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    September 27th - October 8th, 2023

    A rare opportunity to take part in a meditation retreat led by fully enlightened guru Dr Kumar whose teaching is rooted in the very origins of yoga practice from Himalayan traditions.

    Yoga is all about balance, the union of conscious, sub-conscious and unconscious minds, bringing a state of peace and cultivating a mind of unconditional love, compassion and gratitude towards all living beings. Through understanding how to dissolve all elements in our body, we can achieve union, dissolving into a cultured one, a noble one. In this way, Dr Kumar teaches the shortest routes to samadhi and enlightenment. ‘Union’ originates in the Himalayas whose vast mountainous ranges are revered as towers of sacredness, the geographical abodes of angels and gods. These temples of nature were the sites of marriage between heavenly deities into holy union. From the great Indus valley civilization, the origins of yoga have evolved — the greatest culture of Yoga.

    The journey is one of transformation from egocentric to egoless, selfishness to selflessness, developing a greed free, a desire free mind, with enormous generosity and gratitude. This is called progress in peace, liberating our soul to become a yogi and growing towards the eternal loving, all giving eternal immortality that is called enlightenment.

    For those who live in the Himalayas there is no place for any unwholesome mean mindedness. Through body, mind and speech its people make great sacrifices and we have so much to learn from their utter simplicity and purity. Dr Kumar tells us that we can always think positive or negative. It’s our choice. Cultivating a positive attitude is conservation of energy and as with the butterfly effect the principles of harmony, synchronisation and resonance a practitioner can reach a state of zero resistance where no input is required for sustenance or happiness.

    Only through cultivating every aspect of yogic practice can we start to make a shift from consumption mode to conservation mode. By switching off all negative gene expression, as said by the great saint Patanjali, Yoga Chitta Vritthi Nirodhaha, we can ultimately change our gene expression processing every moment positively. Applying the eight tools of Ashtanga Yoga plants wholesome seeds, enabling one to become a Yogi. Using these tools, the guru teaches us how to develop the seven levels of purification growing in wisdom, culminating in ‘kaivalya’ or self-realisation. Wisdom is all about planting wise seeds in the field of the body or ‘bhumi’. Guarding and growing the seeds in each cell with nurturing inputs, to reap the crop of cultured happiness. This is the natural state of soul free from ego, free from the world of taste or perception, Tasya Saptada Prantha Bhumi.

    During this ten-day meditation retreat you will experience a balance between dharana practice which is supposed to be done in “shayanova”(lying down meditation) akin to Saint Yajnavalkya taught wife Maitreyi,  Bheeshmacharya practiced on bed of arrows , the Dharana of Vishnu Sahasra Nama  by lord Krishna upon request of Yudhishtara in Yuddha Parva of great Mahabharatha and sitting meditation (vertical). We will be working with the mind at its subtlest level necessitating being fully immersed into the practices. For this process to be as smooth and fruitful as possible the right conditions are carefully maintained throughout the course by adopting noble silence, the scrupulous practice of yama/niyama/Sutra and adhering to kriyas and chariyas of the Nyingma tradition of nine yanas or Yogas that includes yoga chara, anuyoga and ati yoga. The course is fully residential with healthy vegetarian (egg as optional) meals included.   

    Code of conduct

    During the meditation retreat we go very deeply into the practice. The process is delicate and powerful and the retreat offers the rare opportunity to skilfully work with the mind at its subtlest level. So, for this process to be as smooth and fruitful as possible we need to carefully maintain the right conditions throughout the course. This is for the benefit of our own practice as well as to ensure that we do not disturb the progress of others. For this reason, we respect a strict code of conduct that has been handed down in traditional systems for centuries.

    Yama

    The first step of Patanjali’s Noble Eightfold Path is Yama and represents the resolution to give up any action that causes harm to others or ourselves by body, speech or mind. It is the foundation that enables progress in meditation. The Five Yama are observances outlined by Patanjali: 

    Ahimsa – nonviolence, to remove anger or hatred from the mind 

    Asteya – non stealing to remove greed from the mind 

    Satya – truthfulness to remove fear from the mind 

    Brahmacharya – non sexual misconduct to remove lust from the mind 

    Aparigraaha – non addiction to prevent slavery of the mind 

    In particular, during the course: 

    You are not allowed to purposefully harm any insects. 

    Avoid picking flowers or taking anything found at the retreat centre. 

    You are not allowed to take food or utensils, cups etc to your room without seeking permission first. 

    You are not allowed to bring your own snacks or drinks for the retreat without informing the mentor. You should refrain from intoxicants.

    Students are requested to avoid wearing perfume, aftershave, scented creams or products. Meditation leads to the senses becoming very keen and sensitive, so what usually smells pleasant can be overpowering. It is customary not to wear jewellery and make-up. Clothes should be modest, loose and comfortable for yoga and meditation. 

    You are not allowed to wander outside looking into the nature during the retreat period.

    You are not allowed to do any individual exercises while in room or go for walks any time other than group practices given by Guruji during the retreat within the hall.

    You are not allowed to use your mobile or camera either for recording or for taking any photos or videos during the retreat.

    You are not allowed to practice any other forms of meditation that are not part of the course.

    You are not allowed to make any personal audio recordings without permission.

    You are supposed to maintain noble silence even with room-mates. Order of Timing should be demarcated on the first day of arrival among Co-dwellers in case of using any common facilities in the room, like using washroom etc.

    You are expected to maintain toilet decency and not to flush sanitary napkins.

    Most importantly, you are not supposed to wander during breaks but you are supposed to take rest in designated rooms.

    You are supposed to Contact the respective volunteer immediately, in case of any sleeplessness.

     

    Noble silence includes refraining from:

    • Speech apart from with the retreat mentor
    • Sign language and gestures 
    • Written notes 
    • Eye contact 
    • Email 
    • Phone including text messages 
    • Reading and writing 
    • Radio, TV and music. 

    Please let your friends and family know that you will be out of contact during the retreat. We will supply a phone number that would be picked up by a volunteer who would immediately notify you ONLY in case of an emergency. 

    We observe noble silence from the time Guruji announces the start of the silence until he announces the breaking of silence. After this we can speak to each other, but you must continue to strictly maintain Yama, and maintain silence in the meditation hall at all times. The only exception of silence is communication with the retreat mentor only when required. We will brief you about this at the start of the course.

    You must make an effort to move silently and mindfully, particularly in the meditation hall.

    Violation of code of conduct  will be viewed seriously and such students will not be allowed to continue in the course. Any payment once paid for reserving a place in the retreat cannot be refunded under any circumstances.

    The course is conducted in Darwin Lake Holiday Village in the UK, a conducive place for meditation.

    https://www.google.com/maps/place/

    Darwin Lake, Jaggers Lane,

    Darley Moor, Matlock,

    Derbyshire, DE4 5LH

    • Please plan to arrive at the resorts by 11.00 AM on September 27th, 2023 (Wednesday), check-in and fresh up and join for lunch. The course begins from lunch.
    • You will checkout after breakfast around 10.00 AM onwards on October 8th, 2023 (Sunday).
    1. The accommodation is on double/triple occupancy basis
    2. The meals include high quality vegetarian food and local cuisines. Limited variety of local fruits will be available. Vedic Nutraceuticals Nutritional drink / herbal tea will be regularly available for all the aspirants.

    Non-refundable Application Fee: £80/ $100. Full payment of £1350/ $1720 due upon selection.

    If you have any issues with the application, please contact us at the following numbers on whatsapp
    ‪+1 (424) 349‑6042
    +44 7811 616185

    Dr. Kumar is widely recognized as an inspirational Yogi, trainer of yoga teachers and an award-winning scientist. He began his yoga journey at the age of 11 years and attended more than 87 traditional ashrams, learning directly under the expert guidance of great teachers such as Satyananda Saraswathi Maharaj, Krishnamacharya and all the seven students of Sivananda, as well as in many Himalayan traditions.

    Dr. Kumar is a nuclear scientist and holds two PhDs in Chemistry and Yoga. He is also a trained Merck pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals formulation specialist. His teachings are not only limited to yoga and meditation, but he has authority in science based functional and performance-based nutraceuticals both macro and micro nutrition. He practices preventive and therapeutic nutrition dealing with phytoextracts to nutrigenomics and peptide-based solutions for gene related problems. He is the founder of Vedic Nutraceuticals and The Yoga Healing Foundations of UK, U.S and India. He is a recipient of the prestigious Homi J. Bhabha award for innovations in nuclear science and technology.

    In 1992, Dr. Kumar suffered multiple fractures in his lower spine, hip bones, and pelvic bones, and lost control over his lower torso when he had a road accident. His urethra was ruptured, and he was told that he would not be able to have children and may not walk again. After a year of experiencing no progress, he began practicing yoga and started treating himself. After two years of practice, he could run, perform all asanas, and also had his first child in 1994.

    This was a turning point for him, and he decided to devote his time besides his work to promote the correct understanding of the traditional methods of yoga for body and mind. This includes all physical yoga practices as taught by well-known teachers from whom he learned directly, including Krishnamacharya, Vishnudevananda, Satyananda Saraswati, B.K.S. Iyengar and Pattabhi Jois. Also, mind-fitness (meditation) programs in Hindu, Tibetan and Theravada traditions, taught at a deep level with a science-based approach for rapid progress. His teachings include progressive practice starting with mantra, through to the highest-level mindfulness culminating in self-realisation, actualisation, or singularity.

    In essence, he teaches a scientific way of life for total health. He shows us how to live with absolute scientific standards from dawn to dusk. He strongly believes that subjective, perception-based living is the root cause of our problems at both a physical and mental level.

    Dr. Kumar is also a practitioner and teacher of Kayachikitsa. Kayachikitsa is an ancient science focused on the treatment of physical and mental illness. He is one of only three people in the world to have been trained and currently practice in this particular system.

    Dr. Kumar leads intensive training in meditation (raja yoga) theory and practice leading to profound insight and liberation. This is taught as per the Yoga Shastras, and Yoga Sanhitha given by Yajnavalkya and later by Patanjali in the form of Yoga Darshana. Besides his regular yoga training courses that take place throughout the year, he teaches three immersive residential courses annually, a 10-day course in the UK, a 10-day course in India in the summer and a 15 day course in India for international students in the winter.

    Dr. Kumar is a consultant trainer at Yoga campus in London. Having trained yoga teachers for the last four decades both in person and online, drawing on his experiential wisdom and knowledge developed from living and learning in many different ashrams, ancient traditions and teachers, he teaches yoga for mind and body with authority.  He was invited by the United Nations, International Labour Organization in Geneva, to lead celebrations for International Yoga in 2017 and 2018. Outside of reputed Indian institutions, he has also given lectures at Oxfords Brooks University, Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Imperial College London, and Kyungpook National University School of Medicine in Daegu-Korea.

    Education

    Rather than belonging to any one school, Dr. Kumar’s teaching adheres to the genesis of yoga and its many components.

    Dr. Kumar’s first teacher cautioned him to avoid being limited to the methodology of only one school, realising that each ashram preserves only a few limbs of yoga. This is something Dr. Kumar has followed throughout his life, allowing him to keep an open mind, and continuously learn and expand his knowledge, respecting all traditions.

    As a child he began his formal studies at the Sivananda Ashram under Swamy Vishnudevananda. He was initiated by Swami Chinmayananda, Sachidananda & Omkarananda and later under Swami Rama and Satyananda Saraswathi. He also learned asana practice with BKS Iyengar, Pattabhi Jois, Desikachar among other renowned teachers as well as unknown but equally accomplished Himalayan masters and monks. He learned powerful health rejuvenating pranayamas in Shakthi traditions of Tantra such as Prakrithika (external respiratory techniques), Vaikrithika (internal respiratory techniques) and Kevala (natural respiration). Other schools include Kaivalyadhama-Lonovala, Ananda Ashram-Himachal and Kriya Yoga traditions such as Babaji Kriya Yoga, Yogoda, Mangeshda. His theoretical studies of Hatha Yoga have explored Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Hatha Ratnavali, Gheranda Samhita, Siva Samhita, Hatha Yoga Rahasyam, Kurantaka Yoga and Kapala Kurantaka Yoga and he has translated many of these original texts for his training program.

    Dr. Kumar has studied meditation in Hindu, Yoga, Mahayana, and Theravada Buddhist schools including monastic traditions in Thailand, Burma, Sri Lanka, and Tibet. His mastery of meditation, honoring the lineage of Patanjali is central to his teaching. He reads Sanskrit and Pali and has sourced and translated rare texts, exploring the relationship between Yoga, Buddhism and Vedanta.

    Yoga used to recover from an accident

    Dr. Kumar’s personal experience of the therapeutic benefits of yoga inspired him to teach. In 1992 Kumar was involved in a road accident. He suffered multiple fractures in the lower spine, hip, and pelvic bones. He also lost control over his lower torso and his urethra was ruptured. Having just got engaged, he was told that he would not be able to have children and may not walk again. He was airlifted to his wedding. After being bed-ridden for two years and being told that doctors had little hope for his recovery, finally he used his deep knowledge of yoga to design a systematic program of treatment for himself with asana and pranayama practice. By the following year, he was mobile and in two years he could run. He resumed practicing around 300 asanas and had his first daughter in 1994. In gratitude for the benefit, he has received he has volunteered his time to teaching yoga and meditation for free to thousands of people in India and reviving the ancient system of yoga therapy, Kaya Chikitsa.

    Yoga is many limbed and is not to be confused with any form of religion. My aim is to restore the understanding of the relationship of different branches of traditional yoga so as to enable each person to make swift and effective progress” 

    Dr Kumar

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    July 28th, 2023 - October 20th, 2023

    Himalayan zero resistance healing yoga offers life-changing benefits to individuals of all ages and backgrounds. Within this sacred practice lies the essence of Kurantaka Yoga, a lineage intertwined with the illustrious history of yoga itself. Its roots trace back to the venerable Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, known as the Father of Modern Yoga, who imbibed the wisdom of Rama Manohara Brahmachari during a six-year sojourn in the mystical borderlands of Himachal, where the holy Shiva Ganga merges with the river Sutlej.

    In the expanse of the greater Himalayas, secluded from the Pahad regions, the pure Himalayan yogis attained their profound yogic wisdom. These divine custodians of knowledge, guardians of the majestic but tempestuous mountains, imparted timeless wisdom. Their teachings, rooted in the authentic practices of the Himalayan Gompas, resonate with the venerable Nyingma traditions, originating from these very same sacred realms.

    Guiding this sacred tradition is none other than the luminary Dr. ALV Kumar, an internationally acclaimed yoga and meditation teacher, whose expertise spans both scientific brilliance and spiritual illumination. Having trained with BKS Iyengar, Pattabhi Jois, and Desikachar, Dr. Kumar embarked on a pilgrimage to discover their own Guru, the venerable Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, with whom he forged a profound bond at his ripened age about their experiences in the Himalayas. At the heart of Dr. Kumar’s teachings lies the healing Adyatmika Krama i.e. Zero Resistance Yoga that unveils extraordinary benefits for modern ailments and metabolic imbalances.

    Through the sacred art of zero resistance, you can reprogram your body, unleashing boundless reserves of energy. Experience the liberation of your entire being, from your agile spine to the alleviation of pain from your body’s every nook and cranny. Release the burdens of stress and tension that weigh you down, fostering an oasis of tranquility within, regardless of life’s tumultuous storms that may rage around you.

    Unlike any other exercise regimen known to mankind, the harmonious fusion of kramas and the cultivation of correct habit patterns can trigger a symphony of natural healing within your body. Witness as your cells detoxify, repair, replicate, and flourish in a state of complete conservation, unburdened by the weight of stress. Imbalances of vata, pitta, and kapha doshas find their equilibrium, restoring harmony and vitality to your very core.

    Yet, the Yoga Rahasya, the sacred secrets of yoga, penned by Natha Muni, the revered Vaishnavaite Guru adored by Krishnamacharya himself, must be imparted under the tutelage of an experienced Guru. Only one whose heart rate rests at a mere 20 beats per minute or breathes but one to two breaths per minute possesses the wisdom to unlock these sacred secrets. Dr. Kumar, a luminary among accomplished Gurus, intertwines profound experiential wisdom with knowledge of the ancient scriptures.

    Driven by an insatiable desire for enlightenment, Dr. Kumar has immersed himself in 87 schools of Yoga and Meditation. His arduous journey has led him to the farthest reaches of the Himalayas, where he has imbibed the teachings of illustrious yet unknown Lamas, Masters, and Gurus. These remote and inhospitable landscapes, accessible only by the most intrepid souls, have fortified Dr. Kumar’s comprehensive mastery of yoga, infusing his teachings with an unparalleled depth and breadth of understanding.

    Across time, the Himalayas have beckoned seekers and luminaries alike, drawing them into their awe-inspiring embrace. From Krishnamacharya, Shankaracharya, and Saint Vasista to countless unnamed Rishis, Munis, and Sadhus, this timeless pilgrimage to the Himalayas has been a conduit to enlightenment. It was the deepest yearning of Shankaracharya that led him to these majestic mountains, beseeching Goddess Saraswathi for an extended life, yearning to uncover the very technologies of enlightenment. Saint Vasista’s great grandson, Krishna Dwaipayana or Vyasa, was born amidst the grandeur of the Himalayas. He wrote the Mahabharata and consolidating the Vedas into four divisions, thus carrying forth the unbroken legacy of the Saptha Rishis. In these sacred lands, the legacy of authentic yoga has been carefully preserved through the eons.

    Today, the Himalayas extend their divine embrace to your very doorstep. This online ashram, a beacon of light in the wake of the global upheaval caused by Covid-19, serves as a conduit to the Himalayan traditions. Seize this unparalleled opportunity to bask in the teachings of Dr. Kumar, a Guru who carries forth the resplendent heritage of Kurantaka from the Himalayas. Within the sacred folds of this profound krama, discover the profound healing that mends body, mind, and soul, beckoning you towards a radiant existence.

    This is a rare opportunity to make a soul journey with Dr Kumar, the Guru who is grounded in the ancient traditions and the pure science of Yoga, who has explored the entire field of consciousness and gone beyond, to realize Singularity, enlightenment. This journey cannot be made without the guidance of a teacher who has accomplished it.

    You will complete the course with a changed perspective on life, a deep understanding of the traditional culture and practice, and a profound respect for the lineage of Yogis who have selflessly preserved and passed on this precious wisdom for thousands of years.

    The journey is to live in our hearts, not in our egos, to silence the chatter of the brain and discover overflowing gratitude, kindness, compassion, and unconditional love within when the mind becomes still and pure. In crystal clear waters you can see hundreds of metres depth, free from mud and the suspended particles of brain noise, reactions, emotions, and stress. A bright, clear mind and a light body are attained with conservation of breath.

    As Vasishta teaches Rama, without understanding the link between body, breath, and mind there is no Yoga at all. The journey of the mind further dives deep down into the unconscious, to remove habit patterns of suffering by working with the DNA to change our gene expression at a root level. This requires serious practice. Observation, known in Sanskrit as Darshana is at the heart of Yoga.

    With the expert guidance of Dr. Kumar you will learn how to be observers within. As per the traditions and lineages the technique is always transmitted by sound in the form of chanting, having practiced in the most traditional schools and original forms, the teachings from his voice and mastery of the sound of silence will tune us to experience deep peace, purification and transformation. Every scripture of yoga or spirituality was transmitted down in the form of sound. The tradition is always “as I heard”, “Evam Sutam” “Tvam Shrutam”, so also when learning from Dr Kumar.

    Every step given by Patanjali will be practiced on this course, so students must commit to a strict code of conduct starting with Yama and Niyama. The last of the Niyama’s of Patanjali is Eeshwara Pranidhanaha, surrender to an enlightened teacher. The course will uphold this essential aspect of the Yoga tradition in order for students to gain maximum benefit.

    Testimonial from a yoga and meditation teacher on the RYT500

    “A few years ago, I took a short meditation course with Traditional yoga under the guidance of Dr Kumar.

    I’d never met anyone from the tradition before, so it was a bit of a leap of faith.

    I’d suffered a back injury and knew that a regular meditation practice would help with managing the pain.

    Initially I had no intention of teaching meditation but the positive changes that I was experiencing just had to be shared. My students included busy mums like me, stressed out blokes and health workers with high blood pressure.

    And by teaching I was doing!

    I’m now taking the online trainings with Dr Kumar, and I cannot recommend them highly enough.

    His teachings and practices have massively improved my health and the health of my family.

    I feel I’m becoming a better person, a kinder person, a more compassionate human and this positively impacts in all of my relationships.

    Don’t hesitate to sign up for this training, take that leap because it could be just what you need.”

    The continuous series of online courses in Yoga and Meditation offered by Traditional Yoga form a comprehensive and ongoing Online Yogi Training Program for students and teachers. 

    Each online course will have its own specific focus on aspects of Yoga and/or Meditation, and its own related certification should the aspirant choose to apply for certification.

    Alternatively, aspirants may elect to undertake a course to learn and develop their understanding, and not apply for certification. All online courses are integral to, and address, the Yogi Training Program.

    An aspirant can join at the beginning of any course. The courses are structured and delivered to enable beginners as well as more advanced yoga practitioners and teachers.

    All students are assigned a Mentor appointed by Dr. Kumar, and these Mentors maintain regular communication with students via WhatsApp. Mentors in turn communicate through an appointed Senior Mentor, who is answerable directly to the Guru.

    Throughout the year there are a three in-person meditation retreats. Students’ performance on the online courses are a pre-requisite for successful application and selection to attend a retreat.

    To fully benefit from the vast knowledge and experience of a fully enlightened Guru like Dr. Kumar it is recommended that serious aspirants who look to Yoga for complete transformation, purification and liberation of the body, mind and soul remain on the continuous stream of courses and take the opportunity of further deepening their practice through attending meditation retreats.

    All courses follow strict ethos of the lineages and traditions of Indian Vedic Ashrams. To become a student of such a teacher is a great privilege and an incredibly rare opportunity, the criteria to join is not payment (the course is offered free), but suitability based on the attributes of a student outlined by the great Indian Saints and Gurus of the Yoga tradition including gratitude, humility, devotion, interest and a positive attitude.

    Although the courses are part-time, it will be powerful and in-depth. Applicants should be ready to immerse themselves deeply in a rigorous, challenging and life-changing experiential training program.

    Dr. Kumar has been leading in-person yoga and meditation teacher training courses and meditation retreats for over a decade in India and the UK, and online for the past couple of years. Students on the online 200 hour, 300 hour & 500 hour Yogi and Meditation Training courses have experienced how profound even the online experience of learning and meditating with Dr Kumar can be.

    Every course offers a point of entry for new students and the option to apply for RYIT 200 or 300 certification upon successful completion and through meeting all criteria for assessment. Every course offers an option for old students to work towards completion of one of the RYIT 200 or 300 or 500 hour certifications. Alternatively, new and old students are welcome to undertake the courses on an ongoing basis to learn and acquire new knowledge and experience.

    Testimonial from Rosemary Bennett (British Wheel of Yoga Teacher Trainer)

    “Very many thanks indeed, respected Sir, for the fine teacher training course that has taken place over the last five months.  Every day brought something new, a fresh topic, a new angle on something familiar.  It has been inspiring and refreshing.  Your limitless generosity knows no bounds as you nurture your students and do everything you can to lead us to experience Pure Consciousness for ourselves.  This has not been taken for granted.  We remember, it is not enough to have a good, an enlightened teacher, there also has to be a good student for learning, for progress to happen.  When you have these two things, an alchemical combustion takes place.  May we walk in your footsteps and be worthy of your instruction.  Sincere thanks and deep gratitude.”

    The teachings of Yoga do not exist without enlightened teachers to convey them, and the teaching of the guru is transformative if the student is able to listen unconditionally and in ‘surrender’. This means putting aside one’s expectations, preferences and perceptions, previous knowledge and intellectual conditioning and just being open, keeping the mind as an empty cup to be filled with the purity of the teachings.

    All the courses will be thorough, detailed and comprehensive yet there will be no pre-published curriculum, modules or electives. The course teaches us adaptability, flexibility and responsiveness. In life we never know what each day will bring, similarly it is part of the training to approach each class without any preconceived notions or expectations of what will be covered. The abundance of knowledge, insight and experience could never be anticipated. 

    The courses are not a commodity and students are not customers. The course will be taught in the ancient tradition of going to a Guru to choicelessly learn whatever that Guru teaches. The daily class will vary in length so each student needs to have some degree of flexibility about time commitment, any missed portions of classes can be caught up with on non-class days.

    The teaching style will be very strict, in line with the culture of Traditional Ashrams. Yoga is to be learned orally and experientially, not intellectually or through reading. For thousands of years, Yoga/ Vedic traditions are called Sruthas, which means only by listening. This entire tradition is based on listening, the quickest way to learn more, absorb and adapt to be transformed.

    You cannot learn yoga overnight or even in a year or two. A Yogi is not produced overnight. A monk takes a minimum of 25 years to become a Lama. Yoga is also a journey which has to be learnt from an Acharya. For this reason, serious aspirants remain on the continuous cycle of courses and benefit from attending meditation retreats. If a serious aspirant is fortunate enough to find a fully enlightened Guru, they will remain with that Guru for life.

    Offered by Yoga Healing Foundation on a donation basis for students who fulfil the course criteria. Yoga Healing Foundation/ Traditional Yoga was established to restore the noble legacy of Yoga, in its wholeness, undiluted purity and highest standards.

    All courses are conducted in Purvashrama Sampradaya, the traditional system of Guru Shishya Parampara of Shrutha Sampradaya, which means the oral tradition, ‘as heard from Gurus.’ Every word spoken by Dr Kumar, honors the pure lineages which he graciously represents in absolute gratitude and reverence.

    Students on any of the online courses are entering into a virtual ashram and should be prepared to conduct themselves with utmost caution, discipline and awareness.

    When one enters the gates of an ashram, they must leave their intellectual baggage and prior learning at the door regardless of qualifications, experience or status, and enter in humility, as a beginner, an empty cup ready to be filled with the purest of pure teachings.

    The path to enlightenment can only be taught by one who has achieved it. Going to such a Guru should only be undertaken if one is able to surrender one’s own perceptions and judgments and to understand that everything being taught is necessary for the goal to be achieved. What is taught comes direct from the Pool of Consciousness exactly as it should be in order for us to break out of the bondages of our conditioning.

    In every traditional ashram in India, the student is at the lotus feet of the Guru in unquestioning devotion and surrender. The Guru is a representative of the Pool of Consciousness and a conduit to Singularity/ Holy Spirit/ Parabrahma/Paramatma/ Allah/ Non-Entropy and the way to connect is through the grace of the Guru’s teaching and voice.

    These courses are not for those who learn from the head, approach the courses as an intellectual pursuit, or consider it their right to critically evaluate, judge or take a position of agreement or disagreement on the teachings, as one might do in other educational contexts. Neither is it correct to learn conditionally, partially or on one’s own terms. The only way to learn in such a setting is unconditionally, non-judgmentally and choicelessly, to learn from the heart not from the head, and to establish a sense of connectedness to the Guru so that what flows through him can flow through you.

    An enlightened Guru is a super-conductor. Any positive conduct as a student under such a Guru is like planting a mango seed in fertile ground that will bear hundreds of sweet fruits, however, any negative conduct is like planting a bitter seed in fertile ground that will bear hundreds of poisonous fruit. This is the reason why the Code of Discipline & Joining Agreement is strictly enforced in any ashram in which the technologies of enlightenment are being taught, it is for the protection of the student, the protection of the community and the protection of the traditions.

    Course Timings:

    Daily classes with Dr. Kumar will be every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday in India time zone, it is strongly recommended that you watch them live or on the same day as broadcast but if this is not possible you can complete the missed portion of the class on non-class days.

    It is not compulsory to watch live, but it is recommended for those in Time Zones where it is possible. Classes will be streamed live starting at 5am Indian time, then they will be available as a recording on your course page to watch at your convenience any time afterwards.

    The classes have no fixed duration and will vary in length each day, minimum 3 hours.

    A sincere student, who is willing to dedicate 4 to 5 hours every day so as to complete and assimilate the daily classes and practice sessions are suitable for this course.

    200 Hours Certification (Accredited with International Yoga Alliance)

    Certification is optional and you are also welcomed to just attend the course for your own personal learning.

    For those taking the certification, a Traditional Yoga 200/500-hour certificate will be issued for those who maintain the code of discipline and who complete all the required elements of the course including assignments, plus any additional tasks and homework given by Dr. Kumar in the classes at the end of each course.

    Traditional Yoga is a registered Yoga School with International Yoga Alliance (IYA). Therefore, the certificate issued to you at the end of each course can be used to register with IYA if you wish to apply for their accreditation.

    As a student, what is important is to have the right intention, the right attitude and the right devotion in order to benefit from this rare and precious opportunity. The teachings of Yoga do not exist without enlightened teachers to convey them and the student-teacher relationship (Sanskrit: Guru Shishya Parampada) is everything. Even though the course is online this is still very relevant as consciousness has no barriers.

    The attitude of a student is of paramount importance when taking a course of this nature. This is for your own benefit and in respect for the Guru and great lineage of enlightened teachers who have preserved these teachings.

    These courses are for those aspiring to follow the highest path of Yoga, who wish to make a soul journey under the expert guidance of an accomplished and fully enlightened Guru. The aim is to become completely selfless, thereby liberating the soul from the ego.

    To become a student of such a teacher is a great privilege and an incredibly rare opportunity, the criteria to join is not payment, but suitability based on the attributes of a student outlined by the great Indian Saints and Gurus of the Yoga tradition.

    The opportunity is to learn Yoga within its authentic Indian cultural context.  In the Indian system a Guru teaches not just techniques but guides one on every single aspect of life, teaching us how to live in purity for the perfect health and happiness of the individual and for the rebalancing society as a whole.

    Although courses last a few months, the tradition of going to learn with a Guru is to find a guide for a lifetime because this journey is not easy or immediate. Deep transformation takes dedication, perseverance and a burning desire to pursue the path. As long as Dr. Kumar is willing to teach, students who uphold the code of conduct can continue their journey with him on an ongoing basis.

    The courses follow the strict ethos of the lineages and traditions of the noble ones, the Yogis. This is in order to uphold the sanctity, purity and undiluted teachings of those Yogis who selflessly sacrificed their secrets of practice and path, in absolute trust, in order to benefit their devoted students.

    What will be taught is the highest science given by enlightened Yogis, not by those who are still seekers or teachers at the stage of exploring mind and body having not yet attained full liberation. The course will teach the pure technique of Self Realisation (Sanskrit: Siddhantha Vicharana / Vidya Paddhathi) as practiced and realised by every Yogi and Saint in India for thousands of years, such as the great Nachiketa, Brigu, Yagnavalkya, Vasista, Vyasa, Krishna, Buddha, Patanjali, Adi Shankara, Jesus, Guru Nanak, Mohammad Prophet.

    The following are the expected qualities of a student (Shadguna) as given by Adi Shankaracharya and other important points.

    Damamu: Not becoming distracted

    Shamamu: The ability to focus

    Uparathi: The ability to sustain concentration

    Titiksha: The ability to avoid reacting

    Shraddha: Total surrender, self-motivation, devotion and interest

    Samadhana or Gratitude:  The development of humility, ego-lessness and selflessness

    Also, Mumuksha: The burning desire to become enlightened. The realisation of Allah, the Holy Spirit, Paramatma, requires perseverance in spiritual progress.

    The course is suitable for those who are able to seriously commit to working deeply with Dr Kumar, following the highest level of discipline, dedication and devotion to the teacher, the lineage of Yoga and the teachings. Previous experience is not a requirement.

    This course is an opportunity for deep, holistic, and experiential learning, grounded in the purest traditions and lineages, underpinned by profound explanations of the science of body and mind. The course will be a wonderful journey for those who are seeking authentic knowledge and will be rigorous and challenging in order to make maximum progress. We welcome you to join no matter what stage you are at in your journey.

    Suitability is based on agreement to uphold the strict code of discipline based on the Course Ethos below.

    1. Work hard without expectation/ Nishkaama Karma Yoga and Karmaphala Sanyasa Yoga: The fundamental yogic principle to stay happy is to have ZERO expectation, so that anything thus given gives complete satisfaction, happiness, and gratitude. Do not come with any preconceived notions of what ‘should’ be taught. If what you expect is to be taught, then why is a Guru or tradition required? This amounts to not learning. Dr. Kumar will teach what we need to become Yogis as per the traditions, not what we think we need or want. A Karma Yogi appreciates and has gratitude for everything they receive and accepts challenges smilingly.

       

    1. Live in the present with an open mind, accepting each moment of the teaching as it comes. This will enable you to get maximum benefit from the spontaneous and dynamic way in with Dr. Kumar teaches. A Guru is a clean water pipe through which the water of the teachings flow, don’t look for a set package or timetable of teaching that would block that flow, just drink the water and trust that it will nourish and purify you. Yoga is to live in this moment, accept and adapt, instead of having any expectation about this moment. Because this moment is not created by you or for you but for everyone. Like any other species, instead of questioning what is given in this moment and becoming unhappy, the best way is to accept it.
    1. Surrender to the Guru/ Bhakthi Yoga: Surrender is your strength and protection on the path to enlightenment. Take refuge in the Guru. Don’t question or argue with the Guru mentally. Whatever is not understood just leave it be, don’t react. Learn to listen without bringing the filter of subjective interpretation based on past conditioning. Just absorb without putting an intellectual filter of preconceptions and previously learned notions. In order to learn we must unlearn and relearn. As Shankaracharya says, once you have used right discernment to choose an enlightened teacher, then that is it. What the Guru teaches should not be questioned. The student is at the lotus feet of the Guru. If you trust your own perception more than the Guru’s teaching, then why go to a teacher in the first place? This is ingrained in the traditions. Respecting the authority of the Guru is central to the path and if one is not comfortable with this, the course is not for you.
    1. Inflammatory response is required for growth. Tarka/ Vitarka: A true Guru is not a pleaser or pamperer and is prepared to shake us out of our conditioning even though it is very difficult. A much easier option for a Guru is to only say what we like and avoid saying thing that we don’t like, but with this approach we would never progress.  A Guru shouts and admonishes us in order to bring deep change and clear our karma, this is sometimes called ‘tough love’. Be prepared to go out of your comfort zone. The path to enlightenment takes courage, faith, resilience, and dedication. If something being taught triggers a strong emotion in you, that is an opportunity to observe the reaction and learn more about your own unconscious habit patterns. If something has triggered you (perhaps because it challenges your prior learning, perceptions, cultural values, or views) don’t create a conflict in your mind or dwell on it, just think ‘I don’t yet understand this’. Live in the present and stay open-minded. A Yogi has a 360 perspective, far greater insight and sees the subtleties of reality that we miss. If a lesson is being taught it has a purpose and a context, it is our job to understand the purpose of the lesson.
    1. Be patient / Sahana and Samyama: If you don’t understand something be patient because learning deeply is like slow cooking, the results are nutritious and tasty. Don’t look for fast food.  If you have specific theoretical questions try to wait, you may find they are answered in another class, or you may realize that they are no longer important or necessary. Stay calm and quiet and reflect on whether it is really a worthwhile practical question or just a conceptual one. If it is a valid question, you can ask a course volunteer, or if you just want to reach out and connect with a volunteer for a chat that’s fine too.
    1. Have humility/ Aham Brahmasi:Traditional yoga is a charity: The teaching and the entire course is being given freely and generously by Dr Kumar, supported by volunteers, and what is being given is immeasurable. Please do not ask for more or extra than what is freely given. Please value the time of the volunteers and remember that you are a student not a customer. Please bear with any technical glitches or other course issues that arise, everyone is working very hard to ensure things go smoothly but this can never be 100% guaranteed.

    Practice with awareness/ Sati/ Sadhana/ Abhyasa. Please approach your practice with awareness of your individual physical limits and go at a pace that is appropriate for you. Practice meditation as per the course guidelines and if you need help let a volunteer know. If you experience any insomnia let a volunteer know immediately.  

    Dr. Kumar is widely recognized as an inspirational Yogi, trainer of yoga teachers and an award-winning scientist. He began his yoga journey at the age of 11 years and attended more than 87 traditional ashrams, learning directly under the expert guidance of great teachers such as Satyananda Saraswathi Maharaj, Krishnamacharya and all the seven students of Sivananda, as well as in many Himalayan traditions.

    Dr. Kumar is a nuclear scientist and holds two PhDs in Chemistry and Yoga. He is also a trained Merck pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals formulation specialist. His teachings are not only limited to yoga and meditation, but he has authority in science based functional and performance-based nutraceuticals both macro and micro nutrition. He practices preventive and therapeutic nutrition dealing with phytoextracts to nutrigenomics and peptide-based solutions for gene related problems. He is the founder of Vedic Nutraceuticals and The Yoga Healing Foundations of UK, U.S and India. He is a recipient of the prestigious Homi J. Bhabha award for innovations in nuclear science and technology.

    In 1992, Dr. Kumar suffered multiple fractures in his lower spine, hip bones, and pelvic bones, and lost control over his lower torso when he had a road accident. His urethra was ruptured, and he was told that he would not be able to have children and may not walk again. After a year of experiencing no progress, he began practicing yoga and started treating himself. After two years of practice, he could run, perform all asanas, and also had his first child in 1994.

    This was a turning point for him, and he decided to devote his time besides his work to promote the correct understanding of the traditional methods of yoga for body and mind. This includes all physical yoga practices as taught by well-known teachers from whom he learned directly, including Krishnamacharya, Vishnudevananda, Satyananda Saraswati, B.K.S. Iyengar and Pattabhi Jois. Also, mind-fitness (meditation) programs in Hindu, Tibetan and Theravada traditions, taught at a deep level with a science-based approach for rapid progress. His teachings include progressive practice starting with mantra, through to the highest-level mindfulness culminating in self-realisation, actualisation, or singularity.

    In essence, he teaches a scientific way of life for total health. He shows us how to live with absolute scientific standards from dawn to dusk. He strongly believes that subjective, perception-based living is the root cause of our problems at both a physical and mental level.

    Dr. Kumar is also a practitioner and teacher of Kayachikitsa. Kayachikitsa is an ancient science focused on the treatment of physical and mental illness. He is one of only three people in the world to have been trained and currently practice in this particular system.

    Dr. Kumar leads intensive training in meditation (raja yoga) theory and practice leading to profound insight and liberation. This is taught as per the Yoga Shastras, and Yoga Sanhitha given by Yajnavalkya and later by Patanjali in the form of Yoga Darshana. Besides his regular yoga training courses that take place throughout the year, he teaches three immersive residential courses annually, a 10-day course in the UK, a 10-day course in India in the summer and a 15 day course in India for international students in the winter.

    Dr. Kumar is a consultant trainer at Yoga campus in London. Having trained yoga teachers for the last four decades both in person and online, drawing on his experiential wisdom and knowledge developed from living and learning in many different ashrams, ancient traditions and teachers, he teaches yoga for mind and body with authority.  He was invited by the United Nations, International Labour Organization in Geneva, to lead celebrations for International Yoga in 2017 and 2018. Outside of reputed Indian institutions, he has also given lectures at Oxfords Brooks University, Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Imperial College London, and Kyungpook National University School of Medicine in Daegu-Korea.

    Education

    Rather than belonging to any one school, Dr. Kumar’s teaching adheres to the genesis of yoga and its many components.

    Dr. Kumar’s first teacher cautioned him to avoid being limited to the methodology of only one school, realising that each ashram preserves only a few limbs of yoga. This is something Dr. Kumar has followed throughout his life, allowing him to keep an open mind, and continuously learn and expand his knowledge, respecting all traditions.

    As a child he began his formal studies at the Sivananda Ashram under Swamy Vishnudevananda. He was initiated by Swami Chinmayananda, Sachidananda & Omkarananda and later under Swami Rama and Satyananda Saraswathi. He also learned asana practice with BKS Iyengar, Pattabhi Jois, Desikachar among other renowned teachers as well as unknown but equally accomplished Himalayan masters and monks. He learned powerful health rejuvenating pranayamas in Shakthi traditions of Tantra such as Prakrithika (external respiratory techniques), Vaikrithika (internal respiratory techniques) and Kevala (natural respiration). Other schools include Kaivalyadhama-Lonovala, Ananda Ashram-Himachal and Kriya Yoga traditions such as Babaji Kriya Yoga, Yogoda, Mangeshda. His theoretical studies of Hatha Yoga have explored Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Hatha Ratnavali, Gheranda Samhita, Siva Samhita, Hatha Yoga Rahasyam, Kurantaka Yoga and Kapala Kurantaka Yoga and he has translated many of these original texts for his training program.

    Dr. Kumar has studied meditation in Hindu, Yoga, Mahayana, and Theravada Buddhist schools including monastic traditions in Thailand, Burma, Sri Lanka, and Tibet. His mastery of meditation, honoring the lineage of Patanjali is central to his teaching. He reads Sanskrit and Pali and has sourced and translated rare texts, exploring the relationship between Yoga, Buddhism and Vedanta.

    Yoga used to recover from an accident

    Dr. Kumar’s personal experience of the therapeutic benefits of yoga inspired him to teach. In 1992 Kumar was involved in a road accident. He suffered multiple fractures in the lower spine, hip, and pelvic bones. He also lost control over his lower torso and his urethra was ruptured. Having just got engaged, he was told that he would not be able to have children and may not walk again. He was airlifted to his wedding. After being bed-ridden for two years and being told that doctors had little hope for his recovery, finally he used his deep knowledge of yoga to design a systematic program of treatment for himself with asana and pranayama practice. By the following year, he was mobile and in two years he could run. He resumed practicing around 300 asanas and had his first daughter in 1994. In gratitude for the benefit, he has received he has volunteered his time to teaching yoga and meditation for free to thousands of people in India and reviving the ancient system of yoga therapy, Kaya Chikitsa.

    Yoga is many limbed and is not to be confused with any form of religion. My aim is to restore the understanding of the relationship of different branches of traditional yoga so as to enable each person to make swift and effective progress” 

    Dr Kumar

    Booking Information

    The Course is offered for free as per ancient traditions of yoga. There is no fee associated with this course.

    1. The aspirant is requested to fill all the fields of course application by clicking on “Start Application”.
    2. The aspirant understand that they are reading and agreeing to Code of Discipline & Joining Agreement when submitting the application.
    3. You will be conditionally approved the course when you submit your application.

      Please read the Code of Discipline, understand about Guru and Tradition (sampradaya) and the Lineage (Parampara).

      Experience of Aspirants with past meditation practices (from other disciplines) is no way considered as either eligibility or merit for approving conditionally. Rather they are mandated to read, understand and assimilate Code of Discipline in detail.

      Be ready to unlearn and relearn with an open mind. You will be observed in the following aspects throughout the course –

      1. Writing Gratitude Messages every day, tradition of expressing Modana (gratitude) every moment by Anumodana (expressing joy by listening to Guru) only positivity by body, mind and speech, irrespective of anything and everything.
      2. Response to the mentor or volunteer or counselor and compliance with suggestions given by them and showing respect in gratitude to their service to tradition and yoga as a pure charity.
      3. Keeping up with the course on day-to-day basis.
      4. Practicing given technics and submitting their practice demos (through videos) for correction and compliance to correction.
      5. Compliance to suggested modifications with respect to diet, nutritional advise, sleep and more important to day- to-day life.
      6. Any personalities with criticism, blame, being negative in approach and attitude, egoistic behavior, stubbornness, insensitivity, lies, lethargy, and laziness in any way is discouraged and will lead to removal from the course without any notice.

    This is a pure Himalayan strict tradition of path of vairagya (detachment) as given by saints of traditional lineages, as given by the Yagnavalkya, the Buddha and the Patanjali. It may not be suitable for all as this course is only for serious aspirants. If you have past experience in yoga, any other therapies and meditation, it is emphasized to strictly read, and understand Code of Discipline thoroughly.

    The course follows a strict Code of Discipline similar to any Lama tradition, Gelug and Nyungma tradition of the Himalayas.

    A strict Code of Discipline will only allow you to continue in this tradition and your activity is constantly monitored to ensure you are truly an aspiring student with burning desire to learn and transform. Start the application only if you are that aspiring student of the teachings of the ancient tradition.

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    The course is conducted in Tabo, India.

    The course is conducted in Tabo, India.

    • The accommodation during the retreat is on triple occupancy basis.
    • Majority of food items provided will include North Indian cuisines. Limited variety of fruits and vegetable dishes will be provided. Nutritional drink and herbal tea will be regularly available for all the aspirants.
    • It is mandatory for the aspirant to carry a pair of good quality portable oxygen canisters with them all the time during the journey.

    • https://www.amazon.in/s?k=portable+oxygen&crid=33HBRBRESPIBT&sprefix=portable+oxygen%2Caps%2C833&ref=nb_sb_noss

    • People suffering with any of the compromised lung issues are advised to carry Homa taila and nebulizer

    • Shampoo, soap/shower gel, toothpaste, general toiletries (no strongly scented products please).

    • Family members traveling together may bring toiletries seperately but not on sharing basis.

    • Alarm clock. If you wish to use your mobile alarm, then SIM cards should be deposited instead of mobile phone.

    • Early mornings and late evenings at Shimla, Kalpa and Tabo would be cold (8-10oC) and breezy. Hence aspirants should bring their own woolen wear like sweater, jacket, shawl, caps, gloves and socks. Rest of the day would be pleasant with mid-noon being warmer for which comfortable cotton and modest clothes would suffice.

    it is advised to avoid tight clothing during meditation.

    • If you would like to use a mosquito repellant, you may bring Odomos.

    • A pair of good grip slippers, slip ons and shoes.

    • Sunscreen SPF 50, Skin cream, moisturizer and lip balm.

    • Yoga mat will be provided to all the aspirants by us. Hence there is no need to carry your personal yoga mat to the retreat.

    • Meditation cushions are provided to those aspirants who have pre-ordered with us. Rest should bring their own cushions. (you can pre-order the meditation cushion on Vedic Nutraceutical website).

    • Students, who are bringing their own meditation cushion are advised to lable their name on the cushion as well as on the outer cover to avoid mixing with others cushions.

    • A personal water bottle to fetch the Himalayan glacier water from the water dispensers at meditation hall and dining hall. Limited packaged mineral water bottles might be supplied at the accomodations.

    • Torch light.

    • Hand sanitizer

    • A hand bag or back pack to carry things between the meditation hall and accommodations.

    • Please do not bring any valuables. Valuables like wallets and gadgets are to be deposited with us on the first day of retreat.

    • Towels are provided but you may like to bring your own too.

    • Detergent powder and soap. There is an optional laundry service that needs to be paid for individually in rupees but they do not wash inner-wear. The charges are high.

    • Medicines, if you are already under medication for chronic problems.

    • Sufficient clothes to minimize washing. Personal washing is not allowed except for innerwear.

    • Hand woven Yak Blankets: Aspirants who wish to own one please give your name to your mentor. Subject to availability and limited stock, it will be provided on first come first basis on arrival at Tabo. Each blanket would cost between Rs. 11,000-15,000/- INR and you can pay on the spot.

    • Nutritional drink and herbal tea will be provided regularly at the dining hall. However, if any aspirant wishes to consume Vedic Nutraceutical nutrition of their choice, they can carry them and prepare for themselves with amenities like kettle/thermos flask and limited crockery provided at their accommodations.

    During the meditation retreat we go very deeply into the practice. The process is delicate and powerful and the retreat offers the rare opportunity to skillfully work with the mind at its subtlest level. So, for this process to be as smooth and fruitful as possible we need to carefully maintain the right conditions throughout the course. This is for the benefit of our own practice as well as to ensure that we do not disturb the progress of others. For this reason, we respect a strict code of conduct that has been handed down in traditional systems for centuries.

    Yama

    The first step of Patanjali’s Noble Eightfold Path is Yama and represents the resolution to give up any action that causes harm to others or ourselves by body, speech or mind. It is the foundation that enables progress in meditation. The Five Yama are observances outlined by Patanjali: 

    • Ahimsa – nonviolence, to remove anger or hatred from the mind 

    • Asteya – non stealing to remove greed from the mind 

    • Satya – truthfulness to remove fear from the mind 

    • Brahmacharya – non sexual misconduct to remove lust from the mind 

    • Apaarigraha – non addiction to prevent slavery of the mind 

    In particular, during the course: 

    • You are not allowed to purposefully harm any insects. 

    • Avoid picking flowers or taking anything found at the retreat centre. 

    • You are not allowed to take food or utensils, cups etc to your room without seeking permission first. 

    • You are not allowed to bring your own snacks or drinks for the retreat without informing the mentor. You should refrain from intoxicants.

    • Students are requested to avoid wearing perfume, aftershave, scented creams or products. Meditation leads to the senses becoming very keen and sensitive, so what usually smells pleasant can be overpowering. It is customary not to wear jewellery and make-up. Clothes should be modest, loose and comfortable for yoga and meditation. 

    • You are not allowed to wander outside looking into the nature during the retreat period.

    • You are not allowed to do any individual exercises while in room or go for walks any time other than group practices given by Guruji during the retreat within the hall.

    • You are not allowed to use your mobile or camera either for recording or for taking any photos or videos during the retreat.

    • You are not allowed to practice any other forms of meditation that are not part of the course.

    • You are not allowed to make any personal audio recordings without permission.

    • You are supposed to maintain noble silence even with room-mates. Order of Timing should be demarcated on the first day of arrival among Co-dwellers in case of using any common facilities in the room, like using washroom etc.

    • You are expected to maintain toilet decency and not to flush sanitary napkins.

    • Most importantly, you are not supposed to wander during breaks but you are supposed to take rest in designated rooms.

    • You are supposed to Contact the respective volunteer immediately, in case of any sleeplessness.

    Noble Silence

    Noble Silence means silence of body, speech, and eventually mind. We avoid any form of communication with fellow students, including family members and retreat centre staff. It is only permissible to communicate with the retreat mentor, but no other volunteer. 

    Noble silence includes refraining from:

    • Speech apart from with the retreat mentor

    • Sign language and gestures 

    • Written notes 

    • Eye contact 

    • Email 

    • Phone including text messages 

    • Reading and writing 

    • Radio, TV and music. 

    Please let your friends and family know that you will be out of contact during the retreat. We will supply a phone number that would be picked up by a volunteer who would immediately notify you ONLY in case of an emergency. 

    We observe noble silence from the time Guruji announces the start of the silence until he announces the breaking of silence. After this we can speak to each other, but you must continue to strictly maintain Yama, and maintain silence in the meditation hall at all times. The only exception of silence is communication with the retreat mentor only when required. We will brief you about this at the start of the course.

    You must make an effort to move silently and mindfully, particularly in the meditation hall.




    Violation of code of conduct will be viewed seriously and such students will not be allowed to continue the course. Dana is the virtue of unconditional generosity and unattached giving through donation to a good cause. Hence, any donation once paid cannot be refunded under any circumstances.

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    The course is conducted in Tabo, India.

    The course is conducted in Tabo, India.

    • The accommodation during the retreat is on triple occupancy basis.
    • Majority of food items provided will include North Indian cuisines. Limited variety of fruits and vegetable dishes will be provided. Nutritional drink and herbal tea will be regularly available for all the aspirants.
    • It is mandatory for the aspirant to carry a pair of good quality portable oxygen canisters with them all the time during the journey.

    • https://www.amazon.in/s?k=portable+oxygen&crid=33HBRBRESPIBT&sprefix=portable+oxygen%2Caps%2C833&ref=nb_sb_noss

    • People suffering with any of the compromised lung issues are advised to carry Homa taila and nebulizer

    • Shampoo, soap/shower gel, toothpaste, general toiletries (no strongly scented products please).

    • Family members traveling together may bring toiletries seperately but not on sharing basis.

    • Alarm clock. If you wish to use your mobile alarm, then SIM cards should be deposited instead of mobile phone.

    • Early mornings and late evenings at Shimla, Kalpa and Tabo would be cold (8-10oC) and breezy. Hence aspirants should bring their own woolen wear like sweater, jacket, shawl, caps, gloves and socks. Rest of the day would be pleasant with mid-noon being warmer for which comfortable cotton and modest clothes would suffice.

    it is advised to avoid tight clothing during meditation.

    • If you would like to use a mosquito repellant, you may bring Odomos.

    • A pair of good grip slippers, slip ons and shoes.

    • Sunscreen SPF 50, Skin cream, moisturizer and lip balm.

    • Yoga mat will be provided to all the aspirants by us. Hence there is no need to carry your personal yoga mat to the retreat.

    • Meditation cushions are provided to those aspirants who have pre-ordered with us. Rest should bring their own cushions. (you can pre-order the meditation cushion on Vedic Nutraceutical website).

    • Students, who are bringing their own meditation cushion are advised to lable their name on the cushion as well as on the outer cover to avoid mixing with others cushions.

    • A personal water bottle to fetch the Himalayan glacier water from the water dispensers at meditation hall and dining hall. Limited packaged mineral water bottles might be supplied at the accomodations.

    • Torch light.

    • Hand sanitizer

    • A hand bag or back pack to carry things between the meditation hall and accommodations.

    • Please do not bring any valuables. Valuables like wallets and gadgets are to be deposited with us on the first day of retreat.

    • Towels are provided but you may like to bring your own too.

    • Detergent powder and soap. There is an optional laundry service that needs to be paid for individually in rupees but they do not wash inner-wear. The charges are high.

    • Medicines, if you are already under medication for chronic problems.

    • Sufficient clothes to minimize washing. Personal washing is not allowed except for innerwear.

    • Hand woven Yak Blankets: Aspirants who wish to own one please give your name to your mentor. Subject to availability and limited stock, it will be provided on first come first basis on arrival at Tabo. Each blanket would cost between Rs. 11,000-15,000/- INR and you can pay on the spot.

    • Nutritional drink and herbal tea will be provided regularly at the dining hall. However, if any aspirant wishes to consume Vedic Nutraceutical nutrition of their choice, they can carry them and prepare for themselves with amenities like kettle/thermos flask and limited crockery provided at their accommodations.

    During the meditation retreat we go very deeply into the practice. The process is delicate and powerful and the retreat offers the rare opportunity to skillfully work with the mind at its subtlest level. So, for this process to be as smooth and fruitful as possible we need to carefully maintain the right conditions throughout the course. This is for the benefit of our own practice as well as to ensure that we do not disturb the progress of others. For this reason, we respect a strict code of conduct that has been handed down in traditional systems for centuries.

    Yama

    The first step of Patanjali’s Noble Eightfold Path is Yama and represents the resolution to give up any action that causes harm to others or ourselves by body, speech or mind. It is the foundation that enables progress in meditation. The Five Yama are observances outlined by Patanjali: 

    • Ahimsa – nonviolence, to remove anger or hatred from the mind 

    • Asteya – non stealing to remove greed from the mind 

    • Satya – truthfulness to remove fear from the mind 

    • Brahmacharya – non sexual misconduct to remove lust from the mind 

    • Apaarigraha – non addiction to prevent slavery of the mind 

    In particular, during the course: 

    • You are not allowed to purposefully harm any insects. 

    • Avoid picking flowers or taking anything found at the retreat centre. 

    • You are not allowed to take food or utensils, cups etc to your room without seeking permission first. 

    • You are not allowed to bring your own snacks or drinks for the retreat without informing the mentor. You should refrain from intoxicants.

    • Students are requested to avoid wearing perfume, aftershave, scented creams or products. Meditation leads to the senses becoming very keen and sensitive, so what usually smells pleasant can be overpowering. It is customary not to wear jewellery and make-up. Clothes should be modest, loose and comfortable for yoga and meditation. 

    • You are not allowed to wander outside looking into the nature during the retreat period.

    • You are not allowed to do any individual exercises while in room or go for walks any time other than group practices given by Guruji during the retreat within the hall.

    • You are not allowed to use your mobile or camera either for recording or for taking any photos or videos during the retreat.

    • You are not allowed to practice any other forms of meditation that are not part of the course.

    • You are not allowed to make any personal audio recordings without permission.

    • You are supposed to maintain noble silence even with room-mates. Order of Timing should be demarcated on the first day of arrival among Co-dwellers in case of using any common facilities in the room, like using washroom etc.

    • You are expected to maintain toilet decency and not to flush sanitary napkins.

    • Most importantly, you are not supposed to wander during breaks but you are supposed to take rest in designated rooms.

    • You are supposed to Contact the respective volunteer immediately, in case of any sleeplessness.

    Noble Silence

    Noble Silence means silence of body, speech, and eventually mind. We avoid any form of communication with fellow students, including family members and retreat centre staff. It is only permissible to communicate with the retreat mentor, but no other volunteer. 

    Noble silence includes refraining from:

    • Speech apart from with the retreat mentor

    • Sign language and gestures 

    • Written notes 

    • Eye contact 

    • Email 

    • Phone including text messages 

    • Reading and writing 

    • Radio, TV and music. 

    Please let your friends and family know that you will be out of contact during the retreat. We will supply a phone number that would be picked up by a volunteer who would immediately notify you ONLY in case of an emergency. 

    We observe noble silence from the time Guruji announces the start of the silence until he announces the breaking of silence. After this we can speak to each other, but you must continue to strictly maintain Yama, and maintain silence in the meditation hall at all times. The only exception of silence is communication with the retreat mentor only when required. We will brief you about this at the start of the course.

    You must make an effort to move silently and mindfully, particularly in the meditation hall.




    Violation of code of conduct will be viewed seriously and such students will not be allowed to continue the course. Dana is the virtue of unconditional generosity and unattached giving through donation to a good cause. Hence, any donation once paid cannot be refunded under any circumstances.

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    The course is conducted in Shivamogga, Karnataka, India.

    The course is conducted in Shivamogga, Karnataka, India.

    • The accommodation during the retreat is on triple occupancy basis.
    • Majority of food items provided will include North Indian cuisines. Limited variety of fruits and vegetable dishes will be provided. Nutritional drink and herbal tea will be regularly available for all the aspirants.
    • It is mandatory for the aspirant to carry a pair of good quality portable oxygen canisters with them all the time during the journey.

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    • People suffering with any of the compromised lung issues are advised to carry Homa taila and nebulizer

    • Shampoo, soap/shower gel, toothpaste, general toiletries (no strongly scented products please).

    • Family members traveling together may bring toiletries seperately but not on sharing basis.

    • Alarm clock. If you wish to use your mobile alarm, then SIM cards should be deposited instead of mobile phone.

    • Early mornings and late evenings at Shimla, Kalpa and Tabo would be cold (8-10oC) and breezy. Hence aspirants should bring their own woolen wear like sweater, jacket, shawl, caps, gloves and socks. Rest of the day would be pleasant with mid-noon being warmer for which comfortable cotton and modest clothes would suffice.

    it is advised to avoid tight clothing during meditation.

    • If you would like to use a mosquito repellant, you may bring Odomos.

    • A pair of good grip slippers, slip ons and shoes.

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    • Sunscreen SPF 50, Skin cream, moisturizer and lip balm.

    • Yoga mat will be provided to all the aspirants by us. Hence there is no need to carry your personal yoga mat to the retreat.

    • Meditation cushions are provided to those aspirants who have pre-ordered with us. Rest should bring their own cushions. (you can pre-order the meditation cushion on Vedic Nutraceutical website).

    • Students, who are bringing their own meditation cushion are advised to lable their name on the cushion as well as on the outer cover to avoid mixing with others cushions.

    • A personal water bottle to fetch the Himalayan glacier water from the water dispensers at meditation hall and dining hall. Limited packaged mineral water bottles might be supplied at the accomodations.

    • Torch light.

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    • Hand sanitizer

    • A hand bag or back pack to carry things between the meditation hall and accommodations.

    • Please do not bring any valuables. Valuables like wallets and gadgets are to be deposited with us on the first day of retreat.

    • Towels are provided but you may like to bring your own too.

    • Detergent powder and soap. There is an optional laundry service that needs to be paid for individually in rupees but they do not wash inner-wear. The charges are high.

    • Medicines, if you are already under medication for chronic problems.

    • Sufficient clothes to minimize washing. Personal washing is not allowed except for innerwear.

    • Hand woven Yak Blankets: Aspirants who wish to own one please give your name to your mentor. Subject to availability and limited stock, it will be provided on first come first basis on arrival at Tabo. Each blanket would cost between Rs. 11,000-15,000/- INR and you can pay on the spot.

    • Nutritional drink and herbal tea will be provided regularly at the dining hall. However, if any aspirant wishes to consume Vedic Nutraceutical nutrition of their choice, they can carry them and prepare for themselves with amenities like kettle/thermos flask and limited crockery provided at their accommodations.

    During the meditation retreat we go very deeply into the practice. The process is delicate and powerful and the retreat offers the rare opportunity to skillfully work with the mind at its subtlest level. So, for this process to be as smooth and fruitful as possible we need to carefully maintain the right conditions throughout the course. This is for the benefit of our own practice as well as to ensure that we do not disturb the progress of others. For this reason, we respect a strict code of conduct that has been handed down in traditional systems for centuries.

    Yama

    The first step of Patanjali’s Noble Eightfold Path is Yama and represents the resolution to give up any action that causes harm to others or ourselves by body, speech or mind. It is the foundation that enables progress in meditation. The Five Yama are observances outlined by Patanjali: 

    • Ahimsa – nonviolence, to remove anger or hatred from the mind 

    • Asteya – non stealing to remove greed from the mind 

    • Satya – truthfulness to remove fear from the mind 

    • Brahmacharya – non sexual misconduct to remove lust from the mind 

    • Apaarigraha – non addiction to prevent slavery of the mind 

    In particular, during the course: 

    • You are not allowed to purposefully harm any insects. 

    • Avoid picking flowers or taking anything found at the retreat centre. 

    • You are not allowed to take food or utensils, cups etc to your room without seeking permission first. 

    • You are not allowed to bring your own snacks or drinks for the retreat without informing the mentor. You should refrain from intoxicants.

    • Students are requested to avoid wearing perfume, aftershave, scented creams or products. Meditation leads to the senses becoming very keen and sensitive, so what usually smells pleasant can be overpowering. It is customary not to wear jewellery and make-up. Clothes should be modest, loose and comfortable for yoga and meditation. 

    • You are not allowed to wander outside looking into the nature during the retreat period.

    • You are not allowed to do any individual exercises while in room or go for walks any time other than group practices given by Guruji during the retreat within the hall.

    • You are not allowed to use your mobile or camera either for recording or for taking any photos or videos during the retreat.

    • You are not allowed to practice any other forms of meditation that are not part of the course.

    • You are not allowed to make any personal audio recordings without permission.

    • You are supposed to maintain noble silence even with room-mates. Order of Timing should be demarcated on the first day of arrival among Co-dwellers in case of using any common facilities in the room, like using washroom etc.

    • You are expected to maintain toilet decency and not to flush sanitary napkins.

    • Most importantly, you are not supposed to wander during breaks but you are supposed to take rest in designated rooms.

    • You are supposed to Contact the respective volunteer immediately, in case of any sleeplessness.

    Noble Silence

    Noble Silence means silence of body, speech, and eventually mind. We avoid any form of communication with fellow students, including family members and retreat centre staff. It is only permissible to communicate with the retreat mentor, but no other volunteer. 

    Noble silence includes refraining from:

    • Speech apart from with the retreat mentor

    • Sign language and gestures 

    • Written notes 

    • Eye contact 

    • Email 

    • Phone including text messages 

    • Reading and writing 

    • Radio, TV and music. 

    Please let your friends and family know that you will be out of contact during the retreat. We will supply a phone number that would be picked up by a volunteer who would immediately notify you ONLY in case of an emergency. 

    We observe noble silence from the time Guruji announces the start of the silence until he announces the breaking of silence. After this we can speak to each other, but you must continue to strictly maintain Yama, and maintain silence in the meditation hall at all times. The only exception of silence is communication with the retreat mentor only when required. We will brief you about this at the start of the course.

    You must make an effort to move silently and mindfully, particularly in the meditation hall.




    Violation of code of conduct will be viewed seriously and such students will not be allowed to continue the course. Dana is the virtue of unconditional generosity and unattached giving through donation to a good cause. Hence, any donation once paid cannot be refunded under any circumstances.

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    Course Timeline

    Feb 20th, 2023 - June 23rd, 2023

    Learn the most ancient science of Yoga for holistic healing through Asana, Pranayama, Mudra, Bhandana, Dharana, Dhyana and Yoga Kaya Chikitsa (Masso Therapy). This course will be immensely useful for all types of people including therapists, physiotherapists, ayurveda therapists of pancha karma, yoga teachers, sport and exercise coaches, fitness trainers, traditional healers, doctors, and for people in general.

    Yoga Masso Therapy is a solution for all muscular, skeletal, digestive, respiratory, reproductive, and nervous system related problems. This is one of the rarest opportunities for anyone to learn such a system which has hitherto been unavailable in any prevailing traditions of yoga. 

    The course covers the progressive stages of purification, working at all levels: physical, cellular, and with the conscious, subconscious and unconscious mind. As a student you will work with the physical body through asana and with Vedic science through the application of Yoga Kaya Chikitsa i.e., Yoga Kaya Samvahana (physical manipulations) and Yoga Kaya Samvadana (oil manipulations). Students will work on the subtle cellular body with pranayama practice, and on purifying the mind through correct practice of meditation which deconditions mind of its accumulated impurities and by cultivating discernment about different techniques of meditation and their effects. The course also covers nutritional aspects of therapeutic nutrition and performance nutrition for recovery of both therapist and patient. Learning these techniques under an enlightened guru has a positive ripple effect on all aspects of life. This course will teach you to be selfless and egoless.

    What is not suitable for a healer, therapist or doctor is ego. To be able to teach or heal, firstly, you need to heal yourself and then you can heal others. If you heal others with ego, when you touch them, what will you be transferring to them? You need to come to the level of a ‘super conductor’ where you can remove others’ heat and impurities without absorbing anything from them. A Yogi is called a super conductor. A Yogi does not boast of qualifications, but works selflessly like a Jesus, a Prophet, Buddha, Patanjali, Brihaspati, Dhanvantari or Socrates who never claimed anything. Boasting about your PhDs and other qualifications is ego, making you ineligible to be a healer or a therapist.

    Wisdom is understanding that the cause of unhappiness is a delusion, worshipping taste, ego, finding happiness in your taste, in ego, is a slow poisoning. This is the cause of every disease, every suffering. We must learn to shun the ego mercilessly, shun our taste mercilessly. No-one who worships these will ever be happy. A yogi is a super-conductor who makes your entropy zero. For soul seekers, the entire world is their family. Every movement is to achieve highest level of conductance. This is the eligibility to be a healer.

    Therapy is a Sanskrit word. “Tera” means noble/enlightened person and “Apy” means the one who removes the heat by throwing water on the fire. All teachers under the Buddha are called Teras. Tera means the one who has become completely selfless and a noble person. There is no ego. Tera also means it is all yours and nothing is mine. Whatever you eat, wear, etc., is not yours, so why hold onto pride? You are dependent on everyone for your living. How can you be great? The one who is making you survive is the greatest.

    Such techniques should be administered as learnt from a Yogi, who programmed their 73 trillion cells to conserve oxygen (prana), and who aimed to become a human with unconditional love, selflessness, attitude of generosity, feeling of giving off everything, the wish to serve others and sprouting positive qualities – How can I serve? How can I give away everything? Even if I give away everything, it is nothing compared to what these lineages have given me.

     

    The course covers therapeutic, restorative and rejuvenating techniques of yoga. This course is for serious aspirants who look for transformation, purification and liberation of the body, mind, and soul under the expert guidance of an accomplished and fully enlightened Guru. The course follows the strict ethos of the lineages and traditions of Indian Vedic Ashrams.

    Not only professional therapists but all family members of an ordinary aspirant can benefit from the program as these advanced therapy techniques can help their spouse, children, and parents keep all ailments away. Even if administered once a week, this advanced therapy can provide a single remedy for all kinds of maladies that modern lifestyles expose you to.

     

    Offered by Yoga Healing Foundation on a voluntary donation basis for students who fulfil the course criteria. Yoga Healing Foundation / Traditional Yoga was established to restore the noble legacy of Yoga, in its wholeness and undiluted purity, and to maintain its highest standards.

    This is a rare opportunity to make a soul journey with Dr Kumar, the Guru who is grounded in the ancient traditions and the pure science of Yoga, who has explored the entire field of consciousness and gone beyond, to realize Singularity, enlightenment. This journey cannot be made without the guidance of a teacher who has accomplished it.

    You will complete the course with a changed perspective on life, a deep understanding of the traditional culture and practice, and a profound respect for the lineage of Yogis who have selflessly preserved and passed on this precious wisdom for thousands of years.

    The journey is to live in our hearts, not in our egos, to silence the chatter of the brain and discover overflowing gratitude, kindness, compassion, and unconditional love within when the mind becomes still and pure. In crystal clear waters you can see hundreds of metres depth, free from mud and the suspended particles of brain noise, reactions, emotions, and stress. A bright, clear mind and a light body are attained with conservation of breath.

    As Vasishta teaches Rama, without understanding the link between body, breath, and mind there is no Yoga at all. The journey of the mind further dives deep down into the unconscious, to remove habit patterns of suffering by working with the DNA to change our gene expression at a root level. This requires serious practice. Observation, known in Sanskrit as Darshana is at the heart of Yoga. 

    With the expert guidance of Dr. Kumar you will learn how to be observers within. As per the traditions and lineages the technique is always transmitted by sound in the form of chanting, having practiced in the most traditional schools and original forms, the teachings from his voice and mastery of the sound of silence will tune us to experience deep peace, purification and transformation. Every scripture of yoga or spirituality was transmitted down in the form of sound. The tradition is always “as I heard”, “Evam Sutam” “Tvam Shrutam”, so also when learning from Dr Kumar.

    Every step given by Patanjali will be practiced on this course, so students must commit to a strict code of conduct starting with Yama and Niyama. The last of the Niyama’s of Patanjali is Eeshwara Pranidhanaha, surrender to an enlightened teacher. The course will uphold this essential aspect of the Yoga tradition in order for students to gain maximum benefit.

    Testimonial from a yoga and meditation teacher on the RYT500

    “A few years ago, I took a short meditation course with Traditional yoga under the guidance of Dr Kumar.

    I’d never met anyone from the tradition before, so it was a bit of a leap of faith.

    I’d suffered a back injury and knew that a regular meditation practice would help with managing the pain.

    Initially I had no intention of teaching meditation but the positive changes that I was experiencing just had to be shared. My students included busy mums like me, stressed out blokes and health workers with high blood pressure.

    And by teaching I was doing!

    I’m now taking the online trainings with Dr Kumar, and I cannot recommend them highly enough.

    His teachings and practices have massively improved my health and the health of my family.

    I feel I’m becoming a better person, a kinder person, a more compassionate human and this positively impacts in all of my relationships.

    Don’t hesitate to sign up for this training, take that leap because it could be just what you need.”

    The continuous series of online courses in Yoga and Meditation offered by Traditional Yoga form a comprehensive and ongoing Online Yogi Training Program for students and teachers. 

    Each online course will have its own specific focus on aspects of Yoga and/or Meditation, and its own related certification should the aspirant choose to apply for certification.

    Alternatively, aspirants may elect to undertake a course to learn and develop their understanding, and not apply for certification. All online courses are integral to, and address, the Yogi Training Program.

    An aspirant can join at the beginning of any course. The courses are structured and delivered to enable beginners as well as more advanced yoga practitioners and teachers.

    All students are assigned a Mentor appointed by Dr. Kumar, and these Mentors maintain regular communication with students via WhatsApp. Mentors in turn communicate through an appointed Senior Mentor, who is answerable directly to the Guru.

    Throughout the year there are a three in-person meditation retreats. Students’ performance on the online courses are a pre-requisite for successful application and selection to attend a retreat.

    To fully benefit from the vast knowledge and experience of a fully enlightened Guru like Dr. Kumar it is recommended that serious aspirants who look to Yoga for complete transformation, purification and liberation of the body, mind and soul remain on the continuous stream of courses and take the opportunity of further deepening their practice through attending meditation retreats.

    All courses follow strict ethos of the lineages and traditions of Indian Vedic Ashrams. To become a student of such a teacher is a great privilege and an incredibly rare opportunity, the criteria to join is not payment (the course is offered free), but suitability based on the attributes of a student outlined by the great Indian Saints and Gurus of the Yoga tradition including gratitude, humility, devotion, interest and a positive attitude.

    Although the courses are part-time, it will be powerful and in-depth. Applicants should be ready to immerse themselves deeply in a rigorous, challenging and life-changing experiential training program.

    Dr. Kumar has been leading in-person yoga and meditation teacher training courses and meditation retreats for over a decade in India and the UK, and online for the past couple of years. Students on the online 200 hour, 300 hour & 500 hour Yogi and Meditation Training courses have experienced how profound even the online experience of learning and meditating with Dr Kumar can be.

    Every course offers a point of entry for new students and the option to apply for RYIT 200 or 300 certification upon successful completion and through meeting all criteria for assessment. Every course offers an option for old students to work towards completion of one of the RYIT 200 or 300 or 500 hour certifications. Alternatively, new and old students are welcome to undertake the courses on an ongoing basis to learn and acquire new knowledge and experience.

    Testimonial from Rosemary Bennett (British Wheel of Yoga Teacher Trainer)

    “Very many thanks indeed, respected Sir, for the fine teacher training course that has taken place over the last five months.  Every day brought something new, a fresh topic, a new angle on something familiar.  It has been inspiring and refreshing.  Your limitless generosity knows no bounds as you nurture your students and do everything you can to lead us to experience Pure Consciousness for ourselves.  This has not been taken for granted.  We remember, it is not enough to have a good, an enlightened teacher, there also has to be a good student for learning, for progress to happen.  When you have these two things, an alchemical combustion takes place.  May we walk in your footsteps and be worthy of your instruction.  Sincere thanks and deep gratitude.”

    The teachings of Yoga do not exist without enlightened teachers to convey them, and the teaching of the guru is transformative if the student is able to listen unconditionally and in ‘surrender’. This means putting aside one’s expectations, preferences and perceptions, previous knowledge and intellectual conditioning and just being open, keeping the mind as an empty cup to be filled with the purity of the teachings.

    All the courses will be thorough, detailed and comprehensive yet there will be no pre-published curriculum, modules or electives. The course teaches us adaptability, flexibility and responsiveness. In life we never know what each day will bring, similarly it is part of the training to approach each class without any preconceived notions or expectations of what will be covered. The abundance of knowledge, insight and experience could never be anticipated. 

    The courses are not a commodity and students are not customers. The course will be taught in the ancient tradition of going to a Guru to choicelessly learn whatever that Guru teaches. The daily class will vary in length so each student needs to have some degree of flexibility about time commitment, any missed portions of classes can be caught up with on non-class days.

    The teaching style will be very strict, in line with the culture of Traditional Ashrams. Yoga is to be learned orally and experientially, not intellectually or through reading. For thousands of years, Yoga/ Vedic traditions are called Sruthas, which means only by listening. This entire tradition is based on listening, the quickest way to learn more, absorb and adapt to be transformed.

    You cannot learn yoga overnight or even in a year or two. A Yogi is not produced overnight. A monk takes a minimum of 25 years to become a Lama. Yoga is also a journey which has to be learnt from an Acharya. For this reason, serious aspirants remain on the continuous cycle of courses and benefit from attending meditation retreats. If a serious aspirant is fortunate enough to find a fully enlightened Guru, they will remain with that Guru for life.

    Offered by Yoga Healing Foundation on a donation basis for students who fulfil the course criteria. Yoga Healing Foundation/ Traditional Yoga was established to restore the noble legacy of Yoga, in its wholeness, undiluted purity and highest standards.

    All courses are conducted in Purvashrama Sampradaya, the traditional system of Guru Shishya Parampara of Shrutha Sampradaya, which means the oral tradition, ‘as heard from Gurus.’ Every word spoken by Dr Kumar, honors the pure lineages which he graciously represents in absolute gratitude and reverence.

    Students on any of the online courses are entering into a virtual ashram and should be prepared to conduct themselves with utmost caution, discipline and awareness.

    When one enters the gates of an ashram, they must leave their intellectual baggage and prior learning at the door regardless of qualifications, experience or status, and enter in humility, as a beginner, an empty cup ready to be filled with the purest of pure teachings.

    The path to enlightenment can only be taught by one who has achieved it. Going to such a Guru should only be undertaken if one is able to surrender one’s own perceptions and judgments and to understand that everything being taught is necessary for the goal to be achieved. What is taught comes direct from the Pool of Consciousness exactly as it should be in order for us to break out of the bondages of our conditioning.

    In every traditional ashram in India, the student is at the lotus feet of the Guru in unquestioning devotion and surrender. The Guru is a representative of the Pool of Consciousness and a conduit to Singularity/ Holy Spirit/ Parabrahma/Paramatma/ Allah/ Non-Entropy and the way to connect is through the grace of the Guru’s teaching and voice.

    These courses are not for those who learn from the head, approach the courses as an intellectual pursuit, or consider it their right to critically evaluate, judge or take a position of agreement or disagreement on the teachings, as one might do in other educational contexts. Neither is it correct to learn conditionally, partially or on one’s own terms. The only way to learn in such a setting is unconditionally, non-judgmentally and choicelessly, to learn from the heart not from the head, and to establish a sense of connectedness to the Guru so that what flows through him can flow through you.

    An enlightened Guru is a super-conductor. Any positive conduct as a student under such a Guru is like planting a mango seed in fertile ground that will bear hundreds of sweet fruits, however, any negative conduct is like planting a bitter seed in fertile ground that will bear hundreds of poisonous fruit. This is the reason why the Code of Discipline & Joining Agreement is strictly enforced in any ashram in which the technologies of enlightenment are being taught, it is for the protection of the student, the protection of the community and the protection of the traditions.

    Course Timings:

    Daily classes with Dr. Kumar will be every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday in India time zone, it is strongly recommended that you watch them live or on the same day as broadcast but if this is not possible you can complete the missed portion of the class on non-class days.

    It is not compulsory to watch live, but it is recommended for those in Time Zones where it is possible. Classes will be streamed live starting at 5am Indian time, then they will be available as a recording on your course page to watch at your convenience any time afterwards.

    The classes have no fixed duration and will vary in length each day, minimum 3 hours.

    A sincere student, who is willing to dedicate 4 to 5 hours every day so as to complete and assimilate the daily classes and practice sessions are suitable for this course.

    200 & 500 Hours Certification (Accredited with International Yoga Alliance)

    Certification is optional and you are also welcomed to just attend the course for your own personal learning.

    For those taking the certification, a Traditional Yoga 200/500-hour certificate will be issued for those who maintain the code of discipline and who complete all the required elements of the course including assignments, plus any additional tasks and homework given by Dr. Kumar in the classes at the end of each course.

    Traditional Yoga is a registered Yoga School with International Yoga Alliance (IYA). Therefore, the certificate issued to you at the end of each course can be used to register with IYA if you wish to apply for their accreditation.

    As a student, what is important is to have the right intention, the right attitude and the right devotion in order to benefit from this rare and precious opportunity. The teachings of Yoga do not exist without enlightened teachers to convey them and the student-teacher relationship (Sanskrit: Guru Shishya Parampada) is everything. Even though the course is online this is still very relevant as consciousness has no barriers.

    The attitude of a student is of paramount importance when taking a course of this nature. This is for your own benefit and in respect for the Guru and great lineage of enlightened teachers who have preserved these teachings.

    These courses are for those aspiring to follow the highest path of Yoga, who wish to make a soul journey under the expert guidance of an accomplished and fully enlightened Guru. The aim is to become completely selfless, thereby liberating the soul from the ego.

    To become a student of such a teacher is a great privilege and an incredibly rare opportunity, the criteria to join is not payment, but suitability based on the attributes of a student outlined by the great Indian Saints and Gurus of the Yoga tradition.

    The opportunity is to learn Yoga within its authentic Indian cultural context.  In the Indian system a Guru teaches not just techniques but guides one on every single aspect of life, teaching us how to live in purity for the perfect health and happiness of the individual and for the rebalancing society as a whole.

    Although courses last a few months, the tradition of going to learn with a Guru is to find a guide for a lifetime because this journey is not easy or immediate. Deep transformation takes dedication, perseverance and a burning desire to pursue the path. As long as Dr. Kumar is willing to teach, students who uphold the code of conduct can continue their journey with him on an ongoing basis.

    The courses follow the strict ethos of the lineages and traditions of the noble ones, the Yogis. This is in order to uphold the sanctity, purity and undiluted teachings of those Yogis who selflessly sacrificed their secrets of practice and path, in absolute trust, in order to benefit their devoted students.

    What will be taught is the highest science given by enlightened Yogis, not by those who are still seekers or teachers at the stage of exploring mind and body having not yet attained full liberation. The course will teach the pure technique of Self Realisation (Sanskrit: Siddhantha Vicharana / Vidya Paddhathi) as practiced and realised by every Yogi and Saint in India for thousands of years, such as the great Nachiketa, Brigu, Yagnavalkya, Vasista, Vyasa, Krishna, Buddha, Patanjali, Adi Shankara, Jesus, Guru Nanak, Mohammad Prophet.

    The following are the expected qualities of a student (Shadguna) as given by Adi Shankaracharya and other important points.

    Damamu: Not becoming distracted

    Shamamu: The ability to focus

    Uparathi: The ability to sustain concentration

    Titiksha: The ability to avoid reacting

    Shraddha: Total surrender, self-motivation, devotion and interest

    Samadhana or Gratitude:  The development of humility, ego-lessness and selflessness

    Also, Mumuksha: The burning desire to become enlightened. The realisation of Allah, the Holy Spirit, Paramatma, requires perseverance in spiritual progress.

    The course is suitable for those who are able to seriously commit to working deeply with Dr Kumar, following the highest level of discipline, dedication and devotion to the teacher, the lineage of Yoga and the teachings. Previous experience is not a requirement.

    This course is an opportunity for deep, holistic, and experiential learning, grounded in the purest traditions and lineages, underpinned by profound explanations of the science of body and mind. The course will be a wonderful journey for those who are seeking authentic knowledge and will be rigorous and challenging in order to make maximum progress. We welcome you to join no matter what stage you are at in your journey.

    Suitability is based on agreement to uphold the strict code of discipline based on the Course Ethos below.

    1. Work hard without expectation/ Nishkaama Karma Yoga and Karmaphala Sanyasa Yoga: The fundamental yogic principle to stay happy is to have ZERO expectation, so that anything thus given gives complete satisfaction, happiness, and gratitude. Do not come with any preconceived notions of what ‘should’ be taught. If what you expect is to be taught, then why is a Guru or tradition required? This amounts to not learning. Dr. Kumar will teach what we need to become Yogis as per the traditions, not what we think we need or want. A Karma Yogi appreciates and has gratitude for everything they receive and accepts challenges smilingly.

       

    1. Live in the present with an open mind, accepting each moment of the teaching as it comes. This will enable you to get maximum benefit from the spontaneous and dynamic way in with Dr. Kumar teaches. A Guru is a clean water pipe through which the water of the teachings flow, don’t look for a set package or timetable of teaching that would block that flow, just drink the water and trust that it will nourish and purify you. Yoga is to live in this moment, accept and adapt, instead of having any expectation about this moment. Because this moment is not created by you or for you but for everyone. Like any other species, instead of questioning what is given in this moment and becoming unhappy, the best way is to accept it.
    1. Surrender to the Guru/ Bhakthi Yoga: Surrender is your strength and protection on the path to enlightenment. Take refuge in the Guru. Don’t question or argue with the Guru mentally. Whatever is not understood just leave it be, don’t react. Learn to listen without bringing the filter of subjective interpretation based on past conditioning. Just absorb without putting an intellectual filter of preconceptions and previously learned notions. In order to learn we must unlearn and relearn. As Shankaracharya says, once you have used right discernment to choose an enlightened teacher, then that is it. What the Guru teaches should not be questioned. The student is at the lotus feet of the Guru. If you trust your own perception more than the Guru’s teaching, then why go to a teacher in the first place? This is ingrained in the traditions. Respecting the authority of the Guru is central to the path and if one is not comfortable with this, the course is not for you.
    1. Inflammatory response is required for growth. Tarka/ Vitarka: A true Guru is not a pleaser or pamperer and is prepared to shake us out of our conditioning even though it is very difficult. A much easier option for a Guru is to only say what we like and avoid saying thing that we don’t like, but with this approach we would never progress.  A Guru shouts and admonishes us in order to bring deep change and clear our karma, this is sometimes called ‘tough love’. Be prepared to go out of your comfort zone. The path to enlightenment takes courage, faith, resilience, and dedication. If something being taught triggers a strong emotion in you, that is an opportunity to observe the reaction and learn more about your own unconscious habit patterns. If something has triggered you (perhaps because it challenges your prior learning, perceptions, cultural values, or views) don’t create a conflict in your mind or dwell on it, just think ‘I don’t yet understand this’. Live in the present and stay open-minded. A Yogi has a 360 perspective, far greater insight and sees the subtleties of reality that we miss. If a lesson is being taught it has a purpose and a context, it is our job to understand the purpose of the lesson.
    1. Be patient / Sahana and Samyama: If you don’t understand something be patient because learning deeply is like slow cooking, the results are nutritious and tasty. Don’t look for fast food.  If you have specific theoretical questions try to wait, you may find they are answered in another class, or you may realize that they are no longer important or necessary. Stay calm and quiet and reflect on whether it is really a worthwhile practical question or just a conceptual one. If it is a valid question, you can ask a course volunteer, or if you just want to reach out and connect with a volunteer for a chat that’s fine too.
    1. Have humility/ Aham Brahmasi:Traditional yoga is a charity: The teaching and the entire course is being given freely and generously by Dr Kumar, supported by volunteers, and what is being given is immeasurable. Please do not ask for more or extra than what is freely given. Please value the time of the volunteers and remember that you are a student not a customer. Please bear with any technical glitches or other course issues that arise, everyone is working very hard to ensure things go smoothly but this can never be 100% guaranteed.

    Practice with awareness/ Sati/ Sadhana/ Abhyasa. Please approach your practice with awareness of your individual physical limits and go at a pace that is appropriate for you. Practice meditation as per the course guidelines and if you need help let a volunteer know. If you experience any insomnia let a volunteer know immediately.  

    Dr. Kumar is widely recognized as an inspirational Yogi, trainer of yoga teachers and an award-winning scientist. He began his yoga journey at the age of 11 years and attended more than 87 traditional ashrams, learning directly under the expert guidance of great teachers such as Satyananda Saraswathi Maharaj, Krishnamacharya and all the seven students of Sivananda, as well as in many Himalayan traditions.

    Dr. Kumar is a nuclear scientist and holds two PhDs in Chemistry and Yoga. He is also a trained Merck pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals formulation specialist. His teachings are not only limited to yoga and meditation, but he has authority in science based functional and performance-based nutraceuticals both macro and micro nutrition. He practices preventive and therapeutic nutrition dealing with phytoextracts to nutrigenomics and peptide-based solutions for gene related problems. He is the founder of Vedic Nutraceuticals and The Yoga Healing Foundations of UK, U.S and India. He is a recipient of the prestigious Homi J. Bhabha award for innovations in nuclear science and technology.

    In 1992, Dr. Kumar suffered multiple fractures in his lower spine, hip bones, and pelvic bones, and lost control over his lower torso when he had a road accident. His urethra was ruptured, and he was told that he would not be able to have children and may not walk again. After a year of experiencing no progress, he began practicing yoga and started treating himself. After two years of practice, he could run, perform all asanas, and also had his first child in 1994.

    This was a turning point for him, and he decided to devote his time besides his work to promote the correct understanding of the traditional methods of yoga for body and mind. This includes all physical yoga practices as taught by well-known teachers from whom he learned directly, including Krishnamacharya, Vishnudevananda, Satyananda Saraswati, B.K.S. Iyengar and Pattabhi Jois. Also, mind-fitness (meditation) programs in Hindu, Tibetan and Theravada traditions, taught at a deep level with a science-based approach for rapid progress. His teachings include progressive practice starting with mantra, through to the highest-level mindfulness culminating in self-realisation, actualisation, or singularity.

    In essence, he teaches a scientific way of life for total health. He shows us how to live with absolute scientific standards from dawn to dusk. He strongly believes that subjective, perception-based living is the root cause of our problems at both a physical and mental level.

    Dr. Kumar is also a practitioner and teacher of Kayachikitsa. Kayachikitsa is an ancient science focused on the treatment of physical and mental illness. He is one of only three people in the world to have been trained and currently practice in this particular system.

    Dr. Kumar leads intensive training in meditation (raja yoga) theory and practice leading to profound insight and liberation. This is taught as per the Yoga Shastras, and Yoga Sanhitha given by Yajnavalkya and later by Patanjali in the form of Yoga Darshana. Besides his regular yoga training courses that take place throughout the year, he teaches three immersive residential courses annually, a 10-day course in the UK, a 10-day course in India in the summer and a 15 day course in India for international students in the winter.

    Dr. Kumar is a consultant trainer at Yoga campus in London. Having trained yoga teachers for the last four decades both in person and online, drawing on his experiential wisdom and knowledge developed from living and learning in many different ashrams, ancient traditions and teachers, he teaches yoga for mind and body with authority.  He was invited by the United Nations, International Labour Organization in Geneva, to lead celebrations for International Yoga in 2017 and 2018. Outside of reputed Indian institutions, he has also given lectures at Oxfords Brooks University, Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Imperial College London, and Kyungpook National University School of Medicine in Daegu-Korea.

    Education

    Rather than belonging to any one school, Dr. Kumar’s teaching adheres to the genesis of yoga and its many components.

    Dr. Kumar’s first teacher cautioned him to avoid being limited to the methodology of only one school, realising that each ashram preserves only a few limbs of yoga. This is something Dr. Kumar has followed throughout his life, allowing him to keep an open mind, and continuously learn and expand his knowledge, respecting all traditions.

    As a child he began his formal studies at the Sivananda Ashram under Swamy Vishnudevananda. He was initiated by Swami Chinmayananda, Sachidananda & Omkarananda and later under Swami Rama and Satyananda Saraswathi. He also learned asana practice with BKS Iyengar, Pattabhi Jois, Desikachar among other renowned teachers as well as unknown but equally accomplished Himalayan masters and monks. He learned powerful health rejuvenating pranayamas in Shakthi traditions of Tantra such as Prakrithika (external respiratory techniques), Vaikrithika (internal respiratory techniques) and Kevala (natural respiration). Other schools include Kaivalyadhama-Lonovala, Ananda Ashram-Himachal and Kriya Yoga traditions such as Babaji Kriya Yoga, Yogoda, Mangeshda. His theoretical studies of Hatha Yoga have explored Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Hatha Ratnavali, Gheranda Samhita, Siva Samhita, Hatha Yoga Rahasyam, Kurantaka Yoga and Kapala Kurantaka Yoga and he has translated many of these original texts for his training program.

    Dr. Kumar has studied meditation in Hindu, Yoga, Mahayana, and Theravada Buddhist schools including monastic traditions in Thailand, Burma, Sri Lanka, and Tibet. His mastery of meditation, honoring the lineage of Patanjali is central to his teaching. He reads Sanskrit and Pali and has sourced and translated rare texts, exploring the relationship between Yoga, Buddhism and Vedanta.

    Yoga used to recover from an accident

    Dr. Kumar’s personal experience of the therapeutic benefits of yoga inspired him to teach. In 1992 Kumar was involved in a road accident. He suffered multiple fractures in the lower spine, hip, and pelvic bones. He also lost control over his lower torso and his urethra was ruptured. Having just got engaged, he was told that he would not be able to have children and may not walk again. He was airlifted to his wedding. After being bed-ridden for two years and being told that doctors had little hope for his recovery, finally he used his deep knowledge of yoga to design a systematic program of treatment for himself with asana and pranayama practice. By the following year, he was mobile and in two years he could run. He resumed practicing around 300 asanas and had his first daughter in 1994. In gratitude for the benefit, he has received he has volunteered his time to teaching yoga and meditation for free to thousands of people in India and reviving the ancient system of yoga therapy, Kaya Chikitsa.

    Yoga is many limbed and is not to be confused with any form of religion. My aim is to restore the understanding of the relationship of different branches of traditional yoga so as to enable each person to make swift and effective progress” 

    Dr Kumar

    Booking Information

    The Course is offered for free as per ancient traditions of yoga. There is no fee associated with this course.

    1. The aspirant is requested to fill all the fields of course application by clicking on “Start Application”.
    2. The aspirant understand that they are reading and agreeing to Code of Discipline & Joining Agreement when submitting the application.
    3. You will be conditionally approved the course when you submit your application.

      Please read the Code of Discipline, understand about Guru and Tradition (sampradaya) and the Lineage (Parampara).

      Experience of Aspirants with past meditation practices (from other disciplines) is no way considered as either eligibility or merit for approving conditionally. Rather they are mandated to read, understand and assimilate Code of Discipline in detail.

      Be ready to unlearn and relearn with an open mind. You will be observed in the following aspects throughout the course –

      1. Writing Gratitude Messages every day, tradition of expressing Modana (gratitude) every moment by Anumodana (expressing joy by listening to Guru) only positivity by body, mind and speech, irrespective of anything and everything.
      2. Response to the mentor or volunteer or counselor and compliance with suggestions given by them and showing respect in gratitude to their service to tradition and yoga as a pure charity.
      3. Keeping up with the course on day-to-day basis.
      4. Practicing given technics and submitting their practice demos (through videos) for correction and compliance to correction.
      5. Compliance to suggested modifications with respect to diet, nutritional advise, sleep and more important to day- to-day life.
      6. Any personalities with criticism, blame, being negative in approach and attitude, egoistic behavior, stubbornness, insensitivity, lies, lethargy, and laziness in any way is discouraged and will lead to removal from the course without any notice.

    This is a pure Himalayan strict tradition of path of vairagya (detachment) as given by saints of traditional lineages, as given by the Yagnavalkya, the Buddha and the Patanjali. It may not be suitable for all as this course is only for serious aspirants. If you have past experience in yoga, any other therapies and meditation, it is emphasized to strictly read, and understand Code of Discipline thoroughly.

    The course follows a strict Code of Discipline similar to any Lama tradition, Gelug and Nyungma tradition of the Himalayas.

    A strict Code of Discipline will only allow you to continue in this tradition and your activity is constantly monitored to ensure you are truly an aspiring student with burning desire to learn and transform. Start the application only if you are that aspiring student of the teachings of the ancient tradition.

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    Free Online Traditional Meditation Teacher Training Based on Darashanas Or Sanathana Dharma For Yoga Teachers and Students to become a Yogi

    Course Timelines:

    RYIT200 Dates: Jun 15th, 2022 – Sep 30th, 2022
    RYIT500 Dates: Oct 1st, 2022 – Dec 23rd, 2022

    This course is for serious aspirants who look to Yoga for complete transformation, purification and liberation of the body, mind and soul under the expert guidance of an accomplished and fully enlightened Guru. The course follows the strict ethos of the lineages and traditions of Indian Vedic Ashrams. To become a student of such a teacher is a great privilege and an incredibly rare opportunity, the criteria to join is not payment (the course is offered free), but suitability based on the attributes of a student outlined by the great Indian Saints and Gurus of the Yoga tradition including gratitude, humility, devotion, interest and positivity.

     

    Yoga is many limbed, and is not to be confused with any form of religion. My aim is to restore the understanding of the relationship of different branches of traditional yoga so as to enable each person to make swift and effective progress – Dr Kumar

    This union of the mind and body is called Dhyan or Dhanya. The purpose and science of Yoga is to dive into the depths of the mind and the fields of energy to achieve the least quantum state of energy, Singularity. This science of Yoga will never change. It will be the same. Fire is fire millions of years ago and now. A human will never change. His nature of duality will be the same forever unless until he changes it.

    A mind with perception, prejudices, ego can never see the reality. A mind in purity can only see the reality. A mind in purity can see the 360 degrees reality. Only a Yogi can see this reality.  A Yogi is thousand headed and their brain works as parallel processors for the community. A Yogi or enlightenment means no defect or impurity should be born or accumulated again. It is defect and impurity free. One should learn from that experienced Yogi or Acharya.

    Entire body goes into lowest quantum state. State of elixir and super fluid and becomes so light. Chemical flow that makes you flow, makes you light in the end you are ready, soul is ready to leave onto lap of its mother. Your spirit wants to be on the lap of Holy Spirit. Your spirit becomes Holy Spirit. Your soul becomes with one that dissolves entire body like a clay pot when there is rain.

    The science and engineering to dissolve this body is hatha yoga. The best and the first to dissolve all elements of this body is the practice of hatha yoga.  It is yoga that strengthens and prepares the mind that transforms the mind and body. Preparation of your cells to conserve energy. Preparation of a cell for soul is called hatha yoga. It is the shortest way to reach the goal of Allah, Holy Spirit. It is the technology of the highest skill to prepare the body for purification of the mind.

    Dissolving five sense doors in five elements, dissolving five elements in mind, intellect and ego, dissolving mind, intellect and ego in consciousness dissolving consciousness in observer. When observer becomes observed, that is called purity, Singularity, Allah, Holy Spirit.

    Cleaning can be done by hatha yoga by means of shatkarma, the six cleansing techniques by asana, mudra, bandhana, practice of pratyahara, practice of breath leading to dhyana samadhi. These are the seven limbs of hatha yoga. Six cleansing which are shatkarma, asana, third is mudra bandhana fourth is pratyahara fifth is pranayama, pranasamyama sixth is dhyana and seventh is samadhi. These are seven practices, seven limbs of hatha yoga, these are the technologies of making this body, soul eternal and immortal.

    By six cleanses entire body gets cleansed by proper asana every cell becomes strong. Practice of mudra bandhana brings stillness, lightness. By practice of pratyahara, training sense doors and tweening them of their taste brings confidence and courage.  Practices of breath brings lightness. Practice of dharana, dhyana takes you to experience and prepares your mind and body to say and experience purity of a soul, adorer of a soul and when you are lost in vairagya, detachment and when your soul is free from the clutches of ego, free from the desire, free from the resistance, free from consumption, free from taste no doubt it will get liberated called samadhi.

    When you practice these 6 cleansing techniques entire grossness like inertia, tightness is gone and you will achieve effortless way of practicing. Effort is to be effortless. Your breathing and your asana becomes easy and effortless only when you purify all the gross impurities. All the six cleansing techniques removes entire grossness. It removes inertia, tightness, knots in the body. It removes all the doshas of Vata- air, pitta- acidic, kapha- solidity (solidity, heaviness, joint stiffness).

    You can only practice these techniques under the most skilled one. You must learn these cleansing techniques of shatkarma from an acharya who is skilled, learnt and experienced. That experienced your teacher should be. You should not from an ordinary teacher. Is your yoga teacher at the level of Acharya? At the level of Patanjali, acharya Nagarjuna, Shankaracharya or at least Krishnamacharya?  You must learn Yoga from the reverend Gurus. You should not compromise.

    You cannot learn yoga overnight or even in a year or two. A Yogi is not produced overnight. A monk takes a minimum of 25 years to become a Lama. Yoga is also a journey which has to be learnt from an Acharya.

    During this course, learn Dhyan from an Acharya representing Tibetan Dharma Ketti and Nagarjuna Acharya embracing the culture and restoring roots of nothingness and emptiness. Zero Resistance Adyatmika krama, Alignment and Balance Shikshana Krama and Therapeutic/ Restorative Chikitsa Krama, Asanas and Pranayamas which are useful for meditation practice are given during this course systematically. Covering the progressive stages of purification, working with the physical body through asana, the subtle cellular body with pranayama practice, and all levels of the mind with meditation. 

     

    Offered by Yoga Healing Foundation on a donation basis for students who fulfil the course criteria. Yoga Healing Foundation/ Traditional Yoga was established to restore the noble legacy of Yoga, in its wholeness, undiluted purity and highest standards.

      1. Upon successful registration you will be assigned a mentor who can speak languages you mentioned.
      2. Mentor will interact over phone/WhatsApp to check the suitability of the student for the course.
      3. If you fail to lift the call, a message will be sent by mentor for interaction. Any failure to respond this message within the stipulated time, will lead to rejection of your application.
      4. Upon successful interaction only, you will be given accses to the course.
      5. Please note that, registration of application, doesn’t give any right to access the course. It is sole discretion of the  mentor to approve or reject the application after the interaction.

    Dr. Kumar is widely recognized as an inspirational Yogi, trainer of yoga teachers and an award-winning scientist. He began his yoga journey at the age of 11 years and attended more than 87 traditional ashrams, learning directly under the expert guidance of great teachers such as Satyananda Saraswathi Maharaj, Krishnamacharya and all the seven students of Sivananda, aswell as in many Himalayan traditions.

    Dr. Kumar is a nuclear scientist and holds two PhDs in Chemistry and Yoga. He is also a trained Merck pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals formulation specialist. His teachings are not only limited to yoga and meditation, but he has authority in science based functional and performance-based nutraceuticals both macro and micro nutrition. He practices preventive and therapeutic nutrition dealing with phytoextracts to nutrigenomics and peptide-based solutions for gene related problems. He is the founder of Vedic Nutraceuticals and The Yoga Healing Foundations of UK, U.S and India. He is a recipient of the prestigious Homi J. Bhabha award for innovations in nuclear science and technology.

    In 1992, Dr. Kumar suffered multiple fractures in his lower spine, hip bones, and pelvic bones, and lost control over his lower torso when he had a road accident. His urethra was ruptured, and he was told that he would not be able to have children and may not walk again. After a year of experiencing no progress, he began practicing yoga and started treating himself. After two years of practice, he could run, perform all asanas and also had his first child in 1994.

    This was a turning point for him, and he decided to devote his time besides his work to promote the correct understanding of the traditional methods of yoga for body and mind. This includes all physical yoga practices as taught by well-known teachers from whom he learned directly, including Krishnamacharya, Vishnudevananda, Satyananda Saraswati, B.K.S. Iyengar and Pattabhi Jois. Also, mind-fitness (meditation) programs in Hindu, Tibetan and Theravada traditions, taught at a deep level with a science-based approach for rapid progress. His teachings include progressive practice starting with mantra, through to the highest-level mindfulness culminating in self-realisation, actualisation or singularity.

    In essence, he teaches a scientific way of life for total health. He shows us how to live with absolute scientific standards from dawn to dusk. He strongly believes that subjective, perception-based living is the root cause of our problems at both a physical and mental level.

    Dr. Kumar is also a practitioner and teacher of Kayachikitsa. Kayachikitsa is an ancient science focused on the treatment of physical and mental illness. He is one of only three people in the world to have been trained and currently practice in this particular system.

    Dr. Kumar leads intensive training in meditation (raja yoga) theory and practice leading to profound insight and liberation. This is taught as per the Yoga Shastras and Yoga Sanhitha given by Yajnavalkya and later by Patanjali in the form of Yoga Darshana. Besides his regular yoga training courses that take place throughout the year, he teaches three immersive residential courses annually, a 10-day course in the UK, a 10 day course in India in the summer and a 15 day course in India for international students in the winter.

    Dr. Kumar is a consultant trainer at Yogacampus in London. Having trained yoga teachers for the last four decades, drawing on his experiential wisdom and knowledge developed from living and learning in many different ashrams, ancient traditions and teachers, he teaches yoga for mind and body with authority.  He was invited by the United Nations, International Labour Organization in Geneva, to lead celebrations for International Yoga in 2017 and 2018. Outside of reputed Indian institutions, he has also given lectures at Oxfords Brooks University, Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Imperial College London and Kyungpook National University School of Medicine in Daegu-Korea.

    Education

    Rather than belonging to any one school, Dr. Kumar’s teaching adheres to the genesis of yoga and its many components.

    Dr. Kumar’s first teacher cautioned him to avoid being limited to the methodology of only one school, realising that each ashram preserves only a few limbs of yoga. This is something Dr. Kumar has followed throughout his life, allowing him to keep an open mind, and continuously learn and expand his knowledge, respecting all traditions.

    As a child he began his formal studies at the Sivananda Ashram under Swamy Vishnudevananda. He was initiated by Swami Chinmayananda, Sachidananda & Omkarananda and later under Swami Rama and Satyananda Saraswathi. He also learned asana practice with BKS Iyengar, Pattabhi Jois, Desikachar among other renowned teachers as well as unknown but equally accomplished Himalayan masters and monks. He learned powerful health rejuvenating pranayamas in Shakthi traditions of Tantra such as Prakrithika (external respiratory techniques), Vaikrithika (internal respiratory techniques) and Kevala (natural respiration). Other schools include Kaivalyadhama-Lonovala, Ananda Ashram-Himachal and Kriya Yoga traditions such as Babaji Kriya Yoga, Yogoda, Mangeshda. His theoretical studies of Hatha Yoga have explored Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Hatha Ratnavali, Gheranda Samhita, Siva Samhita, Hatha Yoga Rahasyam, Kurantaka Yoga and Kapala Kurantaka Yoga and he has translated many of these original texts for his training program.

    Dr. Kumar has studied meditation in Hindu, Yoga, Mahayana, and Theravada Buddhist schools including monastic traditions in Thailand, Burma, Sri Lanka and Tibet. His mastery of meditation, honouring the lineage of Patanjali is central to his teaching. He reads Sanskrit and Pali and has sourced and translated rare texts, exploring the relationship between Yoga, Buddhism and Vedanta.

    Yoga used to recover from an accident

    Dr. Kumar’s personal experience of the therapeutic benefits of yoga inspired him to teach. In 1992 Kumar was involved in a road accident. He suffered multiple fractures in the lower spine, hip and pelvic bones. He also lost control over his lower torso and his urethra was ruptured. Having just got engaged, he was told that he would not be able to have children and may not walk again. He was airlifted to his wedding. After being bed-ridden for two years and being told that doctors had little hope for his recovery, finally he used his deep knowledge of yoga to design a systematic program of treatment for himself with asana and pranayama practice. By the following year, he was mobile and in two years he could run. He resumed practicing around 300 asanas and had his first daughter in 1994. In gratitude for the benefit, he has received he has volunteered his time to teaching yoga and meditation for free to thousands of people in India and reviving the ancient system of yoga therapy, Kayachikitsa.

    “Yoga is many limbed and is not to be confused with any form of religion. My aim is to restore the understanding of the relationship of different branches of traditional yoga so as to enable each person to make swift and effective progress”


    The course includes meditation which is the most subtle and advanced limb of Yoga. As the great Yogi Swatmarama taught over 1100 years ago, Hatha Yoga practice is an excellent preparation for those who wish to make the journey of deep transformation of the mind, rather than an end in itself. The methodology for working with the mind is given by Saint Patanjali and Dr Kumar’s lived experience and profound understanding of the ‘Yoga Sutras’ will be at the heart of the course.

     

    This is a rare opportunity to make a soul journey with Dr Kumar, the Guru who is grounded in the ancient traditions and the pure science of Yoga, who has explored the entire field of consciousness and gone beyond, to realise singularity, enlightenment. This journey cannot be made without the guidance of a teacher who has accomplished it.

     

    You will complete the course with a changed perspective on Meditation and life, a deep understanding of the traditional culture and practice, and a profound respect for the lineage of Yogis who have selflessly preserved and passed on this precious wisdom for thousands of years.

     

    You will cultivate discernment about the various techniques and will understand how to practice them correctly. Because of Dr Kumar’s mastery of practices from such diverse traditions, the purpose, scope and original context of each technique will be taught to a level that is not found in the world today.

     

    Although the course is part-time, it will be powerful and in-depth. Applicants should be ready to immerse themselves deeply in a rigorous, challenging and life-changing experiential training program.

     

    Dr Kumar’s has been leading in-person yoga and meditation teacher training courses and meditation retreats for over a decade in India and the UK, and online for the past couple of years. Students on the online 200 hour & 500 hour Yogi and Meditation Training courses have experienced how profound even the online experience of learning and meditating with Dr Kumar can be.

     

     Testimonial from Rosemary Bennett (British Wheel of Yoga Teacher Trainer):

    “Very many thanks indeed, respected Sir, for the fine teacher training course that has taken place over the last five months.  Every day brought something new, a fresh topic, a new angle on something familiar.  It has been inspiring and refreshing.  Your limitless generosity knows no bounds as you nurture your students and do everything you can to lead us to experience Pure Consciousness for ourselves.  This has not been taken for granted.  We remember, it is not enough to have a good, an enlightened teacher, there also has to be a good student for learning, for progress to happen.  When you have these two things, an alchemical combustion takes place.  May we walk in your footsteps and be worthy of your instruction.  Sincere thanks and deep gratitude.”

     

    The journey is to live in our hearts, not in our egos, to silence the chatter of the brain and discover overflowing gratitude, kindness, compassion, and unconditional love within when the mind becomes still and pure. In crystal clear waters you can see hundreds of metres depth, free from mud and the suspended particles of brain noise, reactions, emotions, and stress. A bright, clear mind and a light body are attained with conservation of breath.

     

    As Vasishta teaches Rama, without understanding the link between body, breath, and mind there is no Yoga at all. The journey of the mind further dives deep down into the unconscious, to remove habit patterns of suffering by working with the DNA to change our gene expression at a root level. This requires serious practice. Observation, known in Sanskrit as Darshana is at the heart of Yoga. With the expert guidance of Dr Kumar you will learn how to be observers within. As per the traditions and lineages the technique is always transmitted by sound in the form of chanting, having practiced in the most traditional schools and original forms, the teachings from his voice and mastery of  the sound of silence will tune us to experience deep peace, purification and transformation. Every scripture of yoga or spirituality was transmitted down in the form of sound. The tradition is always “as I heard”, “Evam Sutam” “Tvam Shrutam”, so also when learning from Dr. Kumar

     

    Every step given by Patanjali will be practiced on this course, so students must commit to a strict code of conduct starting with Yama and Niyama. The last of the Niyama’s of Patanjali is Eeshwara Pranidhanaha, surrender to an enlightened teacher. The course will uphold this essential aspect of the Yoga tradition in order for students to gain maximum benefit. The teachings of Yoga do not exist without enlightened teachers to convey them and the teaching of the guru is transformative if the student is able to listen unconditionally and in ‘surrender’. This means putting aside one’s expectations, preferences and perceptions, previous knowledge and intellectual conditioning and just being open, keeping the mind as an empty cup to be filled with the purity of the teachings.

     

    The course will be thorough, detailed and comprehensive yet there will be no pre-published curriculum, modules or electives. The course teaches us adaptability, flexibility and responsiveness. In life we never know what each day will bring, similarly it is part of the training to approach each class without any preconceived notions or expectations of what will be covered. The abundance of knowledge, insight and experience could never be anticipated. 

     

    The course is not a commodity and students are not customers. The course will be taught in the ancient tradition of going to a Guru to choicelessly learn whatever that Guru teaches. The daily class will vary in length so each student needs to have some degree of flexibility about time commitment, any missed portions of classes can be caught up with on non-class days. The teaching style will be very strict, in line with the culture of Traditional Ashrams. Yoga is to be learned orally and experientially, not intellectually or through reading. For thousands of years, Yoga/ Vedic traditions are called Sruthas, which means only by listening. This entire tradition is based on listening, the quickest way to learn more, absorb and adapt to be transformed.

     

    Testimonial from a yoga and meditation teacher on the RYT500:

    “A few years ago, I took a short meditation course with Traditional yoga under the guidance of Dr Kumar.

    I’d never met anyone from the tradition before, so it was a bit of a leap of faith.

    I’d suffered a back injury and knew that a regular meditation practice would help with managing the pain.

    Initially I had no intention of teaching meditation but the positive changes that I was experiencing just had to be shared. My students included busy mums like me, stressed out blokes and health workers with high blood pressure.

    And by teaching I was doing!

    I’m now taking the online trainings with Dr Kumar, and I cannot recommend them highly enough.

    His teachings and practices have massively improved my health and the health of my family.

    I feel I’m becoming a better person, a kinder person, a more compassionate human and this positively impacts in all of my relationships.

    Don’t hesitate to sign up for this training, take that leap because it could be just what you need.”

    The course is conducted in Purvashrama Sampradaya, the traditional system of Guru Shishya Parampara of Shrutha Sampradaya, which means the oral tradition, ‘as heard from Gurus’. Every word spoken by Dr Kumar, honours the pure lineages which he graciously represents in absolute gratitude and reverence.

     

    Though online, students on the course are entering into a virtual ashram and should be prepared to conduct themselves with utmost caution, discipline, and awareness.

     

    When one enters the gates of an ashram, they must leave their intellectual baggage and prior learning at the door regardless of qualifications, experience, or status, and enter in humility, as a beginner, an empty cup ready to be filled with the purest of pure teachings. The path to enlightenment can only be taught by one who has achieved it, going to such a Guru should only be undertaken if one is able to surrender one’s own perceptions and judgments and to understand that everything being taught is necessary for the goal to be achieved. What is taught comes direct from the Pool of Consciousness exactly as it should be in order for us to break out of the bondages of our conditioning. In every traditional ashram in India, the student is at the lotus feet of the Guru in unquestioning devotion and surrender. The Guru is a representative of the Pool of Consciousness and a conduit to Singularity/ Holy Spirit/ Parabrahma/Paramatma/ Allah/ Non-Entropy and the way to connect is through the grace of the Guru’s teaching and voice.

     

    This course is not for those who learn from the head, approach the course an intellectual pursuit, and consider it their right to critically evaluate, judge or take a position of agreement or disagreement on the teachings, as one might do in other educational contexts. Neither is it correct to learn conditionally, partially or on one’s own terms. The only way to learn in such a setting is unconditionally, non-judgmentally and choicelessly, to learn from the heart not from the head, and to establish a sense of connectedness to the Guru so that what flows through him can flow through you.

     

    An enlightened Guru is a super-conductor. Any positive conduct as a student under such a Guru is like planting a mango seed in fertile ground that will bear hundreds of sweet fruit, however, any negative conduct is like planting a bitter seed in fertile ground that will bear hundreds of poisonous fruit. This is the reason why the code of conduct is strictly enforced in any ashram in which the technologies of enlightenment are being taught, it is for the protection of the student, the protection of the community and the protection of the traditions.

     

    As a student, what is important is to have the right intention, the right attitude and the right devotion in order to benefit from this rare and precious opportunity. The teachings of Yoga do not exist without enlightened teachers to convey them and the student-teacher relationship (Sanskrit: Guru Shishya Parampada) is everything. Even though the course is online this is still very relevant as consciousness has no barriers. The attitude of a student is of paramount importance when taking a course of this nature. This is for your own benefit and in respect for the Guru and great lineage of enlightened teachers who have preserved these teachings.

     

    This course is for those aspiring to follow the highest path of Yoga, who wish to make a soul journey under the expert guidance of an accomplished and fully enlightened Guru. The aim is to become completely selfless, thereby liberating the soul from the ego. To become a student of such a teacher is a great privilege and an incredibly rare opportunity, the criteria to join is not payment, but suitability based on the attributes of a student outlined by the great Indian Saints and Gurus of the Yoga tradition.

     

    The opportunity is to learn Yoga within its authentic Indian cultural context.  In the Indian system a Guru teaches not just techniques but guides one on every single aspect of life, teaching us how to live in purity for the perfect health and happiness of the individual and for the rebalancing society as a whole.

     

    Although the course last few months, the tradition of going to learn with a Guru is to find a guide for a lifetime because this journey is not easy or immediate. Deep transformation takes dedication, perseverance and a burning desire to pursue the path. As long as Dr Kumar is willing to teach, students who uphold the code of conduct can continue their journey with him on an ongoing basis.

     

    The course follows the strict ethos of the lineages and traditions of the noble ones, the Yogis. This is in order to uphold the sanctity, purity and undiluted teachings of those Yogis who selflessly sacrificed their secrets of practice and path, in absolute trust, in order to benefit their devoted students.

     

    What will be taught is the highest science given by enlightened Yogis, not by those who are still seekers or teachers at the stage of exploring mind and body having not yet attained full liberation. The course will teach the pure technique of Self Realisation (Sanskrit: Siddhantha Vicharana / Vidya Paddhathi) as practiced and realised by every Yogi and Saint in India for thousands of years, such as the great Nachiketa, Brigu, Yagnavalkya, Vasista, Vyasa, Krishna, Buddha, Patanjali, Adi Shankara, Jesus, Guru Nanak, Mohammad Prophet.

     

    The following are the expected qualities of a student (Shadguna) as given by Adi Shankaracharya and other important points.

     

    Damamu: Not becoming distracted

    Shamamu: The ability to focus

    Uparathi: The ability to sustain concentration

    Titiksha: The ability to avoid reacting

    Shraddha: Total surrender, self-motivation, devotion and interest

    Samadhana or Gratitude:  The development of humility, ego-lessness and selflessness

    Also, Mumuksha: The burning desire to become enlightened. The realisation of Allah, the Holy Spirit, Paramatma, requires perseverance in spiritual progress.

    Patanjali says ‘Guru Kalena Vacchedhat’, which means one should learn Yoga and Meditation from a lineage that represents the unbroken traditions of thousands of years. An aspirant should learn from ‘GSP’, Guru Shishya Parampara, to be sure to receive the unadulterated teachings of the great saints. Only when the teachings are unadulterated can an aspirant become a yogi by achieving the set goals of self-realization. 

     

    To represent a lineage, one should have been thoroughly trained by the teacher, not adulterating the teachings. The lineage of Sanatana Dharma by those great saints like Yagnavalkya to Janaka, Vasista to Shankara, Rama to Batrihari, Buddha to Patanjali, maintained the highest standards of teachings.

     

    The teachings of Sanatana Dharma are not orientated towards giving some pseudo experience of samadhi, or the customer friendly and pleasing techniques that prevail today.  One should remember that for thousands of years those great saints did not go in search of students but rather students went in search of their teachers.  Today teachers are looking for students and trying to convince them that what they are teaching is their own technique and the best.

     

    The ordinary asanas and pranayamas of Hatha Yoga are taught by everyone today, even after just one week of teacher training.  However, when it comes to teaching the meditation that represents Sanatana Dharma, one should firstly be practicing and secondly should have at least accomplished the level of one’s own teaching. Then one should be thoroughly trained like any of those saints of the past.

     

    The Traditional Yoga tradition has set the highest standards of teaching for both physical and spiritual yoga and is initiating the meditation teacher training of ‘Pranasamyama Vidya’ for yoga teachers.  Pranasamyama was given by Yajnavalkya, later on named ‘Anapana Sati’ by Buddha and subsequently ‘Pranayama’ by Patanjali. It is the first step towards developing ‘Kusala Samadhi’ also known as ‘Asampragnatha’ or ‘Nirbija Samadhi’.

     

    All those great saints of Sanatana Dharma practiced only one kind of meditation for samadhi, that is observation of the natural breath. Whether given by Yajnavalkya through Yoga Sanhita; by Saint Vasista through Yoga Vasista Sara; by Buddha through Sati Pattana; Krishna through Bhagvat Gita; Patanjali through Yoga Darshana; Geranda through Geranda Sanhita, they all discuss the same technique. However, this actual practice of meditation in its purest form is no longer available. Many traditions in India and abroad talk about it and teach it in various forms. However, they do not take the aspirant to the desired level of samadhi or ‘Samyama’ in order to explore the further path of wisdom, which Patanjali called ‘Pragnya Bhumikas’ that lead to self-realization also known in different cultures as Atma Jnana, Brahma Jnana, Kaivalya, Allah and Holy Spirit.

     

    Sanatana Dharma means eternal science.  Since it is a science, when practiced in its true spirit it will give the same result whether thousands of years ago or now. If when practicing the same technique today people are not experiencing Samadhi or achieving the expected results, this means that the methodology is wrong, not the science itself.

     

    For example, when you prepare a curry, maybe there are thirty ingredients required and more over the method of preparation needs to be right, like the temperature, duration, mixing etc.  Even if just one ingredient such as salt is over looked, the curry would not have the expected taste, or if not cooked properly as per the recipe or methodology prescribed, the best taste cannot be expected. Similarly, every step of the technique is very important whether it is small or big, then only the expected results would be attained. During the time of Buddha, millions of aspirants were enlightened in the shortest span of time. That was due to the skill of Buddha and the precise methodology of the technique. He would take the meditators observation to the highest level so that they were completely captivated and able to get enlightened.  If spirituality is the highest science, then the results should be the same if the methodology is correct. Even today, people should get the same results as during the Buddha’s period. That is why Guru Shishya Parampara is so important in order to maintain the purity of the technique and the way it is imparted.

     

    The methodology followed in Traditional Yoga is the most ancient and scrupulous in its theory and practice. It has repeatedly given the assured results of samadhi and enlightenment. The methodology developed at Traditional Yoga is the result of intense practice carried out over a period of 50 years under various meditative traditions, representing the ancient lineages of both Hindu, and Buddhist, both Tantric and Theravada traditions prevailing across India, Tibet, Thailand, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos.      

    The course is suitable for those who are able to seriously commit to working deeply with Dr Kumar, following the highest level of discipline, dedication and devotion to the teacher, the lineage of Yoga and the teachings. Previous experience is not a requirement.

    This course is an opportunity for deep, holistic, and experiential learning, grounded in the purest traditions and lineages, underpinned by profound explanations of the science of body and mind. 

     

    The course is suitable for those who are looking to develop their own personal meditation practice, as well as those who wish to teach. The course will be a wonderful journey for those who are seeking authentic knowledge and will be rigorous and challenging in order to make maximum progress. We welcome you to join no matter what stage you are at in your journey.

    Suitability is based on agreement to uphold the strict code of discipline based on the Course Ethos below.

    Course Ethos

    1. Work hard without expectation/ Nishkaama Karma Yoga and Karmaphala Sanyasa Yoga:The fundamental yogic principle to stay happy is to have ZERO expectation, so that anything thus given gives complete satisfaction, happiness and gratitude. Do not come with any preconceived notions of what ‘should’ be taught. If what you expect is to be taught, then why is a Guru or tradition required? This amounts to not learning. Dr. Kumar will teach what we need to become Yogis as per the traditions, not what we think we need or want. A Karma Yogi appreciates and has gratitude for everything they receive and accepts challenges smilingly.  2. Live in the presentwith an open mind, accepting each moment of the teaching as it comes. This will enable you to get maximum benefit from the spontaneous and dynamic way in with Dr. Kumar teaches. A Guru is a clean water pipe through which the water of the teachings flow, don’t look for a set package or timetable of teaching that would block that flow, just drink the water and trust that it will nourish and purify you. Yoga is to live in this moment, accept and adapt, instead of having any expectation about this moment. Because this moment is not created by you or for you but for everyone. Like any other species, instead of questioning what is given in this moment and becoming unhappy, the best way is to accept it. 3. Surrender to the Guru/ Bhakthi Yoga:Surrender is your strength and protection on the path to enlightenment. Take refuge in the Guru. Don’t question or argue with the Guru mentally. Whatever is not understood just leave it be, don’t react. Learn to listen without bringing the filter of subjective interpretation based on past conditioning. Just absorb without putting an intellectual filter of preconceptions and previously learned notions. In order to learn we must unlearn and relearn. As Shankaracharya says, once you have used right discernment to choose an enlightened teacher, then that is it. What the Guru teaches should not be questioned. The student is at the lotus feet of the Guru. If you trust your own perception more than the Guru’s teaching, then why go to a teacher in the first place? This is ingrained in the traditions. Respecting the authority of the Guru is central to the path and if one is not comfortable with this, the course is not for you. 4. Inflammatory response is required for growth. Tarka/Vitarka:A true Guru is not a pleaser or pamperer and is prepared to shake us out of our conditioning even though it is very difficult. A much easier option for a Guru is to only say what we like and avoid saying thing that we don’t like, but with this approach we would never progress.  A Guru shouts and admonishes us in order to bring deep change and clear our karma, this is sometimes called ‘tough love’. Be prepared to go out of your comfort zone. The path to enlightenment takes courage, faith, resilience, and dedication. If something being taught triggers a strong emotion in you, that is an opportunity to observe the reaction and learn more about your own unconscious habit patterns. If something has triggered you (perhaps because it challenges your prior learning, perceptions, cultural values, or views) don’t create a conflict in your mind or dwell on it, just think ‘I don’t yet understand this’. Live in the present and stay open-minded. A Yogi has a 360 perspective, far greater insight and sees the subtleties of reality that we miss. If a lesson is being taught it has a purpose and a context, it is our job to understand the purpose of the lesson. 5. Be patient / Sahana and Samyama:If you don’t understand something be patient because learning deeply is like slow cooking, the results are nutritious and tasty. Don’t look for fast food.  If you have specific theoretical questions try to wait, you may find they are answered in another class, or you may realise that they are no longer important or necessary. Stay calm and quiet and reflect on whether it is really a worthwhile practical question or just a conceptual one. If it is a valid question, you can ask a course volunteer, or if you just want to reach out and connect with a volunteer for a chat that’s fine too. 6.Have humility/Aham Brahmasi: Traditional yoga is a charity: The teaching and the entire course is being given freely and generously by Dr Kumar, supported by volunteers, and what is being given is immeasurable. Please do not ask for more or extra than what is freely given. Please value the time of the volunteers and remember that you are a student not a customer. Please bear with any technical glitches or other course issues that arise, everyone is working very hard to ensure things go smoothly but this can never be 100% guaranteed. 7. Practice with awareness/ Sati/Sadhana /Abhyasa. Please approach your practice with awareness of your individual physical limits and go at a pace that is appropriate for you. Practice meditation as per the course guidelines and if you need help let a volunteer know. If you experience any insomnia let a volunteer know immediately.   Here are some public webcast links to view on Youtube:

    Guided meditation

    Brahma Viharas

    The Path to Enlightenment

    Five styles of Yoga as per Krishnamacharya

    Nutrition and food combinations

    Webcast that includes discussion of discriminatory wisdom, followed by asana practice

    Course Timings:

    Daily classes with Dr. Kumar will be every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, it is strongly recommended that you watch them live or on the same day as broadcast but if this is not possible you can complete the missed portion of the class on non-class days.

    It is not compulsory to watch live, but it is recommended for those in Time Zones where it is possible. Classes will be streamed live starting at 5am Indian time, then they will be available as a recording on your course page to watch at your convenience any time afterwards.

    The classes have no fixed duration and will vary in length each day, minimum 3 hours.

    A sincere student, who is willing to dedicate 4 to 5 hours every day  so as  to complete and assimilate the daily classes and practice sessions are suitable for this course.

     

    200 Hours and 500 Hours Certification (Accredited with International Yoga Alliance)

    Certification is optional and you are also welcomed to just attend the course for your own personal learning.

    For those taking the certification, a Traditional Yoga 200 hr and 500 hr certificate will be issued for those who maintain the code of discipline and who complete all the required elements of the course including assignments, plus any additional tasks and homework given by Dr. Kumar in the classes at the end of each course.

    Traditional Yoga is a registered Yoga School with International Yoga Alliance (IYA). Therefore, the certificate issued to you at the end of the each course can be used to register with IYA if you wish to apply for their saccreditation.

    Booking Information​

    The Course is offered for free as per ancient traditions of yoga. There is no fee associated with this course.

    1. The aspirant is requested to fill all the fields of course application by clicking on “Start Application”.
    2. The aspirant understand that they are reading and agreeing to Code of Discipline & Joining Agreement when submitting the application.
    3. You will be conditionally approved for both the courses RYIT200 and RYIT500 FREE Online Meditation Teacher Training Courses (June – December 2022) when you submit your application.

      Please read the Code of Discipline, understand about Guru and Tradition (sampradaya) and the Lineage (parampara).

      Experience of Aspirants with past meditation practices (from other disciplines) is no way considered as either eligibility or merit for approving conditionally. Rather they are mandated to read, understand and assimilate Code of Discipline in detail.

      Be ready to unlearn and relearn with an open mind.You will be observed in the first month on the following criteria to get approved and to continue on the course after the first month – 


      1. Writing Gratitude Messages every day, tradition of expressing Modana (gratitude) every moment by Anumodana (expressing joy by listening to Guru) only positivity by body, mind and speech, irrespective of anything and everything.
      2. Response to the mentor or volunteer or counselor and compliance with suggestions given by them and showing respect in gratitude to their service to tradition and yoga as a pure charity.
      3. Keeping up with the course on day to day basis.
      4. Practicing given technics and submitting their practice demos (through videos) for correction and compliance to correction.
      5. Compliance to suggested modifications with respect to diet, nutritional advise, sleep and more important to day- to-day life.
      6. Any personalities with criticism, blame, being negative in approach and attitude, egoistic behavior, stubbornness, insensitivity, lies, lethargy and laziness in any way is discouraged and will lead to removal from the course without any notice.

     

    This is a pure Himalayan strict tradition of path of vairagya (detachment) as given by saints of traditional lineages, as given by the Yagnavalkya, the Buddha and the Patanjali. It may not be suitable for all as this course is only for serious aspirants. If you have past experience in yoga and meditation, it is emphasized to strictly read, and understand Code of Discipline thoroughly.


    The course follows a strict Code of Discipline similar to any Lama tradition, Gelug and Nyungma tradition of the  Himalayas.


    A strict Code of Discipline will only allow you to continue in this tradition and your activity is constantly monitored to ensure you are truly an aspiring student with burning desire to learn and transform. Start the application only if you are that aspiring student of the teachings of the ancient tradition.

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