Academic Yoga Immersion Program

Topic - Psychophysiology and Yogic Anatomy

Facilitator - Dr Deepak Sachdeva

For yoga practitioners, anatomical awareness is a foundation tool to implement the therapeutic part of yoga studies. This session will enable you to effortlessly connect how yoga practice is the integration of mind, body, and breath.

In three hours session with Dr. Deepak Sachdeva, participants will learn about the following :

• Anatomy of spine and diaphragm
• Digging into the nervous system
• Yogic anatomy (spiritual aspect) Subtle Body
• Brain vs mind
• The physical manifestation of the mind
• Yogic anatomy (material aspect) Gross Body
• Diaphragm the seat of emotions
• Diaphragm and back pain
• Thoracic cage-spine and the heart chakra

Topic - Breath and Chanting 

Facilitator - Savithri Ravikrishnan

Consultant therapist and Senior faculty, Yogavahini

Great Yoga teachers like Sri Krishnamacharya and his son Sri TKV Desikachar are the pioneers in integrating chanting in the practice of Yoga as the sound and chanting are the eternal tools with their great subtleness to facilitate integration of body, breath, mind and to bring holistic peace and harmony for the practitioner.

Our teacher, Sri Krishnamacharya taught that our breath which is normally an the unconscious process needs to be made conscious with awareness and then coordinated as an essential component of asana practice which help to unfold to a higher level of pranayama and meditation practices. Yoga Texts point out that breath is the vehicle of Prana, the life force and is the fundamental tool to align Body- Mind- Self complex giving great benefits. It has also been scientifically established which reiterates our ancient wisdom that use of Sound and Chanting have the potential to bring the mind to a deeper space of peace and quiet leading to greater well-being of an individual.

Some more benefits of using chanting/sounds in yoga practice are:
• helps to deepen the quality of breath
• releases stress from the body and rejuvenates it
• creates more stable healthier mental-emotional patterns
• helps to quieten the ever-chattering mind to transcend higher
• helps to connect to our inner space of vastness and peace
The resulting experience can be both life-changing and transformational.

This three-hour webinar supported by PowerPoint presentation will include textual references to breath and chanting along with practical exploration on understanding how we can use chanting to improve the quality of our breath, which in turn can bring about inner quietness to experience a greater sense of wellness.

Topic - Deeper Insights into Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras & their Practical Relevance

Facilitator - Dr. N Ganesh Rao

Founder ACT Yoga

Patanjali’s “Yoga Sutras” (PYS) forms the basic text of Yoga Philosophy. Yoga distinguishes itself as a philosophy in that it is not only a view but also a way of life. Each of the 195 sutras in the text has a practical aspect attached to it. The sutras embody a rich treasure of incomparable significance. Therefore, firstly, it is thrilling to understand the sutras, and secondly, putting them into practice is life-transforming.

Patanjali is a brilliant psychologist, par excellence. Today, when Psycho-somatic ailments account for more than 90% of physical ailments, the relevance of the Yoga Sutras cannot be overemphasized and can be undoubtedly considered as a panacea for the ills afflicting modern human life.

Clear understanding of PYS increases the quality and deepens the joy of life.
The 3-hour intensive Session, unique in a way, will enrich the understanding and practice of Yoga for all sincere students and teachers of Yoga. Its significance extends to those enthusiasts who are interested in understanding the human mind, its functioning, control and transcendence.

The session aims at covering the deeper philosophical aspects of Yoga and at considering some important sutras from all the four chapters (Padas) as regards their relevance in empirical day-day-day life.