Gain a deeper understanding on how the Chakras influence your physical, mental, and emotional state and learn tools how to bring them back into balance. Their Chakra yoga retreat offers a unique experience for exploring the seven main energy centers of the body. These chakras are responsible for maintaining the health and balance of your physical, mental, and spiritual wellbeing. Through a combination of yoga poses, breathing techniques, embodiment practices, lifestyle guidance, and guided meditations, you will learn how to assess and balance the energy of each chakra.
Day 1
13:00 Check-in
14:30 Welcome and introduction
15:30 First lesson
17:15 Yoga
19:00 Dinner
Days 2 - 6
06:30 Morning practice
08:30 Breakfast
09:30 Lesson
12:30 Lunch and break
14:30 Lesson including short break
17:15 Evening practice
19:00 Dinner
Day 7
06:30 Morning practice or exam
09:00 Breakfast
10:00 Last lesson and goodbye ceremony
14:00 Snack and checkout
The course / hours count as Continuing Education hours for Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®) only.
This training is only for yoga teachers or for serious yoga practitioners who want to dive deep into Bhakti and Jnana yoga. This week will not only be a yoga training to get your required hours of Yoga Alliance Continuing Education, but also to immerse yourself further into a yogic life.
Bhakti yoga and Jnana yoga are two of the four paths of yoga alongside Karma and Raja yoga. This style of yoga is a practice of devotion, surrender, and recognition of the divine - source, truth - choose your word - in everything. It is derived from the Sanskrit word bhaj, which means to serve god.
First mentioned in the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads, Bhakti yoga is named as the most practical way of liberation and self-realization, in which devotion is offered from the heart, with full attention and awareness.
Bhakti yoga is sometimes referred to as the "path of the heart," and practitioners may use chanting, devotional mantras, kirtan, and rituals as part of their practice. Surrender is both a necessary component and subsequent consequence of Bhakti yoga practice.
Jnana yoga is the path of knowledge and wisdom in which study of the scriptures and self-enquiry is practiced. It is considered to be one of the most direct and yet challenging of the four paths of yoga.
Jnana yoga is a deep inquiry into the nature of the self. Instead of accepting and following dogmatic teaching, Jnana yogis seek an experiential knowledge of the divine, universal consciousness, or absolute truth.
The mind is used to understand and uncover the truth behind the mind, using a sharp intellect, which requires the mind to be both rational and open.
Jnana yoga is the main path of the non-dualistic tradition of Advaita Vedanta philosophy, where the knowledge acquired through meditation brings an understanding of one's self as identical with ultimate consciousness.
In this teacher training, you will learn how to use devotion (in a non-religious way) and knowledge to experience a deeper sense of being and how to transmit it to your students.
Through the study of the sacred texts, you will get a clear understanding of the deeper meaning of yoga and how to advance on the Bhakti and Jnana yoga path.
You will practice different mantras, self-enquiry, and meditations. You will also learn the basics on how to accompany a mantra on the guitar or harmonium, how to use your voice, and how to implement all of this in your yoga classes. You do not need to be able to play an instrument or have "musical talent."
You will also learn about the essence of a kirtan, the deeper meaning behind the deities and mythology, and using rituals as a way of Bhakti yoga.
Moreover, experiencing Yin and Hatha yoga that makes them a practice of surrender and devotion will help you to merge yoga philosophy with asanas and pranayama.
You will be served fresh, healthy, vegan meals, water, and tea every day included in the price. The food served at Shankara Retreat Center is fully vegan, mostly sattvic, and organic. It is refined sugar-free, with little to no gluten, and nightshades for it to support the practice of yoga best. Shankara Retreat Center is a substance-free place so no alcohol, smoking, or drugs (also if they are natural) on the property. Smokers will have to follow their vice on the road outside the property.
Coffee is only offered on request in the mornings, not throughout the day as little to no caffeine supports the journey further. Please let Shankara Experience know if you have any allergies, intolerances, or dislikes. They will be able to cater to most wishes if they know about them beforehand. Most of all though, they love food and enjoy it and they will make sure that you will not miss anything.
The following meals are included:
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Drinks
The following drinks are included:
Water
Tea
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
Vegetarian
Vegan
Gluten Free
Other dietary requirements on request
Ayurvedic
A reservation requires a deposit of 40% of the total price. The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled. The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.
