Prana Urja

Indica Yoga is going to be beginning a series of online weekend Pranayam classes with Ankur from Saturday 17th September. These classes will be every Saturday and Sunday in the morning and the recording will be available for students to watch later. This session will be a free trial class so participants can understand what the classes will entail. The weekend classes will focus on learning different pranayama techniques progressively. Variations will be given to participants who have any therapeutic requirements.

Yoga Foundation Course (Residential) 2

Yoga Foundation Course (Level-1) 60 Hours

Date: 03rd Sept – 09thSept 2023

Indica Yoga is pleased to announce the launch of second Yoga Foundation Course (YFC) program –

Aligned with Indica Yoga’s commitment to bring about authentic, immersive and transformative Yoga teachings and experiences, this foundation course has been specially designed by the best of scholar-practitioner-teachers from the Yoga community focusing on the quintessential aspects of the Yoga philosophy and practice – keeping in mind the requirements of a beginner, who is keen to further deepen their understanding of Yoga. This course will also offer systematic introduction to Yogasutras, Sanskrit, Mantra chanting, Ayurveda and Vedanta.

This 1-week foundation course will cover the wide range of Yoga topics and prepares the participant to get a taste of ancient Yogic wisdom through multi-teacher and multi-tradition approach to training by integrating the Holistic, Scientific and Spiritual dimensions of Yoga. This will be a Residential Course in a serene ashram ambience of Indica Ritambhara Retreat, situated at the outskirts of Bengaluru. Close to the city, yet far from the common din.

YFC will serve as a preparatory course for future offerings of Indica Yoga which intend to enable interested and committed Yoga aspirants to immerse in deeper understanding of Yoga while preparing them to be teachers.

Yoga Foundation Course Overview:

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Section-1: Knowledge

  • Essentials of Indian Philosophy
  • Introduction to Bhagavad Gita & Upanishads
  • Introduction to Patanjali Yoga Sutras
  • Introduction to Hatha Yoga Pradipika
  • Basic Sanskrit

Section-2: Skill (Basics)

  • Vedic Chanting
  • Suryanamaskar
  • Basic Asanas
  • Basic Pranayama
  • Kriyas
  • Meditation
  • Relaxation Techniques

Section-3: Application 

  • Yoga & Emotion Culture

Section-4: Life style & Experiential learning 

  • Karma Yoga
  • Seva
  • Field Trips
  • Ashram living

Section-5: Certification

  • Presentation

Course Fee#: For Indian Nationals Rs.10,000/- INR & International Participants $150 USD

# Includes food and shared accommodation

(Note: *Those wish to have individual room can write to us*)

Food: Simple sattvik vegetarian food with fresh grown vegetables from the farm will be provided.

Venue: Ritambhara Retreat, No. 69, BMTC Layout, Adjacent to Kammasandra Village, Lakshmipura Hobli.

The Retreat, located just on the outskirts of Bangalore city, is a small beautiful space dedicated to Yoga & spiritual studies and practices in a simple and clean environment adjacent to a farm of its own.

Reaching the Retreat Venue: The venue is about 22 kms from Majestic Bus Stand and is accessible through Magadi Road and Tumkur Road preferably through own vehicles. The retreat center is very close to ‘Kamadhenu Kshetra’ – a highly popular Raghavendra Swamy temple in the last few years. It would take about an hour to reach the retreat venue from the heart of the city. Participants have to make their own arrangements. If any assistance is required Indica Yoga Team will help.

*Limited Scholarship available for deserving candidates.

*Limited Seats only

For any further queries or information please write to us at namaste@indicayoga.com or contact us at +916363663313 / +919844644562

Antaranga Yoga | The Key to a Beautiful Life

How does one live a life where one can act with honour and live in peace? How does one awaken songs of Healing, Love & Beauty? How can a one re-envision oneself in response to a radically changing world?

All of us are confronted with questions like this. These are questions that become vitally important as we move into a world that grows more complex and hurried. Ritambhara Ashram and …. have come together to enable the seeker to immerse themselves in the wisdom of Patnajali’s Yoga Sutras to find the principles and practices that we can help one answer these fundamental questions.

The Emerging World

Leaders and professionals in all walks of life are confronted with a world where change is commonplace. The psychological process of preparing the self and the capacity to transform continually are critical to developing a robust response to this challenge. These professionals and leaders go through programmes that help them acquire skills and competencies to cope with the new demands of performance, often without creating the inner foundation to live through the constant change. It will be obvious to any serious observer of the situation that this is less than optimal.

The Arthashashtra recommends that all leaders must be yogis. The Natyashastra, the Vaastu shastras and a host of other texts recommend a practice of Yoga as the foundation for excelling in the profession. The reason is very simple. Yoga practiced in a holistic fashion ensures that a person becomes capable of being the best he or she can be in spite of changes in the context and across time. Leaders and professionals need to strive continuously to perform at their peak capabilities in the context of flux. This means a continuous investment in one’s competencies, one’s inner well being and one’s health.

What is Antaranga Yoga?

The branches and leaves of a tree are its most visible parts but, they are surely not the whole tree. Without the roots that go deep into the earth, the branches and leaves will become dry twigs and decaying leaves. Aasana & Praanayaama are the most visible parts of the body of yoga but they are not the whole practice. When they are not rooted in self-reflexivity, they are mere exercises for the body. They do not address the core intent of Yoga namely, ending duHkha and discovering Ananda. They are the more superficial and easily demonstrable aspects, the more tangible of the “bahiranga saadhana” (the outer practice). While the “antaranga saadhana” (inner practice) is referred to as meditation and has caught the popular imagination, it is also distorted and trivialized as a relaxation or a mind control methodology. The behavioural components of Yoga namely, Yama & Niyama (interpersonal ethics & intrapersonal discipline), pratyAhAra redirecting one’s prANic energies and dhyAna profound attentiveness are often neglected.  Meditation is then reduced to simplistic visualization techniques. Yoga is a profound & holistic practice and an approach to life; it cannot be practiced or adopted in fragments. Yoga is to be lived in the flux of reality though it can be learned in the tranquility of an ashram.

Antaranga Yoga- The key to a beautiful life

This exploration into the foundations of Antaranga Yoga will provide an opportunity for participants to:

  • Introspect upon and clarify one’s life purpose.
  • Introspect upon the relationship between outer expression and inner processes.
  • Discover practices that will help one discover one’s healing energies.
  • Discover inner energies and potentials and uncover one’s heroic self.
  • Develop a foundation of interpersonal ethics and intrapersonal discipline.
  • Introspect upon the way one holds and gives meaning to spirituality.

Design of the Programme

The methodology of work will be a flowing rhythm between an exploration into one’s inner processes and working with outer expression, through a combination of practices and dialogues. This exploration will help to integrate the individual’s inner experience with the action choices he / she makes in the work and family spaces.

This unique approach to Antaranga Yoga allows the participant to discover a personal practice and initiate their unique spiritual quest. Each participant will be enabled to design a personal practice that will help them act with intensity and conviction as well as evolve inwardly. The Antaranga Yoga exploration thus offers the following:

  1. A ‘here and now’ encounter with oneself
  2. A contemplative context for self reflection
  3. An experiential learning about the insights of Yoga
  4. A framework for developing an enduring personal practice.

*Suitable age group 21 years and above

The Details of the Retreat are as follows:

Date & timings: Starts on the morning of Friday, 30thJune, 2023 at 10.00 am and concludes on Sunday, 02th, July, 2023, 1.30 pm

(Note: Participants are requested to arrive by 29th June (Thursday) evening or latest by 30th June (Friday) morning by 8:00 AM)

Retreat Fee: Rs.15,000/- per person for Indian national and for foreign national $190 USD. The fees in inclusive of boarding, lodging and teaching.

Accommodation: Shared accommodation will be provided

Food: Simple sattvik food with fresh grown vegetables from the farm

Venue: Indica Ritambhara Retreat, No. 69, BMTC Layout, Adjacent to Kammasandra Village, Lakshmipura Hobli.

The Retreat, located just on the outskirts of Bangalore city, is a small beautiful space dedicated to Yoga & spiritual studies and practices in a simple and clean environment adjacent to a farm of its own.

Reaching the Retreat Venue: The venue is about 22 kms from Majestic Bus Stand and is accessible through Magadi Road and Tumkur Road preferably through own vehicles. The retreat center is very close to ‘Kamadhanu Kshetra’ – a highly popular Raghavendra Swamy temple in last few years. It would take about an hour to reach the retreat venue from the heart of the city. Participants have to make their own arrangements. If any assistance is required Indica Yoga Team will help.

Honoring Our Teachers and the Power of Transmission Through Grace and Silence

For this Yoga Pravesha session, we will practice a japa mantra. We will dedicate our session to the Medhā Dakṣiṇāmūrti mantra also known as Dakṣiṇāmūrti mūla mantra. We will go through the accurate pronunciation of the mantra and its scope and meaning, before diving into the 108 repetitions and the silent response of our heart offering.

An Introduction to the Panchakoshas

This session is an introduction to the paksikalpana prakriya that explores the five-dimensional human system, beyond which shines the Atman. Nrithyaji and Indica Yoga are hosting a weekend workshop to explore the Panchakosha Model and its practical applications. This session is a great way to understand what to expect at the retreat, which will be held from 2nd – 4th June at the Indica Ritambhara Retreat. For more details on the in-person workshop, register now.

How Your Thoughts Shape Your Digestion (Evidence Based)

In Ayurvedic medicine, physical disharmony in digestion is the primary cause of disease. In fact, we aim to harmonise digestion first for absolutely any health condition. The gut microbiome is perhaps the most important to all other biomes in the body. However, in Ayurveda, there are many deeper layers to digestion functioning well. If we are mentally not digesting the moment in front of us, our digestion is immediately affected. Our state of the mind predicts digestive processes. Anxious mind, variable digestion. Depressed mind, depressed digestion, which essentially means assimilation may be poor. Through meditation, yoga asanas, pranayama, sattvic food and self enquiry we begin to once again digest the present moment and heal the physical digestive tract. Amazingly, these days we have all of this Ancient wisdom completely backed up by research! Let us meditate on all levels of digestion together to learn more…

Flight to Freedom: Exploring the Panchakosha Model and Its Practical Applications

Flight to Freedom

Exploring the Panchakosha Model and Its Practical Applications
Online Workshop

About the workshop

The Taittiriya Upanisad, in the Brahmanandavalli presents a very beautiful model known as the paksikalpana prakriya that explores the five-dimensional human system, beyond which shines the Atman. Each dimension of the human system is further superimposed on the image of a bird with head, wings, torso and tail.

While significant as a Vedantic model, this model can also be applied in an individual context to understand the physiological, cognitive, emotional and spiritual processes in humans.

Weaving together a study of the Paksikalpana Prakriya with practices of asana, pranayama, chanting and meditation, this weekend workshop, offers participants a mirror for reflection and transformative experiences.

Workshop Objectives:

  • To facilitate direct access to authentic source of wisdom on Panchakosha
  • To introduce systematic learning method of traditional yoga texts
  • To promote confidence, in reading and quoting yogic textual sources in teaching, learning and practice of yoga

Audience:

Yoga Practitioners, Professionals, Teachers and Yoga enthusiasts. *Suitable age group 21 years and above

Session Includes:

  • 10 Live, Interactive Zoom Sessions
  • Q & A sessions
  • Access to recorded sessions
  • Suggested Readings & resources materials

Duration of the workshop: 10 hours’ program

Workshop Sessions will be held on:

Every Tuesday & Thursday (Twice a week)

Workshop time in the day:

5:00 – 6:00 PM IST, 1hour live session with faculty (Two session per week)

Expected start date: 06th July, 2023

July: 06, 11, 13, 18, 20, 25, 27

August: 03, 15, 17

Medium of instruction: English

Workshop Fee: Rs.5000/- INR for Indian students and $75USD for for International students.

Flight to Freedom: Exploring the Panchakosha Model and Its Practical Applications

Flight to Freedom

Exploring the Panchakosha Model and Its Practical Applications
Online Workshop

About the workshop

The Taittiriya Upanisad, in the Brahmanandavalli presents a very beautiful model known as the paksikalpana prakriya that explores the five-dimensional human system, beyond which shines the Atman. Each dimension of the human system is further superimposed on the image of a bird with head, wings, torso and tail.

While significant as a Vedantic model, this model can also be applied in an individual context to understand the physiological, cognitive, emotional and spiritual processes in humans.

Weaving together a study of the Paksikalpana Prakriya with practices of asana, pranayama, chanting and meditation, this weekend workshop, offers participants a mirror for reflection and transformative experiences.

Workshop Objectives:

  • To facilitate direct access to authentic source of wisdom on Panchakosha
  • To introduce systematic learning method of traditional yoga texts
  • To promote confidence, in reading and quoting yogic textual sources in teaching, learning and practice of yoga

Audience:

Yoga Practitioners, Professionals, Teachers and Yoga enthusiasts. *Suitable age group 21 years and above

Session Includes:

  • 10 Live, Interactive Zoom Sessions
  • Q & A sessions
  • Access to recorded sessions
  • Suggested Readings & resources materials

Duration of the workshop: 10 hours’ program

Workshop Sessions will be held on:

Every Tuesday & Thursday (Twice a week)

Workshop time in the day:

5:00 – 6:00 PM IST, 1hour live session with faculty (Two session per week)

Expected start date: 06th July, 2023

July: 06, 11, 13, 18, 20, 25, 27

August: 03, 15, 17

Medium of instruction: English

Workshop Fee: Rs.5000/- INR for Indian students and $75USD for for International students.