Raja Yoga 8- Week Intensive Course
Are you looking for a way to enrich your spiritual life?
Do you want to deepen your understanding of yoga and meditation?
Do you feel like there is more you could be doing to reach your highest potential?
Living The Principles of Self- Realization (Raja Yoga) is an 8-week course that combines yoga postures, dietary principles, and yoga philosophy.
8 Saturdays, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Feb 22 - Apr 12, 2025
In Person
1123 Goodrich Blvd.
Commerce, CA 90022
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Learn how to stay energized and not feel drained by stressful situations
Experience more joy and calmness under all circumstances
Learn timeless techniques from an authentic yoga lineage
Deepen your understanding of your inner self
Inside The Course
Lesson 1: Principles of Energy and Energization
Lesson 2: Raja Yoga and the Paths of Yoga
Lesson 3: Ashtanga Yoga: Patanjali’s Eight Limbed Path
Lesson 4: Yamas: The Don’ts of the Spiritual Path
Lesson 5: Niyamas: The Do’s of the Spiritual Path
Lesson 6: Transforming Habits and the Science of Using Affirmations
Lesson 7: Environment is Stronger than Willpower: The Principle of Magnetism
Lesson 8: The Nature and Purpose of Creation
Lesson 9: The Guru
Sample Schedule
10:00pm - 10:15pm Energization Exercises
10:15pm- 10:45pm Yoga Asanas (Postures)
10:45pm - 11:15pm Guided Meditation
11:15pm - 11:25pm Break
11:25pm - 1:00pm Yoga Philosophy
The focus of this course is on three main areas:
1. Deepening your meditation and your practice of Energization Exercises through our weekly in-person class and one weekly zoom call
2. Deepen your understanding of yogic living through reading the lessons, quizzes, and a weekly personal video call with your instructor
3. Prepare those who are interested in deepening their spiritual practice to continue on the Path of Kriya Yoga by going deeper in the teachings and building the daily habit of meditation
Enroll NowRaja Yoga Intensive: Where Yoga comes to life.
We’ll explore these 6 arenas of study and practice...
Yoga Theory and Philosophy
- The purpose of life
- The dream nature of the world
- What is the soul?
- Karma: the law of life
- The nature of good and evil
- Reincarnation
- Inner spiritual realities (the chakras, kundalini, etc.)
- What happens when we die?
- What is a guru?
- The cycles of time (yugas)
- How to achieve freedom from suffering
- What is God?
- The scriptures of Yoga: Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras
Hatha Yoga
- Yoga postures for health and spiritual development
- Slow, gentle practice
- Longer holds in certain poses
- Routines always balance left and right and forward and back
- Accompanied by powerful affirmations to reinforce the spiritual aspirations of each pose
- Prepares the body and mind to facilitate deeper meditation
Pranayama
- How breath influences the mind, body, and energy
- Techniques to reduce fatigue, depression, or lack of mental clarity
- Techniques to calm strong emotions
- Gain awareness and practice control of your energy and life force
Meditation
- The purpose of meditation
- Techniques to quiet the restless mind
- Achieve deeper states of meditation
- The role of the heart (devotion)
Healing
- Yogic techniques for improved overall health
- Techniques to help improve conditions including stress
- Methods of healing others
- Healing at a distance
- Affirmation
- Prayer
Healthful Food
- How food affects consciousness
- What types of food are best for physical health
- Foods that help or hinder spiritual life
- Recipes for healthful food
- How prayer affects food
- How state of mind affects digestion
