Welcome to the revolution of YOU.
Discover the true meaning of yoga in a 17 week exploration of The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. This accredited CEU Yoga Alliance course is a guided experience that offers an opportunity for deep study supported by community and yogic practices.
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali is one of the most important texts in the yoga tradition. Think of it as the spiritual science, the “why” behind the yogic practices. This text offers instructions and insight into the nature of our mind and a pathway to self-mastery and ultimately liberation. This brilliant and evolutionary text continues to be as true today as it was thousands of years ago.
The mind is more powerful than 10,000 suns.
The philosophy underlying the yoga sutras explain how the mind functions and why it is often caught up in negative patterns like stress and self sabotage. These patterns make us feel like we are our own worst enemy! Yet this text shows us that our mind can in fact be our greatest and most powerful ally. When we incorporate the time tested techniques and teachings of the Yoga Sutras, we learn that we can rewire our mind, elevate our experience of life, reclaim our innate power, change our vibration to a higher frequency and step into the state of our creative potential.
This course outlines how to purify, and create new ways of being and thinking that will protect your mind from becoming overcome by the old self sabotaging energetic forces like doubt, fear, anger, confusion, and self-incrimination. Learn how to instead channel these energetics for Self evolution.
Payment Plan Pricing: Two $350 payments - final payment due by October 26, 2024
Total Investment: $700
25% off both options for Yoga Shala Members (please mesasage us or ask in person to get this discount)
Who is this course for?
Anyone new to yogic philosophy or simply want to deepen your current understanding
Yoga teachers wanting another lens into the sutras with supporting practices and to attain the required yoga alliance continued education hours. This course provides 32 contact hours. Yoga alliance requires 30 hours every 3 years to maintain certification.
Anyone seeking practical tools to take into everyday life to improve one’s relationship with self, loved ones and the world at large
Why study the Yoga Sutras?
The yoga sutras are simple verses containing concepts and words that unlock truth. Revealing, or giving us the tools to discover or even more accurately, remember the essential truth of who we are. They share wisdom on how to train our minds so we can overcome any obstacles in our life, break free from old patterns and essentially, step into the highest form of who we really are.
It is one thing to read the Yoga Sutras alone, and yet another to experience the evolution of understanding through group discussion led by a teacher who has studied them for many years while guiding the implementation of these practices. Our mind can be our greatest obstacle, yet with the implementation of the purifying techniques presented in the sutras, it also holds the key to our freedom.
This experience includes:
15 Live Philosophy Sessions with Ara
All live sessions will be recorded. We will meet on Fridays from 4-6pm starting October 25th.4 Yoga Practices to apply what you learn
Recorded sessions to further study the deeper meaning within many of the sutras and view on your own time.
40-day sadhana to keep up your practice.
Access to a Sangha, a community. To amplify learning and create connection with a conscious community
Manual with the key concepts and practices.
Free studio mantra meditations Monday through Friday 7:20 am - 8:00 am.
Access for one year to revisit the course at any time.
Practice of what you learn is key, therefore every week you will be taken a little deeper in your inner exploration through yogic practices and self-reflection exercises. Our focus is the first two chapters that offer the most practical wisdom that sets us on the path to true freedom and fulfillment.
Meet your guide, Ara Lyman
“My mission is to share the immense love I have for yoga and its powerful healing techniques and tools with others. I have studied and practiced many styles of Hatha yoga, Kundalini yoga and meditation as well as, lead many yoga teacher trainings, immersions and workshops. I believe these practices are powerful beyond words for Self healing. Ultimately by healing ourselves, we heal our communities and the planet. To heal the world, we must heal ourselves.”
Frequently Asked Questions
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Yes! These sessions are accessible to anyone and especially potent for beginners. We build progressively on the concepts and there will be group Q&A and discussion in each session. This is an ideal environment for learning.
Ultimately, starting with the philosophy is the best way for a beginner to learn about yoga! Often people jump into the exercise aspect before understanding the holistic system. This is absolutely where you want to start!xt goes here
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Upon registration, you will be sent a welcome letter and a link to the required books. Essentially you will only need your textbooks and a journal!
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Yes! I highly encourage gifting this course to a loved one, then you can take it together! This leads to rich conversation and an opportunity to support each other. You can also gift this to someone you know will be interested in discussing and learning philosophy with a group of people. Either way, this is a wonderful offering.
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Yes! This course provides 32 contact hours of CEU credits plus a minimum of 10 self study hours for your Sadhana. This fulfills the 3 year ongoing education requirement by Yoga Alliance. You will receive a certificate of completion at the end of the course.
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You do not. While I highly encourage in person attendance because your presence contributes to the group energy and discussion, plus, experiential learning is the most effective, you can join in the discussion through Zoom or, watch the recorded video afterward.
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Yes! Please contact shalalivingyoga@gmail.com to inquire about scholarship applications.
Questions? Reach out to shalalivingyoga@gmail.com