1. Teachers Training Course
Types of YOGA
Teachers Training Course
References –
Meditations– Swami Satyananda Saraswati
Raja Yoga – Swami Vivekananda
Karma Yoga – “Bhagwat Geeta” original script, Swami Vivekananda, Swami Satyananda
Kunadalini Tantra – Swami Satyananda, “Gheranda Sanhimta” original script
Kriya Yoga – Swami Satyananda, “Patanjal Yoga Sutra” original script

2. Yoga Yoga – “YUJ” means to Join
Yoga means to join individual (“Jivatma”) with supreme consciousness.
“SAMATVAM YOGA UCHYATE” – yoga is balance. Bhagwad Gita
“YOGA KARMASU KAUSHALAM” – yoga is skilled action. Bhagwad Gita
Yoga is Union between “Purush & Prakriti” / “Shiva & Shakti” / Realizing “Bramhan”

3. Yoga - Importance Yoga shows the pathway to self realization
Yoga is practical approach to achieving ultimate goal of life.
Yoga alleviates man’s sufferings
Yoga is a science of personality development

4. Types of Yoga Ashtanga Yoga – Discipline of Mind
Hatha Yoga – Discipline of Body and Prana
Bhakti Yoga – Discipline of Emotions
Karma Yoga – Discipline of Actions
Gyan Yoga – Discipline of Intellect
Tantra –
Mantra Yoga
Kundalini Yoga
Swara Yoga, Nada yoga, Laya yoga etc.

5. Patanjal Yoga / Raja Yoga
Yama
Niyama
Asana
Pranayama
Pratyahara
Dharana
Dhyan
Samadhi

6. Hatha Yoga Ha (PINGALA nadi) + Tha (IDA nadi)
Balanced Prana in both – rise of Kundalini
Hatha yoga practices stimulate the chakras
Shatkarmas (6 types), Asanas, Pranayama, Mudra & Bandha
Manipulation of different forces, Prana (5 types) leading to higher states of mind
Balance between sympathetic nervous system & parasympathetic nervous system
Nadi – psychic passages through which pranic energy flows..
Chakras are connected to various levels of mind, Hatha yoga purifies the mind
Chakras connected to organs – hatha yoga practices purifies the organs, and stimulates the chakra points
Kapalbhati purifies the frontal lobe of the brain, which stimulates the Ajna chakra
Dhauti – alimentary canal, anahat chakra
Nauli- abdominal region , manipura chakra

7. Bhakti Yoga Yoga of Devotion / LOVE Methods of Bhakti
Object of Faith
Complete Surrender
Release of Emotional energy
Methods of Bhakti
“Shravan” – hearing, “Namsankirtan” - chanting, “Smaran”- remembering, “Bandhan” – attaching the self, “Archan” – surrender of the self
State of Meditation
Continuous thinking of Object of faith or God or Guru
Concentrated mind on the object
Losing self identity in the object
Easiest but most powerful Yoga
No preparation, no constraints, no entry barriers

8. Karma Yoga
Karma Yoga – Described in “Bhagwat Geeta”- It is the dialog between Lord Krishna and King Arjuna
Karma yoga – work with awareness but without attachment to fruits or outcome of it.
One loses identity & becomes a mere instrument of the supreme consciousness
Individual becomes expert & efficient in his work.
Develops faculty of concentration, will power
Selfless Work – forces inner conflicts, desires on the surface and cleaning takes place.
Will is the ability to mobilise, harmonise & motivate one’s abilities and actions to achieve ultimate goal.

9. Karma Yoga Contd.
“The world is imprisoned in its own activity except when actions are performed as worship of GOD. So you must perform every action sacramentally and be free of your attachments to the results.”

10. TANTRA Yoga WHAT IS TANTRA? Tan – expansion , tra – Liberation
Tantra means expansion of awareness and liberation of energy
Awakening of energy (Shakti) and taking it to meet consciousness (Shiva) (Union of Shiva & Shakti)
RIGHT HAND TANTRA
MANTRA YOGA
KRIYA YOGA
HATHA YOGA
KUNDALINI YOGA
LEFT HAND TANTRA
USE OF LIQUOR, MEAT SEX ETC.
BLACK MAGIC
EVIL TECHNIQUES
VASHIKARAN, KARANI

11. Yoga - Need
Bhakti Yoga – Purifying Emotions / passions (Emotional personality)
Karma Yoga – Dynamic Self for actions (Dynamic personality)
Raja Yoga / Patanjal Yoga / Hatha Yoga – Healthy body and mind
Mantra Yoga – Developing power of concentration
Gyan Yoga – Knowledge of supreme. (Rational personality)
Tantra – Swara, Nada, Kundalini yoga – Knowledge of various aspects of human existence