trainings

Pranayama TT

This is a Train­ing for Yoga students/teachers that want an in-depth explo­ration, prac­tice and study in the pro­found tra­di­tion of Pranaya­ma, Kriya and Dha­rana.

Stage One (can be tak­en alone)
Stage One is a 5‑month per­son­al jour­ney through these sub­tle prac­tices. You should have enough expe­ri­ence and time to be ready for that jour­ney. There is an expec­ta­tion that you prac­tice reg­u­lar­ly between the mod­ules. Oth­er­wise, you miss the depth and effect this work can have.
Mod­ules 1 – 5 can be attend­ed live on the ZOOM, OR watched as a record­ing at your con­ve­nience
at your own time. Record­ed mate­r­i­al is sent between the Mod­ules to fol­low along.

Stage Two (Stage One must be com­plet­ed ful­ly)
If you wish to teach Pranaya­ma, Stage 2 (Mod­ules 6 – 7) course is avail­able direct­ly after with 2 longer Mod­ules and record­ings specif­i­cal­ly look­ing at how to teach, sequence, and work­ing effec­tive­ly with Pranaya­ma in a course or pri­vate set­ting. There is also some home­work and per­son­al fol­low up in this mod­ule.
You will be cer­ti­fied by Stephen Thomas SVARUPA YOGA (E‑RYT). The com­bi­na­tion of the
detailed course Man­u­al, con­tact Train­ing hours, record­ed mate­r­i­al and group study, gives one the
clar­i­ty and con­fi­dence to offer this work in group and/or pri­vate set­tings. There are fol­low up
stud­ies and sup­port offered through SVARUPA YOGA along with a grow­ing com­mu­ni­ty of
stu­dents & teach­ers work­ing in this area.

The con­tent of this Train­ing covers:

  • The con­tent of this Train­ing covers:
  • In-depth tech­nique of the Tra­di­tion­al Pranaya­mas and Kriyas of Hatha Yoga
  • In-depth look at var­i­ous Dharana/Meditation tech­niques relate to breath and Prana Vidya*
  • In-depth study of Band­has, Kumb­hakas, Tim­ing, Ratios
  • Work with some Mod­ern tech­niques vs. Tra­di­tion­al Yoga Practices
  • Sequenc­ing for your­self — how to grow your prac­tice over time, respond to sea­sons, life, etc
  • Key Asanas to open Breath Body, influ­ence prop­er breath­ing, sta­bi­lize the seat­ed position
  • Merg­ing Asana and Pranayama
  • Work­ing with com­mon chal­lenges (eg. tight­ness of breath, imbal­ances, stress, poor sleep)
  • Work­ing to help with cer­tain con­di­tions (eg. hyper-ten­sion, depres­sion, insomnia)
  • Morn­ing ver­sus Evening con­sid­er­a­tions, work­ing with Moon Cycles and Seasons
  • Using the Inter­nal Cleans­ing Kriyas — the Shatkar­mas of Hatha Yoga
  • in-depth Ayurvedic per­spec­tives rel­a­tive to breath
  • Anato­my of Breath
  • Pranaya­ma and the Ner­vous System
  • Pranaya­ma and the Chakra Sys­tem, Vayus, Nadis
  • Supine Pranaya­ma and Savasana techniques
  • Chant­i­ng and Mantra

Course Details & Dates TT 23/24
~ Course Details & Dates TT24/25 com­ing soon ~

Foundation YT

This is an Education/Training for Yoga stu­dents that want an in-depth explo­ration, edu­ca­tion and per­son­al growth in the tra­di­tions of Hatha Yoga. Hatha Yoga is the gen­er­al term applied to any prac­tices of Yoga that involve Asanas, Pranaya­ma (breath­work), Med­i­ta­tion, Kriyas (inner cleans­ing), Mudras, Devo­tion and the under­ly­ing Philoso­phies for approach­ing an inner and out­er life.

The Svarū­pa Foun­da­tion Yoga Train­ing (FYT) gives stu­dents an in-depth study and prac­tice of the Hatha Tra­di­tion. Asana is pre­sent­ed in dynam­ic form but with an under­stand­ing of align­ment, mod­i­fi­ca­tions and adjustments.

Restorative/Therapy Asana, Pranaya­ma and Med­i­ta­tion form a sec­ondary sup­port in the Train­ing. The stu­dent will learn both tra­di­tion­al and mod­ern tech­niques. The con­tent of the course, final assess­ment and cer­ti­fi­ca­tion gives stu­dents a foun­da­tion lev­el cer­ti­fi­ca­tion to teach Yoga.

The con­tent of this Train­ing covers:

  • Lev­el One Syl­labus of Asana (Dynam­ic Asana and Restora­tive Asana)
  • Intro­duc­tion and Foun­da­tion of Pranaya­mas and Kriyas
  • Foun­da­tion of Meditation
  • Intro­duc­tion to the Subtle/Energetic Body
  • Basic Sequenc­ing of Asana
  • Work­ing with com­mon chal­lenges and spe­cial conditions
  • Intro­duc­tion to work­ing with Ayurveda
  • Lev­el 1 Func­tion­al Anato­my in rela­tion to Yoga Asana
  • Mantra and Devo­tion­al Practice
  • Teach­ing Methodologies
  • Yoga Phi­los­o­phy Introduction

Course Details, Dates & Fees FYT 2024

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Advanced YT

This is a Sad­hana and an Education/Teacher Train­ing for Yoga teach­ers and expe­ri­enced stu­dents that want an in-depth explo­ration, edu­ca­tion and per­son­al growth in the tra­di­tions of Hatha Yoga. Hatha Yoga is the gen­er­al term applied to any prac­tices of Yoga that involve Asanas, Pranaya­ma (breath­work), Med­i­ta­tion, Kriyas (inner cleans­ing), Mudras, Devo­tion and the under­ly­ing Philoso­phies for approach­ing an inner and
out­er life. 

The Svarū­pa Advanced Yoga Teacher Train­ing (AYT) gives stu­dents a Con­tin­u­ing Edu­ca­tion Pro­gram in prac­tices of the Mod­ern and Ancient Hatha Tradition.

Asana is pre­sent­ed in dynam­ic form but with a deep­er under­stand­ing of align­ment, mod­ifi­ca­tions and adjust­ments. One can expect to see growth in all the prac­tices of Yoga but also to learn the deep­er sub­tle aspects of the prac­tice. How to make it more com­plex and advanced is only one aspect. Allow­ing the work to be sim­ple but to move into deep­er lay­ers of the con­scious is another.

Ther­a­peu­tic Asana, Pranaya­ma, Breath­work, Yoga Nidra/Prana Vidya and Med­i­ta­tion sup­port this Train­ing.
The con­tent of the course, final assess­ment and cer­tifi­ca­tion gives stu­dents a chance to take a deep
Sad­hana over the length of the course, to have a sang­ha (a group of ded­i­cat­ed stu­dents work­ing togeth­er)
and to improve in teach­ing and facil­i­ta­tion skills, plan­ning and hold­ing space in group and 1 – 1 set­tings.



The con­tent of this Train­ing covers:

  • Lev­el One + Lev­el Two Syl­labus of Asana (Dynam­ic Asana and Restora­tive Asana)
  • Foun­da­tion and Lev­el 2 Pranaya­mas and Kriyas
  • Inner work of Yoga Nidra/Prana Vidya & Meditation
  • Con­tin­u­ing stud­ies in Subtle/Energetic Body 
  • How to evolve Sequenc­ing of Asana, Pranaya­ma for teach­ers and self-practice
  • Key sup­port as a teacher/facilitator
  • Work­ing with chal­lenges and spe­cial conditions
  • Evolved stud­ies in Ayurveda
  • Anato­my and sim­ple Ther­a­peu­tic appli­ca­tions Yoga Asana
  • Mantra and Devo­tion­al Practice
  • Evolv­ing the Teach­ing Methodologies
  • Yoga Phi­los­o­phy — explor­ing phi­los­o­phy across the ages and wis­dom tra­di­tions
    


Course Details, Dates & Fees AYT 2024

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