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India Teacher Training
  • $2,750.00 – Double Accommodations

Price includes texts, accommodations, and three daily vegetarian meals.
Does not include airfare, airport transfers, or excursions.

Location: Integral Yoga Institute in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

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Intermediate Integral Yoga Teacher Training – INDIA – 2018

with Swami Asokananda, E-RYT 500 and Lalita Dagny Vigander, E-RYT 500, LMT, RCYT

January 21 - February 11, 2018

IY-Cont EdTrain with master Yoga instructors in the birthplace of Yoga.  Located near ancient temples and surrounded by the native culture, the Integral Yoga Institute of Coimbatore will allow you to experience India to its fullest.

This three-week immersion offers the opportunity to profoundly enrich your understanding and practice of Yoga and meditation, dive deeply into the subtle aspects of Yoga, and acquire the skills needed to teach them.

In this program you will:

  • Learn important additional asanas, their benefits, and how to safely guide students into and out of the poses
  • Expand your knowledge of anatomy and physiology
  • Explore making skillful sequencing choices and adaptations that will enhance your classes
  • Gain a fuller understanding of prana and pranayama (breathing techniques)
  • Study the Bhagavad Gita, which expounds the philosophy and practices of the four main paths of Yoga (Karma, Raja, Bhakti, and Jnana Yoga)

Take the next step in your career as a Yoga instructor and deepen your own spiritual growth by experiencing the peace of Yoga. Join us in this new endeavor.


Tuition includes texts, accommodations, and three daily vegetarian meals. It does not include airfare, airport transfers, or excursions.


Training Information

Prerequisites

200-hour Integral Yoga Teacher Training completed at Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville, an Integral Yoga Institute, or Integral Yoga Center and at least six months of Yoga teaching experience. Certified teachers from other traditions may also apply.

Continuing Education

  • Yoga Alliance (YA):  Approximately 170 contact hours
  • International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT): Approximately 170 contact hours

Presenter

Swami Asokananda, E-RYT 500
Swami Asokananda, a monk since 1975, is one of Integral Yoga’s® (IY) foremost teachers—known for his warmth, intelligence, and good humor. His teaching comes out of his own practice and experience while absorbing the wisdom of his Guru, Sri Swami Satchidananda. While he enjoys sharing the practical wisdom of yogic philosophy (especially the great Indian scripture, the Bhagavad Gita), he also loves his practice of Hatha Yoga. He is one of Yogaville’s primary instructors for Intermediate and Advanced Hatha Yoga Teacher Trainings. He presently serves as president of the IY Institute in New York City. Before this position, he served…
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