200-hour Purna Yoga Teacher Training

OPEN HOUSE November 21, 1 - 3 pm
Contact us for details: (206) 618-1903

“Purna” means “complete” and Purna Yoga distills and integrates the vastness of yoga into an invaluable set of tools for transformation and healing. Reminding us that yoga is far more than a system of exercise, Purna Yoga offers wisdom and techniques for the union of the body and the mind with the spirit. Using awareness, precision, and concentration, Purna Yoga inspires the evolution from our lower nature to our Divine Self. Purna Yoga is the art of loving yourself by living from the heart.

Purna Yoga practitioners learn alignment-based asana, pranayama, and Purna Yoga Meditation (the art of aligning inner energies for transformation), along with nutrition and yogic philosophy, adapted for our lifestyles today. Like a tuning fork, Purna Yoga aligns our entire being with the vibration of truth and the Divine essence within us and all around us.

The lineage of Purna Yoga is based on the teachings of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother, the Vedas, Patanjali, B.K.S. Iyengar, and the systems of Ayurvedic, Chinese and Western nutrition, synthesized by the personal experience of Aadil Palkhivala and Mirra, the founders of Purna Yoga. With its roots in the past and its reach into the future, Purna Yoga is here to help create the world which we have all dreamed of.

It is undeniable that, in order for you to be an inspiring teacher, you must first be an inspired practitioner. Therefore, the classes at The College of Purna Yoga first instill within you a deep love for your own personal practice. Only then can you share your love of yoga with your students. As a practitioner, you will learn to integrate Purna Yoga deeply into your own body and life. As a yoga teacher, you will learn to teach from this inner experience.

The College of Purna Yoga at is a Registered Yoga School with Yoga Alliance, and is part of the Purna Yoga network of affiliated yoga teacher training schools. Your courses are taught by select Senior Certified Purna Yoga Instructors, valued for their dedication and deep commitment to supporting their students’ growth. Come learn to live and teach the whole of yoga. Discover the difference between yoga from the mind and the Purna Yoga approach to practicing and teaching yoga from the heart. We trust you will soon discover that there truly is no other teacher training college like The College of Purna Yoga.

The 200-hour Level
Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher Training School
Gain the Knowledge

At the 200-hour Level you gain the knowledge, confidence and awareness that is essential for becoming an alignment-based yoga teacher. The course covers the foundational curriculum of Purna Yoga—alignment-based asana and pranayama, meditation, nutrition and applied yogic philosophy. You will emerge with the ability to teach a variety of classes; the confidence, caring and compassion that keeps your students safe and growing; and the inspiration that makes yoga a powerful tool for transformation. Be prepared to fall in love with your own personal yoga and meditation practice as well, since Purna Yoga awakens the joy of living from the heart.

As you learn the foundational curriculum, you will also explore:

* Anatomy and physiology of asana and pranayama
* How to see and understand bodies, and give hands-on adjustments
* The benefits and contraindications of asana, and the use of props
* How to deal with students’ injuries and health conditions
* The energetics of centering your mind and awakening your intuition
* Delivery, presentation and class control, especially in teaching beginners
* How nutrition and a yogic lifestyle affect your students, your teaching, and life
* Ethics, business, and the professional and energetic boundaries of teaching
* How to apply timeless yogic philosophy to your classes and your daily life

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