Yoga Passport Program

(Theory and Practice of Yoga)

A Comprensive Document for Use

At

Divine Yoga Institute

Kathamandu
Nepal

Authored by

Thakur Krishna Uprety

(Sannyasi Vsishnuswaroop)
 YOGA TEACHER TRAINING IN COMBINATION
WITH YOGA PASSPORT PROGRAM
INTRODUCTION:
One of the objectives of Satyananda Yoga Centre
is to organize various yoga programs in general in
line with the Satyananda Yoga tradition in a
systematic way. Divine Yoga Institute, an annex of
Satyananda Yoga Centre, primarily runs various
yogic teaching and training programs with due
focus on yogic/natural life style. The objective of all
teaching and training programs is to properly
impart yogic skill and knowledge to yoga
participants on both theoretical and practical levels
so that their practical skills and knowledge in yoga
are enhanced.
ASPECTS OF YOGIC PRACTICE:
Keeping this view in mind, Yoga Teacher’s
Training Program is designed to give a
comprehensive theoretical and practical
knowledge of yoga including its various aspects of
fundamental practice i.e. Asana (posture),
Pranayama (breath control), Mudra (psychic
gesture), Bandha (psychic locks), Shatkarma
(yogic cleansing), Vishrama (Relaxation),
Dharana (Concentration) and Dhyana
(Meditation).
This program is for those individuals and yoga
participants/teachers:
• Firstly, who are highly motivated in learning
and practicing yoga properly in a scientific way and
are ready to sincerely apply it to their day to day
living for their good health, happiness, and a
tension free living
• Secondly, who want to deepen their feelings
and experience through the practice of various
aspects of yoga mentioned above and
• Thirdly, who are sincerely willing to teach
other people in their community/country who are
interested in learning yogic practices for their good
health, happiness and harmonious living.
METHOD OF TEACHING:
In this program a personalized teaching (as far as
possible) and yogic training is given to yoga
participants in small group (usually 2 to 3
participants in a class) best suited to their physical
constitution, age, requirements and limitation. One
should go through practical Yoga sessions (learning
with the Master and revising the learnt practices
everyday as instructed) over a period of 8 to 10
weeks. The lessons, which include all aspects of
yoga above, are properly graded in Nine Levels that
form a matrix of fundamental structure of yogic
practice giving each and every benefit of yoga to the
participant in a summarized way. The various levels
including all aspects of yoga and their practices
make a complete integrated program which is
necessary for an individual with a busy life involving
in various worldly activities.
BENEFITS OF THE PROGRAM:
After completing several levels through proper
learning and practice, each participant in this YTT
program would feel and experience certain changes
within oneself through the practice of various
aspects of yoga under the direct guidance and
instructions of the Yoga Master.
Another great advantage of this program is that you
will be receiving various groups of programs both
shorter and longer for your daily practice.
Depending upon your need of a particular practice
and the length of time available for you each day
after the completion of your training with us, you will
be quite flexible to choose any one of the programs
suitable for your daily practice. In this way the
shortest program is of half an hour and the longest
is of two hours. Every program is complete in itself
with its specific objective and benefits. You can
derive equal benefit from each of the level/program
if practiced properly as instructed. For this whether
the program is shorter or longer you are required to
practice your program with proper technique,
synchronization of breath, and awareness on the
bodily movements and effects of the each and every
yogic exercise throughout the practice.
Yoga Teacher Training Program gives you following
benefits while you go through it:
• You will have a good theoretical and practical
understanding of yoga, its importance and
relevance of practical application in your daily life for
your happy, healthy and harmonious living.
• After a few weeks of regular practice, you will
definitely feel and experience some positive change
on your physical, mental and emotional levels i.e.
light body, freshness of mind, relaxed emotions and
efficiency in your working activities and dynamism.
• If you have any general physical
problems/diseases then the yogic practice you
receive may be focused on your specific
need/problem. Many of the problems would just go
away as the result of your regular and proper
practice of yoga. Please note that yoga does not go
together with those people who are irregular and
lazy in their practice.
• This program helps qualify you to become a
good yoga teacher with your own practical
knowledge and experience that you gain through
the training and yogic practice under our instruction
and guideline.
 SUMMARY OF THE PROGRAM

Level 1: TT Course Primary Level Level 7: TT Course Intermediate Level

Asana Back & Spine Practices Asana Intermediate Group of Asanas
Pranayama Natural Breathing (Preparation for Classical asana
Mudra China Mudra practice)
Relaxation Relaxation in Shavasana Pranayama Nadi Shodhana Pranayama (Psychic
Concentration Insight Meditation: Awareness Network Purification) Technique 1 -
& Feeling of Major Bodily Parts Preparatory practice
Mudra Hridaya Mudra (Heart Gesture)
Level 2 : TT Course Primary Level Bandha Jalandhara Bandha (Neck Lock)
Asana Foundation Practice - Group 1 Concentration
Pranayama Abdominal Breathing & Meditation Ajapa-japa – Technique 1, 2 and 3
Bharamari Pranayama Shatkarma Laghu Shankaprakshalana (Short
Mudra Jnana Mudra version)
Relaxation Relaxation with Breath Awareness
Concentration Insight Meditation: Awareness of Level 8: TT Course Advance Level
Breath inside the Nostrils Asana Intermediate and Classical Group of
Asanas
Level 3: TT Course Primary Level Pranayama Nadi Shodhana Pranayama (Psychic
Asana Foundation Practice - Group 2 Network Purification) Technique 2 –
Pranayama Thoracic Breathing Alternate Nostril Breathing (with
Kapalbhati Pranayama counting)
Mudra Bhairavi Mudra Mudra Prana Mudra (Invocation of Energy)
Relaxation Short Yoga Nidra Practice Ashvini Mudra (Horse Gesture)
Concentration Bandha Moola Bandha
& Meditation Insight Meditation: Awareness of Concentration
Breath on the Navel Area and Its & Meditation Antar Mauna (Inner Silence)
Movement
Shatkarma Agnisar Kriya (Activation of
Level 4: TT Course Primary Level Digestive Fire)
Asana Foundation Practice - Group 3
Pranayama Clavicular Breathing Level 9: TT Course Advance Level
Shivananda Pranayama Asana Classical Group of Asanas (Long
Mudra Bhairaba Mudra Program)
Relaxation Short Yoga Nidra Practice Pranayama Nadi Shodhana Pranayama
(Psychic Network Purification)
Concentration Technique 3: with Antar
& Meditation Insight Meditation: Awareness of Kumbhaka (Inner Retention)
Bodily Sensations Mudra Shanmukhi Mudra (Closing the
Seven Gates)
Level 5: TT Course Intermediate Level Bandha Uddiyana Bandha (Abdominal
Asana Preparatory Group of Asanas Contraction)
(Preparation for Higher Asana Concentration
Practice) & Meditation Japa Yoga (Mantra Sadhana)
Pranayama Yogic Breathing
Shitali and Shitkati Pranayamas Shatkarma Trataka (Concentrated Gazing)
Mudra Nasikagra Mudra (Nosetip Position)
Concentration Level 10: TT Course Advance Level
& Meditation Insight Meditation: Kaya Sthairyam Asana Classical Group of Asanas
(Stabilizing body) Short Program – 1
Shatkarma Neti (Theory and practice) Short Program – 2
Review of all previous Asanas
Level 6: TT Course Intermediate Level Pranayama Review of all previous Pranayamas
Asana Surya Namaskara (Yogic Technique Mudra Review of all previous Mudras
of Solar Revitalization) Bandha Review of all previous Bandhas
Pranayama Anuloma viloma Pranayama Relaxation Review of Yoga Nidra
(Alternate Nostril Breathing)
Mudra Shambhavi Mudra (Eyebrow Centre Concentration
Gazing) & Meditation Review of All Previous Techniques
Concentration of Concentration and Meditation
& Meditation Insight Meditation: Awareness of Shatkarma Practice of Neti, Kunjal & Laghu
Body, Breath and Sensations Shankaprakshalana in General &
Shatkarma Kunjal (Theory and practice) Their Therapeutic Application