Yoga jivan (yoga life)

ASANAS (YOGA POSTURES)

• A daily teaching practice class is devoted to teaching you how to teach asanas and pranayama. A daily asana practice class gives you the opportunity to practice your own asanas and will help to build the good habit of practice. 
• The daily in-depth practice with individual corrections comprises:
• Sun salutation12 basic yoga postures 100 asana variations, from intermediate level to advanced Postural alignment, Deep relaxation with autosuggestion, Release of blocked energy
• Training sessions for all age groups

BENEFITS OF ASANAS:

• Control emotionsImprove power of concentrationRid the body of excess fatEnhance physical fitnessRelieve chronic ailments such as constipation, rheumatism, stomach complaints
• Stimulate circulation
• Stabilise thyroid functions, Keep muscles youthful and supple into old age

PRANAYAMA

• Expands capacity of the lungs
• Relaxes the nervous system
• Balances the two hemispheres of the brainPurifies the nadis (subtle energy channels)
• Awakens the inner spiritual energy
• Kapalabhati (lung cleansing exercise)
• Anuloma Viloma (alternate nostril breathing)
• Ujjayi, Surya Bheda, Bhastrika, Sitali, Sitkari, BhramariSamanu (mental cleansing of the nadis)
• The three bandhas: Jalandhara, Moola, Uddiyana

KRIYAS

• Tratak, Neti, Kapalabhati, Dhauti, Nauli and Basti: six classical purification exercises for the eyes, nose, air passages, oesophagus and stomach, abdominal organs and large intestine. 
• Explanation and demonstration of the exercises and their effects. Individual instruction

YOGA ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY

• Introduction to the major body systems
• The effects of asanas and pranayama on: the cardiovascular system, respiration, digestion, skeletal and muscular systems, endocrine system
• The eight systems of the bodyYoga and physical culture
• Diet and nutrition

KARMA AND REINCARNATION

• The law of action and reaction
• The law of compensation
• The law of retributionDestiny and self-effort

TEACHING PRACTICE

• How to teach the 12 basic postures and breathing exercises to beginners and intermediate students
• Setting up of a proper environment for class
• General pointers on teaching a class
• The Basic Sivananda classBeginners' 
• CourseAdvanced 
• PosturesYoga for Children
• Yoga for Older Citizens
• Yoga for Pregnancy
• Relaxation 
• Detailed correction workshops In the second half of the training course, participants will teach each other under the guidance of an experienced instructor

YOGA NUTRITION

• Vegetarianism – for ethical, spiritual and health reasons
• How diet affects the mind
• Proper balance of the main nutrients
• Ayurvedic principles of nutrition
• Healing effects of fasting

MEDITATION

• Guide to meditation. What is meditation. Why meditate
• Physical and mental meditation
• 12-step daily practice
• Effects of and experiences in meditation
• Mantras – spiritual energy in sound. Mantra initiation (if desired)

HATHA YOGA

• Ethical and moral principlesBody – prana (life energy) – mind
• From control over the body to control over the mind and meditation

RAJA YOGA

• Ashtanga - the 8 steps of yoga Antahkarana - functions of the mind. Concentration and meditation

KUNDALINI YOGA

• The Absolute and how it manifests itself in nature.
• Macrocosmos & microcosmos
• The 7 Chakras
• The awakening of cosmic energy

BHAKTI YOGA

• Kirtan: chanting of classical Sanskrit mantras. Indian gods and their cosmic meaning
• Arati and Pujas (traditional Indian rituals) 
• Chanting opens the heart and purifies the mind. With daily chanting, you develop a strong feeling of devotion and a very pure vibration. 
• In devotional chanting correct pronunciation, devotional attitude and awareness of meaning are all-important.

KARMA YOGA

• Karma yoga is the practice of selfless service and helps to reduce selfishness and egoism and keeps you fit and healthy and gives immeasurable joy. 
• You will be asked to do various tasks within the Ashram setting including gardening, cooking, cleaning, office work and any other work necessary for the smooth running of the community
• The law of cause and effect
• Samsara – the wheel of birth and death
• Karma Yoga - selfless service: one hour daily in the ashram community

JNANA YOGA

• Basic concepts of Vedanta philosophy
• The 7 Bhoomikas or planes of consciousness
• Space, time, causation
• The 3 bodies
• The 3 levels of the mind
• Conquest of death

BHAGAVAD GITA

• Considered one of the greatest spiritual texts of the world, 
• the Bhagavad Gita contains subtle and profound teachings and has a universality which embraces every aspect of human actions. 
• It symbolises the solution of the eternal struggle between the spiritual and the material in every human being
• Study of both the text and Swami Sivananda's commentary