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Vedanta and Silence Retreat

Swami Sitaramananda

February 10 – 19, 2008

 Christmas  and New Year Symposium and Celebration

Vedanta and Silence Retreat

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Dr. Laurier-Pierre Desjardins May 7 – 13, 2006 (Arrival: May 6, departure: May 14) This course provides yoga teachers and advanced practitioners with a deeper understanding of the functional anatomy of yoga asanas, pranayama, bandhas, and mudras. Students will explore the basic yoga asanas from the perspective of their structure, their function, and their unique pranic flow (energy flow). The course was developed in order to fulfill a growing need of yoga teachers who adjust and correct their students based only on an instinctive knowledge. The course gives yoga teachers the necessary tools to understand the unique body structure of their students and how to correct and adjust their postures in order to achieve flexibility and an optimal pranic flow.   Students will also learn the functional anatomy relevant to the major injuries that could occur in a hatha yoga class and how to prevent them. In addition, students will study how to use asanas as a therapeutic tool to help recovery and healing.

Topics include:
- Hatha yoga and functional anatomy
- Knowing the body
- Contractions and physiology
- Functional anatomy of an asana
- The co-contraction concept
- Asanas and pranic flow
- Posture: seeing the essence
- Structure of breathing
- Strain vs. Sprain
- Hypermobility vs. Hypomobility
- Acute injury, chronic injury
- Basic principles of rehabilitation

Laurier-Pierre Desjardins, PhD is a professor of osteopathy and physiotherapy and a practicing yogi for over 30 years. He is Professor of Functional Anatomy at Wales University (England) in its Canadian School of Osteopathy Branch. He teaches at osteopathy schools in Canada, Germany and Switzerland. He also teaches Functional Anatomy for Hatha Yogis in yoga teachers' training courses in Canada and the United States.

Certification
• Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a co-certification signed by the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat and Dr. Laurier-Pierre Desjardins.
• The course fulfills the requirements for Yoga Alliance Certification.
• Continuing Education Units (CEU) available.
• Course graduates earn credits toward graduate degrees from The Open International University for Alternative Medicines.

Tuition fee
• US$490 tuition plus 8 nights of accommodation(see rates). 
• A US$150 non-refundable deposit is required for your registration. The balance is due before the beginning of the course. Please note that there will be no refund in case of cancellation. A credit note for other programs at the Yoga Retreat will be given.

Special offers
• 5% off tuition fee for simultaneous enrolment for two or more certification courses.
• 5% off tuition fee for two people enrolling for the course at the same time.
(discount offers cannot be combined)