Raja Yoga Teacher Training
September 1–November 21, 2022

with Swami Ramananda, Swami Divyananda, and Swami Vidyananda
Price: $1225.00

Date and Times (PDT)
September 1 - November 21, 2022
(no class 9/3-5, 10/31 and 11/3)

Monday, Thursday 4:30 - 7 pm PT
Saturday 8 am -12 pm, 1:15 - 3:30 pm PT
Sundays 9 am–10 am PT - Raja Yoga infused Hatha class - live on Zoom and recorded for later viewing. Live attendance optional on Sunday.
2 Sundays, 10/23 and 10/30, 9–11 am - live attendance required for practice teaching.
Plus additional time with pre-recorded material

Yoga Alliance hours: 155
IAYT hours: 82

Integral Yoga® 300-hour Program

For Yoga teachers, Yoga Therapists and trainees, and health professionals. Enhance your Yoga teaching, therapeutic and personal practice with Raja Yoga – Online. 

Raja Yoga is a guidebook to happiness, peace of mind and self-transformation. Raja Yoga is the foundation of all branches of Yoga, and brings Yoga into every aspect of your life. It is also the basis for understanding therapeutic applications of Yoga: how Yoga heals and enlightens.

Raja Yoga provides a practical approach to health and balance in all aspects of life: physical, mental, social and spiritual. It proposes a pathway to relieve suffering, which is the goal of all the great wisdom traditions, and the practical goal of Yoga teaching and therapy.

Raja Yoga Teacher Training – Online provides an opportunity to immerse yourself in these profound teachings and learn how to skillfully share them with others.

The curriculum

  • An in-depth exploration of the Yoga Sutras
  • Interactive discussion of how to incorporate the teachings into daily life
  • Exploration of Raja Yoga for therapeutic application
  • Opportunities to deepen your Hatha Yoga, pranayama and meditation practice
  • Guidance for teaching Raja Yoga workshops and a six-week Raja Yoga course
  • Guidance for incorporating Raja Yoga into Hatha Yoga classes
  • Coaching in public speaking; including preparation, delivery, and using Yoga to lessen presentation anxiety
  • Training in answering questions and leading discussions

Prerequisites
Daily meditation practice for at least six months and a 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training certification that includes an introductory Raja Yoga course.

Technological Requirements

Regular access to the Internet is necessary to participate in this online training. You must be able to run Zoom on your computer or tablet, and have an active email account for delivery of course materials and a strong internet connection.

Continuing Education (CE) Opportunities

  • Yoga Alliance (YA): Approximately 155 total hours.
    You can input your contact hours using your YA login information.
  • Integral Yoga 300-hour: Approximately 155 hours towards RYT 500 designation
  • Yoga Therapy: This is one of the required modules to become certified as an Integral Yoga Therapist


We give out partial scholarships for this training whenever possible. We accept applications up to one month prior to the start of the training. BIPOC are encouraged to apply. For information on financial aid and payment plans, please contact us [email protected].

IY Therapy Module Cost:

  • $1,225.00

    IY Therapy Student Price

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  • 3 x $409.00

    3 Month Payment Plan

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Continuing Education (CE) Opportunities

Yoga Alliance (YA): Approximately 155 total hours. You can input your contact hours using your YA login information. Integral Yoga 300-hour: Approximately 155 hours towards RYT 500 designation Yoga Therapy: This is one of the required modules to become certified as an Integral Yoga Therapist.

Refund Policy

After Aug. 18 the deposit and program tuition is non-refundable and non-transferable. If canceling before Aug. 18, the balance will be refunded minus $125 administration fee. This course may be cancelled two weeks prior to the start of the course due to low enrollment, in which case you will receive a full refund for the course tuition.

For more information or payment plan request--IYTh students contact Satya at [email protected]

Faculty

Senior Sannyasi, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT Swami Ramananda

Swami Ramananda is the Executive Director of the Integral Yoga Institute in San Francisco and a greatly respected senior teacher in the Integral Yoga tradition who has been practicing Yoga for over 40 years. Ramananda offers practical methods of integrating the timeless teachings and practices of Yoga into daily life and transforming the painful aspects of human experience into steps toward realizing one’s full potential.

He leads beginner, intermediate, and advanced level Yoga teacher training programs in San Francisco, and offers a variety of programs in many locations in the US, Europe, and South America. Ramananda trains Yoga teachers to bring Yoga into corporate, hospital, and medical settings and has taught mind/body wellness programs in many locations. He is a founding board member of the Yoga Alliance, a national registry that supports and promotes Yoga teachers as professionals. His warmth, wisdom, and sense of humor have endeared him to many.

See more at IntegralYogaSF.org

Senior Sannyasi, E-RYT 500 Swami Divyananda

Swami Divyananda Ma, E-RYT 500, has had a wealth of experience teaching Integral Yoga around the world since 1973. She has taught at corporations, universities, the Commonwealth Cancer Center, and for the Dr. Dean Ornish Reversing Heart Disease programs. She has also served as one of Integral Yoga’s Basic Hatha teacher trainers.

Swami Divyananda Ma took monastic vows in 1975 from the great saint and yogi, Sri Swami Satchidananda. Over the years she has served as the director of the Integral Yoga Institutes in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and as Ashram Manager at Yogaville. She also served for ten years as the director of the Integral Yoga Institute in Coimbatore, India; this immersion into the South Indian culture has given depth to her understanding and practice of Yoga.

Now an itinerant monk, Swami Divyananda is constantly “on the road.” She leads the annual Sacred India Tours to sacred sites in India in addition to international Yoga retreats and trainings. See more at sacredindiatours.org

Raja Yoga Teacher Training ONLINE

Raja Yoga provides a practical approach to health and balance in all aspects of life: physical, mental, social and spiritual. It proposes a pathway to relieve suffering, which is the goal of all the great wisdom traditions, and the practical goal of Yoga teaching and therapy.

Raja Yoga Teacher Training – Online provides an opportunity to immerse yourself in these profound teachings and learn how to skillfully share them with others.

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