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Man’s supreme potential unfolds in the state of Yoga. Yoga is the revelation of perfect clarity, limitless intelligence, lasting peace, and freedom in action. Yoga practice – culminating in the heights of wisdom and compassion – can be defined as those processes that enable us to become what, in our heart of hearts, we aspire to be. Written in 200 B.C., Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra is the singular text that illumines the path of Yoga more clearly and systematically than anything before or after.

The transcendent wisdom of the Sutras integrates the sciences of awakening body, mind, breath, soul, spirit, and creator. The word ‘Sutra’ means “thread”. The text is called the Yoga Sutra because it threads together all the diverse teachings of Yoga into a single body of knowledge. While the Sutras are intended to be practical, its scope and precision requires the guidance of the highest kind of teacher to reveal its subtle and hidden power. Study of the Sutras accelerates the journey of personal growth as it deepens understanding of the Divine potential of Yoga and life. By illuminating the practices, challenges, purpose and potential of Yoga as a spiritual journey, the Sutras map the path to realizing life’s most precious treasures.

This five-day practice and Yoga Teacher Training Intensive is open to all interested students. Designed to enrich dedicated practitioners, aspiring teachers, or those already teaching.

The 3-hour morning practices, led by Rod, are devoted to unfolding a particular teaching of the Yoga Sutras. Emphasizing direct experience these sessions survey the most relevant and powerful themes of the Sutras by weaving together dynamic Asana, Vinyasa, Pranayama, and meditation practices.

In the afternoon session, we will deepen our exploration through lectures, additional practices, and Q & A sessions. Our focus is to outline Yoga’s path toward self-mastery, and how Yoga can, if properly understood and practiced, remove those things that keep us from experiencing our highest aspirations. As a whole, the Training aims to exalt teachers and non-teachers alike by providing a vision to see oneself and one’s practice (and/or one’s students’ practice) with sublime understanding, compassion, and crystal-like clarity.

Some topics we cover include:
• The Effect of Correct Practice and its Aim
• Refinement of the Practices Outlined in the Sutras
• The Constituent Parts and Nature of Mind
• The Causes of Suffering and the Means to Reduce Them
• Pranayama and the Mind
• Patanjali’s Teaching on the Three Paths of Yoga (Mild, Medium and Intense)
• The Role of Faith in Affecting Practice
• Practices for Self-Reflection and Self-Inquiry
• The Different Aims of Particular Approaches to Meditation
• The Tantra of the Yoga Sutras
• Mysticism and Spirituality: Beyond the Psychology of the Yoga Sutras

Recommended Reading:
Four Chapters on Freedom by Swami Satyananda Saraswati

***Please note: This training will be filmed and later edited for use as part of the ParaYoga Master Training Online Curriculum. Due to space limitations and other considerations the training will be limited to twenty-two participants. This will facilitate an intimate training and learning environment. Furthermore, to support the learning process we, at ParaYoga, are doing all we can to ensure that the production will have as little impact as possible on the participants and the overall training experieence (e.g. there will no camera operators – only video cameras – in the classroom).

All participants in this training will be eligible to access and be part of the same program in the online format – once it is launched – at no charge.

By registering for the training, you are giving your consent to be filmed and be seen in the video. You will receive a release form in your registration confirmation email, which will need to be signed and emailed to the ParaYoga office in order to complete your registration process. Once we have received a signed copy of your release form, you will receive final notification, confirming that you are enrolled in the training.

Due to the limited enrollment early registration will be vital to guarantee your space in the training. Please do not make travel arrangements until you have received this confirmation from the ParaYoga office.

For all additional details, registrations, and logistic information, please see the ParaYoga website.”