Structure of the courses:
Combining the ease of self-paced online learning and support of ongoing mentorship, these Mentored Individual Learning (MIL) courses are available to yoga therapists and any yogin who is interested in deepening their study and practice.
- Structural Yoga Therapy Level 1: 84 Hours: 19 2-hour classes, PDF Manual, additional Āsana, Prāṇāyāma, Meditation & Nidrā videos/MP3s, study exercises & test, 4 monthly mentorship meetings
- $900.
- Topics covered: Pain from a yogic multi-dimensional perspective, Patañjali Yoga Sūtras view of dukha to sattva, Samkhya recap, Tri-guna and the mind, developing your own Sadhana, self-healing, range of motion & kinesiology from an SYT perspective, SYT Joint Freeing Series: standing, seated, lying down and modifications, restoring the flow of prāna & building a container of prāna, prāṇāyāma for pain, yoga nidrās, etc
- Āyurveda Comprehensive Foundation Level 1: 84 Hours: 18 2 hour classes, PDF Manual, access to Chinnamasta's Āyurvedic Home Remedies Series videos, study exercises & test, 4 monthly mentorship meetings.
- $900.
- Topics covered: The roots of Āyurveda, Sāmkhya & Patañjali Yoga Sūtra through the lens of Āyurveda, goal of Āyurveda, purushārthas, swastha, twenty gunas, pancha maha bhutas, tanmatras, tri-guna, doshas & seat & function, seeking freedom from instability, vikruti/prakruti, dhatus, ahara, vihara, ritucharya, ratucharya, nidrā, brahmacharya, shat karmas, kitchen herbs & spices, Āyurvedic guidelines for exercises, brahmana & langana, agni, ama, apana, Āyurvedic psychology, Āyurvedic prāṇāyāma, rasāyana/ immunity, etc.
- Patañjali Yoga Sūtras Chapter I & Chapter II: 50 Hours: 14/15, 90-minute classes, PDF of curriculum notes, study exercises, 3 monthly mentorship meetings
- Each Chapter is $360.
- This course deeply explores the threads of wisdom from Patañjali in a practical way from a yogic, āyurvedic and tantrik trilogy point of view, one sūtra at a time. These classes offer an opportunity to be on the receiving end of this timeless wisdom, to remember what is truthful and to reflect on what this means for your daily life in relation to the world that you live in. Included are dharma talks, mantra, chanting of the sūtras, prāṇāyāma, and meditation. Each sūtra is chanted in Sanskrit, elaborated integrating personal experience of the trilogy.
- The Art & Science of Āyurvedic Cooking: 40 Hours: including 6 1-hour instructional videos, 6 1.5-hour student process and Q&A videos, in-home cooking practice, PDF Manual, 4 monthly mentorship meetings.
- $360
- This course is a deep dive into practical and inspiring themes of Āyurvedic Cooking including cooking tools, vastu, 6 rasas and spices and cooking samskāras. After the first week's video the next videos are thematically based on the 5 elements, and these videos have at least 3 approachable recipes around the theme. These videos include explanation of these concepts as well as step by step video of the recipes for you then to try at home. See video below for a preview of this course material.
- Monthly live mentoring for all courses mentioned above: 20 minutes Q & A about study material, 20 minutes questions personal sādhana, 20 minutes questions about clients. Dates, once a month in 2022 on Fridays 10:30-11:30AM PST Jan 14, Feb 18, Mar 11, Apr 22, May 20, Jun 17, July 8; Aug 5, Sept Holiday, Oct 7, Nov 4 & Dec 2.
- 1:1 hour-long Soul Session with Chinnamasta to mentor and support your sadhana during the course of your MIL study. This is included for SYT and ACF students, and for PYS and Āyurvedic Cooking students it is available at a discounted rate of $135.
Art & Science of Āyurvedic Cooking Preview Video
AYT Tādāsana Vinyasa Vata Balancing Sequence Video
A small sample of material covered in the upcoming AYT program
Mentorship & the Student-Teacher Relationship
TRILOGY THERAPY PROGRAM
The modules of Structural Yoga Therapy Level 1, Āyurveda Comprehensive Foundation Level 1 and Patañjali Yoga Sutra Chapter II, are part of the Trilogy Healing Program of Shiva Shakti Loka, a multi-dimensional approach of healing including yoga, āyurveda and tantra.
The modules are offered to deepen your personal experience of the multi-dimensional yoga therapeutic approach. The courses are not self-learners, yet are meant to be integrated through live mentoring. Chinnamasta believes that a supportive relationship between the student and the teacher is crucial, to adapt your sādhana to your unique personality and circumstances. A personalized approach serves you in understanding who you are, what your karmas are and what the most efficient and elevating road map is for you, revealing your potential. For that potency to evolve in a fruit, that which is being transmitted from a teacher to a student, should come from a place of integrity and commitment to the tradition of yoga, āyurveda and tantra. This is true for both the teacher and the student. 'Your personal sādhana is the yoga therapy offered to the client.'
DHARMIC LIFE
The gems shared, should first be personally experienced, through a consistent practice over a longer period of time, leading to an embodiment. You pass on what you have lived through, honoring those who came before you, honoring the tradition and respecting the Inner Teacher. This starts with polishing your own attitude as it translates to the yamas and niyamas reflecting the back-bone of a dharmic life. A dharmic life is living life aligned with goodness, compassion and clarity. It reflects a way of living protecting and honoring all living beings. The opposite of this would be an adharmic life, leading to chaos and the loss of a culture.There is a saying in āyurveda that if one wishes to understand how to integrate a new life direction, you need to go through all the seasons of the year, to ground that 'newly planted tree' in the soil. Only then the tree is ready to offer fruit.
ETERNAL TEACHINGS
The eternal teachings are sacred. To unlock the secrets that are held within the sūtras, the sadhak should implement a sādhana founded in the trinity of self-study, discipline and devotion. These foundational steps given by Sri Patañjali, elevate your consciousness and reveal the heart of yoga. This is the highest presence called the Self, experienced in the hidden heart, revealing Truth. These secrets should be unlocked with the help of someone who walked before you. We all need someone to reflect with, this is how we learn.
RESPECT AND LOVE
The guidance of an elder as I would call it, who walked/walks their talk over a prolonged time, is a priceless gift. I am eternally grateful for this gift, as is only because of all these teachers who came before me, that I am able to share with others the blessings of yoga, āyurveda and tantra. Their support both in this world and in the beyond continuous to give me wings.
I am looking forward hearing from you, when you feel drawn to dive deep into your own heart and go into the beyond.
With great respect and love
Chinnamasta
The modules of Structural Yoga Therapy Level 1, Āyurveda Comprehensive Foundation Level 1 and Patañjali Yoga Sutra Chapter II, are part of the Trilogy Healing Program of Shiva Shakti Loka, a multi-dimensional approach of healing including yoga, āyurveda and tantra.
The modules are offered to deepen your personal experience of the multi-dimensional yoga therapeutic approach. The courses are not self-learners, yet are meant to be integrated through live mentoring. Chinnamasta believes that a supportive relationship between the student and the teacher is crucial, to adapt your sādhana to your unique personality and circumstances. A personalized approach serves you in understanding who you are, what your karmas are and what the most efficient and elevating road map is for you, revealing your potential. For that potency to evolve in a fruit, that which is being transmitted from a teacher to a student, should come from a place of integrity and commitment to the tradition of yoga, āyurveda and tantra. This is true for both the teacher and the student. 'Your personal sādhana is the yoga therapy offered to the client.'
DHARMIC LIFE
The gems shared, should first be personally experienced, through a consistent practice over a longer period of time, leading to an embodiment. You pass on what you have lived through, honoring those who came before you, honoring the tradition and respecting the Inner Teacher. This starts with polishing your own attitude as it translates to the yamas and niyamas reflecting the back-bone of a dharmic life. A dharmic life is living life aligned with goodness, compassion and clarity. It reflects a way of living protecting and honoring all living beings. The opposite of this would be an adharmic life, leading to chaos and the loss of a culture.There is a saying in āyurveda that if one wishes to understand how to integrate a new life direction, you need to go through all the seasons of the year, to ground that 'newly planted tree' in the soil. Only then the tree is ready to offer fruit.
ETERNAL TEACHINGS
The eternal teachings are sacred. To unlock the secrets that are held within the sūtras, the sadhak should implement a sādhana founded in the trinity of self-study, discipline and devotion. These foundational steps given by Sri Patañjali, elevate your consciousness and reveal the heart of yoga. This is the highest presence called the Self, experienced in the hidden heart, revealing Truth. These secrets should be unlocked with the help of someone who walked before you. We all need someone to reflect with, this is how we learn.
RESPECT AND LOVE
The guidance of an elder as I would call it, who walked/walks their talk over a prolonged time, is a priceless gift. I am eternally grateful for this gift, as is only because of all these teachers who came before me, that I am able to share with others the blessings of yoga, āyurveda and tantra. Their support both in this world and in the beyond continuous to give me wings.
I am looking forward hearing from you, when you feel drawn to dive deep into your own heart and go into the beyond.
With great respect and love
Chinnamasta
How to register:
Click here: Mentored Individual Learning Course Registration Page
- First click on the above link to submit your registration.
- Once we have received this registration form, you be contacted by Chinnamasta regarding your acceptance into the course.
- Next, you will be sent a student commitment form to complete online.
- Once we receive the student commitment form and payment is received, you will be granted online access to the course.
