SANSKRIT & YOGA MASTERY SERIES:
Advanced Sanskrit Training

YES? Then our Sanskrit & Yoga Mastery™ Level 1 Series Program is right for you!

Keep reading to learn all about it!

From: Dr. Katy Poole, Ph.D.,
Shruti Institute for Vedic Arts
Broomfield, Colorado

Namaste!

What distinguishes Yoga from all other forms of exercise and self-development, is that the more you practice the more you want to explore its vast depth.  This is why Yoga has survived for over 5,000 years.  It’s a positive addiction.

Yet for those serious practitioners who are longing for a fun and profound advanced study of the teachings and traditions behind the modern expression of Yoga, the options are few.

Where can you go to advance your Yoga skills by deepening your knowledge and experience of the sacred traditions at the source of Yoga?

You can attend a university program that will present the teachings of Yoga in an academic and non-experiential method. And while there’s value in its objective style, it’s not a completely satisfying approach for Yogis hungering for more spiritual growth and experience.

Or you can travel to India and search for a competent teacher who might provide you with the traditional knowlede you desire.  But where do you find such a person and how long would that take? 

Dr. Katyayani Poole, Ph.D. faced the same dilemma in her own search for the deep spiritual knowledge behind Yoga.  It led her to spend many years studying the Vedic and Yoga traditions in the university setting and many years apprenticing with traditional teachers in India.  And while as a result she gained mastery in Sanskrit & Yoga, she realized that not everyone could enjoy the same opportunity she was blessed with.

For this reason, Dr. Poole created a special course of study, “The Sanskrit & Yoga Mastery™ Series,” to provide you  (a serious yoga student) access to the great depth of knowledge and experience behind Yoga.

Dr. Poole’s program combines the best aspects of her academic training with her deep connection to a Vedic lineage and years and years of Yoga and meditation practice – to save you lots of unnecessary time, effort, and expenses, while providing you an opportunity to grow your Yoga practice in such powerful and unimaginable ways. 

In just one year (or a little longer depending on your available time, resources, and commitment), you’ll

• Learn the secret connection between Sanskrit, the Vedas, Vedic chanting, and the advanced practices of Yoga;
• Align yourself with the traditional guru/disciple transmission of higher knowledge contained in the Upanisads;
• Expand your consciousness and align with the laws of nature through Vedic meditation while reconnecting to the innocence of your silent inner Self;
• Enliven states of higher consciousness through the spiritual technology contained within Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras in Sanskrit;
• Awaken a deeper connection and awareness of your subtle body with the wisdom of the Hatha Yoga Pradipika and Kashmir Shaiva Tantric traditions;
• Empower your self-confidence and meditative presence by mastering traditional Vedic chanting in Sanskrit and;
• Realize the unlimited potential within you through the revolutionary teachings of the Bhagavad Gita.

1. Trains you to feel and experience the beauty and grace of Sanskrit, the sacred language of Yoga, as the pulse of prana (as life force and consciousness) within your subtle body;
2. Deepens your Yoga asana practice by cultivating your awareness of the channels of prana (life force) within the subtle body by pronouncing and feeling the energetic Sanskrit syllables that comprise the names and energetic forms of the Yoga postures
3.  Provides you with the opportunity to gain transformational insight into Yoga’s most sacred and profound Sanskrit wisdom texts: the Vedas & Upanisads, the Yoga Sutras, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, and the Bhagavad Gita.
4. Grants you entry into the bliss of Vedic chanting in Sanskrit and its power to increase the lively intelligence and prana within every layer of your physical and subtle physical body.
5. And…gives you the skills to structure a fruitful, daily practice of Vedic chanting and meditation to integrate with your Yoga asana & pranayama practice that will give you more presence and inspiration as a Yoga practitioner – not to mention a strong foundation on which to build a happy and fulfilled life.

As a result of completing this program, you’ll achieve a depth of experience in Yoga that is very rare and difficult to find anywhere.

The structure of the Sanskrit & Yoga Mastery™ Series requires that students complete:

• 2 Modules covering the Vedas and the Upanishads
• 4 Elective Modules:
  • Sanskrit Vedic Chanting,
  • Sanskrit Names for the Yoga Postures Immersion,
  • Chanting the Yoga Sutras (Padas 1 & 2),
  • An Immersion into the Teachings of the Bhagavad Gita
• Successful completion of final evaluation for certification

Here’s the detailed description for each requirement:

(PLEASE NOTE: The pre-requisite for attendance in these two modules is either completion of the Sanskrit for Yogis™: Introduction to Nada, the Yoga of Sacred Sound Program or simultaneous enrollment. These two modules for certification credit may also be taken via our online distance learning systems. All live classes will be held at the Shruti Institute Center located in Suite 103 of TheTroy Centre, 2095 W. 6th Ave., Broomfield, CO 80020)

ELECTIVE: Feeling the Alphabet of the Body™ — Immersion in Hatha Yoga Pradipika - Part I

This course may be taken live, in-person or via online/distance learning
Total Hours of Classroom Instruction:10
Meeting Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
2010 Course Dates: 5 Tuesdays

This is a course in learning the Sanskrit names for the Yoga postures and provides instruction in Sacred Sound and the Subtle Body. The course instructs you in relating the anatomy of the subtle body (the marmas, nadis and cakras) to the 50 sounds of Sanskrit.  You’ll also discover how the names of the Yoga postures in Sanskrit serve to establish an energetic flow of prana between the physical and subtle physical bodies.

ELECTIVE: The Yoga Sutras in Sanskrit — The Truth & Transformation through Yoga Sutras (Padas I & II)

This course may be taken live, in-person or via online/distance learning
Total Hours of Classroom Instruction: 50
Meeting Time: 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm
2010 Course Dates: Wednesdays

PADA I    • January 20 27        • February 3 10 17 24    • March 3 10 17 24

PADA II • September 8 15 22 29 • October 6 13 20 27 • November 3 10

This course gives you the opportunity to both feel and experience the transformative effects of each of the Yoga Sutras in Padas 1 & 2.  You’ll gain access to the living and vibratory quality of Patanjali’s sutras by chanting them in their original Sanskrit.

ELECTIVE: The Yoga of Bhagavad Gita™ - Part I: Entering The Bliss of Your Cosmic Form

This course may be taken live, in-person or via online/distance learning
Total Hours of Classroom Instruction: 24
2009 Course Dates: Tuesdays
Meeting Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm at the Shruti Training Center in Broomfield

• September 7 14 21 28 • October 5 12 19 24 • November 2 9 16 30

This course brings the philosophical teachings that make up the core of Yoga’s tradition and practice to life by exploring the enlightening dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna and how it relates to your own experience and development as a Yogi.