Choosing the right fit for your Yoga Teacher Training takes time and research with so many styles and schools now offering trainings. Let us offer a few points of focus and difference that might draw you to study with us at Shantarasa.
The first question to consider is what are you looking for?
If you seek a form of practice that has traditional roots, then this is a very good reason to choose Shantarasa, our roots in the tradition were established in 1977 and have been nourished and deepened over the decades since.
When the roots of the teaching are solid and grounded in yoga’s origins, the unique, very specific intentions are embedded within the practice and teachings, something magnificent is possible.
Most people seek more than just a certificate to teach. They seek a way to live wisely guided by greater self knowledge. Any form of yoga study should, by the very nature of Yoga itself, deliver a path of powerful change, discovery, and guidance.
Do you seek only physical practices or are you interested in the full range of physical and subtle practices yoga instructs?
Shantarasa always sits the physical practices in the context of their subtle counterparts.
With an understanding of our subtle nature, we can more powerfully effect real change at our physical levels and more powerfully understand who we are. The desire and energy for change lives within the subtle space of the mind and heart.
Do you have interest in knowing the nature of the mind, how it works and how to master the forces that pull it in every direction other than where your ultimate empowerment lies?
Shantarasa training takes students into this most important area of study. When we understand how our mind operates and what power rests within it to make powerful intelligent choices then we can carve and direct a new pathway in life that is not only joyous and fulfilling, but savvy enough to navigate the pitfalls that trip us up. In every course we have conducted this area of study sparks the greatest interest and inspiration.
Are you looking for detailed skill in the asanas (postures) and breath practices that better describes the intention, benefits, and subtle nuances of each pose and sequencing or each breath and its placement?
There is so much practical and refined knowledge embedded within traditional forms of practice often not instructed in contemporary forms. Yogic science is vast and comprehensive in terms of the nature of the human form, all the practices seek to enhance our vitality and dissolve our obstacles to greater wellbeing and sense of life purpose.
Are you also seeking to gain skill in relaxation methods, meditation, and self-inquiry.
Our trainings afford students access to the complete range of practices that together form a powerful path called a “sadhana”- a form of living yoga in your day to day – making life bright.
Are you looking for training that gives you ongoing and extended support as you develop your personal practice, integrate what has been learned and refine your teaching skill?
Shantarasa courses upload all content into an online course space where you can revisit all the study components and practice (asana, pranayama, yoga nidra and meditation) videos and information for an extended period of time. The instructors are available to answer your questions and offer guidance and ongoing support both during and post training. Shantarasa also offers many short courses and in-depth training options to facilitate your ongoing personal and teaching evolution.
Are you looking to bring a more traditional approach to your existing training?
We often enjoy the company of already trained teachers in our courses. They bring a wonderful focus to the training as they are there to go deeper. Also students often resit part of or the entire course more than once. There is so much depth to the content each brush with it generates greater understanding and skill.
Are you looking for a community of yoga practitioners and teachers?
We value community highly. Our graduates and trainees find many ways to come together in person and online to continue this most powerful of all journeys that yoga facilitates. Shantarasa offers a weekly satsang (gathering together to practice) where students across all courses come together to enjoy community.
In short Shantarasa Trainings at every level seek to give you the best of Yoga. Your ongoing access to study and development is also ensured through the wide range of study options on offer. The trainers draw upon a lifetime of immersion in traditional yoga. They have sat with some of the greatest teachers of our times and received personal guidance and instruction in the deep knowledge and practices of the Yogic path. It is their passion to make sure the knowledge is passed forward and is shared in its complete form, in relevant ways that guide and inform individuals in every possible way.
We invite you to visit our website to know the condensed training schedule and full curriculum for this years training