Ayurveda Yoga Specialist Training (4-Part Series)
With Kathryn Templeton, MA, RDT/MT, E-500 RYT

This 4-part, 80 hour training over four weekends will start in April 2012, and will be open to take as an individual training program, as well as will be included in our 500 hour Weekend Advanced Teacher Training. Dates: Session 1 - Apr 27-29, 2012: The Macrocosm and Microcosm of Ayurveda and Yoga Session 2 - June 22-24, 2012: Psychology of Ayurveda and the Physiology of Yoga Session 3 - Sept 28-30, 2012: Improving Our Digestion of Foods, Thoughts, and Actions Session 4 - Nov 30 - Dec 2, 2012: Clinical Use of Ayurveda and Yoga (Session 4 is only open to 200 hour TT grads) Times each weekend: Fri: 8:30 - 5:30pm Sat 8:30am - 6:00pm (day ends with Yoga Nidra and Chyawanprash cookies!) Sun: 8:30am - 4:30pm Cost: $299 per individual session, $897 for three trainings without certification, $1,196 for complete Ayurveda Certification Note: Sessions 1, 2 and 3 can be taken as independent workshops. They do not have to be taken in order. All four sessions required for certification. Pre-Requisite: None for Sessions 1-3. Open to all, yogis and non-yogis alike! However, to take Session 4 and to earn certification, you must be a 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training graduate from any 200 hour YTT program. Please read our Cancellation Policy below before registering. Thank You! REGISTER

Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist Training (4-Part Series) Description: An Advanced Training for Certified Yoga Teachers**

• How prana (life force) and ojas (deep vitality) can be cultivated to regulate and support agni (digestive fire) for optimal health
• A deeper knowledge of the ayurvedic maps: doshas (constitutions), gunas (psychological tendencies), vayus (winds or movement of prana), and koshas (sheaths)
• How to adapt postures and pranayama to kindle our agni and better circulate prana for efficient energy management
• The alchemy of yoga along with diet and lifestyle adjustments to adapt to daily, seasonal, and stage-of-life changes
• How to identify typical constitutional imbalances and know how to address them through diet, cleansing, lifestyle, asana, pranayama, and meditation

**ANYONE (even non-yogis) is able to take the first three weekends except for the last weekend which is for yogis with 200-hour certification or higher.**

To Earn Your Certificate: Students need to be certified yoga teachers at the 200-hour level or above, and have a personal practice and a working knowledge of asana, pranayama, and meditation for the certification. Sanskrit will not be taught, but some background knowledge will be useful. Each session will start and end with yoga practice, combining information from lectures and homework. This experiential model helps develop a strong understanding of how to sequence asana, pranayama, and meditation in a wise progression for constitutional balance.

Required Reading: Textbook of Ayurveda, Volume One: Fundamental Principles by Dr. Vasant Lad and Yoga & Ayurveda: Self-Healing and Self-Realization by David Frawley {Please note, students must purchase these books. These are not included in tuition. Both books will be used for all sessions. If you are not attending the entire program, Yoga & Ayurveda by David Frawley will be enough.}

Students will receive materials and documents from the Himalayan Institute (this is included in tuition) for your training.



Schedule Description:
Session #1 - April 27-29, 2012: The Macrocosm and Microcosm of Ayurveda and Yoga
• Yoga and ayurvedic philosophy: understanding purusha (pure consciousness) and prakriti (universal nature)
• The elements manifest in the body: koshas (sheaths) and doshas (constitutions)
• The ayurvedic clock: the hour, season, and stages of life

Session #2 - June 22-24, 2012: Psychology of Ayurveda and the Physiology of Yoga
• The architecture of the mind and the gunas; scientific use of asana, pranayama, and meditation
• Subtle essences: prana, tejas (fire of intelligence), and ojas
• Circulation of prana via the vayus; practices for seasonal changes and vata imbalances

Session #3 - Sept 28-30, 2012: Improving Our Digestion of Foods, Thoughts, and Actions
• Agni and digestion. The six tastes and proper diet
• Internal and external practices to regulate agni
• Developing clinical awareness of asana, pranayama, meditation and diet/lifestyle

Session #4 - Nov 30 - Dec 2, 2012: Clinical Use of Ayurveda and Yoga
• Yoga and ayurvedic psychology, dinacharya (daily routine), cleansing, and the nadis (energy channels)
• Introduction to tongue and pulse diagnosis
• Working with private clients using yoga and ayurveda; individual prescriptions

Can't Make All the Dates?
This program is also offered through the Himalayan Institute. You are able to interchange Devanadi's weekend trainings with the Himalayan Institute’s weekend trainings if some of these dates don’t work for you, as well as other studio's around the country that will be offering this program.

ANYONE is able to take the first three weekends except for the last weekend which is for yogis with 200-hour certification or higher.

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Instructors:
Kathryn Templeton, MA, RDT/MT, E-500 RYT
Kathryn Templeton (a shameless Pitta) is a yoga teacher, having received her 200 hour RYT for YOGAspirit Studios and completed her 500 hour registry requirement with Yogiraj Rod Stryker, practicing Para Yoga. She is blessed to continue the study of Tantra with Rod and Panditji at the Himalayan Institute in Honesdale, PA where she is a Himalayan Institute Faculty Member. In addition, Kathryn is a graduate of Kripalu School of Ayurveda where she has had the studying with Dr. David Frawley, Dr. Vass Houston, Dr. Vaas Houston, Dr. Vasant Lad, Dr. Robert Svoboda, and Dean Dr. Hilary Garivaltis.



Cancellation Policy: Full payment reserves your space and is due the day of the event. If you cancel more than 24 hours prior to the beginning of the workshop, your payment, less a cancellation fee of $50, will be refunded. If you cancel less than 24 hours prior to the beginning of the workshop, you forfeit your entire payment.

Other Guest Teachers:
• Lauren Toolin - Yoga From the Inside Out: Body & Asana Lab Weekend
• David Keil: Yoga Anatomy Workshops
• Kathryn Templeton: Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist Training
• See all guests

Yoga Teacher Trainings:
200 Hour Yoga Program
500 Hour Yoga Program

Other Trainings:
Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist Training
Reiki Trainings
Thai Yoga Bodywork RTT Program (opens to sister site)