Your Self revealed! Your Self remembered! In Sanskrit, Kosha means “sheath” or “veil.” These sheaths are essentially our “outer coverings” that provide a format for us to understand and experience our individual-ness, as well as provide us with the physical, energetic, mental, and causal structures to help us evolve.

Whether you are a practitioner, teacher, or one who inspires, gain mastery over your physical and energetic bodies and clear your space for more effective transformation and transmission. Together we go to the heart of Yoga by expanding your light so that you can ignite the light of others. Become more than a yoga teacher. Become an innovator so you can teach from a place of deeper “knowing.” More advanced asana, pranayama, meditation, and healing techniques will be introduced, with an emphasis on the experiential aspects.

Topics include:

Understand how the 5 sheaths of consciousness, the koshas, really work and take a journey from your ego to your soul.

Learn how to unearth and purify the unconscious material stored in each the Koshas through asana, pranayama, meditation, kriya, and yoga nidra

Go to the deepest, most subtle, aspects of the koshas through Yoga Nidra (Yogic Sleeping) to allow power of soul to support all of your endeavors.

Koshas - Journey Through the Layers from Self to Soul Required Reading:

Yoga Nidra, Swami Satyananda Saraswati

Yoga Nidra, Richard Miller

Koshas - Journey Through the Layers from Self to Soul Suggested Reading:

At the Eleventh Hour, Pandit Rajmani Tigunait

Yoga for Transformation, Gary Kraftsow

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For information on the second part of this 200-hour module, click below:

Also See: 100-Hour Weekend Practicum Series

Tantra says, “Yatha pindande, tatha brahmande—Whatever is in the body is also in the universe.” Learn how to recognize the Universal Truth expressed in your body - your personal roadmap and toolbox to understanding.  As you refine your listening, you gain access to more of your Highest Self, allowing you to be a larger conduit for Joy and Resplendence.  As you become softer and  more still, you hear the voice of your more subtle anatomy.  Discover deep communication as you embody the "mind" of your different physical systems (bones, muscles, connective tissue, organs, etc…) By taking this potent and subtle journey into Self as Body,  converse with the space between the cells as the pathway to ultimate healing.  Learn how to practice, teach, and heal from your Dhi, your clear and receptive heart.  This immersion also addresses yoga as healer by refining our ability to see, listen, and touch.  Explore the healing power of touch as you experience and embody delicious hands-on adjustments.

Topics Include:

• Learn to listen through your Systems Anatomy
• Practice the art of refined touch - yoga teacher as healer - to reach different systems of the body
• Use of System Anatomy themes and bhavana for clearer transmission and practice
• Explore classroom and communication dynamics by understanding the different “minds” of the room
• Delve deeper as you expand and refine your concept of Ahimsa (non-violence)

Investment:

875 | $775 until October 31* 

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Required Reading:
Yoga Nidra - Swami Satyananda Saraswati
Yoga Anatomy -- Leslie Kaminoff, Amy Matthews

Suggested Reading:
Yoga Sutras -The Secret of Yoga Sutras - Pandit Rajmani Tigunait
Yoga Sutras - Practice of Yoga Sutras - Pandit Rajmani Tigunait
Sensing, Feeling, and Action - Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen

 The foundation of an alchemical yoga practice is skillful use of Prana.  In this immersion, we will take our sadhana to a whole new level where Yoga is management of the energetic body (Pranamaya Kosha).  Sequencing (Vinyasa Krama) through the lens of prana has the power to clear and heal every layer of your being - physically, mentally, and vibrationally.  This increased level of clarity will allow you to bring your highest Self more fully into every aspect of your life, both on and off the mat.  More advanced pranayama, meditation, yoga nidra and healing techniques will be introduced, with an emphasis on the experiential aspects.

Topics Include:

• Exploration of the concept of the Prana, Space, and Life Force
• Developing and inspiring your personal practice and/or teaching
• Tantra as alchemy: Understanding and application of Tantric teachings and techniques in asana, pranayama, and meditation
• Understanding and applying the bio-energetics of asana and pranayama
• Adhikara, sequencing, vinyasa krama and use of themes and bhavana for clearer transmission
• Find your voice: Application of the Yoga Scriptural Texts, i.e. Yoga Sutras, Shiva Sutras, Upanishads, and Bhaghavad Gita
• Alchemical integration with Yoga Nidra

Investment:

$875 | $775 until February 28

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Required Reading:
The Upanishads(Prashna Upanishad) - Eknath Easwaran
Yoga Nidra - Swami Satyananda Saraswati
Yoga and Ayurveda - Dr. David Frawley

Suggested Reading:
Tantra Unveiled - Pandit Rajmani Tigunait
Yoga Sutras - Practice of Yoga Sutra Pandit Rajmani Tigunait

The Art of Transformation Part II:
Chakras, Kundalini and the Path of Self-Healing

November 8-12
Wednesday-Sunday | 9-6pm
Yoga Tree Potrero Hill

In Tantra, yoga is used as a daily energy management tool through the control and mastery of prana (intelligent life force). Using the alchemy of asana, pranayama, and meditation, you will work with the nadis, chakras, vayus, agni, and kundalini in this 45-hour immersion. You'll begin to clear the space at the subtle body level, transforming your physical, mental, and emotional bodies.

Together, we will map out and apply techniques to cultivate balance in your nadis and chakras, and build and harness your agni (transformational fire) to create permanent change in your life. Learn how to work with chakras through Laya Yoga (yoga of dissolving), to free yourself of physical, mental, and emotional baggage. Practice asana from the “mind of the endocrine system” for a unique and powerful experience as you delve even deeper into the mystical aspects of your nervous system.

Topics Include:

o Demystifying kundalini
o Exploration and experience of your central channel aka sushumna nadi
o Understanding chakras as way to understand our tendencies
o Balancing energy channels and polarities in body and mind (nadis)
o Everyday application of dual/non-dual philosophies
o The mystical endocrine system and how the glands relate to our chakras
o The path from agni (fire) to tejas (radiance) to sri (seeing the world as beauty and bliss)
o Healing techniques and worldview to support your transformation as you live in the real world
o The power of yoga nidra

Investment:

$875 | $775 until October 8

The Art of Transformation Part I: Sun, Moon, Fire | Everyday Techniques for Enlightened Living
 

May 17-21, 2017
Wednesday-Sunday | 9-6pm
Yoga Tree Potrero Hill

From conception to the present moment, your prana (intelligent life force) has been the leading voice. In Tantra, yoga is used as a daily energy management tool through the control and mastery of prana. In Sri Yoga™, this module helps you begin to clear the space at the subtle body level to transform your life physically, mentally, and emotionally.

Explore the fundamentals of energy (prana) management in this 45-hour training. Learn how to employ the three main practices of yoga: Lunar (steady the mind), Solar (build physical and mental stamina), and Fire (transformation) to change your life for the better—now. Expect transformation on all levels and dimensions as together we explore and support our physical, mental, emotional, spiritual bodies.

Investment:

$875 | $775 until April 17

The Art of Transcendence

Wake Up and Manifest Your Resplendent Life!

“You can’t always get what you want.” Or can you? In this training we discuss the 4 states of consciousness: Awake, Dreaming, Deep Sleep and Turiya. Investigate how the mind works, storyboarding the movie of your life. Unearth the parts of us that sabotage (vikalpas) and learn how you can replace those parts with your heart’s desire (sankalpa). Experience technologies such as mantra meditation and Yoga Nidra (yogic sleep) and why they are powerful tools in helping you manifest your more expanded reality, as well tools to help you reduce stress and gain clarity. 

This session will help you become a clearer channel for all that you seek, as you learn techniques that you can apply to your classroom, as well as techniques only appropriate for your personal practice.

This is part two of our 500-Hour Module: "The Art of Transcendence" and will take place at Yoga Tree.

Topics include:

How to manifest your Intentions and break the cycle of self sabotage
Karma and transcending your “story, aka “ego”
The Art of Sankalpa/vikalpa- Intention and Manifestation
Yoga Nidra, lucid dreaming, and the unconscious mind
Discover your Dharma, your life’s purpose
Experience daily transformational classes using asana, pranayama, kriya, mantra, yoga nidra, and meditation

Registration:  https://goo.gl/PnIvMK

Schedule:
November 2-6, 2016
Wednesday-Sunday | 9-6pm
$875 | $775 until October 2
Yoga Tree Potrero

Required Texts:

Yoga Nidra, Swami Satyananda Saraswati  

Yoga Nidra, Richard Miller

The Path of Fire and Light Volume 2, Swami Rama

The Four Desires by Rod Stryker

Suggested Additional Texts:

The Four Desires Supplemental CD, Rod Stryker

Go here for information on registering for the first part of this 500-hour module: Part 1 - Journey Through the Layers From Self to Soul.

September 2016

Tuition is $880, $790 if you enroll on or before 8/25.

In this 45 hour training, you will gain more mastery over your physical and energetic bodies to clear your space for more effective transmission. Become more than a yoga teacher. Become an innovator and conduit for the deeper teachings of yoga. In this mini-immersion, you will have an opportunity to take your practice and understanding of the yoga teachings to a new, experiential level, enabling you to teach from a place of deep “knowing.” We will go to the heart of Yoga by expanding your light so that you can ignite the light of others. By transcending our limiting beliefs and Ego, we learn to walk our talk and take our yoga off the mat in a practical way. More advanced asana, pranayama, meditation, and healing techniques will be introduced, with an emphasis on the experiential aspects.
 
Topics Include:

• Learn how to purify the Koshas (Yoga’s view on the 5 layers of being Human) through asana, pranayama, meditation, and yoga nidra
• Understand how the 5 sheaths of consciousness, the koshas, really work
• Unearth the unconscious material stored in your physical and subtle anatomy and the mind through the use of asana, pranayama and kriya.
• Experience how Yoga Nidra helps to close the gap between intention and manifesting your soul’s purpose

Book List:
Yoga Nidra by Swami Satyananda Saraswati
Path of Fire and Light Volume 2 by Swami Rama
The Upanishads (any translation)
Yoga Nidra by Richard Miller

Suggested Additional Texts:
The Four Desires - supplemental CD

This course provides 45 Yoga Alliance® CEUs

This course is Part 1 of Sri Yoga's "The Art of Transcendence" module in the 500-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification Program. To learn more about Sri Yoga's 500-Hour Teacher Training, visit: http://www.sriyogaretreats.com/500-hour-certification/

Tuition is $880, or $790 if you enroll on or before 8/25.

If you are a member of Yoga Garden San Francisco you receive 10% off the regular price of this workshop. 

Schedule: 
Wednesday, September 14, 2016, from 9:00am - 6:00pm
Thursday, September 15, 2016, from 9:00am - 6:00pm
Friday, September 16, 2016, from 9:00am - 6:00pm
Saturday, September 17, 2016, from 12:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Sunday, September 18, 2016, from 12:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Patanjali talks about sukha, “good space” and dukha, “bad space” inside our body/mind. Deepen your understanding behind the science of asana and learn how to clear your space in order to be a more effective conduit for joy (jyoti) and resplendence (sri). Increase your sensitivity and begin to more easily access your “inner voice of truth.” This deep listening brings an increased level of clarity, as you learn how to transmit the teachings, both on and off the mat.  Integrate your highest Self more fully into every aspect of your life and fulfill your life’s purpose with confidence. More advanced pranayama, meditation, and healing techniques will be introduced, with an emphasis on the experiential aspects of practice.

Topics Include:

Systems anatomy - Discover the "mind" of each system including your muscles, bones, organs, etc.

Yoga teacher as healer: Refine your touch in hands on adjustments to reach different systems of the body.

Explore and experience of concepts of  Prana, Space, and Life Force

Yoga Nidra for contacting and clearing the space

Required Texts (Support Us by Purchasing Through Our Links):
Yoga Sutras - your choice of translation
The Upanishads - Eknath Easwaran
Tantra Unveiled - Pandit Rajmani Tigunait
Yoga Nidra - Swami Satyananda Saraswati

 This course provides 45 Yoga Alliance® CEUs. To learn more about the Sri Yoga 500-Hr program, click here.