Courses and Events 2010
If you are interested in attending any of the courses or workshops please book early as space is limited to no more than ten people per course.
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Yogic Lifestyle Course
This course will be held on six consecutive Tuesday evenings from 7:40-8:40pm.
The fee for the full course is R600.
The course will discuss how to integrate Yoga practice and principles into day to day living. So that you gain maximum benefit to your life for the minimum amount of practice. The yoga capsules will be taught. These capsules consists of various yoga practices including mantra, postures, breathing and meditation practices that are incorporated into your daily lifestyle and bring about benefits physically, mentally and spiritually!
You will learn:
- mantras for well being and wisdom
- postures for good physical health
- breathing practice to balance, calm and energize
- relaxation technique to relax, recharge and re-connect with your world.
- simple meditation techniques that will help you develop insight, creativity, and concentration.
- Several other tips and pointers to help you improve the quality and meaning of your daily life with minimal change to your daily routine.
This course is a must for those who are interested in using yoga to help improve all aspects of their lives but have never had the time or discipline to practice yoga for hours each day. The time commitment of the capsules is minimal.
Next course date: To be announced.
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Introduction to Meditation Course
This course is held on six consecutive Thursdays between 7:40pm – 8:40 pm.
The fee for the full course is R600
The course serves as an introduction to the yogic approach to meditation. Upon completion of this course, one will have solid foundation in meditation practice, and will have an experiential understanding of the benefits and effects of meditation. A course manual and two audio CD's are included.
The following is topics are covered in the course.
- Theory and philosophy of meditation.
- Awareness, equanimity, concentration and relaxation.
- Meditation Postures and sitting positions.
- Kaya Sthairyam (Body Stillness) Meditation Technique.
- Antar Mouna (Inner Silence) Stages 1 & 2 Meditation Technique.
Booking essential as space is limited to a maximum of ten students per course, and a deposit secures position on course
Next Course Date: Thursday 18 March 2010
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Relaxation and Stress Management Course
3 Hour Workshop
R150 pp, Audio Cd and manual included.
This workshop goes into the theory and practice of relaxation and stress management according to yogic science. Several relaxation practices are taught, including breathing practices to induce relaxation and reduce stress.
People completing the workshop will have gained valuable insight into what causes stress in the first place, how to release accumulated stress and tension, and have practical tools to help them cultivate relaxation and manage stress in their daily life.
The following topics and practices are covered in the course:
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What is stress?
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What is relaxation?
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Formal relaxation techniques: The corpse, Body Awareness, Psychic Breathing.
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Informal Relaxation techniques: Mental reprogramming codes.
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Taking relaxation further.
Workshop Dates: to be announced
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Satsang
The word Satsang translates as being in the company of truth. It is any event where the company and activities help to dispel ignorance and uplift the people who are in attendance. The programme at the SYC consists of a mantra meditation. Chanting the Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra, which is said to alleviate suffering and illness. This is followed by a video or audio discourse on the topic of yoga and daily life.
Dates: to be announced
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Trataka Meditation Course
4 week course. Trataka is a tantric meditation technique that develops concentration by gazing at an external, and then later at an internal, image. Not only does this technique improve concentration and memory but it also has a profound effect on balancing the nervous system, and can help to relieve symptoms of mild depression, anxiety and insomnia.
This practice falls into the shatkarma group as it is said to purify the head space particularly the frontal lobes of the brain and ajna chakra. It is also a practice of pratyahara and dharana (concentration).Trataka bridges physical practice with mental practice and is an excellent preparatory technique for meditation. With trataka the mind is purified and becomes concentrated on one point. It is an excellent practice to increase concentration and willpower. It helps release nervous tension, anxiety, depression, and will develop all the faculties of the mind, both active and dormant, that deal with perception. In this way our intuitive faculties, visualization skills and memory are developed and improved. Eyesight and defects of physical sight are improved by this practice. It has also been used to help cure insomnia when it is practiced just before bed.
Trataka means ‘to gaze steadily’, and involves either gazing at an external object (known as Bahir Trataka), gazing at an internal object, (Antar Trataka), or a combination of both of these forms. Many different objects can be used for this purpose. In this course we will use a candle flame as the object of concentration. The flame gives the additional benefits of activating manipura chakra.
If you are interested in taking part in the course please contact the centre via phone or email to book your spot!
The price for the Trataka course is R400 and includes a small handout. |
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Introduction to Yoga Nidra
A 4 week beginners Yoga Nidra course. The cost of the course is R400 this fee includes 4 weekly sessions, a Yoga Nidra handbook and a Yoga Nidra CD so you can practice at home. The course will take you through the basics of Yoga Nidra, a technique of deep mental and physical relaxation, giving you a deeper understanding of the practice and how it works. The weekly sessions will be nights from 19:45-20:45.
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