21 Sep 2020 HYN Himalayan Yoga Academy
Here is an article on Yoga Teacher Training Course after COVID-19 to boost up for better health, career goals, and other tasks. After more than half a year of the coronavirus crisis, the world is now feeling relief. We feel more hope and look to release somewhere else and something else. During the pandemic period, however, it has been an infectious crisis; at the same time, Yogic knowledge and practices have also been introduced and applied to boost the immune system and intuition as a great lesson since the beginning of the coronavirus infection. What we are practicing and getting preventive tips from WHO, as well as the Governments, surprisingly, are the codes and ethics of our ancient knowledge and science, which have usually been taught in our Himalayan Yoga Teacher Training Course at Himalayan Yoga Academy in Nepal.
वक्रतुण्ड महाकाय सूर्यकोटि समप्रभ । निर्विघ्नं कुरु मे देव सर्वकार्येषु सर्वदा ॥
Vakra-Tunndda Maha-Kaaya Suurya-Kotti Samaprabha | Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryessu Sarvadaa ||
Meaning
(Salutations to Sri Ganesha) Who has a Curved Trunk, Who has a Large Body, and Whose Splendor is similar to a Million Suns;
O Deva, Please Make my Undertakings Free of Obstacles, by extending Your Blessings in all my Works.
Means of Practice
Suppose we learn these kriyas in Shatkarma under Hatha Yoga as the content of Yoga Teacher Training. Such as washing hands and feet, Jala Neti (Nasal Cleansing), rinsing and gargling with salty warm water (Data Dhauti), drinking warm water, lemon water, ginger tea, tulsi tea, vomiting cleansing act (Vaman Dhauti), etc. We generally do prayer every day for physical, mental, emotional, and entire body preparation by chanting Om, Mantras with Salutation Mudra (Namaste) instead of Handshake as a Bhakti Yoga In our Yoga Teacher Training and Yoga Retreat Packages at Himalayan Yoga Academy in Nepal, now the world is learning from corona Master. This is the second surprise.
What we learn is Aahara Yoga (Yoga of Food) and Yogic lifestyle in the Yoga teacher training course. Now the corona is teaching the worldly people about the intake of natural, balanced, organic, seasonal, vegetarian, and live food for the right purpose, right time, and the right way of eating daily rather than junk, fast, dead, meat products, etc. We should think that “Fast food and Fast life tend to Fast death,” but it is better to have only the ‘Fast’. We learn here Dina-charya (Day), Ratri-charya (Night ), Ritu-charya (Seasonal regimen) as a proper lifestyle in the Yoga Teacher Training Course at Himalayan Yoga Academy, the first Yoga school in Nepal under Yoga Alliance Affiliation.
What we learn here is Warm-up, Dynamic exercise, Surya Namaskar, and Yogasana under the Yoga Teacher Training in Nepal ( 200 Hour YTTC / 300 Hour YTTC / 500 Hour YTTC ), but corona teaches us to keep physical activity at least by doing 30 minutes of physical exercises or a morning walk, playing games, or, if not, we do a physical work-out on-farm and sweat break out at least. Instead of this, we can do yogasana. We do Physical exercise and Yogasana, then we do bandha, mudras, breathing workout, and Pranayama – Bhastrika and Sheetali (Highly Recommended) to increase immunity because the immune system is the natural and original vaccine. It is our ignorance that we are looking forward to getting the vaccine, which means we indirectly want to be infected, because to date, no vaccine against viruses in the world has been invented, and also, everybody has their immunity system.
What we learn to have a 3R = Rest, Relaxation, and Recreation, Yoga Nidra, Concentration, Meditation, and the ethical part of Yogic life, e.g., Yama & Niyama, this corona also teaches us how to get good sleep. Somehow, we learn good humor and ethics from this situation, and finally, it made us realize something more. So, we heartily request that to make the travel plan. We are looking forward to seeing you soon for the Himalayan Yoga Teacher Training and Yoga Retreats packages at the Himalayan Yoga Academy.
OM SHANTIH!