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Yoga Teachers Training Course (TTC)with Swami Jnaneswariananda and Shyam and Mohini
Saturday, July 18 @ 2:00 pm - Sunday, August 16 @ 12:00 pm
Tuition: $2400 – $4900
Are you ready to take your yoga practice to a deeper, more meaningful level or teach others about the wonderful benefits of yoga?
In 1969, Swami Vishnudevananda introduced the first TTC taught in the West. Since then, over 50,000 yoga teachers have been certified by the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers around the world. Our TTC is appropriate for both aspiring Yoga teachers, and anyone wishing to deepen their practice and understanding of Yoga.
Join us at the Yoga Ranch for a four weeks transformation in the TTC. Our TTC is based on the ancient Gurukula teaching system, which integrates the student’s daily life into the yoga training. You’ll be living on the ashram in the middle of the Catskill mountains, in NY, with your teachers. Living close to nature, and with your teachers will strengthen your own yoga practice, self-discipline and awareness of the mind, body and spirit.
This course is design to build a firm foundation from which you will develop the skills and knowledge to teach yoga with confidence. The TTC is a wonderful opportunity to awaken or deepen your yoga practice and to be a part of the global yoga community of Sivananda yoga teachers. This course is registered with the Yoga Alliance at a 200-hour level.
Our TTC Program Curriculum
• Asana (yoga postures)
• Pranayama (breathing practices)
• Meditation Theory & Practice
• Mantra & Sacred Chanting
• Vedanta & Yoga Theory
• Bhagavad Gita
• Mantra Meditations
• Kriyas (cleansing practices)
• Yoga Diet
• Anatomy & Physiology
• Ayurveda Introductions
• and much more…
What to Bring
• Yoga asana clothing (you will receive a TTC uniform for all satsangs and lectures.)
• Karma Yoga clothing (for chores around the ashram, may be in garden, housekeeping, etc.)
• Rain boots, umbrella, rain jacket
• Hiking shoes, warm clothing for cool evenings, socks for indoors
• Personal toiletries
• Swimsuit for our wood-burning sauna
If you plan to tent more info will be sent to you. You may also wish to purchase items from our Yoga Boutique, participate in offsite day trips or visit our Well Being Center. Additional fees required.
Required Text Books
• The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga by Swami Vishnudevananda
• The Bhagavad Gita with Swami Sivananda’s commentary
Text books are available at our Yoga Boutique for an additional cost or you can bring your own copies. You will receive your training manual upon arrival.
Course Tuition
• $2400 – Tent Space
• $2960 – Shared Room
• $3220 – Double Room
• $3900 – Single Room
The course cost above includes your meals, classes, accommodations, training manual and use of the ashram grounds. It does not include your training course textbooks (required and available at our boutique) or any of our Well-Being Center services.
Watch the TTC video: Yoga Teacher Training Course Testimonal – Sivananda Yoga Ranch
Thank you for your interest in our training program. It is one of the most well-rounded training programs in the world today. Refined, yet practical. Details on how to get to the Ranch can be found here. Please arrive a day before the course begins and plan to depart the day after graduation. Please do not arrive late or plan to leave early.
Payment in full is necessary to hold your space in the course. If you make only the $300 deposit, the balance will need to be paid prior to the start of the course. Only registrants who have made full payments are guaranteed their accommodation option.
You can call the ashram to make payments or if you have questions.
Cancellation Policy: If you want to cancel your registration before the start of the course, we will refund your original payment less a cancellation fee of $300 USD. If you do not show up for the course and do not contact us, no refund will be issued. If you decide to leave within 3 days of the course start date, we will refund your original payment less a cancellation fee of $500 USD. No refunds will be issued after the 3rd day of classes has begun. All uniforms and manuals received at the start of the course will need to be handed in before your departure.
Arrival & Departure Information
• Sunday – 2:00pm
• Sunday – 12:00pm (room checkout)
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Swami Jnaneswariananda
Swami Jnaneswariananda joined the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers in 1995 and has been director of centers and ashrams in Canada, California, and Italy. She teaches Hatha Yoga, Meditation, Anatomy, and Vedanta at Teacher Training Courses around the world. Swami Jnaneswariananda took vows of Sannyas in 2001. She is currently the director of the New York Yoga Ranch and NY City center.
Shyam and Mohini are the founders and co-directors of the Yoga Warehouse, an affiliated Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, established in 1998. They are graduates of the Sivananda Advanced Yoga Teachers Training Course and other advanced trainings and courses. They regularly teach at Sivananda ashrams and have helped to train and certify hundreds of yoga teachers in classical Hatha Yoga as instructors in the Sivananda Yoga Teacher Training Courses and Advanced Yoga Teacher Training Courses.
Teachers are subject to change.
