The aim of GaiaTreeYoga TT program is to offer a professional education and to create highly qualified, skilled, competent and deeply motivated new yoga teachers, to support their personal and professional development, and to encourage a conscious and responsible approach to mind, body and the whole human being.

The understanding and practice of asana is the milestone of the program, and is complemented with the study of yoga philosophy, meditation, pranayama, and anatomy.
A considerable feedback is incorporated into all teaching sessions.

CONTENTS:

Week 1 - Silence and Purification

Time for tuning, learning, mauna, introspection, reflection. Personal guidance and follow up. Strong practice, simple vegetarian food, purification through simple kriyas (yogic clensing tecniques). 

• Practice: Ashtanga Led & Mysore
• Philosophy: Hatha Yoga Pradipika / Yamas & Niyamas
• Anatomy & physiology: bones - muscles - nerves
• Bandhas & breath (simple pranayamas)
• Kriyas
• Yogic History
• Students teaching: voice training and building self confidence
  

Week 2 - Knowledge & Wisdom (the path of transformation)

Time for understanding of the teachings and asanas, deepening the philosophy and self introspection.

• Practice: building the bridge from Ashtanga to Vinyasa
• Philosophy: Patanjali Yoga Sutras
• Energetic Anatomy: chakras - nadis - subtle bodies
• Asana details: entering in the heart of yoga
• Restorative Yoga & Yoga Nidra
• Advanced pranayamas
• The secret sound of Mantras
• Students teaching: verbal adjustments & leading the class
  

 Week 3 - Rejoice

Time for stronger practice, students' teaching the class and meditaton, sangha time

• Philosophy: Bhagavad Gita / Kashmir Shaivism 
• Practice: The creativity & dynamics of Vinyasa Flow
• Students teaching:  hands-on adjustments and teaching to mixed level class
• Prenatal Yoga
• Intro to Ayurveda & Yoga Therapy
• Exams & Final ceremony

Typical Daily Schedule

06:00 Morning wake-up
06:30 Kriyas - Meditation - Pranayama
07:00 Yoga practice 
09:00 Breakfast
10:30 Lecture
11:30 The art of Teaching: Practice
13:00 Lunch and rest time
15:30 Lecture
18:00 tea (free) time
19:00 Dinner
20:30 The quest of the next day: spiritual reading followed by Meditation, chanting, Yoga Nidra practice OR Yoga movie

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