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This Yoga of Sound 14 hour intensive training for yoga and meditation teachers will explore the four traditions of sound: nada, bhakti, vedic and tantric, to delight, inspire and nourish your practice and teaching.

Mantra and chanting is a beautiful way to deepen our breath, focus our minds and open our hearts. The use of sound can release and transform emotional and mental holding to create space for a deeper beingness to permeate us. Sound practices are a perfect bridge into meditation and into a deeper inner inquiry and self-exploration. We use sound as practice, not performance, making sound practice accessible to all.

This training will give yoga and meditation teachers the skills and confidence to lead mantra and sound practices. In this training participants will:

• Learn a wide repertoire of sound practices ranging from simple humming nada sound practices, tantric chakra based practices, chants for asana practice, many powerful bhakti heart-based mantras, to beautiful Vedic prayers.

• Experience both contemporary and traditional practices that can be included within any yoga or meditation style or tradition.

• Explore the effects and benefits of mantra, drawing on the fields of yoga, meditation and neuroscience.

• Explore a theoretical framework covering four sound traditions: vedic, tantric, bhakti and nada yoga. This framework is especially useful to help place any sound practice in context and to enhance our understanding of the deep purpose behind these practices.

• Use sound to deepen your teaching of yoga philosophy and of practice as self inquiry, to deeply inspire your students

• Develop your personal practice of mantra, exploring your personal approach to mantra and learning how to adapt practices to individual needs.

• Learn how to teach mantra, meditation and yoga philosophy and practise teaching each other in a supportive environment.

• Receive a Yoga of Sound Manual, recordings of chants and a Certificate of Completion, once completed.

Rusty voices are very welcome! This workshop is suitable for both beginner and experienced students of mantra yoga. The practices are easy to learn and to teach even without any previous musical experience.

“To sing is not enough. We must tap the powers that lie beneath the consciousness of the song. The song leads down to the chant, the chant leads down to the tone, the tone leads down to the breath and the breath leads to the energy beneath the sound – the roar of silence.” — Don Campbell

This workshop earns 14 CPD points for Yoga Australia members.

Details

Saturday and Sunday
April 4th and 5th, 2020
9.30am - 5pm each day
$500 ($460 if paid by Feb 29th)
YogaHara Studio, 1A King Street Bendigo.

This professional development for yoga teachers includes 14 hours of training, a Yoga of Sound manual and morning and afternoon teas.

If you have any questions about the content of the training please feel free to email or phone Anahata anahatagiri@gmail.com 0410 950 606

Bookings and Cancelation Policy

Bookings are essential. A non refundable deposit of $100 is required at the time of booking to secure your place. Balance is due by March 27th, 2020. If balanced paid by Feb 29th, 2020 an early bird discount of $40 applies.

If you cancel after March 4th a refund (less your deposit) will only be given if your place can be filled from our waitlist. If your place cannot be filled from our waitlist no refund is available.

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About Anahata

Anahata Giri has collected and practised many, many sound practices over her 30 years of yoga and meditation practice within many traditions. She has integrated a diverse range of sound practices into her teaching since she began teaching in 2002. She has run training in sacred sound for yoga teachers since 2012 and she loves the deepening and uplifting effect sound practices have on our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing. Anahata is a teacher’s teacher and alongside the sharing of sound practices, she shares the depth of  wisdom teachings and an authentic expression of practice in daily life. She is a skilled facilitator and holds the space for a participatory, collaborative, enjoyable and shared group learning experience.