Los Angeles Syllabus

Atma Yoga Teacher Training Syllabus:

Los Angeles , April 3 - June 6, 2004

This is the weekend schedule, inaddition to this there will be Yoga practicums Monday through Thursday form 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Week

Date

Lecture -

Sat. & Sun 10:00 AM

Workshop -

1:30 PM

Practicum -

4:00 PM

01

The Big Picture

Saturday April 3, 2004

Orientation - review of course objectives, Origin of the Vedas

"Beyond Science and Religion"

Workshop: intro to slo-deep stretch

Yoga Practicum

01

Sunday April 4, 2004

Introduction to Sri Isopanisad - Studying the Vedas

Workshop: Your new daily practice includes... "om ajnana..."

Yoga Practicum

02

What are the Vedas?

Saturday April 10, 2004

Overview of the Vedas, Searching for Vedic India,
Vedanta philosophy

Open Q&A

Yoga Practicum

02

Sunday April 11, 2004

Yoga Systems and the Vedas

Mirror Meditation

Yoga Practicum

03

Why so many Yogas?

Saturday April 17, 2004

-Yoga Systems (continued)

Watch Memento - discuss Guru, Sadhu, & Shastra

Yoga Practicum

03

Sunday April 18, 2004

Spring Break

 

Yoga Practicum

04

Saturday April 24, 2004

Spring Break

 

Yoga Practicum

04

Sunday April 25, 2004

Spring Break

 

Yoga Practicum

05

Saturday May 1, 2004

Summary: Atma Yoga - an evolutionary leap forward

Samkya System (game of concentration)

Yoga Practicum

05

Yoga Psychology

Sunday May 2, 2004

 Mind as friend - transforming the playing field in favor of spiritual growth

Workshop: internal dialogue and related technologies

Yoga Practicum

06

Saturday May 8, 2004

Training the mind  - The City of Nine Gates

Workshop: Maha pranic purification I

Yoga Practicum

06(special event)

Sunday May 9, 2004

MANTRIC TANTRIC

7:45 AM

Feast and live music after the Tantric

Tantric is from 7:45 am to 6:30 pm

07

Saturday May 15, 2004

Gross anatomy: understanding the nervous system

Subtle anatomy: cakras, nadis, auras and geometry

Yoga Practicum

07

The Body-Mind Connection

Sunday May 16, 2004

Hatha Theory - Bhaktivinoda Thakur's Hatha-yoga and Raja Yoga;
Kundalini Yoga

Workshop: power yoga part 1

Yoga Practicum

08

Saturday May 22, 2004

Review: B. T. Swami's Spiritual Warrior III

Workshop: Pre-Deathing

Yoga Practicum

08

Sunday May 23, 2004

Saad Garbha practicum - studies in Yoga Therapy

Workshop: power yoga part 2

Yoga Practicum

09

Science: East vs. West

Saturday May 29, 2004

Analysis: Anatomy of an Atma Yoga class

Workshop: elements of kundalini and slow deep stretch

Yoga Practicum

09

How and Why We Teach

Sunday May 30, 2004

Human Devolution part 1

Human Devolution Part 2

Yoga Practicum

10

Yoga for Leadership

Saturday June 5, 2004

Workshop: Maha pranic purification II

The mathematics of Infinity

Yoga Practicum

10

Sunday June 6, 2004

Karma Leadership - Lay out 12 steps for a Spiritual Support Network

Yoga for the Organization: Lay out framework for establishing a mutalist dynamic for an organization of our choosing

GRADUATION PARTY!

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