Spiritualizing Your Yoga

Description

“Spiritualizing Your Yoga” is a transformative workshop designed to cut through confusions and conflicting opinions on Yogic spirituality. Rooted in authentic tradition yet relevant to modern life, this course helps you gain clarity, discover your personal spiritual path, and integrate Yogic wisdom into your practice and teaching. Whether you’re a Yoga practitioner or teacher, this workshop empowers you to deepen your understanding, stay true to Yoga’s essence, apply its teachings meaningfully in daily life and teach Yoga with respect and reverence.

Session 1: Making Sense of Spirituality

• Popular spirituality vs. Yogic spirituality.

• Understanding Yogic spirituality from its traditional roots.

• Yogic spirituality in the context of wellness, religion, culture, & social change.

• Why does spiritual Yoga take a back seat and get replaced by other notions?

Session 2: Spiritualizing Your Yoga

• What does it truly mean to spiritualize your Yoga?

• The five core principles of Yogic spirituality.

• What does authentic Yogic spiritual seeking look & feel like?

• Recognizing the current stage in your Yogic journey.

Session 3: Challenges of Modern Spiritual Seekers

• Finding clarity amidst Social Media trends

• Spiritual bypassing: What it is and how to avoid it.

• Teachers & Gurus: Finding your teacher

• Challenges to Sadhana & integrating Yoga into daily life.

Session 4: Cultural Appropriation & Accountability

• What is cultural appropriation & how it happens in modern Yoga scenario.

• Ways to practice and teach Yoga responsibly with cultural respect.

• Staying true to Yogic principle while navigating modern spaces.

• Accountability of a Yoga student & teacher.

Session 5: Living Your Personal Spirituality

• Defining your personal spiritual vision (Adhyatma Sankalpa).

• Navigating personal & relationships challenges

• Navigating loneliness & isolation on the Yogic spiritual path

• Guidelines to stay inspired amidst a broken world.

Session 6: Integrating Spirituality into your Yoga teachings

• The need to integrate Yogic spirituality into modern Yoga teaching.

• Challenges & benefits of introducing Yogic spirituality.

• Understanding your students & meeting them where they are.

• Managing student’s disinterest and your expectation sensitively.

Session 7: Teaching Spirituality as a Yoga Teacher

• The art of introducing spirituality in your class

• Sharing Yogic essence beyond class set-up

• Integrating fitness/wellness into the Yogic spiritual fold

• Making Yoga accessible without diluting it

Dates:

14th April, 30th April,

7th, 14th, 21st, 28th May

4th June.

Timing: 8:00 to 10:00 PM India Time

Platform: Zoom

Videos Available till June 30th 2025.