Diploma of Satyananda Yoga
Diploma of Satyananda Yoga Training
The Diploma of Satyananda Yoga Training is an Australian Government accredited course.
This course is for anyone wanting to understand more fully how yoga can enhance their life. While at a professional level this study leads to a high qualification in yoga teaching, at its heart this course is about developing an understanding and relationship with who you really are, so even if you may not want to ultimately teach yoga this should not be a deterrent for you considering enrolling in this course.
2010 Yogic Studies Dates - Rocklyn
Yogic Studies 2 Jul 04 -18
Structure, Time and Commitment
The Diploma of Satyananda Yoga Training is two years in length and nominally containing 1700 hours of study and practice.
The course is broken into four half-year modules. Each module starts with a residential period, for the first three modules it is two weeks and in the final module, three weeks.
During the residential period you have very full days starting with early morning classes, then lectures and practicals going through until early evening.
After the residential, upon returning home, a minimum of 20 hours per week needs to be put aside for a program of defined yogic practice and study.
Yogic Studies 1
The first module provides you with the foundational bodies of knowledge and practices upon which this tradition is based.
The major branches of yoga are introduced: hatha yoga, karma yoga, raja yoga, bhakti yoga and jnana yoga. The technical practices of asana, pranyama, yoga nidra, bandha, mudra and meditation are learnt.
Yogic Studies 2
In the second module, technical practices progress, and concepts from yogic physiology and yogic psychology are introduced.
Topics in Yogic Physiology include nadis, prana, koshas and chakras, while in Yogic Psychology eastern and western understandings of consciousness, mind and awareness are considered.
Yogic Studies 3 & 4 are to be continued at Satyananda Yoga Mangrove Mountain.
The third module introduces practices considered intermediate, along with the primary yoga texts of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, the Bhagavad Gita and Kundalini Tantra.
Yogic Studies 3 ends the in-depth foundation knowledge required before progressing to the Teacher Training module - Yogic Studies 4. Those who do not wish to go on to yoga teaching can receive a Statement of Attainment and then continue to deepen their knowledge and understanding through the Yoga Darshan modules.
Yogic Studies 4
Satyananda Yoga is taught in quite a different way from most yoga styles as instruction is by speaking rather than demonstration. It is also distinguished by the fact that although asana is a significant part of a class, pranayama and meditation are given equal weighting and the focus is on inner experience rather than outer performance.
To obtain the Yogic Studies Course Handbook, including application form, please click here Course Hand Book
Please contact Rocklyn Ashram for further information about Yogic Studies 1 and 2, or to have a chat about the course.
