300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training in Bali

Standing Postures

• Samasthiti
• Sun salutation (A & B)
• Padangushtasana
• Pada hastasana
• Utthita Trikonasana
• Parivritta Trikonasana
• Utthita Parshvakonasana
• Parivritta Parshvakonasana
• Prasarita Padottanasana (A, B, C & D)
• Parshvottanasana

Intermediate Postures

• Pashasana
• Krounchasana
• Shalabhasana A, B
• Bhekasana
• Dhanurasana
• Parsvadhanurasana
• Ustrasana
• Laghu Vajrasana
• Kapotasana
• Supta Vajrasana
• Bakasana
• Bharadvajasana
• Ardha Matsyendraasana
• Ekapada Sirsasana A, B, C
• Dwipada Sirsasana B
• Yoga nidrasana
• Tittibhasana A, B, C
• Pincha Mayurasana
• Karandavasana
• Mayurasana
• Nakrasana
• Vatayanasana
• Parighasana
• Gomukhasana A, B, C
• Supta Urdhvapada Vajrasana A, B
• Mukta Hasta Sirsasana A, B, C
• Baddha Hasta Sirsasana A, B, C, D
• Urdhva Dhanurasana
• Drop back to Urdhva Dhanurasana
• Paschimattanasana

Finishing Postures

• Salamba Sarvangasana
• Halasana
• Karnapidasana
• Urdhva Padmasana
• Pindasana
• Matsyasana
• Uttana Padasana
• Shirshasana
• Baddha Padmasana
• Yoga Mudra
• Padmasana
• Uth Pluthi (Tolasana)
• Shavasana

Yoga and Ayurveda complement each other as a science, and the potential benefits of adding Ayurveda into Yoga should not be ignored. Ayurveda is about proper health management and a science of self-healing that all Yoga teachers need to understand in order to upskill the students. We provide one Ayurveda workshop from our in-house doctor. Here is what you will learn in the Ayurveda class.

Basic Principles And Introduction Of Ayurveda

• Fundamentals of Ayurveda
• Tridosha Concept ( Vata, Pitta and Kapha)
• Prakriti- Know Your Constitution
• Pancha Mahabhuta Concept
• Prakruti (Body Constitution)
• Vikurti
• Sapta Dhatu (Body Elements)
• Mala (Waste Products)
• Srotas (Body Channels)
• Agni (Digestive Fire)
• Koshta (Alimentary Tract)
• Ama(metabolic toxins)

There are three types of Bandhas and is thought diversely according to the level of the student. In 300 hours you have learnt the basics and here in 300 TTC in Rishikesh you will acquire the knowledge to elevate the practice and the technique to stimulate our concealed energy.

Here is what you will learn

• Energy Lock and kundalini awakening
• How Bandha practice assists in terminating the tension on the prana Shakti
• Unblock your system allowing graceful flow of energy through Bandha
• Unlocking the 3 knots, Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva
• Outcome of the practice
• Precautions
• Health and spiritual benefits

Practices (Beginners and Intermediate Level)

• Advance level agnisar kriya
• Advancing the power of internal retention
• Advancing the power of external retention
• Ashwini Mudra to prepare for mulabandha
• Vajroli Mudra to practice malabandha
• Mulabandha – anal lock
• Uddiyana Bandha – abdominal lock
• Jalandhara Bandha – throat lock
• Maha Bandha – great lock

We introduce classical dance to our students because it is absolutely a Yoga practice. Here we teach you the Ganesha Vandana Classical Dance whereby we do bhangi, which means you dance in such a way that you represent Ganesha in some of your gestures. You will feel yourself Divine and one’s mood changes completely by simply watching. This is the first time that we have included Dance in our Yoga curriculum and students are stimulated by the moves and we are sure that will be taken aback by it.

Because of the mind and body concept of Yoga, classical dance provides the harmony for this concept and further introduces another excitement concept. Subject matter is as follows:-

• Proper Concentration,
• Mudra
• Conscious Movement,
• Awareness Of Emotions
• Eye Movements
• Mantra
• Music

Students are captivated by the sheer beauty, majestic scenery and amazing views of this heavenly Bali. At the foothills, meanders the majestic river with all her aesthetic, harboring the sacred moments with the Gods within her merciful flow. As part of the 300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training in Bali, these surroundings enhance the depth and presence of your daily practice.

Every Thursday morning the Yoga sadhanas.

The lessons :-

• Asana
• Pranayama
• Meditation
• Puja

The primary objectives of Hatha Yoga are:-

• Install a high level of health and promote longevity
• Strengthen and quiet the mind
• Awaken the Kundalini

Initially, the basics will be thought of so that the body can adjust for the advanced level. Once you gain confidence to hold the posture for longer periods, then progress with fluidity which appears almost like a dancing motion. Many of the classical postures are only the same in name but are of different levels of practice. The teachers are close at hand to assist in the performance of the proper alignment.

Listed below are the asana series that will be practiced:-

• Joints and glands exercises foundation practices
• Joints and glands exercises advance practices
• Centering postures series
• Sun Salutation
• Chakra awareness and flow yoga
• Moon Salutation
• Standing intermediate and advance postures series
• Kneeling postures series
• Sitting Postures series
• Forward bending postures series
• Backward bending postures series
• Supine postures series
• Prone postures series
• Fire Series
• Inversions series
• Twisting postures series
• Balancing Postures series
• Relaxing Posture series
• Meditative asana series

Philosophy of Hatha Yoga will really change your concept of Yoga. It is much more than the physical exercise and movement. This subject matter covers the following indepth:-

• Philosophy of Sun salutation
• Philosophy behind each Yoga asana
• Hatha Yoga and Kundalini awakening
• Asana and Yoga sadhana
• Benefit of asana practices
• Rules and regulations
• Advancing your Yoga poses

Standing Postures

• Samasthiti
• Sun salutation (A & B)
• Padangushtasana
• Pada hastasana
• Utthita Trikonasana
• Parivritta Trikonasana
• Utthita Parshvakonasana
• Parivritta Parshvakonasana
• Prasarita Padottanasana (A, B, C & D)
• Parshvottanasana

Intermediate Postures

• Pashasana
• Krounchasana
• Shalabhasana A, B
• Bhekasana
• Dhanurasana
• Parsvadhanurasana
• Ustrasana
• Laghu Vajrasana
• Kapotasana
• Supta Vajrasana
• Bakasana
• Bharadvajasana
• Ardha Matsyendraasana
• Ekapada Sirsasana A, B, C
• Dwipada Sirsasana B
• Yoga nidrasana
• Tittibhasana A, B, C
• Pincha Mayurasana
• Karandavasana
• Mayurasana
• Nakrasana
• Vatayanasana
• Parighasana
• Gomukhasana A, B, C
• Supta Urdhvapada Vajrasana A, B
• Mukta Hasta Sirsasana A, B, C
• Baddha Hasta Sirsasana A, B, C, D
• Urdhva Dhanurasana
• Drop back to Urdhva Dhanurasana
• Paschimattanasana

Finishing Postures

• Salamba Sarvangasana
• Halasana
• Karnapidasana
• Urdhva Padmasana
• Pindasana
• Matsyasana
• Uttana Padasana
• Shirshasana
• Baddha Padmasana
• Yoga Mudra
• Padmasana
• Uth Pluthi (Tolasana)
• Shavasana

Sanskrit syllable

• 58 syllables and its power of vibration
• How mantra vibrates in chakras
• Each chakra has its own vibration

Healing mantras

• Mantras for physical healing
• Mantras for mental healing
• Mantras for emotional healing
• Mantras for spiritual healing

Mantras for planetary disorders

• Mantra for sun
• Mantra for moon
• Mantra for Saturn
• Mantra for vrihaspti/guru
• Mantra for Mangala

Mantra for healing the different diseases

• Mantra for cancer
• Mantra for HBP
• Mantra for heart problem
• Mantra in pregnancy
• Mantra for stress relief
• Mantra for concentration

Mantra Healing for all planets

• Sun -“Om Hring Hraung Suryay Namah
• Chandra (moon)- “Om Aing Kling Somay Namah”
• Mangala mantra - “Om Hung Shring Bhaumay Namah”
• Budha mantra - “Om Aing Shring Shring Budhay Namah”
• Brihaspati Guru Mantra - “Om Hring Cling hung Brihsptye Namah”
• Shukra Mantra“Om Hring Shring Shukray Namah”
• Shani Mantra“Om Aing Hring Shring Shanaishchray Namah”
• Rahu Mantra “Om Aing Hring Rahave Namah”
• Ketu mantra“Om Hring Aing Ketave Namah”

Mantra Diksha

There will be an initiation ceremony to the Yoga Tradition on the first day of the course. After taking a shower every students have to dress white and join the opening ceremony. Our Pandit ji and Guru ji himself take you through the amazing experience. Gayatri initiation with the energy transmission called shaktipat will be given. From today one feel deeply connected to the yoga tradition.

It is said that without that transmission one is not eligible to get the higher knowledge on Yoga.

On this time what will be done?

• Worship to mother earth
• Worship to Ganesha to remove obstacles
• Fire ceremony
• Arati
• Music
• Kirtan
• Gayatri diksha
• Guru Mantra
• Distribution of books and teaching materials

Muladhara

• Sound : Lam
• Location : Between anus and genitals
• Petal : Four Petals
• Color : Red

Swadhistana

• Sound : Vam
• Location : At root of the genitals
• Petal : Six Petals
• Color : Orange

Manipura

• Sound : Ram
• Location : Navel
• Petal : Ten Petals
• Color : Yellow

Anahata

• Sound : Yam
• Location : Right of the physical heart
• Petal : Twelve Petals
• Color : Green/Pink

Visuddha

• Sound : Ham
• Location : Throat
• Petal : Sixteen Petals
• Color : Blue

Ajna

• Sound : Om
• Location : Between the eyebrows
• Petal : Two Petals
• Color : Indigo

Sahasrara

• Sound : Silence
• Location : Above the physical skull
• Petal : One Thousand Petals
• Color : Violet, Gold,White

In this 300 hour YTTC journey our meditation becomes effortless, natural and it becomes a part of our daily lives. Our progress into deeper meditation frees us from our desires and ignorance which are the undoing of the human race. Students are thought the advanced techniques of meditation by which one can master our true Self.

Meditation Timetable

• Strengthening Foundation of meditation
• Intensifying the focus and mindfulness
• Advancing meditation techniques
• Awareness and kundalini meditation

Content

• What is mind and its role in meditation?
• Nature of mind and why it is restless?
• Meditation is Pratiprasava- Reverse Journey
• Brain waves in meditation
• Importance of music in meditation
• Emotional purification meditation
• Meditation and past life healing
• How to attain samadhi in meditation

Styles of Meditation Practices

• Kirtan Dhyan
• Mantra Japa
• Silence Practice

Mudras are very important to uplift our energy easily. The advance students should learn some secrets to awaken kundalini Shakti also. Here in this 300 hour YTTC you are going to learn some traditional mudra for energy awakening.

• Shambhavi Mudra

In this 300 YTTC pranayama is taught in a more sensitive and advanced level to experience the deeper powers of your prana. You will learn how pranayama can be used to heal body and mind. So that in the end of the course you will have acquired skills to educate others.

Weekly stages of experience.

• Moving towards advancement of your pranayama practices
• Variations and experiment
• Breathing for awakening nadis and chakras
• Teaching practices and mastery on breathing

Discussion for study of Pranayama:

• Pranayama- link of happiness
• Physiology of prana
• Elements in nature of prana
• Prana body types
• Astrology of Breathing science
• Prana and it routes
• How prana flows in the body
• Relationship between prana & consciousness
• Number of breaths we take
• Resarch on prana - to obtain favorable outcome
• Health parameter with breath length
• Guideline and discipline of pranayama

Intermediate and Advance Practices of Pranayama

• Upper chest -Clavicular Pranayama
• Middle chest - Thoracic Pranayama
• Koshtiya - Diaphragmatic Pranayama
• Full body Yogic Pranayama
• Om Chant Pranava Pranayama
• Nadisodhanam Pranayama
• Bhastrika Pranayama
• Kapalbhati Pranayama
• Bhramari Pranayama
• Ujjayi Pranayama
• Sitli Pranayama
• Sitkari Pranayama
• Murcha Pranayama
• Surya bhedi Pranayama
• Chandra bhedi Pranayama

In this 300 YTTC pranayama is taught in a more sensitive and advanced level to experience the deeper powers of your prana. You will learn how pranayama can be used to heal body and mind. So that in the end of the course you will have acquired skills to educate others.

Weekly stages of experience.

• Moving towards advancement of your pranayama practices
• Variations and experiment
• Breathing for awakening nadis and chakras
• Teaching practices and mastery on breathing

Discussion for study of Pranayama

• Pranayama- link of happiness
• Physiology of prana
• Elements in nature of prana
• Prana body types
• Astrology of Breathing science
• Prana and it routes
• How prana flows in the body
• Relationship between prana & consciousness
• Number of breaths we take
• Resarch on prana - to obtain favorable outcome
• Health parameter with breath length
• Guideline and discipline of pranayama

Intermediate and Advance Practices of Pranayama

• Upper chest -Clavicular Pranayama
• Middle chest - Thoracic Pranayama
• Koshtiya - Diaphragmatic Pranayama
• Full body Yogic Pranayama
• Om Chant Pranava Pranayama
• Nadisodhanam Pranayama
• Bhastrika Pranayama
• Kapalbhati Pranayama
• Bhramari Pranayama
• Ujjayi Pranayama
• Sitli Pranayama
• Sitkari Pranayama
• Murcha Pranayama
• Surya bhedi Pranayama
• Chandra bhedi Pranayama

Yoga Anatomy is one of the most important subjects for yoga teachers, as a Yogi has to know what his body is doing while practicing Yoga, as well as knowing the limitations of the body. Students are familiarized with the two types of Yoga namely; physical and spiritual.

Physical Anatomy

• The supply of prana to the respiratory system
• Function of cells
• Digestive system
• Circulatory system
• Yoga and physical transformation
• Hormone secretion in Yoga
• Effects of pranayama in respiratory system
• Effects of Yoga practice and Nauli in digestive system
• Muscular and skeletal system with advance postures
• Therapeutic applications of Yoga postures and how to avoid injury in asana class
• Anatomy of pelvic griddle and spine

Spiritual Anatomy

• Advanced details regarding the energy channel
• Anatomy of Muladhara Chakra
• Anatomy of Swadhisthana Chakra
• Anatomy of Manipura Chakra
• Anatomy of Anahata Chakra
• Anatomy of Visuddhi Chakra
• Anatomy of Ajna Chakra
• Anatomy of Sahasrara Chakra
• Chakras
• Kundalini
• Panchakosha

Practicing Satkarm a regularly prepares you to understand your inner being and purification. By removing the physical, mental and emotional vail you enter into your real Self. That is why Satkarma is very important to practice. In this advanced course, part of the 300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training in Bali students are taught advanced Satkarma that demands expert guidance and care.

• Understanding the 11 major systems
• Why purification of the body is necessary
• Is it satkarma or Satkriya
• What does the scriptures of Hatha Yoga Pradipika say
• What does Gheranda Muni Says
• Precautions

Practices That You Will Learn

• Jiwa dhauti
• Data-Dhauti
• Rubber-net.
• Jalaneti.
• Kapalbhati.
• Agnisara

Yoga Nidra is a unique practice in that you are completely aware of your subtle body, although you are in an entirely different world, and your awareness demonstrates to you that you are not only a physical body. Advance techniques of Yoga Nidra gives you unbelievable experiences like; body ascending, body warming, chakra vibration and so on. But that is not the real reason, the real purpose of Yoga Nidra is to master our sleep and to reach the higher state of consciousness.

Practices Include

• Antar Mauna Yoga Nidra (Inner Silence)
• 61 Point Blue Star Yoga Nidra
• Subtle body Yoga Nidra
• Chakra awareness Yoga Nidra

You will also study the basics of Yoga Nidra.

• Sleep awareness
• Awareness of subtle body
• A journey from conscious to superconscious
• Yoga Nidra Therapy
• Is yoga Nidra a healing practice?
• Why is sleep called Yoga here?
• Transforming new habit patterns
• Transforming personality through Yoga Nidra
• Learn Language through Yoga Nidra

Yoga Philosophy in this 300 Hour YTTC is much more innovative than the 300 hour where we had some preparatory grounding of Yoga in reality. This course takes us into a much more intense awareness of our soul and Samadhi. It will make you even more proficient to realize the Self. This subject matter also includes; Yoga Sutra, Adweta Vedanta and Tantra Philosophy that enables you to grasp how Yoga is explained in the diverse scriptures.

Entering to the World of Enlightenment (Yoga Samadhi)

• What is Yoga & Samadhi
• How can we be in present moment in order to achieve Samadhi
• Yoga discipline
• Different states of mind
• How to control the mind
• Why Samadhi
• What if we are not in Samadhi
• Controlling right knowledge, wrong knowledge, imagination, sleep & memory
• The benefit of practice & non attachment
• How to mastery self-practice
• Two kinds of Samadhi
• Know about Yogi who born with Yoga and bodiless Yogi
• Different ways to achieve Samadhi
• What is God and why His name is Om
• Obstacles of Yoga
• Experience of highest Samadhi

Original practice of Yoga (Yoga Sadhana)

• How to do Tapasya (Intense practice of Yoga)
• How to do Swadhyaya (Self-Analyasis, self-discovery)
• How to do Self-surrender/surrender to Divine
• Kriya Yoga - Why
• What is ignorance and emotional attachment
• How to lessen your pain
• How your past life influences your pain and pleasure
• What is pleasure & pain (sukha & dukha)
• How pain lives with you and how it generates and vanishes
• Clear perception, right action, stability, control of sense organ and experience of self is the source of liberation
• How to achieve total withdrawal and separation of mundane psychology
• Viveka kyati – insight discrimination
• Eight limbs of yoga

Miracles and gift of Yoga (Yoga Vibhuti)

• What is concentration?
• What is meditation?
• What is Samadhi?
• External and internal yoga
• How can a yogi know the past and future
• How can you understand the language of animals
• How can one know about the past life
• How a Yogi make their body’s invisible
• How Yogi’s receive the knowledge of the entire cosmos
• How cessation of hunger and thrust is achieved
• How to acquire complete stillness
• How can you see celestial beings
• How the flash of illumination happens
• How can one have knowledge of mind
• Siddhis are helpful or hindrance for Sadhana
• How can one enter in another’s body
• How can a Yogi walk on thorns and water
• How can we achieve the divine sense of hearing
• How can one make the body as light as cotton wool that can soar in sky
• Achieving glorification and indestructibleness of the bodily qualities.

In this advanced 300 hour Yoga Teacher Training Course, students will absorb in detail Yoga therapy. Diseases to be discussed are listed below and these diseases can be cured by the practice of asana, pranayama, meditation etc.

• Head and neck disease
• Headache
• Thyroid
• Heart and circulatory problems
• Disorder of respiratory system
• The common cold
• Asthma

Yoga is not just an academic education but it is a life education. In order to qualify for this advanced 300 hour training program, the following criteria has to be achieved;

• The student has to be certified in the 300 hour training program with a certified Yoga school
• As this is an advanced course, the student has to be present for all lectures
• All written assignments has to be submitted timeously
• Conduct a full Yoga session to the class
• A pass mark to be achieved in the exam at the end of the course