Specialization Course 100 hours
Yoga in India: Tradition, Culture, Philosophy and Lifestyle
3rd to 13th February 2025 in India
with Gonçalo Correia and Marco Peralta
Trainers Pro and Senior Yoga Teachers
Modules of the Course:
Module 1 - History and Tradition of Yoga in India.
Module 2 - Yoga Approaches to Life in Ashrams, Hermitages and Yoga Schools.
Module 3 - Contribution and Influence of Modern Yoga to the Yoga Tradition.
Module 4 - Samadhi: the traditional goal of Yoga.
Module 5 - Teaching methodology and Experience based on Traditional, Cultural and Philosophical approaches.
Contact and non contact hours:
78 contact hours + 22 non-contact hours
13 days- 6 hours a day
Module 1 - History and Tradition of Yoga in India
Bibliographical research in Libraries, Yoga and Meditation Book shops in Delhi, Rishikesh and Haridwar
Create your own Yoga library for research, reference, investigation (svadhyaya) for future classes, courses and workshops
What to study - setting priorities among scriptures (shástras) and modern books
Luminaries and influencers in the history of Yoga, Tantra and Vedanta:
Swami Sivananda, Anandamayi Ma, Swami Dayananda, Sri Aurobindo and the Mother and others.
Traditionally recommended places for Yoga sadhana in India and experience of practicing in these places: banks of the Ganges, caves, Himalayas, forest, ashrams
Module 2 - Yoga Approaches to Life in Ashrams, Hermitages and Yoga Schools
Visit to different ashrams, hermitages and Yoga schools
Experience of living and practicing in a traditional Yoga ashram
Practical experience of traditional ashram sadhanas such as antar mouna, kirtan, japa, svadhyaya, satsanga, meditation and Karma Yoga and Seva.
Witness of Ancient Yoga Sadhana like the Panchagni Sadhana and rituals like Ganga Arati among others
The Need and Importance of Continuing Yoga Training in India:
Module 3 - Contribution and Influence of Modern Yoga to the Yoga Tradition
- Ways in which Yogis and Yoginis contribute to society from a traditional point of view:
- Creation of institutions, schools, hospitals,
- Personal practice for the good of humanity,
- Receiving people and sharing knowledge, healing, etc.
- Parampara versus modern teaching, courses and certificates
- Impact and influence of modern scientific research and studies on traditional views
- Following an academic path in Yoga, Tantra and Vedanta
- The vision of Yoga Tradition on wealth, career, prosperity and financial security
- Dissemination of Yoga throughout the world and entry into both Western and Eastern Institutions such as schools, hospitals, universities, prisons and companies.
Module 4 - Samadhi: the traditional goal of Yoga
Samadhi point of view in different traditions.
What is a Maha-samadhi?
Meditation experience ln Swami Sivananda and Anandamayi Ma Maha-samadhis among others
Yogic practice and lifestyle from a Samadhi point of view.
Module 5 - Teaching methodology and Experience based on Traditional, Cultural and Philosophical approaches
Create the ability to develop and communicate a class, workshop or course that teaches and inspires, based on your Experience of India.
Realization of the Yoga teacher and what obstacles prevent you from not having realized it yet.
Know How:
Organize your own trip to India for personal study,
Guide and organize group trips to India
Spontaneous teaching versus structured courses
Gurukula and living with the Guru (Mentor)
Yoga as a way of life versus a Profession
Purushartha or the 4 Ultimate Goals of Human Life: Dharma, Artha Kama Moksha
Yoga sadhana at different Stages of Life
About Us
GONÇALO CORREIA
Senior Yoga Teacher and Trainer Pro by Yoga Alliance Professionals with 27 years of experience studying and practicing Yoga and Meditation. He started teaching Yoga 22 years ago and in the following years, with the desire to dive more intensely, he took his first trip to India, learning from yogis and yoginis from different traditions, practices and lifestyles. He lived with them mainly in an ashram context and in a kutir (small hut) in the forest environment. This experience had a huge impact on his life. To this day, he maintains contact with some of these same teachers, visiting them and learning from them regularly.
In addition to classes and workshops, he is dedicated to training new Yoga and Meditation teachers, both in initial courses and in specializations, namely in Yoga Therapy, Yoga and Meditation in the Context of Stress and Burnout.
He organized four editions of the Journey to the India of Yoga together with Marco Peralta, aimed at groups of both Yoga Teachers and Practitioners in general.
MARCO PERALTA 
Senior Yoga Teacher, Trainer Pro and Approved Mentor by Yoga Alliance Professionals. He has been practicing and teaching Yoga and Meditation for the last 29 years. He began practicing Yoga and Meditation through books in 1995, after an existential search initiated by the death of one of his best friends.
He took his first Yoga class with a teacher in May 1996 and began teaching that same year at the invitation of his teacher with whom he practiced regularly. In the following years, he continued his practice, research and training in Yoga and Meditation, training and visiting teachers from different schools and philosophical perspectives in Portugal, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Greece and India.
In these last 29 years of teaching, he has shared thousands of hours of Yoga and Meditation with thousands of Human Beings in classes, lectures, events, workshops, satsang, retreats, trips and professional training. He has trained hundreds of teachers in the areas of Yoga, Meditation, Yoga during Pregnancy, Yoga Therapy and SUP Yoga.
He is the author of the practice CDs ‘Yoganidra – Deep Relaxation’ (2006) and ‘Guided Meditations – Be Who You Are (2014). He teaches regularly in Portugal, Greece and India.
Lives and teaches Yoga, Meditation and Philosophy as a way of Life.
EARLY BIRD COST
(Until 20th November)
Prompt payment:
2650 eur. + VAT according to legal rate in force (per person, shared double room)
Payment by installments:
2800 eur. + VAT according to legal rate in force (per person, shared double room)
(Registration fee 850 eur + 3 phased payments of 650 eur on November 8th, December 8th and January 8th)
COST
(After 20th November)
3500 eur. + VAT according to legal rate in force (per person, shared double room)
In case of cancellation, paid amounts will not be refunded.
Limited to 8 participants
If you don't want to miss this course, it's important that you register as soon as possible. The next step is to contact us to formalize the registration. We will contact you to schedule an interview before making the first payment where you can ask your questions and we will provide more details about the course and the trip.
INCLUDED IN THE COST OF THE COURSE:
– Accommodation for 13 nights in a double room, 3-night stay in Delhi in a hotel, Stay in Rishikesh in a high standard hotel, 2-night stay in Rishikesh in an Ashram, breakfasts and dinners, transfers, train travel, travel in a private vehicle, dakshina, 1L of mineral water per day, assistance everywhere.
NOT INCLUDED IN THE COURSE:
– International flights, passport, visas, travel insurance, laundry service
– Snacks and 9 lunches (quality meals ranging from 3.5 eur – 7 eur).
REGISTRATION AND RESERVATION:
Prior to the registration in the Specialization Course “Yoga in India: Tradition, Culture, Philosophy and Lifestyle”, first we schedule an interview.
Contacts for information, registration and scheduling your interview:
journey.indiaofyoga@gmail.com
