Develop Your Personal Wellness Plan

The timeless wisdom of Yoga and Ayurveda provide us with means that can empower us to maintain greater health, balance and inner peace. This program offers an opportunity to understand core teachings from these ancient sciences and apply them practically in your life.

Program Structure

This personalized program, spanning 3 weeks, consists of:

2 weekly practice classes for the entire group (75-90 min each), where you will be guided through the practice of asanas and taught the essential principles. This will support the private sessions-you can practice under guidance and clear any doubts you may have. You will also learn the basics of effective and sound yoga practically.
2 weekly interactive learning sessions (45-60 min each) where you will be introduced to some core practices and wisdom from Yoga and Ayurveda that you can apply in your life.
Total of 15 hours of learning.

Overview of Program Content

Core insights from the Yogasutras of Patanjali, the definitive work on yoga written almost 2000 years ago, on understanding the working of our mind and how we can bring quietness and balance to the mind.
Essentials in the practice of asanas, the most well-known aspect of yoga today.
How to practice pranayama, the ancient science of breathing techniques-for health and mental focus. You will be taught important techniques of pranayama from classical yoga in these sessions.
Meditation: practice and theory.
Diet and lifestyle guidelines from Ayurveda, the most ancient science of health.

Details of Session Topics

I. Insights from the timeless wisdom of yoga: The Yogasutras of Patanjali

Thought management: Much of our time is taken up with our thoughts. We all know that when our thinking is clear and focused, we are more focused. We would all like to be that way all the time. Yoga is the most ancient science of focusing the mind. What can we learn from it in the context of our lives today?
Emotional wellness: We all want to feel well in our mind. Yet, we are all troubled at times by unwanted emotions like anger, fear, worry and anxiety. How can we move away from negative emotions? How do we lead a more fulfilled and peaceful life?

II. Meditation

Sound as meditation: Sound is one of the most dynamic tools that can be used for meditation as it is deeply linked with the mind and breath. The use of simple and universal mantras can aid profoundly in focusing and quietening the mind.
The practice of meditation: simple, universal techniques with a basic understanding of why and how to meditate.

III. Asana

The most popular face of yoga today - asanas when practiced properly with appropriate breathing can bestow the five key benefits of strength, flexibility, structural alignment, physiological functioning as well as mental steadiness.
The importance of the maintenance of the spinal curves for good health will be explained.
The fundamental principles of combining movement and breathing for good health will be introduced in the interactive learning sessions, the applications of which will be covered in the practice sessions.
The core asanas - forward bends, backbends, twists and lateral bends along with their appropriate adaptations will be taught practically in balanced and sequenced courses with individual guidance in the practice sessions.

IV. Pranayama

Essentials of pranayama - The breath is the all-powerful link between the body and mind. You will learn how to use the breath most effectively in the asanas as well as how to use the breath to focus the mind.
Practice of pranayama - Effective techniques of Pranayama will complement the asanas courses in the practice sessions.

V. Diet and Lifestyle

Guidelines from Ayurveda with regard to the tastes, potencies and effects of important foods on the system aimed towards a basic understanding of what types of foods are heavy? Which foods are easily digested? How to balance the day's meal with the different tastes?
Simple herbal teas for health: how to make them and when to take them.

Program Outcome

The goal of this program is to guide you towards maintaining a healthy body and calm mind using the two most ancient and holistic disciplines of health and balance in the world: Yoga and Ayurveda. The emphasis of the program is on individual attention, simple but profound practices, and relevant knowledge.

Date and Timing

Monday and Wednesday mornings from 9:30am to 12:00pm (February 16, 18, 23, 25 and March 2, 4).

Costs

Course fees is $360 which includes:

6 practice sessions (75 minutes each)
6 interactive learning sessions (60 minutes each)
All course material accompanying practice and learning sessions
1 hour private session (optional) available for course participants at the special reduced cost of $50.

Contact Information and Registration

To register for the course or to obtain further course information, please email nitya@svastha.com or call 98385242.

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