500 Hr Tantra Yoga TTC

500h TTC

Our 500 hour course is structured to give students the best possible preparation for their professional teaching career. It is also an excellent Yoga Intensive for experienced yogis looking to go deeper into the practical and theoretical aspects of yoga.

This course compares and contrasts traditional and modern practices of yoga. It is a year's worth of training, compressed into two / three months to save students' learning time.
In two / three months, our students become proficient in sixty āsanas. We focus on how to practice and teach each āsana.

We teach this course over an optional two / three months but still allow the body and mind adequate time for rest. We believe that the body and mind perform at optimal level when work is interspersed with enough rest periods. For the body to physically learn new āsanas without injury, one needs at least two months. To induce stress results in wear and tear to muscles and joints and imprints stress in the body and mind. This makes meditation impossible. It also permanently reduces muscle quality thereby shortening the yogi's professional career. Our courses are designed to optimize students' learning and have them leave refreshed, relaxed and equipped as educated professionals.

Daily Schedule:

8:30 - 10:30 Morning Āsana / Prāṇāyāma Intensive / Beach Exercises
10:30 - 4:00 Guided Self Study / One-on-one Meetings wth Bhagavan Shanmukha / Relaxation
4:00 - 6:30 Afternoon Āsana Practice / Hands on Teaching
8:00 - 10:00 Lecture by Bhagavan Shanmukha or Other Teachers followed by Q & A or Satsaṅg
or Evening Program (Bhajan, Dance, Puja / Goddess Worship)

Yoga Alliance® 500 hour Registered Yoga Teacher™ qualification
Daily dosha (mental and physical constitution) balancing āsana practice
Twice weekly prāṇāyāma, bandhas and vyāyāma (supportive practice) yoga classes
Daily Āyurvedic walking massage instruction and guided practice (receiving and giving)
Weekly evening puja /goddess worship (tantric mantras, mudrās, offering and meditation)
Three lectures a week covering psychology, sociology, spiritual cultures of the world, the modern understanding of tantra/yoga and the traditional tantric/yogic philosophy (Trika, kuṇḍalinī, etc.)
In-depth introduction to the science of Tantra Yoga
3 months intensive study (this course is possible to complete in 2 months)
Course Fees: $2500 US or $3500 US per couple or friends (sharing a room only)

Books used during the Training:

Anatomy of Yoga, H. D. Coulter
Living Yoga, C. Turlington
Yoga Sūtras, Patañjali
Haṭhayoga Pradīpikā
Gheraṇḍa Saṃhitā
Śiva Saṃhitā
Tao of Physics, F. Capra
Turning Point, F. Capra
Wholeness and the Implicate Order, D. Bohm
Serpent Power, A. Avalon
The Garland of Letters, A. Avalon
Shakti and Shakta, A. Avalon
Psychology of Meditation, R. Ornstein & C. Nirjano
Born to Win, M. James & D. Jongeward
Introduction to Sanskrit, T. Egenes
Devavanipravesika: An introduction to the Sanskrit Language, R. P. Goldman & S. J. Sutherland Goldman
Sanskrit Grammar, D. Whitney
Divine Initiation, Bhagavan Natha & Shri Ma Kristina
Third-Eye of the Buddhist, Bhagavan Natha & Shri Ma Kristina