300 Hours Advanced Yoga Teacher Training: Part 1 (Bodsphere)

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Explore the Vedas and Upanishads as the highest knowledge of the Vedic wisdom, tracing the four Vedas, their sruti-smriti basis, and the four parts: samhitas, brahmanas, aranyakas, upanishads.

Explore the six vedangas: vyakaran, shiksha, chandas, nirukta, jyotish, and gulf, which purify, preserve, and teach reading, pronunciation, meter, etymology, astronomy, and rituals of the veda.

Explore Panini Shiksha, a Shiksha Vedanga on Sanskrit phonetics, stress, duration, and pitch, and its body-based mapping of the six Vedangas to the human body.

Explore agamas, ancient scriptures passed down through generations, detailing cosmology, worship, yogic practices and mental discipline, rituals, temple construction, and temple services, with a Vedic spirit.

Explore the three main branches of the Agamas—shaiva, vaishnav, and shakta—and their four sub-parts: ganapath, gyan, yoga, kriya, and chara, detailing temple construction, worship practices, rituals, and laws.

Explore the chariot analogy from the Katha Upanishad, linking body and senses to the soul with the intellect as charioteer and mind as reins; cultivate vivek through yogic philosophy.

Explore the four upper vedas - Ayurveda, Tanner Veda, Gandharva Veda, and Shilpa Veda - derived from the four main vedas, covering medicine, military science, music, and arts and architecture.

Explore Ayurveda, the life science rooted in the Atharvaveda and Rigveda. Recognize dosha-based personalization and the five elements shaping inner health.

Explore the second Upaveda, Dhanurveda, which covers military science, archery, war ethics, battle strategies, weapons, and body posture, with Agni Purana noted as a famous text.

Explore Gandharva veda, the music upaveda of samaveda, detailing music, poetry, dance, raag, rhythms, and scales, and its holistic impact on body, mind, and spirit.

Explore Tapati Veda, the fourth Upaveda, detailing Shilpa Veda's architecture, planning, and construction of homes, temples, and cities, grounded in vastu shastra, nature's elements, and planetary influences.

Unite body, mind, and breath through yoga, moving from the gross to the subtle and from the individual to the cosmos. Reveal yoga as an ageless philosophy beyond asanas.

Explore the gurukul education system, a sacred guru–shishya bond. Experience holistic learning from A to Z, including yoga, mantras, science, arts, discipline, and meditation.

Discover who a guru is, a divine being who dispels darkness with the light of knowledge. Value the guru–disciple bond as unconditional love guiding you from known to unknown.

Discover who a saduq is: a sadhana practitioner pursuing mind and body purity under guru guidance, working toward siddha, and uplifting society through steady practice.

Patanjali defines yoga as the union of chitta and vritti nirodha, meaning to control or quiet the mind's fluctuations, like a silent lake, through meditation and pranayama.

Explore the four pillars of sadhana: sadhak, siddha, satya, and sadhana resources, and learn how focused, high quality practice on the mat with consistency fuels personal transformation.

Explore types of cries—crying for what you lack versus crying for devotion—and learn how pure devotion, rooted in gratitude towards the divine, aligns with abundance.

Explore seva selfless service and the five types of service, cultivate a world-family mindset, and learn how giving benefits self, society, and upcoming generations.

Brahma muhurta is the 48-minute auspicious window before sunrise, typically around 3:40–4:28 a.m., shifting with sunrise. Practice asanas, pranayama, meditation, and reading spiritual texts to enhance wisdom, memory, and concentration.

Explore Maharishi Patanjali, author of the Patanjali Yoga Sutras, who codified yoga knowledge into a reference text for teachers, and learn how reverence, lineage, and authentic teaching safeguard yogic philosophy.

Discover Patanjali's yoga sutras, or Paes, organized into four chapters—samadhi path, sadhana path, vibhuti path, and kevali—covering 195–196 sutras and the eight limbs of yoga toward self-realization and moksha.

Explore the history and development of yoga, from Patanjali's sutras and Hiranyagarbha lineage to Shiva, Saptarishis, and the quest for union of body, mind, and spirit.

Hiranyagarbha is the traditional founder and teacher of yoga darshan, while Patanjali compiles the Yoga Sutras; explore the pre-Patanjali roots and the sun god's role in yoga.

Explore the six internal enemies, or arishadvarga, and how they affect mind and body, shaping behavior and happiness, to transcend samskaras and the cycle of birth.

Examine kama, the first enemy, as lust and desire for power or material gains disrupt intuition and lead to misery; follow the middle path of surrender to free the mind.

Explore growth as anger and its ripple effects on personal energy and collective environment. Use patience and self-study through yoga, meditation, and pranayama to transform anger.

Moha, the internal enemy of attachment and delusion, urges us to seek happiness in objects, while we cultivate inner happiness, detachment, svadhyaya, and love, testing wisdom in every moment.

Lobha, the third enemy, denotes greed or selfish desire to possess power, money, or status. Fulfilling desires dulls their charm and leaves only love and karmas shaped by our mindset.

Explore ego as an internal enemy, distinguishing reaction from awareness and recognizing three ego types—sattvic, rajasic, tamasic—and show how surrendering ego redirects you toward center and wiser interactions.

Matsarya, the jealousy internal enemy, disrupts dharma and consciousness; recognize the six internal enemies and overcome them through self-awareness, responsibility, and celebrating others' success.

Explore the Bhagavad Gita as a timeless, sacred dialogue from the Mahabharata, where Krishna guides Arjun through 18 chapters of wisdom and 700 verses for life's path.

Explore the four types of devotees in the Bhagavad Gita and how the four yoga paths—gan yoga, bhakti yoga, karma yoga, raja yoga—guide spiritual progress, with earth as last resort.

The earthy devotee seeks power, fame, and worldly control, preaching the God to achieve goals, while neglecting grace and gratitude; recognizing all gods leads to a single supreme consciousness.

Explore the third type of devotee, the jigyasu, who blends deep curiosity with faith in supreme consciousness to seek the principles of the universe and the nature of the divine.

Discover how the Gani, a learned devotee, lives the yoga knowledge, understands the self and ultimate reality, and embraces the oneness of all beings.

Explore the qualities of a Jnani, a knowledgeable, wise seeker who stays in awe of nature, balances enthusiasm with stillness, and follows natural laws through yoga, meditation, and pranayama.

Explore the qualities of sthitaprajna, a steady wisdom in the Bhagavad Gita's sankhya yoga, who remains equanimous and free from attachments, guiding senses toward universal consciousness.

Explore the sacred guru–shishya bond, the pursuit of brahmavidya through yoga, meditation, and scriptures, and the Ramayan-sankhya motifs of Purush and Prakriti achieving cosmic union.

Explore surrender as unconditional love and letting go, recognizing we cannot control everything. Learn how wisdom, divine guidance, and viveka awaken strength to surrender in daily life.

Recognize how anger, as described in the Bhagavad Gita, causes delusion, impaired judgment, and memory loss, and cultivate awareness through breath, yoga, and pranayama to reduce reactivity.

Explore how a sage stays unaffected by desires by cultivating a bigger vision that serves the planet and the universe. Joy is now, not tomorrow.

Explore the Bhagavad Gita’s teaching that the soul is eternal and one with universal consciousness, while bodies change across lifetimes; cultivate yoga, meditation, and pranayama to realize imperishable self.

Explore karma yoga by performing prescribed duty with a selfless attitude, detaching from fruits of action, focusing on the process, and surrendering results to the divine.

From the Bhagavad Gita, learn the law of impermanence: the five senses and sense objects bring temporary happiness or distress, while true wisdom remains centered and content within.

Explore the gradation of superiority in the Bhagavad Gita, revealing how the gross body, senses, mind, intellect, and ultimately the atma govern existence, with practice as ascent.

Explore the act of surrender in the Bhagavad Gita, embracing unconditional love and faith, offering actions to the divine without doership, for inner steadiness and strength.

Explore gian yoga, the path of knowledge among the four yoga paths, as a journey of self-inquiry beyond scriptures. Learn its three aspects: shravan, manan, and nididhyasana.

Discover bhakti yoga, the path of devotion, as it makes love your nature by seeing divinity in everything, transforming negative feelings into joy, ecstasy, and peace, including nine expressions.

Learn karma yoga, the path of action: perform duties with selflessness and present-moment focus, without attachment to outcomes, to free the mind and attain liberation.

Explore Raja yoga, royal path of mental discipline aimed at samadhi, where individual consciousness merges with universal consciousness; relate it to the eightfold path of yoga and Patanjali's Yoga Sutras.

Explore the paths of yoga, including gyan yoga with shravan, manan, and nididhyasana, bhakti yoga with nine forms, and karma yogas like sakam, nishkam, vikram, and prarabdha, plus ashtanga/raj yoga.

Explore the puranas, a vast Indian literature genre detailing legends, temples, philosophy, cosmology, and bhakti, with Vedvyas as compiler and texts dating from the third to tenth CE.

Explore the types of puranas, including 18 mahapuranas and minor puranas. Learn how these texts cover myths, gods, temples, bhakti yoga, and vast vedic principles.