Ananda Marga Yoga Teacher Certification

Yoga Teacher Certification Program

Asheville NC training July 18 – August 8, 2012

200 Hour Training Accredited by Yoga Alliance

AMYTT is a Yoga Alliance accredited teacher-training program that provides immersion into a lifestyle of inner joy and universal love. Our training program teaches yoga as a transformational tool for spiritual awakening and betterment of the human society. This inspiring and comprehensive yoga training will deepen your personal practice and give you the tools to teach yoga to others.

AMYTT provides all participants with a strong foundation in meditation, asanas, and other spiritual practices. Experienced and professional faculty facilitate a strong and supportive learning environment that integrates asana technique with anatomy, physiology, philosophy, cosmology, subtle anatomy (cakras and kosas), and dynamic teaching methods.

To provide all participants maximum flexibility in completing AMYTT, the 2012 Asheville training will be given in 2 sequential 10-day sessions. You can take either or both sessions depending upon the time you can allot and your financial resources. Both sessions will be offered again in the future. The venue for the Asheville training will again be the Prama Institute, a spiritual retreat center nestled in the forested Appalachian hills outside of Asheville, North Carolina.

The trainings in Portugal and Ivory Coast will be limited to modules 3 and 4 of the 2011 curriculum (roughly equivalent to session 2 in the 2012 training). It is preferable the participants in these trainings have taken modules 1 and 2 in 2011.

2012 International Trainings

Portugal – Lisbon: Modules 3-4; June 1-13, 2012

Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire - Modules to 3-4; July 28 to August 8, 2012

Training Orientation

We teach yoga as a transformational tool designed to give the practitioner deep happiness, a universal perspective on life, and spiritual awakening. Ananda Marga believes that such yoga is a resource to be used for the betterment of the individual and human society.

Teaching yoga is an act of service, a way to touch other human beings with love, so that they, too, can be better equipped to navigate the path of life.

Hence, our course is transformational for our students. As one of our previous students says: “I am transformed by the program! I am filled with the strength, knowledge, and courage to teach yoga to others. The love in the group was exemplary. I am trying to keep it in my heart and take it to wherever I am”.

The AMYTC program is open to yoga students of all levels, providing all participants with a strong foundation in Ananda Marga yoga and spiritual practices including asana practice and technique, yoga philosophy, asana teaching and methodology, anatomy and physiology.