Dharamsala
Dharamsala is located in Northern India, famous for mountain ranges, waterfalls and splendid forests across Himachal Pradesh. Word Dharamsala is a combination of Dharma and shālā, thus an approximate translation into English would be ‘spiritual dwelling’ or, further loosely a ‘sanctuary’. Dharamsala is the center of the Tibetan refugee realm in India.
The mystical influence of Dharmasala will empower one to fully immerse themselves in their yoga training, their learning, their sense of ‘self’. It provides good-quality air which is essential for yoga practices, meditation especially intensive pranayama.
It is being settled over 2500m on top of water level, and hence its climate is ideal for getting trained during the summer months. For those of you who are longing for an inspiration and to actually get immensely immersed in learning and wisdom of each pore of your surroundings, our Yoga Center in Dharamsala in North India is ideal for you.
Sitting within the shadows of the Dhauladhar ranges of the mountain chain, the attractive mountains frame a most breathless, pristine scenery for a town whose name precisely gets interpreted as ‘spiritual dwelling’. It is named so because it has served as home to the Dalai Lama and lots of other Tibetan seekers seeking peace post-uprising during the mid-20th century.
The word Dharamsala refers to a shelter or building for religious pilgrims. historically, such Dharamsala (pilgrims’ rest houses) were usually created close to pilgrims’ destinations (often in remote areas) to provide them an area to stay during nights. Especially in the view of Buddhism, a Dharamsala can be used as a hall for conference or discussions preaching sermons.
For those of you who are longing for an inspiration and to actually get immensely immersed in learning and wisdom of each pore of your surroundings, our Yoga Center in Dharamsala in North India is ideal for you. Sitting within the shadows of the Dhauladhar ranges of the mountain chain, the attractive mountains frame a most breathless, pristine scenery for a town whose name precisely gets interpreted as ‘spiritual dwelling’. It is named so because it has served as home to the Dalai Lama and lots of other Tibetan seekers seeking peace post-uprising during the mid-20th century.
The word Dharamsala refers to a shelter or building for religious pilgrims. historically, such Dharamsala (pilgrims’ rest houses) were usually created close to pilgrims’ destinations (often in remote areas) to provide them an area to stay during nights. Especially in the view of Buddhism, a Dharamsala can be used as a hall for conference or discussions preaching sermons.
The word Dharamsala refers to a shelter or building for religious pilgrims. historically, such Dharamsala (pilgrims’ rest houses) were usually created close to pilgrims’ destinations (often in remote areas) to provide them an area to stay during nights. Especially in the view of Buddhism, a Dharamsala can be used as a hall for conference or discussions preaching sermons.
Most of the pilgrims have visited this enchanting and divine land vividly revealing what draws so many people to it. The unusual feel of its atmosphere is profound while the sounds from the Tibetan monasteries ring with such vivacity that anyone will feel the soul of energy, drawing on an aboriginal essence from deep within.
One of the topmost attractions of Dharamsala is Triund hill commonly known as the Jewel of Dharamsala. Triund is a one-day trek at the higher reaches of McLeod Ganj, around 9km from McLeod Ganj.
The 200-Hour Ashtanga YTTC in Dharamsala
The YTT is being intended around safe-practice, proper alignment postures adopted by Mr.BKS Iyengar. Iyengar helped to generate yoga accessibility to everyone, by breaking down alignment and introducing props to assist an area for those who wouldn’t be able to reach or practice otherwise.
The yoga course generates the well-established foundation for yoga students to know the reason behind the flow of asanas – from Sun Salutations to standing poses, sitting poses, backward bending and inversions as a sample. They’re going to learn to make their own intelligent sequences and have a proper understanding of alignment, posture, breath, and flow of movement.
Course Workshops include:
Pranayama and Kriya courses
Understanding the various breath techniques, each active and passive, making sure that you stay within your limits and expands your capacity in safe and gradual manner.
Teaching Methodology and Ethics
Ways to run your own school of yoga, and be the simplest yoga teacher. Learning voice pitch/control/recognition, understanding your own personality and learn the art of handling a roomful of strangers while sleekly grabbing their attention. You will learn tips and tricks in structuring and design your sessions as per the need of the hour.
Philosophy and History of Yoga classes
Learning additional benefits and the origins of Yoga, its ethics, and ethical codes, what the word ‘Ashtanga’ actually suggests and the means to include these ideas into your day to day life, and also into each day of your students.
Meditation classes
Daily meditation sessions using a variety of completely different ways of meditation: Dynamic, Passive, Active, Sunset etc.
Our Ashtanga Yoga Teacher Training in Dharamsala is a combination of active involvement (Yang) and passive awareness (Yin), fitness and witness, in which physical practice merges with the delicate, religious and divine force of creative thinking, where activities were meant to support the deep relaxation techniques. In alternative words, the main aim of yoga is to maintain a balance between our active and passive energies.
People who have practiced different kinds of yoga for a short time and has developed an interest to be a part of it or want to travel deeper into the sphere of Yoga qualify for this course. The program is intended in such the way that even a beginner with very little expertise can attend yoga teacher training in Dharamsala and get motivated by it. Participants who are not wishing to become a yoga teacher but want to become union and experience of being an individual, possess a life remodeling expertise with diet, right movement, right sleep, holy atmosphere and overall a disciplined yogic life can be part of this course. This course in Dharmasala is meant for sincere students who experience yoga out of their deep study and overflowing joy their teaching springs out naturally. Our well trained certified teacher’s team is there to support and facilitate that transformation.
What to expect from the Ashtanga Yoga Teacher Training in Dharamsala?
The objective of the YTTC in Dharamsala is to offer starters and experienced Yoga students with good technical and theoretical expertise. This may modify them to perform Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga Primary Series with perfection and proper alignment. YTT in Dharamsala can equip participants to be fully self-reliant and prepared to run their own yoga schools at the best standards.
Students learn a unique combination of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga and Iyengar alignment principles. Every morning, students begin the day with Kriyas for purification and cleansing of mind and body. This training provides a decent foundation for the ashtanga vinyasa yoga. At the starting of the course, the ashtanga vinyasa class is led by senior trainees, later students do their own self-practice.
The concept of classes in the middle of the day changes every week; going from yoga philosophy to meditation and physiology. On top of that, students can also have marketing classes on request, during which they get tips on how to promote themselves as yoga teachers and how to do marketing for their future yoga centers.
The afternoon schedule starts every day with the teaching methodology. Students learn all postures in detail not only to enhance their own practice, however, most significantly to help others, their future students, to get into and be correctly aligned in each and every posture. At the noon yoga classes, participants get introduced to other yoga styles, i.e. Vinyasa flow, Yin yoga, hatha yoga or restorative yoga.
The day is concluded with an evening meditation. From the second week of the yoga teacher training in Dharamsala, students actively participate in training as well as adjusting others during the classes. This gives students and future yoga teachers the best opportunity to learn how to teach in a very supportive, open and safe environment. After completion of yoga teacher training in Dharamsala, students are trained as well as confident enough to start their career as yoga teachers and lead yoga training sessions.
The Ashtanga Primary Series is introduced, taught and practiced daily and alignment and adjustment classes are held, using BKS Iyengar’s methods of safe-practice with postures. Our instructors will share their knowledge on how to utilize these postures to the best of your ability and improve upon your practice in a harmless, controlled way. It is also a good platform for those of you who wish to take on the 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Course and further develop your knowledge and skills.
All participants are trained by Yoga Alliance Certified Trainers with years of experience and teaching many sorts of yoga. You will go forth from this course with a brand new understanding of yoga, a new awareness of self-practice, but most importantly, new ways of ‘seeing your SELF’.
The course fees for 200-Hour Ashtanga YTTC are 699 USD without food and accommodation, and 999 USD with food and accommodation.
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