Heart Meditation Facilitator Course
A few quotes from recent graduates of our course.
"This practice is such a gift and the course is a treasure box, just full of magical wonders, which will change your life. This is for everyone who wants to know and love themselves, and to walk with compassion through this world. Or just everyone really. I thought I had an idea of what Yoga was all about, until I found Heart of Living Yoga and all its wonderful teachers. Now I realise that I had barely scratched the surface, and now I have the rest of my life to walk this path of the heart, that is the gift." ~ Sarapriya
“It’s a wonderful, wonderful opportunity. And the world needs peace and ambassadors of peace and love. This course is absolutely what that is all about – becoming an ambassador … of love, compassion, care.” ~ Karen Tidsall
heart meditation facilitator Training - 100 Hours - The Living Heart of Yoga
exploring traditional yoga asana based on yogic science
discovering the philosophical basis of yoga & how to apply it in daily life
establishing a personal daily heart-opening practice of yoga and meditation
a stand alone course…or a prerequisite for further Heart Of Living Yoga training
Certification on satisfactory completion: Heart Meditation Facilitator Diploma
The Foundation Course is a prerequisite for continuing on to either our Heart Of Living Yoga Teacher Training or Heart of Healing courses.
The next Foundation Training is running online October 2020 - April 2021. For futher details, click here.
SYLLABUS
These elements will be presented, explored and experienced during this 6 month course.
1. HATHA YOGA
Focusing on the Rishikesh Sequence hatha yoga as practicum & experiential deepening of your own hatha yoga practice.
2. MEDITATION
Practising the Heart Meditations and going deeper – experiencing the Heart itself as a safe place and as an achievable way to invite meditation to happen. Also learning how to share different meditation techniques such as Tratak, Heart Breath, Mantra of the Breath, Heart Mantra, Peace Meditation & Walking Meditation.
3. RAJA YOGA
Study and comparison of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras as translated and explained by Sri Swami Satchidananda and Nischala Joy Devi – focusing on Sutras Book I:1,2,3 & 4 and Book II:29 – 45.
4. HEART PRACTICE
Every day doing the meditation practices on the CD’s/Downloads given to you as part of the course resources.
5. TRAINING THE MIND
Using the science of Yoga to train the mind, helping it align with the peace of the Heart – experiencing the Awakened Heart-Mind.
6. BREATHING & RELAXATION TECHNIQUES
Learning how the breath co-ordinates our two major nervous systems and switches on the relaxation response.
7. THE 7 CHAKRA SYSTEM
Learning about the 7 main chakras of the human energy system and learning how to balance the chakras using a special breathing kriya & meditation technique.
8. HEART’S REST RESTORATIVE YOGA (Level I)
Learning how to nest and rest yourself, each other and ultimately your own students.
9. TEACHING/SHARING PRACTICE
Practising with each other how to teach or share the practices you have been learning.
10. RADICAL SELF CARE
Learning how to nurture yourself at a deep level and how to share the experience with others.
11. FEEDBACK
This Part I course has no essays, but each month, the week before the next course weekend, you will receive a “check in” email from the course tutors asking how you are doing and how it is going. You are asked to reply!
12. MUDRAS
You will experience and learn the Heart Mudra Flow which brings our energies, emotions and thoughts back into their natural balance.
13. COURSE RESOURCES:
Heart Of Living Yoga Teacher Training Part I Manual
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by Swami Satchidananda
The Secret Power of Yoga by Nischala Joy Devi
Blessing of the Heart CD or Download by Rev. Padm