Swami Asokananda, President of the Satchidananda Áshram (Yogaville, Virgina, USA) and Integral Yoga International, a disciple of Sri Swami Satchidananda, will be in the Algarve, at Quinta da Calma, to teach the Intermediate Yoga Teacher Training of Integral Yoga – a 3 Week Residential Course.

Are you and your students ready to go further in your yoga practice ?
Wanting to share more advanced ásanas, go deeper into pránáyáma and meditation ?
Are you yearning to give more to your Yoga students ?
This course will enhance your development as an Integral Yoga teacher and increase your capacity to serve your students .

Intermediate ásanas and variations are presented as well as intermediate pránáyáma practices. Deep study of the teachings of the Bhagavad Gítá is also included, expanding your grounding in the universal teaching of Yoga for personal development and deepening your understanding for teaching.

More advanced understanding of anatomy and physiology and how it relates specifically to yoga ásanas.

This is a wonderful opportunity to meet and spend time with other Integral Yoga teachers, to share experience and new ideas, and to find creative solutions to problems encountered in teaching.


Curriculum

• Full details and guidance for teaching Hatha Yoga II
• Optional poses for this level
• How to modify and adjust the poses for the individual
• Course in the Bhagavad Gítá
• Further study of pránáyáma and meditation practice and theory
• Physiology and anatomy
• Workshops on your own personal practice of ásana, pránáyáma, and meditation

Certification: On completing the course satisfactorily you will receive a Diploma qualifying you to teach Integral Yoga Hatha II – Intermediate Level.
Pre-requisite: The course is available to all Yoga teachers who have completed Basic Teacher Training.


Dates: 14 March – 3 April, 2010
Location: Quinta da Calma, Almancil, Algarve, Portugal
Values: Sharing accommodation: 1808 €.
Single room supplement (per day): shared bath 15 €; private bath 25 €; bungalow as single 50 € (includes fees, accommodation, food, teacher training manuals & diploma)


More information:
Email: info@quintadacalma.com – iytt@iyiva.org (Satchidananda Ashram in USA)- T: 289 393 741 – Fax: +351 289 393 346 – Web: www.quinta-da-calma.com


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The Venerable Lama Dorje Dondrup, founder of the Nyingma Buddhist Association in the UK, Greece and Australia and Master Teacher of Classical style Qigong will visit Portugal to give Dharma teachings and Qigong Workshops in October.

Program

Saturday, 24 October:

Buddhist Lecture: The 37 Practices of Bodhisattva

The teaching of classical Thorme Zangpo to the Bodhisattva on the path to Enlightenment

Hours: 10 am -12 h, 15 -17 h

Sunday, October 25

Masterclass Seminar: Qigong Meridian Classic

The practice of Qigong that increases the energy flow of the meridians of the hands, feet and organs of the body

Hours: 10 am -12 h, 15 -17 h


Location: Quinta Vishuddha – Valhelhas, 2350-181 Torres Novas (Portugal)

T/F: 00351 249 823 467 – M: 00351 91 741 1780 - Email: csp.griffith@clix.pt Web: www.Vishuddha.otuoc.com


More information:

Email: psaraswati@sapo.pt – T: 00 351 91 741 1780 – Web: www.pathgate.org

This comprehensive program is a Certification course offered for Yoga Teachers and health Professionals teaching the general Population who would like to share Yoga, with people living with heart disease, cancer and other debilitating diseases. It is also useful for people with family histories and/or risk factors.

The course will be didactic as well as experiential. This will allow for a full and rich experience for us as teachers and practitioners alike.

U pon completion of the course you will have the skills to teach patients in a hospital or

clinic setting as well as on a private or individual basis.

“Adapting Yoga for Heart Disease, Cancer and Other Life Threatening Diseases.”

About Nischala Joy Devi

Nischala Joy Devi is a Masterful and compassionate Teacher, internationally renowned since 1974. She was graced to spend over 25 years as a monastic disciple with the world renowned Yogiraj Sri Swami Satchidanandaji. She also was blessed with teachings of great Yoga Masters in US, India and worldwide. Her landmark research in pioneering Yoga for life threatening diseases, Dean Ornish’s Program For Reversing Heart Disease and Commonweal Cancer Help Program. Author of several CDs like The Healing Path of Yoga and The Secret Power of Yoga. Nischala Devi’s teachings reflect a heart-centred perspective of spirituality and scripture.


Adaptar aulas & teoria A Pacientes

• Physical Postures (Hatha/ Asana)
• Breathing Practices (Pranayama)
• Deep Relaxation (Yoga Nidra)
• Imagery
• Meditation
• Interfacing with the Medical Community
• Research findings
• Psycho-social Aspects of Disease
• Physiology of Disease
• Low-fat Vegetarian Diet

Location: Quinta da Calma, Almancil, Algarve, Portugal.

More Information:

Email: info@quintadacalma.com

T: +351 289 393 741

Web: www.quinta-da-calma.com

This year the Annual International Yoga Course of the International Yoga Federation, at the World Yoga Conference and Euro Yoga 2009 will take place in Lisbon, Portugal from September 26 to 27, 2009.

This course is the most important element of the World Yoga Conference and Euro Yoga 2009. This year, Portugal welcomes the members of the World Yoga Council and the International School of Yoga for the special international course.

Swamini Tara Dharmacharini is the director of international relations of IYF and is the organizer of the event.

The renowned Yoga Master and president of the World Yoga Council, Swami Dharmachari Maitreyananda is the special guest. The event will also have the illustrious presence of: Swamini Padma (Portugal), Swamini Ma Durga (Angola), Yogachárya Carlos Perez (Spain), Swamini Lakshmi (Argentina), Anabela Tavares (Portugal), Swami Uma (Germany), Ralf (Germany), Rafael Biladinovich (Spain), Yoginí Shakti (Mexico), other members of the European Yoga Alliance and more than 25 yoga teachers.


Speakers:

• Swami Dharmachari Maitreyananda( Uruguay)
• Swamini Dharmchari Taraji (Portugal)
• Swamini Padma (Portugal),
• Swamini Ma Durga (Angola),
• Dr. Gopalji (India)
• Yogachárya Carlos Perez (Spain),
• Swamini Lakshmi (Argentina),
• Anabela Tavares (Portugal),
• Swami Uma (Germany), Ralf (Germany),
• Rafael Biladinovich (Spain),
• Yogini Shakti -Selene (Mexico)

For more information about the Annual International Yoga Course please contact: beatriz.katchi@gmail.com

Associação de Yoga Integral de Portugal®

Av de Madrid,28-1º Dtº  1000-196 Lisboa

Tel: 00351 21 848 56 90

Fax: 00351 21 848 56 90

E-mails: beatriz.katchi@gmail.com -  yintegralp@gmail.com

Meetings of the International Yoga Federation

1. Members of the World Yoga Council, Koln, Germany: September 22
2. Members of the World Yoga Council, Lisbon, Portugal: September 26
3. Members of the European Yoga Council, Madrid, Spain: September 28

Lisbon

The Natha, Academy of Yoga and Tantra is introducing, for the first time Portugal, this extensive course on Tantrik Wisdom. This knowledge touches deeply the core of our existence, teaching us how to relate with our partner and with ourselves. Swami Mahalayananda Saraswati, teacher of Yoga and Tantra, will be your guide on this journey. A complete knowledge of Tantra will be taught in the course, as a practical guide, step by step.

Much like the extended yoga course, it is a continuous system of teachings that can continue, as long as you want. Each week it will gain new impetus – practical and / or theoretical.

When the human being is trapped by the daily routine, he becomes a robot that is not able to live life, and therefore loses most of it. TANTRA gives us our only option: TO WAKEUP.

The extensive Tantra teaches us the art of LIVING and presents the Tantra as a genuine spiritual path. The tantrik path shows us that when we become aware of each moment, our life is transformed into an ecstatic triumph. No one is asking us to be immortal. All that we are requested is that we are alive !

“Nobody will reach spiritual freedom through boring and difficult techniques. The spiritual freedom is easily achieved by the conscious satisfaction of the senses “(Tantrik wisdom).

In the first year of Tantra, you’ll learn:

• Erotic Tantra;
• The key elements of subtle energies, and how to control them;
• Methods and techniques of personal transformation on all levels;
• The first steps to develop a strong couple relationship;
• Secret initiation on the use of mantra;
• How to integrate spiritual principles in daily life.

Date and Time: The course will start on 10 September 2009 and will be given weekly, on Thursdays, at 19:30.

More information and registration:

Email: yoga@academiadeyoga.pt – Tf: 931975474 or 217959034

Web: www.academiadeyoga.pt

Denmark

Sri R.Sharath Rangaswamy, grandson of Sri Pattabhi Jois, and Director and Main Teacher of the K. Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute (KPJAYI) – India, is visiting Europe to give courses in Copenhagen, Helsinki and London.

Sharath has recently taken over the daily leadership of the Ashtanga Yoga Institute in Mysore (India). During this year he will travel around the world to visit the main schools of Ashtanga Yoga and give classes.

Sharath is Pattabhi Jois’s only student who has mastered all five series of the Ashtanga Yoga System. Sharath is the most advanced practitioner in the world and the only one who has been taught the sixth and last series of the Vinyasa system created by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois.

Program: The program includes daily classes of the primary and intermediate series of the Ashtanga Yoga System and Conferences.

For more information please check the respective program for each City.

Copenhagen: 2-7 August, 2009

Astanga YogaSchoolCopenhagen

Email: info@astanga.dk - Tel: – Web: www.astanga.dk

Helsinki: 9-21 August, 2009

Astanga YogaSchoolHelsinki

Email: info@astanga.fi Tel: –  Web: www.astanga.fi/sharath/

London: 23-28 August, 2009

Astanga Yoga London

Email: tour@astangayogalondon.com –   Web: www.astangayogalondon.com

Acireale – Sicily – Italy | July 25th – 31st, 2009

The EURYE – European Union of Research on Yoga in Education – is holding the next International Training Course On Yoga Techniques at School in Acireale – Sicily – Italy.

Research on Yoga in Education is the implementation of simple yoga techniques adapted for the classroom to help manage the energies of pupils and teachers alike, to promote effective learning. These RYE techniques can be used from nursery to university and linked directly with educational values.

About RYE and EURYE

RYE was born in France in1978 and was founded by Micheline Flak. She was an English teacher in a Parisian middle school and was also a yoga practitioner and teacher. Her experience of yoga began to influence her English lessons and through various experiments of incorporating yoga instruction in the classroom she became deeply interested in the way yoga enhanced the whole learning process. Micheline’s experience of yoga comes from the Satyananda tradition – a holistic approach, integrating all aspects of being; here she learned the systematic relaxation of Yoga Nidra™, developed from an ancient practice by Swami Satyananda to make it accessible and useful for modern man.

Therefore RYE has its roots in ancient yogic tradition, and its basis is centred on 6 principles that are relevant and effective tools for the modern classroom. RYE uses simple yoga techniques – postures, breathing, relaxation and concentration in small amounts throughout the lesson to improve learning, by unifying the body with the mind, creating amity within the class, amongst both peers and teacher.

More and more research is constantly being explored on the complexity of how individuals learn and schools are often implementing new methods. This in itself can often be draining for teachers who already have a multitude of tasks to perform. The key to RYE is that the teacher experiences yoga and RYE techniques for themselves to help harmonise both body and mind, enabling them to use the techniques more effectively.

EURYE was formed in 2000, and extended to non-European countries. It includes Officially France, Italy, United Kingdom and Portugal. Greece, Spain and Norway are also among the countries where the RYE techniques are taught. Since 2007, RYE Uruguay was created originated by International conventions for the countries of Latin America, ensuring the relay of RYE techniques to Brazil, Argentina and Chile. Micheline Flak is regularly invited to transmit her teaching in Israel. In 2007, she went to Bangalore, Madras and Calculata, to conduct RYE courses.

Program

Trainers in Rye Techniques

• RYE Belgium: Geneviève Naert and Kathleen Bonnevie. Secondary school teacher – Psychomotor therapist
• RYE France: Michelle Lavergne and Jack Benoît. Kindergarten teacher – Psychomotor therapist
• RYE Italy: Mirella Perlasca and Carlo Livio. Primary school teacher – Secondary school teacher
• RYE United Kingdom: Kerry Gallagher and Lynn Parrott. Secondary school art teacher – Primary school teacher

Activity Leaders for the Afternoon Workshops

• Martine Giammarinaro, yoga teacher.
• Silvia Gramigna, art historian.
• Colette Larcanché, art therapist.
• France Mondor, relaxation and biosynergy therapist.
• Yoga Nidrá, Micheline Flak (in English) and Véra Mainini (in French).

Lecturers

• Micheline Flak, founder of RYE, co-author of the book Des enfants qui réussissent with Jacques de Coulon. “Story telling in class”.
• Jacques de Coulon, headmaster in a high-school in Switzerland, philosopher and author of several books on learning processes. “Yoga in the West today”.
• Antonio Nuzzo, one of the yoga pioneers in Italy, specialized in yoga for teenagers, trainer in Italy and abroad. “The spiritual dimension of hatha-yoga – a process of growth towards an overall purification”.

Schedule of Day

7 am Yoga Session

8 am Breakfast

9 am -12 pm Training Course on Yoga Techniques at School.

Workshops will be given in English, Italian and French.

12 : 30 pm Lunch

3 pm – 5 pm Workshop Chosen (See the registration form)

6 pm Yoga Nidrá, a Technique of Transformation

7 pm Dinner

Sunday morning : Lectures.

Tuesday afternoon : Free time.

Thursday night : Party organized by the group.

Hosting: Saturday, July 25th, from 2 pm.

Programme starting: at 5 pm.

Ending : Friday, July 31st after lunch.

More information:

REGISTRATION & contact in Belgium:

Kathleen Bonnevie - 0032 (0)10689546 - ryebelgium@hotmail.com

Contact in France: Véra Mainini - 00 33 (0)679412329 - vera.mainini@wanadoo.fr

Contact in Italy:

• Mirella Perlasca - 0039 (0)41 5265705 - rye.ita@libero.it
• Carlo Livio - 0039 (0)57 3913130 - swara@tiscali.it

Contact in the United Kingdom: Lynn Parrott - 0044 (0)2086 93 46 03 - info@ryeuk.org

Contact in Portugal: Teresa Messeder - rye.portugal@gmail.com

Web sites: www.rye.free.fr - www.rye.it - www.ryeuk.org - www.rye-belgium.net

Location: La Perla Ionica Hotel

Danny Paradise will be in Portugal to give an intensive Yoga course on the weekend of 18 and 19 of July. It is an excellent opportunity to practice and deepen the knowledge of Yoga with one of the more known and respected Yogis internationally. Danny Paradise is a professor of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga and was the mentor of Madonna and Sting.

The classes on both days are suitable for all ages and levels of experience, from beginning to advanced practitioners, students and teachers of ALL forms of YOGA.

The classes are also considered to be teacher training sessions as well.

About the Intensive Course

The practice of the intensive course include: Pránáyáma, Ásana and open talks on the following topics: 1 / Historical and Shamanic roots of Yoga and their connection to other ancient cultures: Egyptian, Mayan, Native North and South American, Chinese, Polynesian … 2 / Healing processes of Ashtanga Yoga and other traditions of healing 3 / Relation between Yoga and other indigenous sacred spiritual traditions around the world 4 / Spiritual Intelligence and Evolution 5 / Personal responsibility, personal authority, Universal authority, the Sacred, achieving personal destiny and Yoga 6 / Nutrition, diet and the dangers of the chemical, pharmaceutical and genetically modified food industry 7 / Medical intuition, understanding the processes that create disease and healing and the relation with the glandular system and chakras 8 / Shamanic and Yogic perspectives on aging and death.

About Danny Paradise

Learn more …

Read here an interview with “Mr.  Ashtanga Yoga” – Danny Paradise.

Location: Lisbon Time: Days 18 and 19 July – Morning from 9:30 to 13 pm; Afternoon 15h to 19.30 Values: Value for entries until 30 June: € 80 – 1 day: € 150 – 2 days Value for registration after June 30th: € 100 – 1 day: € 180 - 2 days Note: registrations until June 30 may be paid on 2 times (1st part until May 31, 2^nd part until June 30) Transfers to NIB: 0033 000045264953874 05 MILLENNIUM BCP Please submit proof of transfer to one of the emails below with the registered name.

Contacts for registration and information:

Yoga Ashram, Av. General Eduardo Galhardo, 343 - 2775-564 Carcavelos – Portugal

Tel. 214 581 510 – 938701852     Email: geral@yogaashram.net Web: www.yogaashram.net Other emails: eusouyoga@hotmail.com – marcoperalta@mail.com

Algarve

Nalanie Chellaram and her support teachers will be back at Quinta da Calma, near Faro, Algarve, to teach a Rajá Yoga Teacher Training. This training is in English only.

About the Training

What is it all about?

“The greatest victory you can win is victory over your own mind”. Sri Swami Satchidananda

The course will entail the study of the “Yoga Sutras of Sri Patanjali” as translated by Sri Swami Satchidananda.

This amazing text, written so many centuries ago, holds the key to understanding the human mind and the human mission here on earth. It is psychology par excellence. Study of this text helps to solve many ethical, moral, emotional and physical problems one may have embedded in the psyche. It is only when we can understand ourselves and our make-up; our weaknesses and our strengths; apply solutions to our problems; that we can emerge into the world of the Self and Spirit. With a calm and peaceful mind, the vision of the Self appears, leading to Self Realization.

“Be still and know that I am God”. (The Psalms).

Gurudev’s definition of Integral Yoga (Sri Swami Satchidananda)

“The goal of Integral Yoga, and the birthright of every individual, is to realize the spiritual unity behind all the diversity in the entire creation and to live harmoniously as members of one universal family. This goal is achieved by maintaining our natural condition of: a body of optimum health and strength, senses under total control, a mind well disciplined, clear and calm, na intellect as sharp as a razor, a will as strong and pliable as steel, a heart full of unconditional love and compassion, na ego as puré as a crystal and a life filled with Supreme Peace and Joy”.

Course Format

1) Syllabus: Rája Yoga Teacher Training Manual. (will be provided at Quinta da Calma).

2) Textbooks: “The Yoga Sutras of Sri Patanjali” by Sri Swami Satchidananda and “The Living Gita” by Sri Swami Satchidananda.

3) Students are required to do short talks on given topics, eg. Speak for 5 minutes on “Truthfulness”.

4) Students are also required to undertake na exam at the end of the Course.

A Diploma will be awarded on the final day where a Graduation Ceremony will take place. Students can invite family and friends to attend the Graduation.

NB. If you decide to take this course, it is highly recommended that you read the following Sútras from Sri Patanjali:

Bk.1. Sutras 1 to 16.

Bk.1. Sutras 22 to 41.

Bk. 2. Sutras 1 to 12.

Bk. 2. Sutras 28 to 55.

Bk. 3. Sutras 1 to 3.

Lolation: Quinta da Calma, São Lourenço, Almancil 8136-901, Algarve, Portugal

Tel: +351 289 393 741 - Fax: +351 289 393 346

More Information:

Please contact Paddy on: paddyal@yahoo.com

Cost: Cost of course is 950 Euros.

This includes TT Manual, food and shared accommodation.

Bookings: Please contact Vicky at groups@quintadacalma.com or Paddy at paddyal@yahoo.com.

NB. Course starts at 4pm on Thursday 7th May. Graduation Ceremony will take place on Saturday 23rd May from 5 to 7pm.

PLEASE BOOK BY 7th April 2009

Parede (Cascais) – Portugal | 16 and 17 May 2009

CEY – Centro de Estudos de Yoga, in Parede (Cascais) – Portugal, is organizing the second edition of the Intensive Workshop on Anatomy and Biomechanics in Yoga, on 16 and 17 May 2009. The course is taught by Ines Neves, who will address topics like History of Anatomy, bone and joint systems, and anatomy and biomechanics of the spine and limbs, among others.

Contents of Workshop Intensive Anatomy and Biomechanics in Yoga

• History of Anatomy;
• Plans, axis and directions of movement;
• Bone system: concept of bone, bone tissue types, functions of bones, classification of bones;
• Joint System: concept of joint, study of the major constituents of the joints;
• Muscular system: concept of muscles, types of muscles, classification of muscles, types of muscle contractions, tonus, concept of elasticity;
• Study the anatomy and biomechanics of the spine and peripheral joints of the upper limb (shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand) and lower limb (lame-femoral, knee and foot);
• Fascia: concept and functions of the fascia;
• Study of the quadrants of the abdomen;
• Surface anatomy and palpatory anatomy;
• Concepts for the evaluation of the spine.

Brief CV of Inês Neves

- Practiocioner, at private office, of Osteopathy and Physiotherapy in Carcavelos (Portugal) – Osteopraxis;

- Clinical experience with techniques of Osteopathy and the methods of RPG, Sacro-Cranial Therapy and Visceral Manipulation;

- Degree in Physiotherapy completed in 2003, at Escola Superior de Saúde do Alcoitão (Portugal);

- Certificate in Osteopathy (CO) completed in 2008, under the supervision of Escuela de Osteopatia de Madrid (Spain);

- Training in the method of Global Postural Re-education (GPR) in 2004, under the supervision of the University of Saint Mont, France;

- Training in Sacro-cranial therapy I and II, and Visceral Manipulation I, II and III, between 2002 and 2004, under the supervision of the Upledger Institute in the United States of America;

- Participation in courses of dissection of cadavers, between 2005 and 2008 with the aim of continuing training in the areas of anatomy, physiology and biomechanics.

Conditions for participation:

Payment of the full course until May 13 and the completion and submission of Application form – request it by Email: mail@yogacey.com

Payment can be made by bank transfer to NIB 0032 0124 0020 1030 1179 7 of Barclays Bank (Portugal) in the name of Marta Lenci Diotallevi.

Organisation:

Classes begin at 8:30 h and end at 18:30 pm with 1 hour and a half for lunch. Lunch is organized at Tea for Two, a very nice tea-house near CEY. The cost of the meal is € 8.50 which includes dish, natural juice and coffee or tea. You can sign up for lunch on the registration form. There is possibility of vegetarian or non vegetarian food (salads).

The value of the course is:

€ 120 until May 1 – 140 € from 1 to May 13

The number of places is limited, deadline for entries is 13th May. Retain the proof of payment.

You need comfortable clothes and material for annotation. It will be given a booklet and certificate of participation and Inês has programmed some practice !

Event: Intensive Workshop on Anatomy and Biomechanics in Yoga

Date: 16 and 17 May 2009

Hours: From 8:30 am to 18:30 pm

Location: CEY – Centro de Estudos de Yoga, Rua Trindade Coelho, No 191 – Parede – Portugal

Language: Portuguese

Contacts: T: 21 457 62 75 M: 96 900 90 69 E: mail@yogacey.com

Contribution: € 120 (for payments until May 1, and from that date until May 13 plus € 20)

For more information: www.yogacey.com