Why Nepal For Yoga Teacher Training and Retreat?

Why Nepal For Yoga Teacher Training and Retreat? Yoga is now becoming a common interest all over the world. Yoga is a very ancient wisdom initiated throughout existence. Swami Vivekananda started the Yoga lesson in modern times in Chicago, US, in 1893 A.D. But Yoga, a great infinite science, was twisted into physical practices in place of physical training and games all over the world for a few decades. Further about Yoga Teacher Training Nepal.

People have globally been practicing Yogasana in exercise forms. Yogasana is not yoga which is one of the parts of yoga. Yoga is a destination, achieved through the practice of different means and kriyas and the final means or key is Dhyana (meditation). So Yoga is more about meditation, even Samadhi. Yoga is not practiced, is achieved after meditation and samadhi.  

Even yogasana is not an exercise; it partially works for exercise, but has recently been practiced as an exercise. It is a misunderstanding, but positively, we can say something is better than nothing. Everybody says we do yoga and meditation, but the fact is that Yogasana and Meditation are right. And also everyone knows me as a yoga master, but sometimes they will ask me that “Do you teach meditation”? It’s a wrong question, innocently. Without mediation practice and teaching, literally and formally, we cannot be Yoga masters; we will just be physical instructors. 

What is included in the Yoga Teacher Training Course in Nepal?

There are many organs or fold paths within Yoga, such as Shatkarma (six cleansing Acts), Sukshma Vyayama (Subtle Exercise), Yogasana, Pranayama, Mudras, Yoga Nidra, Meditation, etc. Meditation is ultimately Yoga. If no meditation, even for a few minutes, it does not give any sense of yoga.  It becomes just physical exercise, which usually works for recovery and physical fitness. Yoga is for optimum health, happiness, and harmony. “Samatva yoga Uchchyate” means equanimity in yoga. Self-realization is Yoga. It is infinite and never ends.

Why Nepal For Yoga Teacher Training and Retreat?

Yoga teacher training in Nepal is purely based on its fundamental ethics of Yoga. If you are going to have the training, particularly in South Asian zones, you will get pure and true yoga through a professional and academic Yoga Guru, if they are not fully influenced by commercial values. And the significance of Yoga Teacher Training on the lap of the Himalayas in Nepal is more experiential, and applied kundalini on single-point gravity with the altitude of hills and the Himalayas. Himvat Kshetra (Himalayan Belt) is the origin of almost all eastern wisdom and epics, and also the birthplace of ancient sages and seers such as Shiva, Sapta rishis, Matchhendranath, Gorakhanath, Manu, Kapila, Buddha, Panini, Veda Vyasa, Patanjali, King Janak, Ashtavakra, and so on.

Medication is nothing, very temporary, but meditation is everything, a super permanent solution in our lives.  To unite eastern wisdom with modern technology, it is very important to learn, to understand, and practice any formal Yoga Courses in the land of the Himalayas in Nepal. We teach here very classical yoga from very physiological, clinical, psychological, and spiritual perspectives on a very innovative approach. 

Ether is the first element that appeared in this universe, which is the most effective, pervasive, indestructible, and universal. It is a formless, invisible, and subtle element. It is the most subtle manifestation of the supreme soul or cosmic intelligence, whereas the other four elements are gross. There is a belief that all the devatas, or God and Goddess, who are immortal, live in the ether element (Sky). We don’t become immortal, but we can attain sound health, inner peace, cosmic power, and pure energy in the presence of the ether element. No existence is possible in the absence of the ether element. It is a fact that if the ether element were not created, nothing could exist, even a human being. Further about Ether Element Therapy.

Mahatma Gandhi has described the ether element as “King of Health” and also said that knowing the mastery of the ether element is like knowing the mastery of the supreme soul (Parmatma). The more we use this great element, the more we will be free from all ailments. If we establish a relation with the ether element directly or indirectly, which is infinite, our body, mind, and soul become completely healthy and blissful. To attain the ether element sufficiently, one should stay or sleep in open sky fasting (Upavaasa) is a powerful means to attain this element, but we have a lot of techniques and ways to gain better health and a better life by attaining the ether element.  In our body, the ether element is especially located in the head, throat, ear, heart, stomach, vessels, skin, and other spaces. Major functions of this element are sorrow, purity, openness, love, compassion, kindness, joy, sex, fear, and anger.

Physiology of Ether Element

Just as the ether element is all around us, it is also within us. Between holes in the skin, the intra space of cells, the hollow of the canals, vessels, cavities, tracts, there is an ether element. We should not fill up the space occupied by ether wherever the space is more; there are more vital forces or cosmic power. However, we try to enrich the ether element, able to get more vital power and easily recover the diseases. When the body is sick, it needs sound rest and purity, which cures the diseases. The reasons of proper recovering through different ways of healing in contact of ether element, just lying in open places, staying in clean and fresh environment, doing the fasting and other different means of ether element application, body organs gain inner rest, become pure, regulation of circulation, speed up elimination, generation of vital energy that cure the diseases.

As this principles, just stay in big room, open house, less and less stock in living rooms, live in nature, close to nature, love to nature, lots of physical, biological, hormonal, psychological, spiritual changes  are attained that leads the permanent cure, wholesome development and rejuvenation of life.

Types of means used in ether element therapy

Ether element has a vital role in all aspects of health and disease management. Naturopathy treatment starts from the use of ether element, and also this application will be continued after recovery for the whole life as well. The patient is advised to apply ether elements like rightful living, art of happiness, prosperity to rest, and deep sleep by counseling, and also doctors say to be positive, to do fasting, etc. Wild animals, when they become sick, first leave their eating and get a complete rest. This is a natural phenomenon. But we do not follow the rule, why? This is our weak point and ignorance in attaining natural living.

To enrich the ether element in the body, the following means are applied.

1. Ether bath and closeness to nature therapy
2. Brahmacharya (Cosmic Path) Therapy
3. Self control Therapy
4. Rightful living therapy
5. Mental disciplinary therapy
6. Rest, relaxation and Recreation Therapy
7. Art of happiness
8. Maunavrtta (Silence) therapy
9. Sound sleep therapy
10. Antaranga (Internal) Yoga Therapy
11. Upavaasa (Fasting) therapy

Means and Modules of Ether element therapy

Ether element is one of the elements of the pancha tattva.  As the application of this element, different means or techniques can be attempted in different patterns or modules based on diagnosis, needs, and conditions of a person, and also the availability of devices and sources. To attain the ether element therapy, various techniques or means can be used in different patterns or modules. Each means can be modulated according to the nature of problems, conditions, needs, and other required factors. Time, duration, gap, season, age, sex, interest, will power, effort, dosha, and nature are referenced to ensure and design the means and modules of treatment.

Ether Bath and closeness to Nature Therapy

The ether bath is to stay in nature and feel the cosmic energy or natural power in the atmosphere. It is like a meditative process to connect to the supreme soul. It is done in Brahma Muhurat kaala, early in the morning as for as possible, if not at any time of the day, in open, natural, and clean places. The ether bath is also known as a cosmic shower. However, we spend more and more time close to nature, naturally, it becomes an ether bath. So, most of the time, if we pass in nature or an open place, ether energy or cosmic power can be sufficiently attained from the atmosphere.

Treatment Module:

Treatment Name: Ether Bath and Closeness to Nature Therapy

Applied Parts: Whole Body (External and internal), Mind and spirit

Duration: 15 to 45 Minutes

Method:

1. Stay in open, clean, fresh, natural, calm possibly early in the morning in comfortable position sitting or lying be wearing less, loose, light, thin, and clean.
2. Just sit in gardens, in the jungle, on farms, banks of rivers, near waterfalls, base of the Himalayas, on beaches, and walk or visit, or trek in such nature freely.
3. Just be close to nature, feel the energy, and enjoy it.

Useful In:

Refresh the body and mind, give complete rest in body and mind, oxygenate the lungs, blood, and skin, calm and harmonize the entire body and mind, make better sense, good feeling, and positive, enhance the vital, heal the physical and mental illness, and upgrade the spiritual power.

Precaution:

It should be less pollution venue or spot.

It should be normal climate, no rain, no clod, no hot, no windy if practice is done outsides.

The good news as Nepal’s International Airport will start operating on September 1. With the government announcing to resumption of all international and domestic flights from September 1, the Ministry of Culture Tourism and Civil Aviation today said that it would allow all tourism-related activities, including mountain climbing in the autumn season.

With the latest announcement, the tourism fraternity believes that the industry, which incurred a loss of over 10 billion rupees a month during the COVID-induced nationwide lockdown, would gradually return to a new normal.

“The ministry plans to resume all tourism-related activities by following health and safety protocols from September 1,” the ministry’s secretary, Kedar Bahadur Adhikari, said, adding that safety protocols are being finalized by holding consultations with stakeholders concerned.

Cabinet Decisions

According to the Cabinet decision, flights will be resumed in three phases. In the first phase, flights will be operated to the destinations that are less affected by COVID-19. After that, gradually, flights will be operated to other destinations in the second and third phases. During the initial period of flight resumption, all airline companies will not be allowed to operate all their aircraft at once. Permission to operate aircraft will be given based on the destination and the number of passengers.

“MoCTCA will coordinate with the Ministry of Health and Population for the safety of the passengers travelling via commercial flights if any health issue does arise.”

Dr. Samir Kumar Adhikari, Joint-Spokesperson at the Ministry of Health and Population, said that the ministry would soon come up with new guidelines on handling of the arriving air passengers after August 17.

“All passengers who plan to arrive here on charter or repatriation flights until August 16 should go to quarantine centres,” Adhikari said, adding that passengers of the scheduled commercial flights must show their PCR report to enter Nepal thereafter.

Nepal Tourism Continuation

The Department of Tourism is all set to issue climbing permits for the autumn season after the government decided to resume domestic and international flights. “Climbing activities in the autumn season and onwards will go on,” DoT’s Spokesperson Meera Acharya said.

Tourists observing snow covered mountain range from Poon Hill at Annapurna Rural Municipality-6, in Myagdi district, on Tuesday, October 23, 2017.

According to her, the department has already started preparing necessary guidelines for climbers and trekkers who plan to visit Nepal after August 17. “DoT will also issue Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for agencies to run autumn climbing and trekking activities in the autumn season,” she said.

Iswari Poudel, Vice-President at the Expedition Operators Association of Nepal, said that trekking and expedition operators were ready to resume climbing activities following safety protocols in the autumn season. “Most of the agencies will run expeditions on Mt Manaslu and Mt Ama Dablam, among others, once the flight operation resumes,” Poudel, whose company ‘Himalayan Guides’ runs expeditions on different mountains, said.

Senior Vice-President at Trekking Agencies Association of Nepal, Navin Trital, said that mountaineering and trekking activities would resume in the autumn season. “We have been receiving queries from the world’s mountaineers who want to join autumn expeditions here,” Trital, also Managing Director at Expedition Himalaya, added.

Mingma Sherpa, Chairperson at Seven Summit Treks, said that his company would also run expeditions on different mountains, including Mt Manaslu in the autumn season. “We are ready to run expeditions following safety protocols,” the record-holding climber added.

Rishi Bhandari, Managing Director at Satori Adventures, claimed that a clear guideline was needed to resume tourism and adventure activities in the autumn season.

Yoga Courses and Retreats Continuation

Himalayan Yoga Academy will also commence its yoga teacher training courses and yoga retreats. Due to this uplift in the Travel Ban, now people may travel to Nepal to do their 200-hour yoga teacher training or 300-hour yoga teacher training in Nepal. We are also opening singing bowl teacher training and Reiki levels training. We are commencing with proper precautions and under the rule of the Government.

Himalayan Yoga presents an interesting article on Corporate Yoga, including its necessity in this busy world. Today’s world is full of technology and machinery. People are busy but not easy, instead of being crazy. Daily life is more stressful, filled with discomfort, causing a lack of happiness. They got optimum physical development, but innocently and unknowingly missed human development. In such a situation, taking a break at work with yoga has proven to be one of the most effective ways to help employees and investors relieve stress and anxiety and become refreshed and more focused.

What is Corporate Yoga?

Corporate yoga is the yogic capsule for the busy people of this world. When there is simply not enough time in the day to go to a yoga class, the yoga class comes to you. Corporate yoga can take the form of slow and flow joyful activities, meditative practice, and spiritual healing, to an energizing one, depending on your needs. It’s proven to reduce stress levels and depression, and keep you fit and happy at work again.

OUR MOTTO

To Make

• The well-being of employees is fundamentally important to having a trustworthy, successful, and productive business.
• Healthy employees’ equal happy employees and happy employees equal happy customers.
• The logistical cycle of benefits from versatile policies implementing workplace health will provide plenty of reasons to enact incentives for a healthy lifestyle.

Corporate Yoga Beneficial Departs

The corporate yoga we provide is for the highly productive, busy individuals who get a little amount of downtime. A few examples of companies that will benefit from corporate yoga.

1. The banking sector, the aircraft sector
2. Business officers, the press industry
3. Aircraft Sectors, Medical Sectors
4. The media and advertising industry
5. Professional sports, athleticism, and security
6. In universities and academia
7. NGO or INGOS
8. Diplomacy and politics

Merits for the Businesses Company

1. Increase the productivity and quality
2. Decrease the health care premiums
3. Reduced staff turnover and reduced employee absenteeism
4. Enhancing the responsibility, understanding and honesty
5. Higher job satisfaction amongst employees
6. More respect for senior management of companies
7. More attractive to potential employees seeking employment with your company

Benefit for owners and all employees

1. Reduce stress, anxiety & depression
2. Teaches individual stress management
3. Improve memory, focus and concentration
4. Increase energy and decreased fatigue
5. Improve posture and alignment
6. Improve breathing and mindfulness
7. Decreases headaches, tension, and insomnia
8. Improve confidence and concentration
9. Improve optimum physical, mental, social and spiritual health

What do we offer?

1. Customized packages to fit the company’s needs and availability.
2. Safe and detailed approach to all postures with attention given to body ailments commonly experienced at work.
3. Theory and practical courses as well as theme-based workshops in a free atmosphere and highly qualified and certified Masters, Professors, and holistic therapists.
4. Integrated, sophisticated, motivated, and refreshed yogic and spiritual packages with psychotically and professionally advised.
5. Yoga mats, but we would expect each person or the company to purchase their own. These may all be purchased through us at a very reasonable rate.

HIGHLIGHTS OF MERITS

Corporate Wellness

Be proactive in tackling stress and anxiety both in and out of the workplace. Ensure your employees mental health for the future, importantly today. We educate teams to work efficiently and effectively in a way which prevents the unnecessary tension and stress levels often seen in the workplace. We lead companies to become more productive and ultimately, more profitable.

After all, we want less stress, more smiles, and a sustainable ecosystem where companies like ours are able to give back to the planet by providing a service that adds value to our clients’ lives and those around them.

Reducing Stress

Stress is a silent killer, but there are a number of ways to reduce it, such as forming positive relationships, exercising, eating healthy and nutritious food, getting enough sleep/rest, prioritizing, organizing, and kicking your bad habits. These are all practiced within our intensive mind work retreat and can be continued once our clients’ everyday schedules resume.

Creating Awareness

We create awareness and educate those we work with by inviting our clients to stop, breathe, observe, and connect with their inner experience, and introduce mindfulness into our clients’ lives. We educate to promote an understanding of the importance of practicing the tools we teach, and the profound positive impact they have on our lives, day-to-day and work-related challenges.

Motivation and Productivity

The first step to increasing motivation know exactly what you are motivated to do. This is achieved by highlighting a purpose and a clear goal that must be achieved. We then encourage, and although motivation primarily comes from within, we all need an external push from time to time. We point out the rewards and dissect the tasks into small, digestible segments for the brain to tackle with precision, confidence, and enthusiasm.

Team Coaching

We provide Executive coaching that incorporates mindfulness and intuitive techniques. We believe in creating a positive coaching partnership, one that is confidential and challenging. Coaching with a presence that provides a sense of “being” rather than “doing”.

Wellbeing workshops

All workshops are designed with and delivered by our team with a deep experience and expertise, and a passion and commitment to making a lasting difference. All of our workshops have been tried and tested to meet our high standards, ensuring that your employees are equipped with practical and tangible takeaways, enabling them to immediately put into action what they have learned.

Offsite Programs

A 3-day off-site retreat that provides a carefully structured programme designed to motivate teams and increase their performance and productivity. We invite clients to stay at luxury accommodation, located according to the company’s preference, where our team of experts will host a life transformation event.

Nutritional Diet Plans

A healthful diet that contains antioxidant and anti-inflammatory compounds, with data gathered from each team, we will design meal plans.

Excellent nutrition and whole food supplements can make an enormous difference to your body and mind. As per need and demand, we will manage Vegan, Vegetarian, gluten-free foods, and organic foods. Our kitchen will be a home pharmacy with herbs and natural spices. We will ensure that your body gets the right nutrients it needs and help.

Naturopathy & Dieticians

Naturopathic medicine is a science-based tradition that promotes wellness by identifying the unique aspects of each patient and then employing non-toxic natural therapies to restore physiological, psychological, and structural balance. You will notice improvement in issues such as fatigue, pain, sleep disturbance, and digestive disorders.

One on one program with Advice

On Diagnosis of personal issues, we provide personal treatment and advice as needed. A Lifestyle Architect will work to build the foundations for a new, less-stressed, peaceful, and calm mind. The growth of your mind, body, and spirit will be strengthened from a deeper subconscious level by a genuine love for assisting with the personal development of our clients.

On site Wellbeing Services

Our Programs are for the progressive and forward-thinking companies that understand the importance of a healthy workforce and are interested in ensuring the physical and mental health of their employees. By offering several onsite services, we have designed programmes that successfully combine new-age science technology and applicable ancient techniques for a modern-day approach to running successful, sustainable, and happy businesses.

Workshops

Our workshops are a sure way for us to impart our knowledge of mental and physical well-being onto your employees.

We specialize in: Easy Yogasanas, Suryanamasakra, Chair Postures, Animal Postures, Breath work, Group Coaching, Mindfulness, Meditation, Motivation, Mudra healing, Clapping Therapy, laughing therapy, music healing, and meditation, and create fun, goal-oriented programmes for your team.

Complementary Healing: Acupressure, massage, Herbal medicines, Reiki Healing, sound healing, and physical and mental therapies are all benefits to be enjoyed during your stay. Leaving no stones unturned, our trained therapists are on site to treat you throughout your stay and to ensure that mind, body, and spirit are all left recharged.

Besaara (Turmeric) is the beauty of the Nepalese kitchen and kitchen garden. Every family does farming of haledo on their farm. The plant reaches barely three feet in height and produces both a flower and a rhizome, or stem that is found underground. The rhizome has an appearance similar to ginger; it is this root-like stem that produces the yellow turmeric spice. In recent years, turmeric has attracted quite a bit of interest for its natural healing properties, but it has been used medicinally for over 5000 years. As far as documented evidence, it has been used daily in Nepal for at least 8000 years as a medicine, beauty aid, cooking spice, a dye, and a lot more. Further Amazing Benefits of Turmeric.

In ancient times, there might have been 84 types of herbal species used, especially in Nepalese kitchens. Still, somewhere 44, 32, 16, 9 types of herbals are regularly used in the kitchen like ginger, cumin, coriander, garlic, onion, chilly, fenugreek, etc. Still, in Nepalese and Bharatiya Kitchen, around one dozen herbal spices are mostly used daily. All work for boosting health, revitalizing, and protecting from all types of ailments. Until this immune strongly in the body, no vaccine is needed, even any treatment is needed. Recently, more than 5 million people recovered from COVID-19. This is why anybody has done research? Of course!  No research is done; the reason is simple immune power, not a vaccine, because no vaccine has been formulated yet.

Among these spices, turmeric, a botanical name, i.e., Curcuma longa, the golden colored strongly flavored spice, is a kind of home medicine kept in a small pharmaceutical home pharmacy. This ancient spice, celebrated for centuries as both food and medicine, has resurfaced within the health and nutrition field by enhancing the defense mechanism. Healing Properties Overview: Besides flavoring food, turmeric, affectionately called as “Kitchen Queen”, has been used in traditional medicine as a household remedy for various diseases, including biliary disorders, anorexia, cough, diabetic wounds, hepatic disorders, rheumatism, and sinusitis etc.

The father of modern Medicine said that “Food is the first Medicine. It is the healing substance that supplies its vibrant color. It is called herbal antimicrobials. Turmeric has significant anti-inflammatory properties that are said to rival those found in ibuprofen, especially use of joint inflammation and abdominal spasm. Unlike over-the-counter drugs, turmeric has no side effects on the body. It aids the body in destroying developed cancer cells before they spread to other parts of the body.

It is very popular in every kitchen, which makes all varieties of vegetables or curry, and pickle more colorful and tasty. These include its anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anticarcinogenic, antimutagenic, anticoagulant, anti-fertility, anti- diabetic, antibacterial, antifungal, anti-protozoal, antiviral, anti-fibrotic, antivenin, antiulcer, hypotensive, and hypo-cholesteric activities. Turmeric is a powerful antioxidant advantages has been shown to protect healthy cells, particularly those found in the colon, from cancer-causing agents. Though it can now be found throughout the tropics, Nepal and Bharat (Real Name of India) have been the largest producers of turmeric since ancient times.

Amazing Benefits of Turmeric

1. Purifies the blood, and detoxifies the blood toxins and it also beautifies the skin.

2. It is very much useful in common cold, sinusitis, cough, sore-ache, etc. We can drink by mixing with salt.

3. It kills the germs which is ingested with food, and also no germs from harming when keeping the food few hours after cooking.

4. This is an herbal antibiotics that make our defense mechanism strong.

5. It benefits from swelling, respiratory problems, tonsillitis, joint problems, and abdominal pain.

6. It destroys developed cancer cells.

7. Turmeric also helps to lower cholesterol and prevent heart disease.

8. Inhaling fumes from burning turmeric was said to alleviate congestion.

9. Turmeric juice aids in the healing of wounds and bruises.

10. Turmeric paste was applied to all sorts of skin conditions from smallpox and chicken pox to blemishes and shingles, and other skin diseases.

11. The Hindu religion sees turmeric as auspicious and sacred. There is a wedding day tradition in which a string, dyed yellow with turmeric paste, is tied around the bride’s neck by her groom.

12. A piece of the turmeric rhizome is worn as an amulet for protection against evil spirits.

13. The vibrant yellow natural coloring of turmeric has also been used to dye clothing and thread for centuries. Saffron-hued Buddhist robes are dyed with turmeric.

14. It works on prevention, treatment and promotion of any types of bacterial and viral diseases.

15. Therapeutic uses include: AIDS/HIV, anemia, cancer, diabetes, digestion, food poisoning, gallstones, etc. It reduces fevers, diarrhoea, urinary disorders, insanity, poisoning, cough, and lactation problems in general.

CONCLUSION

Turmeric/ Curcuma longa is a non-toxic, highly promising natural antioxidant, spice having a wide spectrum of biological functions. It is expected that turmeric and its constituents, especially turmeric and essential oils, may find application as a novel drug shortly to control various diseases. All of these studies should further add to the usefulness of turmeric and its constituents, especially curcuma and essential oil. Overall, due to its usage, biological safety, combined with its cost and efficacy, and thousands of years of experimentation, justify calling turmeric “The Golden Spice of Life”.

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Subtle Yoga, or Sukshma yoga, is a fundamental yoga package that fulfills the basic needs of a human being. This yoga package purifies and recharges the body, mind, energy, and emotion. It prepares a solid foundation for further means of Yoga practice. It includes Prathana (Prayer), Sukshma Vyayama (Subtle Exercise), and Vishram (Rest & Relaxation).

1. Prathana (Prayer)

AUM: A…………Body…………………….U…………………Mind……………………….M………………Spirit…………………………………..

Omkāram Vindu Samyuktam, Nityam Dhyāyanti Yoginah!
Kāmadam Mokshadam Chaiva,  Omkārāya Namo Namah!!

Meaning: Salutation to the AUM, which is united with that point. Yogis meditate on that point every day. AUM fulfills our desires and liberation, so hail to AUM.

2. What is Sukshma Vyayama?

Under this package, Sukshma Vyayama is one of the major parts for physical activity and the regulation of the entire physiology. Sukshma Vyayama is also known as a kind of warm-up exercise, or basic exercise, or a clinically anti-rheumatic group of exercises, and also called body scan. The system of physical and breathing exercises helps to sequentially work out all joints of the body, to warm it up. This system has a strong purifying effect on the energy body of a human.

To understand what Sukshma Vyayama is how to perform it correctly and what kind of results it can bring, at the beginning we will translate this mysterious word combination.

History of Sukshma Vyayama

We will observe the visible Parampara of Sukshma Vyayama. The literal meaning of Parampara is the continuous chain of succession from Master to followers. In the Parampara system, the knowledge is passed on without changes from generation to generation. Unfortunately, because of the absence of enough information, we are not able to find the sources of this tradition.

The system of Sukshma Vyayama knowledge, which was unknown in the West before that, was extended by one of the outstanding yoga masters, Dhirendra Brahmachari (1925-1994). He received Initiation into Sukshma Vyayama techniques from Maharshi Kartikeya, the prophet and sacred great yogin who was his Master. In the preface to the book “Yogic Sukshma Vyayama,” Dhirendra Brahmachari wrote about his precious Guru. Deep knowledge made him a unique expert on human characters, their abilities, and possibilities. From Maharshi Kartikeya, Dhirendra Brahmachari received a precept to spread knowledge about Sukshma Vyayama. The invaluable merit of Dhirendra Brahmachari is that he managed to accumulate knowledge in a convenient form, to make it open and understandable for the audience everywhere.  The book “Yogic Sukshma Vyayama” was one of the first books about yoga published.

Sukshma Vyayama practices are widespread all over the world. If to observe traditions of various yoga schools – practically each of them offers a variant of exercises to prepare a body for more difficult practices. Sukshma Vyayama in tradition of Dhirendra Brahmachari is not a unique Vyayama complex as some people suppose. But Sukshma Vyayama in tradition of Dhirendra Brahmachari can be called as one of the fullest and substantial, and the most-known in the world today.

How Sukshma Yoga (Subtle Yoga) works

The fundamental name of exercises of which practice consists characterizes Vyayama essence in the best way: The Sanskrit word Vikaasaka means opening, expansion, and deepening. Vyayama is a workout of various body parts, removal of blocks and clips, influencing both on a physical and mental level. The name of the exercise specifies the workable area: body parts, joints, muscles, nadis, chakras, and marmas (special energy points). For example, Kaphoni Shakti Vikaasaka is an exercise for warm-up, improvement of elbow strength. In this case, strength is the complex conception including force, endurance, mobility, ability, and flexibility.

The complex of Sukshma Vyayama exercises can be performed as a separate self-sufficient practice lasting one and a half or two hours, allowing working out the whole body, or as a warm-up. It will help to warm up muscles and joints before the performance of asanas and will make Hatha Yoga practice more effective. Yoga therapists appreciate Sukshma Vyayama’s advantages and possibilities at its true value and include some of the elements in the exercise sequence.

The uniqueness of this complex is safety from traumas and availability for different categories of people, both for the young and for the elderly. Despite simplicity, exercises are very effective and can be performed by both healthy and sick. If the condition of health does not allow a person to practice Asana, he can start with regular practice of Sukshma Vyayama, which can gradually help to get rid of many illnesses. Sukshma Vyayama is an excellent complex for beginners who will prepare themselves for more difficult practices and for experienced yogis who can raise the efficiency of their practice.

Physiological with Yogic Sukshma Vyayama

In Yoga, it is said that most pranic blockages start in our joints, which is why Sukshma Vyayama is done to release any such impurities. Physically, they provide us with mobility by connecting two bones, allowing us to move rather than be stiff like a log of wood. However, if the joint were comprised of just the bones, then it would soon deteriorate due to friction and erosion. That is why the joint is supported by tissues like hyaline cartilage, ligaments, synovial membrane, and synovial fluid, which help prevent grinding of bones against each other. If this cartilage depletes due to age, injury, or wear and tear, then we start getting issues like joint pain and arthritis.

Although they are not very popular in the modern yoga practice, they are in practice in the traditional schools, especially the ones affiliated with Kriya Yoga. These movements are also known as ‘Yogic Sukshma Vyayama’. They are used by most schools of Yoga and also in schools of healing, yoga clinics, and even in cultural Meditation centers.

Benefits of Sukshma Vyayama (Subtle Exercise)

1. Sukshma Vyayama is performed as a warm-up for warming up muscles.
2. Subtle Kriyas remove blocks and clips in muscles, strengthening them.
3. Manage and improve blood circulation, alleviate happiness and holistic health.
4. Muscle strengthening, strengthening ligaments, and increasing their elasticity.
5. Development of flexibility, plasticity, and mobility.
6. Improving coordination and balance.
7. Increased blood circulation, sense communication.
8. Normalization of metabolism, Immunity strengthening.
9. Improving health, concentration, coordination, and equilibrium.
10. Fine channel cleansing, and Chakra Activation.
11. Harmonizes organism.
12. Lung enlargement and increases vital lung volume.
13. It prepares for the practice of more complex asanas, pranayamas, and Dhyana, so it is also called a pre-meditative group of exercises.

To be noted:

At runtime, you need to monitor the back: it should be straight, and the shoulders should be slightly laid back. You cannot strain the neck, but focus on its extension. All movements should be smooth and uniform. Breathing throughout the entire set of exercises remains even, without delays or rapid rhythm. Each exercise is repeated 4 to 16 times as needed and with effort, unless otherwise specified in the description.

It is also important to observe the sequence: each subsequent complex is an organic continuation of the previous.

48 Sukshma Vyayama (Subtle Exercise)

1. Vishuddhi Shuddi Kriya (Throat Chakra cleanse)
2. Prathana Kriya (Namaskara Mudra)
3. Buddhitat Dhriti Shakti Vikasaka Kriya (Back Crown cleanse)
4. Smarana Shakti Vikasaka Kriya (Top Crown Cleanse)
5. Megha Shakti Vikasaka Kriya (Medulla Cleanse)
6. Netra Shakti Vikasaka Kriya (Eyes Cleanse)
7. Kapola Shakti Vikasaka Kriya (Skull Energize Act )
8. Karna Shakti Vikasaka Kriya (Ears Energize Act)
9. Ghriva  Shakti Vikasaka Kriya-I (Neck Exercise)
10. Griva Shakti Vikasaka Kriya – II (Neck Exercise
11. Ghriva Shakti Vikasaka Kriya –III (Neck Exercise)
12. Skandha Baahu Moola Shakti Vikasaka Kriya (Shoulder Movable Act)
13. Musthi Bandha Shakti Vikasaka Kriya (Fist Bend act)
14. Kuhuni  Shakti Vikasaka Kriya (Elbow bend Act)
15. Bhuja Balli Shakti Vikasaka Kriya (Hands raised Act)
16. Poorna Bhuja Shakti Vikasaka Kriya (Hands rorate)
17. Mani Bandha Shakti Vikasaka Kriya (Wrist Bend)
18. Karpos  Shakti Vikasaka Kriya (Wrist rorate)
19. Kartal Shakti Vikasaka Kriya (Phalanges)
20. Anguli Moola Shakti Vikasaka Kriya (Phalanges loosen)
21. Anguli Shakti Vikasaka Kriya (Tighten the fingers)
22. Vakshasthala Shakti Vikasaka Kriya- I (Chest stretch with raised hands)
23. Vakshasthala Shakti Vikasaka Kriya- II (Chest stretch with hands back)
24. Udara  Shakti Vikasaka Kriya –I (Abd. Expand with holding)
25. Udara  Shakti Vikasaka Kriya –II (Abd. Fast In-Out)
26. Udara  Shakti Vikasaka Kriya –III (Abd. Move In-Out with head back)
27. Udara  Shakti Vikasaka Kriya –IV (Abd. Move In-Out with head down)
28. Udara Shakti Vikasaka Kriya – V (Abd. Expand with holding whole body)
29. Udara  Shakti Vikasaka Kriya –VI (Abd. Expand with half lumbar bending)
30. Udara  Shakti Vikasaka Kriya –VII (Abd. Expand with half lumbar bend 90)
31. Udara  Shakti Vikasaka Kriya –VIII (Abd. Agnisar with half lumbar bend 45)
32. Udara  Shakti Vikasaka Kriya –IX (Abd. Agnisar with half lumbar bend 90)
33. Udara  Shakti Vikasaka Kriya –X (Abd. Rotation)
34. Kati Shakti Vikasaka Kriya – I (Lumbar bend holding on back)
35. Kati  Shakti Vikasaka Kriya –II (Lumbar bend feet close)
36. Kati Shakti Vikasaka Kriya-  III (Lumbar back front with breath)
37. Kati  Shakti Vikasaka Kriya –IV ( Lumbar bend sideways)
38. Kati  Shakti Vikasaka Kriya –V (Twist with feet apart)
39. Mooladhara Shakti Vikasaka Kriya (Anus lock and pull up)
40. Upastha Shakti Vikasaka Kriya (Genitals Lock)
41. Kundalini Shakti Vikasaka Kriya (Feet apart and heel to hip)
42. Jangha  Shakti Vikasaka Kriya –I (legs fast open –close)
43. Jangha  Shakti Vikasaka Kriya –II (Chair pose on toes)
44. Janu Shakti Vikasaka Kriya (Bend knee)
45. Pindali Shakti Vikasaka Kriya (Squat pose)
46. Paadamoola Shakti Vikasaka Kriya (Heel Up-down)
47. Gulf Paadaprista paadatala Shakti Vikasaka Kriya (Ankle rotate)
48. Pada Angula Shakti Vikasaka Kriya (Toes flex)

Vishrama (Rest & Relaxation)

Shavasana or state of Rest and Relaxation at any Position as need
1. Deha Dharana (Body Relaxation)
2. Prana dharana (Breath/Energy Relaxation)
3. Mano Dharana (Mind Relaxation)

To sum up

One of the best ways to create a good atmosphere in physical, mental, energy, and emotional levels and protect our joints and muscles is to keep moving mindfully and changing our posture from time to time. These joint movements are an accessible and gentle way to incorporate therapeutic movements in our daily lives. They improve circulation, remove stiffness and tension, and relieve the nervous system, and can be done by anyone. It regulates the contraction of muscles that enhancing the ability and mobility of muscles and joints. Physiologically, just stretching is not flexibility; in fact, the mobility and ability of Joints and muscles is called flexibility. These are also a good way to warm up before our yoga practice. It keeps us safe and risk-free. Stay healthy and happy.

Article By : Yogacharya Subodh Simkhada

We present an insightful article on Classical Hatha Yoga Online Teacher Training in Nepal. Although we have different yoga traditions or schools, among these schools, hatha yoga is very popular today, both literally and practically. The initiation goes to Adinath Shiva in the Deva Yoga Era before the Vedic Period with the Shiva civilization. Later, it was promoted by the Great Yogis Matsyendranath and Gorakhnath, then in post post-classical period by Maharshi Gheranda and Yogi Swatmaram through Gheranda Samhita and Hatha Pradipika, respectively.

Hatha Yoga means physical discipline and physical purity trained by the enforced effort of yogic practice. With ha meaning “sun” and tha meaning “moon,” we have the common interpretation of Hatha yoga as “a union of the pairs of opposites.” A more technical translation of Hatha yoga is “force’ or “determined effort,” or “dedicated practice”. Thus, Hatha yoga, the “yoga of activity,” is the yoga that addresses the body and mind and requires discipline and effort. It is the yoga that we can feel, that we can experience, right here and right now. Hatha yoga is a powerful method of self-transformation. Further about Classical Hatha Yoga Online Teacher Training.

It is the most practical of the yogas, and sages have recommended its practice in some form for millennia as preparation for all the other yogas, from beginning levels to higher levels.

Yoga is a common subject with a popularity all over the world. But everybody needs to get training in original and traditional places because almost all yoga practitioners, yoga lovers, and even yoga instructors have a misunderstanding about the science of Yoga. In the context of modern understanding of yoga as physical training, fitness programs, it gives you the right message of yoga as a science of life, and also the achievement of Yogic practice.

Hatha Yoga is a very popular style of Yoga in the world. Many beginners in Yoga prefer to learn Hatha Yoga as it’s the first classical yoga. So Many people prefer taking hatha yoga teacher training. Since the world is in complete lockdown, the Hatha Yoga Online Teacher Training Course is designed in order to provide the classical knowledge and skill of Hatha Yoga to the students with proper guidance and training.

Although Online Training is not complete learning of such Yogic science, it depends on how the teaching is set up, and how the training is incorporated into their practice, both through theory and practice. The effectiveness of online training depends on the materials. like references, books, videos, articles, schedules, home tasks, project works, etc. 

Courses of Classical Hatha Yoga Online Teacher Training in Nepal

Chapter-1: ASANA

Chapter-2: SHATAKARMA And PRANAYAMA

Chapter-3: BANDHA AND MUDRA

Chapter-4: NADANUSANDHANA (Stage of Dhyana and Samadhi)

Hatha Yoga Online Teacher Training will be guided through the means of Zoom. In Zoom, we will conduct live sessions where you will be taught by professional gurus. They will teach the fundamentals of yoga (Hatha, Bhakti, Kriya, Asthanga, Karma, Mantra, and many more).

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“HAPPY GURU PURNIMA ”

“AUM GURU PARAMATMANE NAMAH”

The Sanskrit words āchārya and guru both have the meaning of ‘Master’. The etymology of āchārya is generally supposed to derive from āchāra, right conduct or true attitude, or from ācharati, to approach, to go to as for instruction, or from āchinoti, to accumulate knowledge, wealth or merit. 

Guru is a Sanskrit word that means “destroyer of darkness”, or “dispeller of darkness,” from ‘gu’, which stands for “darkness,” and ‘ru’, which stands for lightness, “that which dispels.  Although used in modern dialogue to indicate an expert at something, mastery over mind, a true guru has attained self-mastery, which is complete control of the ego, thoughts, and communion with universal Consciousness.

However, the two words had separate origins, and to attribute equal semantic value to these synonymous words may efface the subtle nuance attached to each. In the pages which follow, we will examine briefly the passages where these words occur, bring to light the aspects in which the two words distinguish themselves from each other, and ascertain several distinctive connotations of both words as mentioned above.

Who is Guru?

A guru (Sanskrit: गुरु) is a person or source who is regarded as having great knowledge, wisdom, and authority in a given area, and uses it to guide others. The word comes from Sanskrit Gu, darkness, and Ru, lightness  (prakash); literally, a preceptor who shows others knowledge (light) and destroys ignorance (darkness). Guru provides not only skills, but also the whole light of life. Guru teaches how to live. So, parents are called the first Guru in life.  Because of this state of realization (enlightenment), a guru is uniquely qualified to lead other spiritual seekers on their inward journey toward divine Self-realization.

Prof. Dr. Ishwar Bhardwaj – Professor at Gurukula Kangri University

Yoga Charya of True Guru

Guide – They become true guide in life.

Understanding – They should have good understanding for sharing true knowledge to disciples.

Respectful – They will never force their will on anyone or expect someone to renounce his/her free will.

Usable – They are source of learning, wealth, and awareness for learners.

Humble – They want nothing for their own gain, only the good of the student.

Honest – They are not seeking blind obedience or a cult-like following.

Peaceful – They are unflappable because their egos have no personal motive and calming.

Kind – They exhibit pure, unconditional love, compassion, and goodwill for all.

Discerning – They do not use spiritual powers (siddhis) for show.

Compassionate – They work freely, tirelessly and selflessly for others.

Virtuous – They do everything to all righteously

Self-controlled – They can enter the unblinking, un-moving, stilling, non-breathing state of Samaadhi at will.

Culture

Guru Purnima is the day when the disciple wakes up and expresses gratitude by praying and worshiping. The purpose of the Guru Purnima (or Purnima) celebration is to review the preceding year to see how much one has progressed in life, to renew one’s determination, and to focus on one’s progress on the spiritual path.

Guru Puja (literally “worship of the guru”) is the practice of worshiping the guru through the making of offerings and requesting inspiration and guidelines from the guru. Vows and commitments made by the disciples, who might have lost their strength, are renewed.

Guru Bhakti (literally “devotion to the guru”) is considered important in many schools, universities, and especially spiritual institutions.

“OM Guru Devo Bhavah”

Om Shantih!  Shantih!!  Shantih!!!

Guru – Mina Raj Aryal – Respected Senior Guru on my School Life

Why Would You Take Online Yoga Teacher Training? Yoga is being ruled by mind technology, but not through modern technology. But sometimes, we will be compelled by the current and modified situation. So, focusing on this social and economic life due to the pandemic situation, online Yoga Teacher Training can be a great way at some point for you. If it is conducted innovatively and realistically based on ethical and spiritual norms, it will make more sense.   

Though Online Training is not complete learning of such Yogic science, it depends on how the teaching is set up, and how the training is incorporated into their practice, both through theory and practice. The effectiveness of online training depends on the materials, like reference books, videos, articles, schedules, home tasks, project works, etc. 

Benefits of Online Yoga Teacher Training with us

Yoga is a common subject with a popularity all over the world. But everybody needs to get training in original and traditional places because almost all yoga practitioners, yoga lovers, and even yoga instructors have a misunderstanding about the science of Yoga. In the context of modern understanding of yoga as physical training, fitness programs, it gives you the right message of yoga as a science of life, and also the achievement of Yogic practice.

The following benefits can be attempted

There are individual mentors that help you stay focused and put your level of skills and knowledge. You can also get your questions answered by the staff online.

The online YTT is for everyone from beginners to advanced levels of students. If there was something you didn’t understand, you can play it back and repeat. 

Cost is also a benefit. Teacher training courses in difference places is more than fifteen hundred dollars and above with food accommodation while online yoga courses are about 50% less for the YTT 200.

Time/Training Schedule: If you have a full-time job, just a few hours daily, or weekend classes.

You’re Yoga Ability/Level – Another misconception of YTT is that you have to a super duper advance practitioner to participate.

Size: This goes back to what kind of learner you are. You would rather be in a small, intimate group setting.

The training is Yoga Alliance-Certified – As the international governing body for yoga, the Yoga Alliance has set the standard for what a properly constructed teacher training program must contain.

 Get the lesson about anatomy and physiology.

Study the program’s history. Some research is done into the history of the company with which you are considering doing your training.

Get in shape; feel great – nothing like practicing asana everyday to give a boost to your health and wellness. Feel more energetic and vibrant than ever. Your friends and family will notice. We promise!

Cultivate lasting and meaningful relationships – walking the path of yoga is more meaningful when others walk the path with us.

Accelerate transformation in your life – setting down old ways of being and living in alignment with our most centered, conscious self is what transformation is all about, and it is at the core of yoga in teacher training. There is an individual and collective experience of transformation taking shape.