• Aspects of Bhakti yoga for spiritual evolution
• Yogic lifestyle
• Ethics for a yoga teacher
• Ethical guidelines as an individual and as a yoga teacher

5. Practicum

• Practice of teaching different practices in groups as the lead instructor
• Observing and assisting while others teach
• Focus on specific practices and compiling feedback, etc.

Suggested yoga books for the 300-hour traditional Bhakti YTTC

• Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha - Swami Satyananda Saraswati
• Narada Bhakti Sutra Yoga - Swami Sivananda
• Yoga Darshan - Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati
• Anatomy and Physiology - not specified

Why choose Sanatana Yog Sandesh

Their yoga courses and retreats are strictly traditional and yogic lifestyle-oriented, Therefore, they adhere to the teachings of authentic schools of yoga and spirituality such as Ramakrishna Mission, Sri Aurobindo Society, Yogoda Satsang Society of India, Bihar School of Yoga, and so on.

They do not teach any modern trends of yoga such as Iyengar, Ashtanga, Acro, Yin, Vikram, Power, or so on. From their educational and cultural backgrounds as well as experience of authentic yoga, they create a unique space for the opportunity to learn, heal, and grow in a congenial, safe, and relaxed environment.

Sanatana Yog Sandesh believes in the common values of life rooted in compassion, kindness, and love of one another, and this is their main driver. Therefore, their promise is to provide you with the very best of pre and post-course assistance, answering your questions - whatever comes up - and more that you may require for your growth and well-being.

They invite all of you to study, learn, and grow as an evolved human with the help of yogic tools.

Schedule

The daily schedule for this YTTC in Rishikesh, India is tentative and subject to change according to need. All classes will be held for six days a week.

• 06:30 - 07:00 - Herbal tea / drink
• 07:00 - 08:30 - Hatha yoga asana, pranayama, and other practices, followed by relaxation
• 08:30 - 09:30 - Breakfast
• 10:00 - 11:00 - Anatomy
• 11:15 - 12:15 - Yoga humanities and philosophy (Bhakti Sutra of Sage Narada)
• 12:15 - 13:00 - Personal cleaning and Karma yoga
• 13:00 - 14:00 - Lunch
• 15:30 - 16:30 - Meditation and relaxation (lecture, practice, and vice versa), professional essentials (teaching methodology, professional development, and practicum), and yoga business tools
• 17:00 - 18:30 - Asana alignment and adjustments (theory and practical training with teaching practices)
• 18:30 - 19:30 - Dinner
• 19:30 - 20:30 - Kirtan, chanting, and video show, etc. (optional session)
• 21:00 - Bedtime