Prana Mandir - Kundalini Yoga Studio

 

Prana Mandir’s Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training

“The true posture is the posture of the heart.”
- The Shiva Sutras
Directed by Lea Kraemer with Sujata & Marcel Ringawa and guest teachers
 



 

Our next Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training program will begin in September of 2007 and finish in February, 2008. This 200hr. certification is routed in a fundamental love for yoga practice. Directed by Lea Kraemer with Sujata Ringawa and Dr. Marcel Ringawa, this training encompasses a total approach to yoga including self-investigation, or contemplation, pranayama, or attunement to breath for inner rhythm, and self-knowledge, or meditation. Learn the skills to teach a joyful and intelligent Vinyasa Yoga class. Live a non-violent crusade of compassion.

Classically Oriented Approach:

Topics explored in-depth:

  • Yogic Lifestyle including but not limited to thought, diet, sleep, environment, relationships and inspiring a personal practice;
  • History and Philosophy of Yoga in its relevancy to our own lives;
  • Asana Alignment and Benefits to the mental, emotional, physical and spiritual bodies;
  • Understanding Vinyasa Sequences for health, healing and vitality;
  • Hands-On Postural Enhancements from light to strong touch in honor of the energy and breath of each student;
  • Constructing a Vinyasa Flow to challenge and motivate learning through delight;
  • Holistic Anatomy from the bones and muscles to the whole human being;
  • Pranayama and Meditation for a blissful reality.

Polish your practice. Become a professional yoga teacher through personal study, guidance and practicum teaching throughout the six month course.



A Deeper View of Vinyasa Yoga:
Vinyasa is a flow, the movement between actions. Vinyasa Yoga moves dynamically from asana to asana with constant attention to breath. In this way Yogis research the flow of life, and that which appears, is sustained, and re-dissolves back into the universe (i.e. the human body). Learn to teach through inner and outer alignment with an emphasis on balance, power, fluidity and flexibility. An open heart allows the beauty of each asana to be experienced from within as well as from without. A regular Vinyasa practice frees the body of impurities like stiffness and tension and leaves the mind clear and relaxed. Through teaching yogic breath your students will come to know their minds more closely, and often realize a desire to know the Self more deeply.

Course Requirements:
Homework is given each weekend. Teachers in Training take a minimum of two classes a week during the certification and required classes are included in the course fee. A written exam will be given out two weeks prior to the last session and is due within 30 days. In keeping with our tradition at PRANA MANDIR, the physical exam is a One-Day Retreat offered on the last day of the training by all teachers in training. The proceeds from this day go to a charity pre-selected by the teachers in training. Graduation is dependent upon satisfactory completion of all course requirements and is determined on an individual basis.


PRANA MANDIR Vinyasa Teacher Training
with Course Schedule and Tuition

2007/08 Weekends
$3400 - preregistered $3750 - after August 15
A $500 deposit is required to hold a space in the training with balance due by the start date of the course. Course fee includes the two classes/week required during the training course.

 

Friday, September 14
from 8 – 10pm

Satsang & Meditation
course introduction
September 29 & 30
from 9am – 6pm (12:30 lunch break)
Seeking The Self
practice philosophy
October 6 & 7
(all weekends from 9am – 6pm)
Sacred Pilgramage Into Yoga
history with Marcel Ringawa & Sujata Ringawa
October 12
from 8 – 10pm

Satsang & Healing Meditation


October 20 & 21
Gayatri Mantra In Motion
thought & action
Novemeber 3 & 4
Inner Communication Through Yoga Asana
Asana & Alignment with Sujata Ringawa
November 9
from 8 – 10pm
Satsang & Object of Beauty Meditation
group check-in
November 17 & 18
Mastery of Asana Practice
self discipline & self reflection

December 1 & 2

Mastery of Asana Practice Part II

pose & counter pose

December 7
from 8 – 10pm
Satsang & Moon Meditation
group discussion of Yoga benefit

December 15 & 16

Vinyasa Yoga for Health, Vitality & Healing
adjustments & enhancements

January 5 & 6

Vinyasa Yoga for Health, Vitality & Healing Part II
refining teaching methodology

January 11
from 8 – 10pm

Satsang & Prosperity Meditation
         

January 19 & 20

Holistic Anatomy

February 2 & 3

Breath

the pranic body

February 16 & 17

Spiritual Anatomy

putting it all together (Saturday)

February 16 & 17

Yoga Benefit

physical exam (Sunday)*
*In 20 days written exam is due
A Dedicated Group for Learning:
Open to practitioners ready to change, evolve, to learn, and to offer their support and mutual understanding in a unique group environment.
For information call Lea at 212.677.6610 or contact Prana Mandir(www.pranamandir.com).
An application process is necessary for acceptance into this training.

Application: ($25 fee is non-refundable)
1. Name
2. Address & Email
3. Phone number(s)
4. Date & Place of birth. Please answer the next questions in detail.
5. What is your education and occupation?
6. When and where did you begin to study Yoga?
7. Where do you practice now and how often do you practice?
8. How have you changed from the practice of Yoga?  What aspects of Yoga practice have been most helpful for you?
9. How can this training support you to reach your own goals and to live a more sattvic lifestyle?

FACULTY:

Sujata
Ringawa
is a certified Anusara Yoga Teacher, and has been teaching Anusara Yoga for the past seven years in classes, retreats and health spas in the U.S.A. and in Europe. She has studied under the guidance of John Friend, the founder of Anusara Yoga.

Sujata’s dynamic teaching style playfully brings her spontaneous sense of joy and delight and her love of exploration together with a deep appreciation for the philosophy and study of yoga. Her enthusiastic, light-hearted approach inspires students to move out of their limited perceptions of what they are capable of, and express their unique greatness in each pose.
Sujata has been teaching hatha yoga and meditation since 1985 to diverse groups of all ages, and was on the faculty of the Hatha Yoga Department at an international meditation ashram retreat site from 1999-2005.

A former choreographer and dancer, she taught modern dance, creative movement, and improvisational movement and theatre at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Mass. and in her private studio in Northampton, Mass.

Her heartfelt belief is that asana practice is a wonderful dance of the body, mind and spirit, each asana is a gateway that opens us to our inner goodness and beauty, and practicing asana with this awareness naturally allows us to express our divine nature.

Dr. Marcel Ringawa
Dr. Marcel Ringawa is an educator and management consultant who has applied his experience with adult learning, Eastern philosophy and intuitive meditation to create methods that transform personal vision and goals into reality.

Dr. Ringawa studied yoga philosophy and history in ashrams in India and in the Untied States. He is inspired by these years of study and practice, and his love for yoga, to share his insights about the evolution and turning points in yoga and its relevance for the 21st century.

Dr. Ringawa holds advanced degrees from New York University and the University of Massachusetts in history and education. He has taught in junior high school, college and in non-traditional learning environments around the world.

His personal spiritual quest led him to visit sacred sites such as Uluru in Australia, Macchu Picchu in Peru, sacred temples in South India and Mount Kailas in Tibet.

 
APPLICATION (application processing fee is $25 - you can mail a check or pay online)