60hr meditation, pranayama & mantra teacher training
with Nico Luce and Kinga Toth
This module is dedicated to learning how to teach and hold space for the most subtle practices of yoga that have a profound effect in our mind and psyche with the potential to transform our state of consciousness. The benefits of these practices are well known and much needed in our world today, from stress management, improving concentration and lengthening attention span to emotional well being, enhanced self-awareness and inner peace.
As yoga teachers, we strive to help our students in any way we can, and adding guided meditations, precise breathing techniques and meaningful mantras to your yoga classes will make the experience more powerful and effective. Teaching these will demand your greatest awareness, sensitivity and grace, qualities you can cultivate and apply to every aspect of your life.
Topics covered in the program:
How to guide meditation sessions
Practice and study of a wide range of Pranayama techniques
Mantra Immersion
The core teachings and symbolism of The Ramayana
A complete training manual in english will be provided covering all the topics presented in the program.
Sample daily schedule:
8:00 to 9:30 Meditation, Pranayama & Mantra practice
9:30 to 11:00 Vinyasa practice
11:00 to 12:00 Breath Anatomy, physiology & techniques
12:00 to 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 to 14:30 Discussion on the Ramayana & Mantra Immersion
14:30 to 16:00 Teaching methodology & practice teaching
16:00 to 17:00 Closing Restorative/Yin practice
Pre-training Required Reading:
The Ramayana is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the Mahābhārata in which we find the Bhagavad Gita.
This epic story narrates the life of Rama, a legendary prince of an ancient kingdom. It follows his fourteen-year exile to the forest, his travels across India with his wife Sita and brother Lakshmana, the kidnapping of his wife by Ravana the great king of Lanka, resulting in a war with him and Rama's eventual return home to be crowned king.
The Ramayana depicts the duties of relationships with the cast main characters: the ideal father, the ideal servant, the ideal brother, the ideal husband, the ideal wife and the ideal king. Like The Mahabharata, the Ramayana presents the teachings of ancient Hindu sages in narrative allegory, interjecting philosophical and ethical elements.
Due to the length of the text, you are required to read it in advance so we can later discuss as a group the insights you drew from it, as well as the qualities and symbolism of its main characters and the core teachings of this masterpiece.
Dates:
This training is divided into two 4-day modules, scheduled approximately two months apart.
Part 1: October 28 to 31 to 15, 2027
Part 2: November 11 to 14, 2027
Cost:
1,300 Fr Early Bird price for registrations prior to July 31, 2023
1,500 Fr Regular Fee
The full amount must be payed one month prior the start of the training.
In order to reserve your spot in this training you transfer a non-refundable deposit of 300 Fr. at the time of registration. The remaining amount needs to be transferred to the same account one month prior to the start of the training, by September 28, 2027.
For graduates of any 200 hour Yoga Alliance certified training, the full extent of this program can be applied towards the Luce Yoga 300 hour certification, and is eligible for Continuing Education Units (CEUs) with Yoga Alliance.