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HathaYogaTeacherTraining(HYTT)300-HourProgramCourseOutline:Pranayama,SanskritLanguageandMantraCoreModule–40HoursCOURSEDESCRIPTIONVibrationsstartwithsound,whichinturnbeginswiththeuniversalmantraOM.TodeepenyouroverallpracticeandraiseyourenergylevelslearntorecognizeSanskritlettersandtheirassociatedpronunciations.Commonmispronunciationsthatrangefromnamesofasanastomantraswillbeshared.TheMantraportionwillexpandagainfromOmtoexploreallthemaintypesofmantras.Thecoursewillalsoteachhowtousemantrasinyourasanaandpranayamapracticeandasapracticeofitsown.Chantingmantrasincreasesone’svibratorylevel;thiswillbeexploredbothphilosophicallyandpractically.Pranayama,controllingonesenergy,mostoftenbycontrollingthebreathisapurifyingpracticetohelpdevelopclearinsightsintoone’sownself.Thecoursewillhelpparticipantscreatearegularpracticetounderstandanddeepentheexperienceofpranayama.Therewillbeanin-depthstudyoftheeffectsofpranayamaonthebodyandmind,throughbothyogicandscientificapproaches,withanemphasisontheclassicaltextsofHathaandRajaYoga.Participantswillbeexpectedtopracticeandjournalregularlybetweenthetwocourseweekends.Participantswillalsolearnhowtoteachthepractices.LEARNINGOBJECTIVES

1. AbilitytorecogniselettersinSanskritandtheirassociatedsounds.

2. DeeperunderstandingofMantrapracticeandphilosophy.

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3. GaininganunderstandingofPranayama,aswellasaproficiencyin

practicingandteachingit.TheoveralloutcomeofthismoduleistofacilitateenjoymentoforiginalyogictextsinSanskrit,mantrasandpranayama.PRE-REQUSITEREADING---ASSIGNMENTParticipantswillberequiredtofilloutaspiritualreflectionbetweensessions.ENROLLMENTThiscourseisopentothegeneralpublic.6monthsto1yearofregularyogapracticeisrecommendedforparticipation.COURSECOST$650+HST