Study Focus SF-03 Karmendriyas & Jnanendriyas Study Focus SF-03 Karmenrdiyas-Jnanendriyas (organs of action and senses of perception) This subject provides a range of audio class recordings and class notes for practice enquiry along with articles to explore the organs of action and senses of perception. Access is for a 10 week period from enrolment. Thus, […]
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CA-1. Class Archive is a repository of classes taught by Alan Goode based on the syllabus at Yoga Mandir. It contains selected classes at all levels (Foundation, Developing and Established), as well as Pranayama, Slow Paced and Restorative classes. The practitioner level class recordings are included so that students can experience all levels of practice.
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Introducing Sadhana (practice) is an independent practice program for students with Iyengar Yoga experience wishing to establish a home practice and requires a commitment to a regular practice of between 15-30 minutes per day as well as the reading and study material provided. Lifetime enrollment…
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In 2021 Iyengar Yoga Australia (IYA) updated the Teachers Certification Handbook (TCH) with details of the new assessment structure. The following statement is reproduced from the TCH page 15-16 … ‘A Level 2 teacher may begin to mentor up to 2 trainees under the supervision of a Level 3 or above registered Teacher Trainer who
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Iyengar writes Pranayama may be broadly divided into two categories: (a) When there is no digital control over the nostrils. (b) When the thumb and two fingers of the right hand are used to regulate and control the flow of breath through the nose. This is called digitally controlled pranayama. Moreover, this pranayama is of
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BKS Iyengar writes ‘In order to understand this simplicity of the consciousness and purity of the Self, one needs a matured knowledge (paripakva jnana). We go to educational institutions to acquire knowledge. But to learn yoga, the institution is not outside. You have to step into your own university within the body, the mind and
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T-Ph21 looks at the link between asana and pranayama and considers prana and the vayus. An extensive range of articles drawn from diverse sources along with video extracts makes this a valuable resource. ‘All vibrating energies are prana. All physical energies such as heat, light, gravity, magnetism, and electricity are also prana. It is the
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‘When the contemplator and the object of contemplation become one, then the seer and the seen become inseparable and one. With the blending together of the subject (meditator) and the object (meditated upon), they become one and this is samadhi. Thus, dharana, dhyana and samadhi are interconnected and intermingled. Patanjali coins a technical term, ”
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‘Yoga psychology acknowledges that whilst we exist as a physical entity, we are ultimately much more than our body. In the Yoga Sutras, Patanjali has classified five layers or kosas to our existence. Our physical presence is undeniable but this is merely the outer layer. The second layer is the physiological form or energetic form.
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‘Anu means with, along with or connected: also in an orderly succession. Anuloma, therefore, means in regular gradation, with the hair (loma = hair), along the grain or in natural order. In Anuloma Pranayama, inhalation is done through both nostrils and exhalation alternately through either nostril. Prati means opposite. This type of Pranayama is the
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