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THE INTENSIVE |
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HOW LONG? |
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10 Weeks |
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LIFESTYLE |
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Students are required to live a
quiet, monastic-type life style during the
course: Vegetarian Diet - No meat, fish, eggs,
alcohol, tobacco, non-prescription (recreational) drugs.
Quiet, Non-Stimulating Environment: No radio, television,
movies, music (other than quiet, spiritual music). Avoid loud places
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YOGA CLASSES |
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At least seven yoga classes must be attended each week. If you have the time, it is excellent to attend two classes each day.
As long as you attend seven classes in a week, you don't have to go to class
each day (i.e. some days you can go to class 2 or more times). Advanced class counts as a class. Breathing class does not. Three of the classes must be as an assistant. It is
strongly suggested that you attend at least one of Bharata's classes each week. If you
cannot, please discuss this with him.
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MEDITATIONS |
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Attend morning meditation each day including
Saturday. (Sunday
evening meditation and
potluck
dinner are required) |
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SEMINARS |
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Seminars are held Tuesdays & Thursdays evenings from 7 to 10 PM. Many
seminars last
three
hours, but some are shorter. All seminars are required. No absences, no make-ups.
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OTHER
SEMINARS |
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Students are required to attend the three-week (Tuesdays 7 - 8:30 pm) meditation seminars. (included in tuition)
Students are also required to attend a Red Cross CPR and First Aid Course held one Saturday afternoon during the course. If you have a current CPR certificate, you do not have to attend. (not included in tuition) |
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ANATOMY &
PHYSIOLOGY |
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We have 10 hours of yoga anatomy and physiology. Times will be arranged for each course.
There is also reading and workbook requirements for this part of the course. |
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SUNDAYS |
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7:45 Breathing Class - 45 minutes
of breathing exercises followed by 30 minutes of karma yoga (cleaning the
center).
9:00 Advanced Class
5:45 PM Meditation and Pot Luck Vegetarian Dinner
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READING
REQUIREMENTS |
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Before the course begins:
The Food Revolution by John
Robbins.
(Please click
HERE, read John Robbins' Credo and watch his short video) Late registrants may get extension.)
Yoga
Mind and Body and
the Sivananda Companion to Meditation
(the Sivananda Yoga Centers)
During
the course: The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga by Swami Vishnu Devananda.
Oral exams for all books should be arranged and completed before the end of the second to last week of the course.
The Anatomy
Coloring Book |
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MAKE-UPS |
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You are allowed to miss two
meditations during the course. For each meditation you miss beyond
two, you will have to make up THREE meditations after the course finishes to
obtain your certificate. Make-up meditations must be done
consecutively. You will not be allowed to miss any days during the
make-up time.
Yoga classes ,assists, seminars and
breathing classes must be done during the course time. No make-ups are
allowed. |
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SUMMARIES |
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Students must write one-page
summary for Tuesday evening seminar. We prefer to
receive these homeworks via e-mail.
Please do not send homework e-mail as an attachment. Include the
homework text within the e-mail. |
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CPR & Meditation
Seminars |
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These are courses you seminars you must take during the course. Please pre-register. The Red Cross CPR is usually around $38 (depending on the size of the class) and the Meditation Seminar is included in tutition. |
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EXAMINATIONS |
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The week before the course, exam
on
1.
The Food Revolution
2.Yoga Body and Mind.
3.Memorized Yoga Class
Contact Bharata for these exams
During the course (before the start of the last
week of the course):
1. Sivananda Companion to Meditation
2. The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga
The only written exam during the course
itself is the final examination which is usually held on the last Thursday
evening of the course. This exam is in essay form and is
comprehensive. It is highly suggested that the student does not wait
until the end of the course to study for this exam. Review and regular
studying should be done from the very beginning of the course. |
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CLOTHING |
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Intensive students are required to wear
yellow Yoga & Inner Peace shirts (available at the center) and long,
white pants to ALL activities attended at Yoga & Inner Peace. This
includes meditations, yoga classes, special events and graduation. |
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