I would like to put out there the idea of asking seniors through to juniors to cover classes as;
• a mark of respect for their extra experience
• to ensure students get the most experienced teachers possible
• to promote concord and good will in the vajrasati community
• to promote a feeling of connection with senior graduates […]
Vajrasati yoga was founded in 2000 by Jim Tarran who trained in ‘Hatha’ and Iyengar Yoga. The study and practice of yoga and Buddhism inspires the school. Graduates from the training become part of a knowledge pool and support network, where the individual never shrinks into the group but the group grows with each […]
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. […]
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: […]
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 […]
Yoga is a small word with a big meaning: it does not mean exercise or flexibility, it simply means ‘union’. It aims at integrating the disparate elements of one’s being on all levels. So, by clarifying the term, we immediately can become aware of why it is possible for yoga to be expressed in so […]
The five Niyamas from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Saucha (shoucha) = Cleanliness/Purify
Santosa (santosha) = Contentment
Svadyaya (svwardyarya) Study/self and scripture
Tapas (tapas) = Discipline/to heat/to burn (root-tap to give out heat, be hot, shine like the sun, undergo austerity
Ishvarapranidana (eeshvaraprandarna) = Surrender to God/ the flow towards enlightenment/the inner voice/ deep ethical intuition/real self/higher […]
Asanas
These are the asanas (poses) on the syllabus with (pronunciations) and English translations
See also term overview of teacher training syllabus
1/ Adho Mukha Svanasana (adho mukha shwvanarsana) down face dog
2/ Adho Mukha Vrksasana (adho mukha vrksharsana) face down tree
3/ Anantasana (anantarsana) the serpent couch of the Lord Vishnu, also meaning the eternal one
4/ Ardha Chandrasana (ardha […]
Students enrolling on the two-year Vajrasati Teacher Training course should be able to commit to the following regular study…
Vajrasati Teacher Training 80 week (8 x 10 week terms) course
Part I: teacher training workshop per week: 4 hours
Tea and reporting in (an update of how our week has been) with a view to deepen our […]
This list of books is highly recommended, both for teacher trainees entering the Vajrasati School of Yoga and yogis who would like to extend their experience above and beyond asana class to evolve a more holistic approach to their yoga practice. Bookmark this page as it will be regularly updated for new inspiration.
Yoga Sutras […]
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