Yoga Teacher Training Certification (TTC)
Saturday, December 1—Sunday, December 30, 2012
Swami Sitaramananda • Swami Padmapadananda • Swami Pranavananda • Swami Narayanananda • Kailas Chaitanya •
Description
This 4 week course, which offers a profound personal experience, will allow you to transmit the knowledge of yoga to others. The spiritual essence of yoga is learned through a combination of repeated practice and inspirational lessons. Among the many benefits that students report are greater spiritual awareness, a sense of connection with the divine, a new-found sense of self-discipline, enhanced self-esteem, improved power of concentration and increased strength and flexibility.
A teaching
certificate from the International SYVC is awarded upon successful completion of this immersion course. The International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center (SYVC) has trained over 24,000 yoga teachers to date since 1969. The curriculum includes asanas, pranayama, meditation, Vedanta philosophy, anatomy/physiology, Bhagavad Gita, mantra and kriyas. Please inquire for a brochure and application form.
Hatha Yoga
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Hatha Yoga Theory
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The Astral Body
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The nadis (energy channels) and chakras (energy centers).
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Yoga Asanas
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The Sun Salutation and the 12 basic yoga postures.
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Advanced Variations
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Effects of asanas on the physical and astral body
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Proper posture alignment
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Deep relaxation
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Release of blocked energy
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Pranayama Kapalabhati, Anuloma Viloma (alternate nostril breath)
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Advanced pranayama exercises
Meditation
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Meditation
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Twelve Guidelines for Meditation
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Benefits of Meditation
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Mantras and mantra initiation (if requested)
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Yoga Philosophy and Psychology
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The Four Paths of Yoga
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The Five Points of Yoga according to Swami Vishnu-devananda
Yoga Philosophy
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Psychology of the Spiritual Aspirant
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Law of karma
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Vedanta philosophy
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How to Teach
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Teaching the sun salutation and the 12 basic postures
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The Basic Class
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Teaching beginners and intermediate students
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Adapt teaching to special groups
Anatomy and Physiology
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Anatomy and Physiology
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The effects of hatha yoga on major body systems
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Yogic Diet and Nutrition
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Ethical, health and spiritual reasons for vegetarianism
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Bhagavad Gita Study and commentary of the Bhagavad Gita, which is the most read classical scripture. It gives universal teachings on how to do your duty and conduct yourself in the battlefield of life.
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Kirtan
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Positive emotional effects of chanting
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Correct pronunciation and mental attitude
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Mantra and sound healing
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Practice of opening of the heart to the divine
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Kriyas
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The six classical Yogic exercises for purifying and detoxifying the internal and external body.
Daily Schedule
6-8am Satsang: Silent meditation, chanting and lecture
8-10am YoAsana Class
10am Brunch
11am Karma Yoga
12-1 Kirtan or Bhagavad Gita Class
2-4pm Philosphy Lecture
4-6pm Yoga Asana Class
6pm Dinner
7-8pm Free Time
8-10pm Satsang: meditation, chanting and lecture
Pre-requisite
Applicants need only have a sincere desire to learn.
Certification
Upon successful completion of the course, students receive the Certificate of the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers, entitled Yoga Siromani.
This training is registered by and fulfils the requirements for the 200-hour certification, for which graduates of the program are invited to register.
Arrival and Departure
The course will begin at 11 AM on Saturday, December 1st with registration. Please plan to arrive by this time or if possible you can havea free stay the night before on Friday.
The Graduation Ceremony will be held in the evening of Saturday, December 29. Please make travel plans to depart the following day, Saturday.
Cost
Cost of the one month TTC certificate program, including all classes, instruction, course manual and meals, is as follows:
Tent Space (bring a tent) $2,400
Dormitory Cabin (up to 4) $2,960
Double Cabin $3,125
Single Cabin $3,675
Shared Deluxe $3,675
About Swami SitaramanandaSwami Sitaramananda is a Yoga, Meditation, and Vedanta teacher for more than 30 years. She is presently the main teacher of the Yoga Teachers Training Courses offered at the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Farm, Grass Valley, CA where she is serving as the director for more then 17 years. She also teaches at other Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Ashrams & Centers in India, Bahamas, Asia, as well as Centers along the West Coast USA, including her birth country, Vietnam.
She is a direct disciple of Swami Vishnu-devananda. She was nominated by her teacher as Goraknath acharya (spiritual teacher, one of the holders of the lineage) in 1989. Her lectures are based on the four classical paths of yoga as well as the 5 points of Health.
www.sivanandayogafarm.org/swami_sitaramananda
About Swami PadmapadanandaSwami Padmapadananda was born in Johannesburg, South Africa and began his yoga practice in 1970. He is a senior disciple of Swami Vishnudevananda and was initiated as a sannyasi in 1979. Noted for his heart and humor, he is by nature a 'Bhakta', one who is easily drawn to Bhakti Yoga (the yoga of devotion). Swami Padmapadananda has directed/co-directed Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers in Israel, London, New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and the Yoga Ranch in upstate New York. He presently resides at the Sivananda Yoga Farm.
www.sivanandayogafarm.org/swami_padmapadananda
About Swami PranavanandaSwami Pranavananda took the vow of Sannyas in 1995. He is a gifted teacher who is the main hatha yoga teacher at the ashram and teaches the Anatomy and Physiology section of our Teachers Training Course. He co-directed the San Francisco Center for five years.
A talented musician, he enjoys leading kirtan and bhajan chanting sessions during satsang.
www.sivanandayogafarm.org/swami_pranavananda
About Swami NarayananandaSwami Narayanananda, who hails from England, is a Yoga and Meditation teacher for 10 years in the US where he served at the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Farm in California, the New York Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center, and the Sivananda Ashram in Woodbourne, Catskills, NY. He is presently the director of the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center in Chicago.
About Kailas ChaitanyaKailas Chaitanya is one of the main teachers of Hatha Yoga and Meditation at the ashram. He graduated from the Sivananda Yoga Teacher's Training Course in 2007. He was assistant director at the Los Angeles Sivananda Yoga Center for 2 years. Since 2009 he has been assistant director of the Sivananda Yoga Farm in Grass Valley, CA. In 2010 he took the first step in becoming a renunciate monk of the Sivananda order. He is interested in yoga psychology and yoga philosophy and enjoys teaching positive thinking courses.
www.sivanandayogafarm.org/kailaschaitanya 
