Mantra, Yantra, Tantra
Advanced Yoga Immersion
A Deeper Exploration for the Dedicated Yogi
Bhom Bhole,
We are very excited to finally offer another advanced course for experienced and enthusiastic yogis who want to take their sadhana and/or their teaching to another level. If you have done a TTC already and really want to learn more, for the love of learning, exploring and growing your yoga, this course is for you!
Course Dates:
October 1-13, 2023 at The Sanctuary Thailand
Cost: $1200 for the course, breakfast and dorm accommodation.
There’s so many fascinating things to explore
When we have accumulated some years of experience in yoga, a wonderful thing happens: our horizons broaden. Years ago when i only did asana, i thought to myself “Is this it? Is this all of yoga?”. I then started searching for the hidden layers of yoga practice beyond asana and eventually uncovered some truly transformative practices. My current favorites are mantra, ritual and breath/internal energy practices. In this workshop, we get a chance to break out of our usual habits and expand our range of possibilities. So, if you want to go beyond the yoga studio practices and get deep, this programme is for you!
Asana & Movement
We will learn how to approach the cultivation of more advanced postures such as headstand, backbends, arm balanced and deep twists
Prana & Pranayama
Each day we have dedicated breath and prana practice , exploring the multiple pranayama practices and how to use them.
Mantra as Yoga
Mantra is pranayama for the mind, creating clarity, insight and connection. We will learn many Sanskrit mantras and how to practice them as a form of yoga
Ritual, Puja and Homa
One of the oldest of all Vedic practices is that of ritual. We will learn what ritual is and how to make our own rituals based on ancient practices
Ayurveda & Health
Knowledge of Ayurveda is a most powerful tool to help us stay healthy and balanced and give us insight into the world around us
Practical Philosophy
Philosophy is useful to us when it applies to our day to day experience of living. We’ll explore aspects of traditional philosophy that we can get our teeth into!
Tantra as Life
Tantra is a much misunderstood practice. We will explore the right-hand path tantra, which is a non-sexual, internal practice of great power and wisdom.
And Much more!
The way we run a course is open ended. We have never run the same course twice, because we ‘go with the flow’ and might find ourselves moving in directions that we didn’t originally plan!
What is required to attend this course?
Because this is an advanced training, we expect you to have a decent familiarity with the essential practices of modern yoga. You need to know the basic sun salute postures, the standing poses, seated poses and most basic and intermediate poses. The fundamentals of doing the basic poses will not be explained. It will be assumed that you know how to do Warrior 2 for example, or Triangle, Pascimottanasana, etc. I want to reserve my power to take things deeper and not repeat beginner level instruction.
We prefer if you have already completed some kind of 200 hour TTC. You need to know at least Ujjayi pranayama and how to use it. You need to be dedicated and focused and be able to maintain engagement in the practices during the course.
You need to have a personal practice, where you spend time outside of a class doing your work. If you have never had a personal practice, please don’t apply or better yet, start one immediately!
What don’t i need to be?
You don’t need to be: an expert, a yoga teacher, or a master of the poses or practices. We’ll work with you where you are currently at in your practice. You do need to be a dedicated lover of yoga and exploration, with an open mind.
How to I apply?
Please fill out the course application form so I can get a sense of where you are in your practice as well as your aims and goals. Then we can have a discussion and make sure the course is a good fit for you and for us.
Hope to see you here in Thailand, on the mat!
Om Shanti
