~ The Mayura Yoga School ~

Yoga is like turning a light on inside you - it grows brighter, emanating outwards further and inwards deeper to harmonise with universal love, until it becomes one”

For the MEANING of MAYURA click here

 

 

 

 :: please scroll down to see the different courses ::

Teacher Training Course Level 1

  • Currently running (March 2009- September 2010)

  • Recognised by The IYN (Independent Yoga Network)

  • Registered with The IYN for insurance

  • Qualifying for REPS Level 3

  • First Aid Certificated

  • 200 hours over 18 months comprising 10 monthly one day sessions, 4 weekends and a 5 day residential. There will also be home study and class attendance.

  • Interviews will be held in December 2008 through to February 2009.
    Applicants 2 yrs minimum yoga experience please.

Next course will commence in 2011 - Interviews held from 3 months prior to start date

For more information or an application form please contact Paula Mayura on 07905 270142 or email here

*click here for some student feedback from the training course held in June 2008*

 


FOUNDATION COURSES
 

Running every six months, current course details below.
Next course will commence later in (date to be set) 2010

 
Yoga Foundation Course With Paula Mayura

This course is suitable for anyone wanting to enhance and deepen their Yoga practice

• 6 month course spread over weekly evening sessions of 2 ½ hours

• Start date 29th September 2009

• Venue – to be confirmed, will be warm, comfortable and local

• Learn about the fascinating ancient philosophy of Yoga and how to integrate this into your life

• Advance your posture work towards its full potential

• Experience in depth practice of Pranayama (breathing practices) Mudras (gestures to direct energy flow) Bandhas (energy locks) and Kriyas (cleansing practices) and the effects these have on the energy of the subtle body… bliss!

• An ideal ‘stepping stone’ towards teacher training

Cost will depend on numbers – between £300 - £350
Preferably minimum 2 yrs Yoga experience to apply
For more information or an application form please contact Paula Mayura on 07905 270142 or email here


THE YOGA MODULE within CHAKRA DANCING TEACHER TRAINING
This course was first designed and lead by Paula Mayura in 2008

Duration and date : To run over 4 days in June 2010

Introduction to Yoga and the Chakras

Yoga postures, or asanas, as they are called in Sanscrit (the ancient Indian language that Yoga was traditionally written in) stimulate and balance energy flow through the Chakras system.

The Yogic ver
sion of the anatomy of our subtle body (or energy body), fascinatingly overlays perfectly what science and medicine have come to understand about the workings of our physical bodies.

Consequently, an understanding of a couple of basic postures that can be used to awaken and focus on each Chakra will be a very useful tool in helping people to get in touch with their energy centres while Chakra Dancing.

AIM

This module will enable students of the ‘Chakra Dancing Teacher Training’ course to use basic Yoga practices within their repertoire when teaching Chakra Dancing. They will be able to incorporate the specific practices taught, safely and appropriately for each Chakra.


COURSE CONTENT

The course will run over four days during which time we will :-

  •  Familiarise ourselves with the anatomy of the subtle body
    In order to make more sense of what is going on when we work with energy
     
  •  Learn basic Yoga practices to resonate with each of the seven major Chakras
    This will be broken down in great detail and explored experientially
     
  •  Practice teaching these learned postures to the group
    In order to become familiar with putting across the necessary information to inspire
    the desired response from participants
     

There will be a period of assessment to reinforce confidence in teaching these new found practices

Work sheets will be supplied
A ‘Certificate of Completion of The Yoga Module’ will be issued to all those successfully completing the four days


© Paula Mayura

 

YOGA MODULE

What is Yoga?

“The word yoga comes from the ancient Indian language called Sanscrit, and it means union. It can be thought of as a yoke, of sorts, binding together the body, mind and spirit. Ultimately, yoga is the union of the individual’s consciousness with the infinite consciousness.”
Shakta Kaur Khalsa

Yoga postures effectively affect, balance and stimulate energy in the subtle body.

This energy travels through energy centres rather like transformers and is, through them, distributed to every organ, gland and system in the body.

As we know, our Chakra Dancing music stimulates and resonates with each of these energy centres while we move with free flow dance to the rhythm and beat and flavour attuned to each Chakra.

By incorporating Yoga postures that affect energy directly in the Chakra we are working on we will enhance and intensify the specific attunement to that Chakra, leading the experience to its full potential.


“Yoga is like a huge majestic tree that stands for expansion of the heart, mind and self. Rooted in nature, it branches out into innumerable realms of creativity, blossoming with bliss and the fulfilment of all human potential.

For more information or an application form please contact Paula Mayura on 07905 270142 or email here


Swami Vishnu-devenda

Paula Mayura
 


 


The meaning of ‘Mayura’

In the ancient Indian language of Sanscrit the word Mayura means peacock and these creatures were considered to be sacred.

When I heard a legend about Krishna as a small boy I drew from it a strong symbolic value that I recognised in my experience in my Yoga practice…the process of transformation.

The Legend about Krisna

Krishna, as a small boy was playing outside with peacocks running around. King Kamsa was aware that there was a spiritually powerful baby boy and wanted him killed. The King sent a snake to kill Krishna, but the peacocks loved Krishna and protected him and ate the snake…unaffected by its venom.
Extraordinarily, peacocks do have the ability to eat poisonous snakes, plants and trees without causing themselves harm as long as they are healthy. They actually TRANSFORM THE POISON INTO NOURISHMENT!

The spirit of a creature able to swallow life’s poisons and transform them into something good is a valuable one to emulate.

This process of transformation from within can be likened to the effects of Yoga.

I was surprised to discover that we humans are also able to ingest poisonous venom if we have healthy intestines with no perforations. So symbolically, being healthy from the inside is where strength lies!

Yoga practice has a transforming effect on our whole system, making us physically and mentally strong and agile and on the deepest levels of our being awakening, enlivening and balancing the flow of Prana (life energy in the subtle body) through the Chakras (energy centres in the subtle body).

This free flow of internal energy directly affects our overall sense of well-being and spiritual buoyancy. Reflecting brightly from the inner Self and perhaps the human spirits ability to digest life’s traumas and transform them through purification towards a positive outcome.

 

 

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