Are you a Yoga Teacher who:
- Knows there’s more to Yoga than asana alone and wants help accessing the higher levels and practices?
- Wants to develop your professional skills and qualifications to distinguish yourself as an outstanding Yoga teacher in an increasingly competitive and over-saturated vocation?
- Has already experienced the incredible vibratory power of Sanskrit and wants to deepen your practice and teaching with it?
- And who is ready to commit to attending a Sanskrit program of unsurpassed knowledge and training that will deepen and expand your Yoga teaching and practice far beyond where it is now?
Yes? Then our 225-hour, Sanskrit for Yoga Teachers Certification is right for you! Keep reading to learn all about it!
Or, if you live outside the Denver area and would like to take the first two modules (Parts I & II) via our convenient online/distance learning program, CLICK HERE.
From: Dr. Katyayani Poole, Ph.D.,
Shruti Institute for Vedic Arts
Boulder, Colorado
Namaste!
Over the last five years that I’ve been teaching my Sanskrit for Yogis™ workshops, so many Yoga teachers and Yoga teachers-in-training have requested that I put together a program that:
- Reveals the complete depth of the Yoga tradition as it has been preserved for over 5000 years in the technology of Sanskrit, the language of Yoga
- Provides valuable new skills in Sanskrit as it best relates to Yoga practice and teaching to enhance professional qualifications especially for Yoga teachers
- AND grants professional certification in Sanskrit for Yogis™ upon completion that is approved and regulated by the Colorado Department of Higher Education, Private Occupational School Board
With the help of Hansa Knox (director of Denver’s Prana Yoga Mandala), we designed an intensive 225-hour Sanskrit for Yoga Teacher Training program consisting of 5 modules that meet the rigorous vocational and educational standards determined by the Colorado Department of Higher Education.
The 5-module training will be held live and in-person at Prana Yoga Mandala in Denver in 15 weekend sessions over 13 months. Upon successful completion of all components of the training, you’ll receive certification as an exclusive instructor of Sanskrit according to the Sanskrit for Yogis Method™.
Here’s all the amazing knowledge and skills you’ll gain:
Our Teachers Training Program follows the Sanskrit for Yogis Method™ taught according to a traditional step-by-step process that has been maintained unbroken in India for thousands of years.
MODULE #1: INTRODUCTION TO SANSKRIT FOR YOGA TEACHERS TRAINING (Part I)
Total Hours of Classroom Instruction: 45
Course Length: 1 weekend per month/3 months
Dates: 1/26-27; 2/23-24; 3/22-23*
(*Note: On the first meeting (1/26), we’ll determine a schedule that accommodates everyone’s schedule and allows for 100% participation and attendance.)
Course Curriculum Outline:
- Perfect pronunciation and cultured feeling of the 50 sacred syllables of Sanskrit
- Sanskrit and the Subtle Nervous System (organs of speech, affects of aspiration, nonaspiration, voiceless, voiced sounds)
- History of Sanskrit & Yoga – Part 1 (Vedas, Upanishads, and Classical Yoga)
- Theory and technique of Nada (Chanting the Yoga of Sacred Sound)
- Pronouncing and Feeling the Sanskrit Names of the Yoga Postures
- Practical techniques and guidance for integrating Sanskrit into your Yoga teaching
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MODULE #2: INTRODUCTION TO SANSKRIT FOR YOGA TEACHERS TRAINING (Part II)
Total Hours of Classroom Instruction: 45
Course Length: 1 weekend per month/3 months
Dates: 4/12-13; 5/3-4; 5/24-25
Course Curriculum Outline:
- Advanced Pronunciation – combined sounds, verbal roots, word formation, reading and writing Sanskrit
- Sanskrit and the Subtle Nervous System (marmas, nadis, & cakras)
- History of Sanskrit and Yoga – Part 2 (Post-classical Yoga, Tantra, & Bhakti traditions)
- Sanskrit pronunciation of advanced Yoga postures
- Traditional methods for teaching Sanskrit practicum
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MODULE #3: TEACHING SANSKRIT MEDITATION
Total Hours of Classroom Instruction: 45
Course Length: 1 weekend per month/3 months
Dates: 6/28-29; 7/26-27; 8/23-24*
Course Curriculum Outline:
- Survey and Practice of Sanskrit Meditations (Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana, Mantra, Yantra & Tantra)
- Survey of Meditation as Medicine Research
- History of Sanskrit and Meditation Traditions (Vedas, Yoga, Tantra, & Bhakti Practices and Philosophies)
- Leading Meditation for Yoga Class
- Meditation Intensive (Creating a Personal Practice)
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MODULE #4: TEACHING SANSKRIT CHANTING TECHNOLOGIES
Total Hours of Classroom Instruction: 45
Course Length: 1 weekend per month/3 months
Dates: 9/27-28; 10/25-26; 11/22-23*
Course Curriculum Outline:
- Sanskrit as Sacred Sound (and the Physiology of Vibrational Healing)
- Nada, the Yoga of Sacred Sound Techniques
- Genres of Sanskrit Chants and Their Traditions
- Leading and Teaching Sanskrit Chants for Yoga
- Chanting Intensive
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MODULE #5: SANSKRIT TEXTS FOR TEACHING YOGA
Total Hours of Classroom Instruction: 45
Course Length: 1 weekend per month/3 months
Dates: 12/13-14; 1/3-4; 1/24-25*
Course Curriculum Outline:
- How to Read Sanskrit Texts (Traditional Methods and Interpretations)
- Survey of Relevant Sanskrit Texts for Yoga
- Guided Reading of Select Texts in Sanskrit
- Teaching Yoga Philosophy from Sanskrit Sources
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Here's how this certification benefits Yoga Teachers:
Our Sanskrit for Yoga Teachers Training is the only program available that immerses you in profound, yet practical knowledge of Sanskrit that you can easily integrate into your Yoga teaching and practice – and really shine!
AND this Sanskrit program is the first of its kind that is designed especially to meet the needs of Yoga instructors. You won’t find this kind of quality, depth, and practical skills offered in any other Sanskrit program.
Before considering the investment costs of our Sanskrit for Yoga Teachers Training online/distance learning program, let me review the benefits of our program and what you’ll gain from attending.
There’s so much more you’ll gain in our 225-hr program than the years of academic or even traditional studies. For example:
- Over 200 hours of personal instruction from a leading expert in Sanskrit and Yoga, Dr. Katyayani Poole, who will impart the jewels of knowledge and experiences from both her academic and traditional studies of Sanskrit – as they best apply to Yoga teaching and practice
- Expert skills in teaching Sanskrit to a growing and vast worldwide Yoga community that’s ripe for the advanced teachings of Yoga
- A polished ability to chant, read, write, and teach Sanskrit that adds an impressive distinction to your Yoga teaching resume and sets you apart from all the other ordinary Yoga teachers
- Continued personal mentoring support and ongoing apprentice opportunities with Dr. Poole upon completion of the training
And, upon successful completion of Parts I & II, we’ll waive your registration fee and allow you to attend the remainder of the Sanskrit for Yoga Teachers Training for certification if you choose to do so.
Finally…a Sanskrit program that’s perfect for Yoga Teachers!
Just to give you an idea of the financial and personal commitment most other Sanskrit programs require…If you were to study Sanskrit in a university program, for example, you’d be looking at investing thousands per semester. And at the end of a year, after a lot of hard work learning all the intricate and complex rules of grammar, maybe you’d be able to translate a simple Sanskrit text.
That’s a significant financial and personal commitment, that doesn’t serve your professional goals as a Yoga teacher, which is to give your students a deep experience of the essence of Yoga. (Not to mention that most university classes are held at inconvenient times and locations for most people.)
Or…you could take off a year from your life at great expense, and travel to India in the hope that you’ll find a teacher willing to share his or her knowledge of Sanskrit with you. But you’d first have to cross the obstacles of language and culture, if you’re even lucky enough to find a good teacher who’s willing to work with foreign students.
I know what this is all about, because I’ve walked both paths. I spent 12 years studying Sanskrit in the University and 5 years in India apprenticed to traditional Sanskrit teachers. While I have a rich expertise in Sanskrit as a result, as a Yoga teacher what you need are practical skills that you’ll immediately be able to apply to your own Yoga teaching. And, that’s what I am giving you in this special training program without compromising the depth of the Sanskrit tradition.
In short, our Sanskrit for Yoga Teachers Training Program presents you with the heart of Sanskrit.
Finally, as an additional benefit, we’ve decided to keep the class size small and intimate (20 people) to provide you with the kind of personalized instruction you’d experience in traditional India. We already have 10 people confirmed, which leaves 10 seats left. And I have over 50 people on my list who’ve been waiting to sign-up!
So if you’re ready to commit to taking your Yoga teaching and practice to the next level of knowledge and professionalism, it’s important that you register as soon as possible.
It’s easy to apply quickly online. Here’s all you need to do: