The viniyoga of Yoga Introductory Study Coursesare open to all except complete beginners and offer Yoga for any background or style, either for personal development or professional skills. They offer an opportunity to explore this approach to Yoga and are also a prerequisite to Foundation Yoga Study and Teaching and Therapy Practitioner Training Programmes.
View the cYs webpage with the Introductory Yoga Study Course details
“Yoga is a process to train a student,
not a training to process a teacher.”
This is an extract from a letter written to participants in the next cYs Four Year Practitioner Training Programme, my 14th such course since 1985. I offer it as a reference for some of what I feel is important as a shared brief between the student-teacher and the teacher-trainer:
Continue ReadingThe weekend course is complete in itself and offers a sound overview of the core principles of Haṭha Yoga. It is an opportunity for a Yoga student from any Yoga background or style to experience an in-depth introduction to the concepts and practices which underpin Haṭha Yoga. It presents a view of the core Haṭha concepts in Yoga through which students can support and develop their own practice and deepen their appreciation of the possibilities for why a view such as Haṭha can support our lives. We will explore how they inspire and guide our personal Yoga practice and study, as well as our Yoga teaching.
Continue ReadingThe cYs Introductory Gītā Study Course is based in Bristol and introduces student’s to the primary principles and teachings from the Bhagavad Gītā and how they inspire and inform Yoga practice
and study.
The Introductory Gītā Study Course is open to all except complete beginners. It offers an opportunity for a student from any Yoga background or style to have an in-depth introduction to the study of the Bhagavad Gītā. It offers teachings on the Bhagavad Gītā, either for personal development or professional skills.
The study and practice of Yoga has, for many centuries, been linked to the study of complementary arts from Indian culture such as Mantra, textual Chanting, Karnāṭaka music or Āyurveda lifestyle skills.
For example, traditionally Āyurveda and Yoga went hand in hand and the importance of understanding the principles of Āyurveda is obvious when exploring Yoga texts such as the Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā.
are intended for those students from any background or style who, having completed an Introductory Yoga Workshop Course, wish to explore further the teachings to develop and deepen their personal Yoga practice and study. As in the Introductory Study Workshop this will be through developing an appreciation of the core teachings that underpin the viniyoga (application) of Yoga.
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Paul was taught Mantra and Vedic Chanting personally within 121 lessons by his teacher TKV Desikachar over 20 years. He learnt primarily under his teacher and through his guidance and recommendation also worked 121 with Desikachar’s own students including Sujaya Sridhar and his wife Menaka Desikachar.
A traditional Vedic Mantra Chanting Class is offered free in Bristol for all interested in exploring, learning and experiencing the ancient Art of Mantra and Vedic Chant.
- Each meeting will focus on developing the principles of Vedic Chant and authentic Sanskrit Mantra practice through practical experience along with theory teaching on Chant and Sanskrit.
- The meetings will be fortnightly in Bristol at Yogāñjali on Wednesday evenings from 6.00 – 7.00pm.
- There will be no fee for joining the group and the ongoing evening sessions will be free.
- All are welcome though a consistent commitment would be helpful for both student and teacher.
Click this link for further information on Soundwork, Mantra and Vedic Chanting
Where he will be sharing and discussing ideas around his book -
“Yoga Body: Origins of Modern Yoga Practice”
Yogāñjali is hosting a special event in Bristol on July 8th with Mark Singleton from 6.30-9.00pm.
The Cost is £15 and includes hot and cold drinks and a range of sweet and savoury goodies (as I am guessing that many may not have had time to eat what with Friday travel).
View or Download a flier on the event
The Arts of Mantra and Yoga Chanting are oral learning and meditative practices from the tradition of Indian spiritual and psychological teachings and practice.
Continue ReadingThe study and practice of Yoga has, for many centuries, been linked to the study of complementary arts from Indian culture such as Mantra, textual Chanting, Karnāṭaka music or Āyurveda lifestyle skills.
Continue ReadingThis post is also available as a Downloadable PDF with the Spring 2011 cYs Practitioner eLetter outlining existing teaching developments and new teaching projects interspersed with Paul’s musings around Yoga Practice and Teaching from his 23 year apprenticeship as a 121 pupil of TKV Desikachar and 37 years as a Yoga teacher.
As Paul is already teaching a fortnightly level III/IV Yoga Practice Group Class in Bristol, he is going to start a Traditional Yoga Sutra and Mantra Chanting Class before it for interested students. Each meeting will focus on developing the principles of Yoga Chant and authentic Sanskrit Mantra practice through practical experience along with theory teaching on Chant and Sanskrit.
The Fortnightly Chanting group will commence in September on Wednesday evenings from 6.00 – 6.45pm. There will be no fee for those in the later class and a fee of £3.00 per class for all others. Applications are invited from interested students for a place.
Paul is now living in the Stroud area and is proposing a fortnightly Traditional Vedic Chanting Class for a small group of interested students at his home near Nailsworth. Each meeting will focus on developing the principles of Vedic Chanting and authentic Sanskrit Mantra practice through practical experience along with theory teaching on Chant and Sanskrit.
The fortnightly Group meetings will commence in October on Wednesday evenings from 6.30-7.45pm. There will be no fee for joining the group or for the ongoing evening sessions. Applications are invited from interested students for a place.
I have also seen the great interest from all and the request for more in this area for both professional teaching skills and also personal development amongst those who wish to explore Yoga without ever wanting or needing to be a teacher. So I am proposing a new series of cYs Introductory and Foundation Workshops, this time based purely on the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali. [...]
Continue ReadingFor me an exciting and welcome move as it pulls together a number of Yoga teaching, news and research strands, including the Yoganjali Yoga Centre, into one web site. From this new home I will be more able to weave together the various dimensions of my Yoga communications without having to disperse my energies across numerous mediums.
The new cYs site will offer……
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cYs Introductory Sūtra Study Course May 11/12th 2013 in Bristol
Offer an opportunity for a student or teacher from any Yoga background or style to have an in-depth introduction to Yoga Sūtra Study. They offer teachings on the Yoga Sūtra, either for personal development or professional skills. The role of this Course is not to train students as Yoga teachers although the Sūtra Study Course will obviously enhance any Yoga teacher’s skills in the area of Yoga psychology and Yoga Therapy.
View the cYs webpage with the Introductory Yoga Sūtra Study Course details