This month sees a wealth of exciting new developments on the site, with the following new content…
Input from teacher training graduates Beka and Khadine
Seasonal illumination by Jim Tarran
Christmas and New Year class dates
New classes & retreats for 2007
Welcome to the jungle: news and photos from Jim’s Thailand retreat
From Now is the Knowing by the venerable […]
This is the festive season, whether or not you are celebrating one of the religious festivals held at this time of year. The days draw darker up to the solstice and this evokes all kinds of responses in all aspects of nature including us.
It is at this time of year that we need to […]
Vajrasati yoga is a daring and bold enterprise in the yoga world. It has been founded on the basis of a great belief, a belief in the potential of the individual. Many yoga schools are guru based, there is usually a founder who is also set up as an authority figure and revered as such. […]
by the venerable Ajahn Sumedho
‘Sometimes we get too serious about everything, totally lacking in joy and happiness, with no sense of humour, just repressing everything. Gladden the mind, put a smile on your dial!
Be relaxed and at ease, without the pressure of having to achieve anything special — nothing to attain, no big deal, nothing […]
Translated from the Pali by IB Horner
‘Come Bhikkhu, be guarded as to the doors of the sense-organs; having seen a material shape with the eye, do not be entranced with the general appearance, do not grasp at its signs and features; for if one dwells with the organ of sight uncontrolled, covetousness and dejection, […]
Since graduating from the Vajrasati Teacher Training Course, Beka Card has embarked on a personal journey to India to deepen her connection with yoga. Beka will be sharing her experiences in a regular diary. This is her insightful first entry…
November 2006, India
It is perhaps, out of curiosity that those who are training to be a […]
After a long-haul flight, two-hour bus ride, one hour on a boat and a half-hour trek through the jungle, you need a yoga holiday to unwind!
But even half an hour (enough time to sip on a fresh coconut, suck up a fresh paw-paw, change into your bikini and dive into the bath-temperature lake) at Rai […]
To retain your Vajrasati membership and certification, you need to fulfill the following criteria:
* Attendance at annual exchange of learning day and Vajrasati teachers’ workshop.
* Maintain regular contact with Vajrasati yoga members and with Jim.
(Please notify if there is any change of address or change of class cost, time location as well of any new […]
Vajrasati teacher training syllabus overview, with asanas, mantra and pranayama practices covered in each term
See also teacher training syllabus with pronunciations and translations
TERM 1: 5 BASIC STANDINGS, 3 BASIC STANDING FORWARD BENDS
TERM 2: 5 BASIC SEATED FORWARD BENDS, 9 FLOOR POSES
TERM 3: INVERSIONS AND VARIATIONS + 9 SUPINE/PRONE POSES
TERM 4: BACKBENDS AND TWISTS
TERM 5: […]
New classes, class time changes and retreats from Vajrasati teachers for 2007…
Anita Hall will be starting a new class for the over 60s in Lewes
Anita’s caring sensitive style will make these classes both warm and relaxing, as well as providing all the support and guidance for all students to develop and deepen a regular […]
To qualify as a Vajrasati teacher, level one, students must have:
1/ Attended all terms with a maximum of two sessions missed from each (missed sessions must be researched and relevant information and work caught up with).
2/ Completed and handed in all homework
3/ Attended all end of block assessments
4/ Attended and satisfactorily taught final two […]
The final Vajrasati teacher training assessment
To be awarded the Vajrasati Teacher training certificate, students must:
1/ Have successfully met with all the criteria as highlighted by the Vajrasati conditions of graduation document and be demonstrably aware of points one to six therein.
2/ Compose and teach a Pranayama class to be assessed by senior Vajrasati member […]
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