In-person at Victory Power Yoga (Clayton, NC). 300-hour asana or elective, 20 YA CEUs.

Deepening our own practice of asana and making our classes richer and more satisfying for our students requires us to be on a continual journey into the inquiry and exploration of how the body moves. One of five movement studies programs , this program is designed to provide you knowledge, practice and experience on your journey as a practitioner and teacher. We will explore a variety of postures, sequences and themes for our Pranakriya classes.  Benefits, potential stress points, modifications, variations, prop use, assisting, layers of meaning and energetics are covered. 

Asanas for Gentle Yoga: Series of warm-ups, movements/asana and chair work to enhance a student’s ability to inquire and explore movement and sensation for greater body awareness.

Instructor: Amy Necci MEd, E-RYT 200, RYT 500, RCYT, YACEP

This program will be held at Whole Body Yoga Studio (North Wales, PA). Not available online.

Deepening our own practice of asana and making our classes richer and more satisfying for our students requires us to be on a continual journey into the inquiry and exploration of how the body moves.  One of five movement studies, this program is designed to provide you knowledge, practice and experience on your journey as a practitioner and teacher.  

Asanas for Meditative Posture 1: Camel, Gate/Half Circle, Head to Knee variations, Lotus/Bound Lotus, Pigeon Variations, Rabbit, Reclining Diamond, Seated Angle/Tortoise, Simple Twist, Wheel

Led by Pam Blum (ERYT-500, YACEP); 20 YA CEUs, satisfies one Asana course requirement for Pranakriya’s 300-hour certification, or can be used for 20 hours of elective credit.

This program will be held in-person at Crofton Yoga (Crofton, MD) and simultaneously via Zoom (hybrid format). No replay will be available.

Pranayama, the yogic science of breath control, is a powerful way for you and your students to raise energy and channel it into spiritual growth and life mastery.  This program provides a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the techniques and philosophy of pranayama as taught in the Tantric Hatha Yoga traditions.  Practicing under the guidance of an experienced teacher, you will learn a variety of pranayama techniques and a methodology for guiding and teaching the techniques.  We will explore the possibilities for meditation in daily practices that explore pranayama and bandha mudra (locks) with asana.  This course includes practice teaching opportunities to increase your understanding to safely integrate these powerful breath practices into your personal yoga practice and the classes you may teach. 

This course provides 34 YA CEUs and is a requirement for Pranakriya’s 300-hour certification.

This program will be held live via Zoom.

Instructors: Vladimir Tchakarov and Yoganand Michael Carroll.

The Katha Upanishad is an early Indian text and one of the first that calls its teachings ‘yoga.’ Many concepts are presented that were incorporated by later authors who developed Yoga practice, including the authors of the Yoga Sutra and Bhagavad Gita.

Draw inspiration and increase your understanding of Yoga philosophy as we study this sacred text and incorporate its teachings into our group practices. 

20 YA CEUs, 20 hours elective credit for the Pranakriya 300-hour certification.

This program will be offered live via Zoom

This 20-hour course teaches adult students how to combine postures, games, imagery, and chanting to help teach kids ages 9-12 & Teens asana and breath awareness, balance, flexibility, strength and focus. Yogis, parents and teachers learned skills to encourage a connection with body, mind, and spirit through yoga. 

This program will be held in-person at Crofton Yoga (Crofton, MD).

Deepening our own practice of asana and making our classes richer and more satisfying for our students requires us to be on a continual journey into the inquiry and exploration of how the body moves. One of five movement studies programs, this courses is designed to provide you knowledge, practice and experience on your journey as a practitioner and teacher.

Asanas: Angled Shoulder Stand, Balancing Posterior Stretch, Bow/Bow variations, Fish variations, Inclined Plane, Locust, Seated Twist variations, Peacock, Side Boat, Upward-Facing Boat

We invite yoga teachers and practitioners from all traditions to join us for this program in our signature style: meditative posture.

This program will take place in-person at Evolutions by Coppermine (Annapolis, MD).

Deepening our own practice of asana and making our classes richer and more satisfying for our students requires us to be on a continual journey into the inquiry and exploration of how the body moves. One of five movement studies programs, this course is designed to provide you knowledge, practice and experience on your journey as a practitioner and teacher. Benefits, potential stress points, modifications, variations, prop use, assisting, layers of meaning and energetics are covered. Students will participate in individual practice and exploration, observation, and discussion.

We welcome yoga teachers from all traditions to join us for this program. 20 YA CEU’s. This course may be taken to satisfy one of the asana program requirements or as elective credit for Pranakriya’s 300-hour advanced certification.

In-person (only) at Evolation Yoga Atlanta. We invite yoga teachers from all traditions to join us for this advanced yoga teacher training module.

Practicing under the guidance of an experienced teacher, you will learn a variety of pranayama techniques and a methodology for guiding and teaching the techniques. We will explore the possibilities for meditation in daily practices that explore pranayama and bandha mudra (locks) with asana. This course includes practice teaching opportunities to increase your understanding to safely integrate these powerful breath practices into your personal yoga practice and the classes you may teach.

This course is part of the required curriculum for our 300-hour advanced certification and earns 34 YA CEU’s. We welcome yoga teachers from all traditions to join us for this program.

This program will be held in-person at Whole Body Yoga Studio (North Wales, PA) and simultaneously live via Zoom.

This 20-hour course teaches adult students how to combine postures, games, stories, and songs to help teach kids ages 2-8 asana and breath awareness, balance, flexibility, strength and focus. Yogis, parents, and teachers learn skills to “plant the seed of yoga” in young yogis, guiding these children to embrace, develop, and connect with themselves: body, mind, and spirit.

This program will be held in HYBRID format: in-person at Victory Power Yoga (Clayton, NC), and simultaneously live via Zoom

This course builds upon basic anatomy with the intention of further developing a teacher’s observational and assessment skills to enhance their personal practice and their work with students. These are most effectively used in a one-on-one environment, however the practitioner or teacher can also benefit from a greater understanding of assessment techniques for use in group settings.

Students will learn musculoskeletal assessment techniques by developing their knowledge of the terms: mobility & flexibility, facilitated vs. inhibited, agonist vs. antagonist, symmetry, range of motion, tone vs. atrophy, balance and perceived source of pain. Learning will take place through group observation, yoga practice, and one-on-one assessments. Basic yoga postures will set the observation platform.

Students who have participated in Pranakriya’s 200-hour yoga teacher training will have a solid foundation for participation in this course. We welcome yoga teachers from all traditions to join us for this program which earns 20 YA CEUs.

This program will take place in-person (only) at Crofton Yoga (Crofton, MD).

As we make our way back into spaces where we lead students in-person, and aim to continue to deepen the experience of all students, whether in-person or online, an up-to-date training that incorporates trauma-informed practices and awareness of personal space in assisting techniques from language cues to hands-on assisting is critical for yoga teachers.

We welcome yoga teachers from all traditions to join us for this program. This course is a 16-hour elective for Pranakriya’s 300-hour advanced certification and awards 16 YA CEU’s.

This program will be held live via Zoom.

To practice yoga safely, we study human anatomy to better understand how to move, engage and position our muscles and bones. This course creates an experiential environment to study your own body and your own asana practice while learning the language of anatomy, applied to your own body.

In-person at Whole Body Yoga Studio (North Wales, PA) and live via Zoom, simultaneously. Program begins the evening of Thursday, Nov. 9 and concludes on Monday, Nov. 13.

Practicing under the guidance of an experienced teacher, you will learn a variety of pranayama techniques and a methodology for guiding and teaching the techniques. We will explore the possibilities for meditation in daily practices that explore pranayama and bandha mudra (locks) with asana. This course includes practice teaching opportunities to increase your understanding to safely integrate these powerful breath practices into your personal yoga practice and the classes you may teach.

This course is part of the required curriculum for our 300-hour advanced certification and earns 34 YA CEU’s. We welcome yoga teachers from all traditions to join us for this program.

This program will be held live via Zoom.

The Bhagavad Gita is a 2,500 year old Sanskrit text that offers profound insight into the deeper practices of yoga.  As the seeker in the Gita metaphorically prepares for the battle of spiritual transformation, he asks his teacher a series of questions. In his answers the teacher explains the many challenges and stages of the yogic spiritual path. In this program we will explore themes from the Bhagavad Gita that are meaningful for us as modern yoga practitioners.

NEW FOR 2023!
As we make our way back into spaces where we lead students in-person, and aim to continue to deepen the experience of all students, whether in-person or online, an up-to-date training that incorporates trauma-informed practices and awareness of personal space in assisting techniques from language cues to hands-on assisting is critical for yoga teachers.

Learn to assist masterfully in this highly interactive course designed to help increase teachers’ confidence and students’ engagement, stability and alignment. Giving clear directions and leading in ways that are easy to follow are essential skills for all yoga teachers. We'll review exceptional languaging, verbal cues, and assists for 26 primary postures. The three reasons for learning to assist masterfully are to ensure the physical safety of students, increase students’ level of engagement or flexibility, and deepen students’ inner experience.

REGISTRATION OPENS DECEMBER 1, 2022

NEW FOR 2023!
As we make our way back into spaces where we lead students in-person, and aim to continue to deepen the experience of all students, whether in-person or online, an up-to-date training that incorporates trauma-informed practices and awareness of personal space in assisting techniques from language cues to hands-on assisting is critical for yoga teachers.

Learn to assist masterfully in this highly interactive course designed to help increase teachers’ confidence and students’ engagement, stability and alignment. Giving clear directions and leading in ways that are easy to follow are essential skills for all yoga teachers. We'll review exceptional languaging, verbal cues, and assists for 26 primary postures. The three reasons for learning to assist masterfully are to ensure the physical safety of students, increase students’ level of engagement or flexibility, and deepen students’ inner experience.

Live via Zoom

This course is full of experiential, fun-filled, and playful stories, activities, games, meditations and more that provide yoga teachers with a variety of tools to explore and teach yoga philosophy and lifestyle in a kid-friendly manner. Adult students learn to incorporate the underlying principles of yoga into a kids’, tween, or teen yoga class in dynamic, relevant, and creative ways. Through interactive discussion, students look at ethical situations and offer appropriate responses for different age groups and various venues where children’s yoga might be taught.

Live via Zoom

For those interested in joining us for ALL 3 of the practices that comprise part of this compelling program, please register here to save when purchasing them all together!

Registration for this package closes at 6:00 pm EST on Friday, February 10. Zoom links will then be sent out, and no further registrations at this rate will be accepted (individual class registrations will still be open until approximately 2 hours before class begins).

Friday: 8:00-9:00 pm EST (45-60 mins)
Saturday: 7:30 - 9:00 am EST (90 mins)
Sunday: 7:30-9:00 am EST (90 mins)

Live via Zoom with Yoganand Michael Carroll, Usha Lakshmi, and Vladimir Tchakarov

Ancient texts of Hatha Yoga state that inside the body of the yogi are mountains, valleys, oceans, and rivers; the moon and stars move in that inner space. When practice took ancient seekers deep inside, they encountered an amazing world beyond rational thought. They used symbols to map this inner journey and, over time, those symbols became the esoteric chakras, granthis, and nadis of medieval Hatha Yoga.

Come and see what you find when you shine the light of kriya, asana, pranayama, bandha, and mudra into your inner world and look closely through the eyes of meditation. Practice as the ancient yogis did, using Hatha Yoga rituals to remove the obstacles to inner experience.

Hybrid Format: Join us live online via Zoom or in-person at Crofton Yoga

Learn to combine postures, games, stories, and songs to help teach kids ages 2-8 asana (poses), breath awareness, balance, flexibility, strength, and focus. Yoga teachers, parents, community leaders, child caregivers, daycare and school teachers learn skills to “plant the seed of yoga” in young yogis, guiding these children to embrace, develop, and connect with themselves: body, mind, and spirit.

This course is part of the core curriculum for Pranakriya’s 95-hour Children’s Yoga Teacher Training certification program, and also serves as an elective for Pranakriya’s 300-hour advanced yoga teacher training certification. 20 YA CEU’s.

It is also open to parents, child caregivers, community leaders, daycare and school teachers, and anyone who wishes to share the gift of yoga with children in order to foster positive focus and coping skills through play.