Certification
Students who complete the training are eligible to register with Yoga Alliance as Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®).
Overview
You will have an early daily yoga practice while following the rhythm of the sun. After having lunch, you will be allowed to have some rest before continuing into deep awareness. Yogaji’s program can be viewed on the Yoga Alliance page under Durga-Ji yoga. Yogaji follows the standard of Yoga Alliance and enriches it through their experience.
The teaching is traditional and adapted to your needs. You will discover a dynamic way of teaching that is well connected to the source of Yoga. They introduce you to pranayama and mantra and let contemplation and meditation experience rise in you. The teaching is spiritual but also applicable to today's life and requirements. You will look into the traditional texts such as the Yoga Sutras, Yoga Upanishads, Hatha Yoga Pradipika. They encourage you to start reading when you can, so as to get ready. All is yoga.
Program
- Yoga history and philosophy
- Ethics of a yogi and yoga lifestyle
- Energies and Ayurveda
- Anatomy
- Study of 42 asanas
- Study of pranayama
- Knowledge of the chakras, subtle bodies, and prana
- Mantras or how to open the heart
- Yoga Nidra, a way to relaxation
- Pedagogy and how to teach yoga
- Evaluation
- Heart coherence teaching will be taught during this training
Daily schedule
- 06:30 - 08:30 Sadhana
- 08:30 - 09:15 Breakfast
- 09:15 - 11:30 Theory
- 11:30 - 12:00 Seva time or Karma yoga
- 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch and break / personal work
- 14:00 - 16:00 Theory
- 16:00 - 17:30 Break / personal work
- 17:30 - 18:45 Practice
- 18:45 - 19:00 Break
- 19:00 - 20:00 Dinner
- 20:00 - 20:30 Pranayama
- 21:30 Lights off and silence
The schedule may be modified if necessary and is just a guideline. Every week, there will be one day off.
During the course, they will encourage you to read the four classical texts of Hatha yoga. You will have days off and time to read. These texts are Gheranda Samhita, Yoga Upanishads, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, and the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.
At the end of the week, you will have a written exam that will test your knowledge about teaching and is a prerequisite for certification.
Requirements
Yogaji requires their students to have attended a prior regular yoga class in a center. They also require students to read the books: Yoga Sutras, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Gheranda Samhita, and some Yoga Upanishad.
Ceremony and rituals
- On Saturday evening or Sunday, some extra activities will be offered such as sound bath, cold river bath, and spa hours (facial and foot massage), heart coherence session. These are not obligatory. It is simply a way to go deeper into oneself
- Completion ceremony
