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Why Choose Prana Yoga?
Prana's teacher training programs provide a rare learning experience, as they are directed by a spiritual teacher who has the capacity to answer, address and clarify, in person, any questions and concerns about the spiritual path, the meaning of life and many other esoteric matters. This program provides an extraordinary opportunity to be in the presence of a teacher who shares from personal experience rather than memorized information. shakti's teaching will help you to deepen your spiritual experience and tap into aspects of your own existence that you may not even know exist.
~ jaia la ferme - prana 500 hour graduate 2007 Prana Yoga Teacher College is North America's first and only PCTIA accredited post secondary yoga teacher training, with internationally recognized professional teaching credentials. Prana has a quarter century of experience teaching uncompromised classical hatha yoga with no trendy westernized influences and hundreds of graduates around the globe. The Spirit of Prana's Teacher Training shakti is an amazing teacher. The way she is able to break down the asana and let the students teach the class, enabled everyone in the class to learn to their potential. 
If the aim of yoga is anything other then Realization, i.e. perceiving reality through the higher self and not through the lower self (ego), then the true spirit of yoga is lost. The majority of people in the West are unaware of the real aim of Hatha yoga (the physical aspect of yoga). Practicing the asanas (the postures) for the purpose of having a strong, flexible and healthy body is like being enthralled with the side effects of a medicine without being aware of the real healing which occurs as its primary aim. The asanas create a bridge connecting the small self (ego/mind) with the higher self (the internal knower or internal watcher). Teacher training with shakti mhi is designed for those willing to commit to the path of inner growth or self realization. Although the training deals directly with learning the asanas in great detail, aspects include the physical, mental and energetic. The fundamental spirit of the training is about mastering the mind, letting go of the ego and freeing oneself of all concepts. If your goal for taking the yoga teacher training is for gaining a new profession for the purpose of making a living only, shakti mhi's program may not be the one for you. If you are willing to start or continue on a spiritual journey that may lead you to a better place by mastering YOUR mind (as opposed to changing the world or the minds of others), you may find the Yoga teacher training with shakti mhi is a great environment to become a true yoga teacher as opposed to a mere yoga instructor. NOTE: The following subjects are examples of a typical curriculum only. Individual course offerings will vary depending on the expertise of special guest instructors. See specific individual course pages for the details of each course and its subjects. Month 1 SubjectsAnatomy and Physiology
A wondrous foundational course taught with clarity and precision so that it seems the teachings flow naturally from within one, having always been there.
Asanas/Postures
Variations
Building Flows
Zen Meditation
My one month intensive with shakti became the catalyst that would bring change, balance, and clarity to come swriling into my life... whether one comes into the teacher training with the plan to become a teacher of yoga or to simply supplement their own practice, it will be a time of knowledge, richness, laughter, and peace.
History and Philosophy
Hands on Teaching
Body Language Communication
My one month intensive with shakti became the catalyst that would bring change, balance, and clarity to come swriling into my life... whether one comes into the teacher training with the plan to become a teacher of yoga or to simply supplement their own practice, it will be a time of knowledge, richness, laughter, and peace.
Multi-sensory teaching
Kriya
Small, interactive, dynamic, multimedia environment
Month 2 SubjectsInstructor: shakti mhiTeaching PranayamaPrana is a Life Force which flows through all living things. The amount of prana in your body will largely depend on your capacity to hold it. This capacity can be changed. Prana is the force which provides us with a strong and healthy physical body, creates clear, calm minds and balances and controls our emotions. With insufficient prana, one becomes physically weak, mentally foggy, confused and often emotionally unbalanced. The more prana we have, the more alive we are, the more passionate we are about our moments. As a teacher you should integrate light prana exercise in your classes to help your students to gradually increase their prana for health and well being. In the program you will learn different breathing exercises from easy to more advanced and their effects on the physical and energetic bodies. Lifestyleincludes workshops such as:
Instructor: Bernie ClarkThe History & Philosophy of Yoga - From pre-history to modern YogaOpen to the public This lecture series will cover the ancient roots of Yoga from its rising in the ancient Vedic traditions, the various influences that helped shaped it, and the evolution from the Classical Yoga of Patanjali's Yoga Sutra to Tantra and Hatha Yoga to Yoga as taught in modern times. Along the way we will learn about the Hindu culture, within which much of Yoga developed. The major philosophical systems as well as the practices of the main schools of Yoga will be briefly touched upon. Instructor: Bernie ClarkThe Energy Body - The Eastern and Western Views of the Subtle BodyOpen to the public In this workshop we will investigate the various models the Yogis of India, the Yogis of China and the Medical Scientists in the West have developed to explain the workings of the body's energy and its associated systems. We will explore the world of prana and the energy channels and vortexes of Indian Yoga (called nadis and chakras) and contrast it to the world of Qi and its associated network of channels (called meridians) utilized in China. Then we will discover how modern scientific investigations in the West are finding remarkable parallels to these ancient models. Instructor: Bernie ClarkThe Physical Body - Going Beyond the MusclesOpen to the public In this workshop we will look at the body in a unique way. We will begin by looking at the physiology of the tissues of the body and how our yoga practice affects these tissues. Next we will investigate the ranges of motion of the eight major joints of the body and discover what stops us from going deeper into poses, when to push further and when to accept our limitations. Finally we will look at what all this means for you personally and how your own unique anatomy affects your practice. Instructor: Bernie ClarkYoga and the Joints - an advanced look inside the key joints: the shoulders, the knees, the hips and the spineOpen to the public In this workshop the four major areas worked in most yoga practices will be examined in detail. The structure of the joints, their ligaments and main movers (muscles) will be reviewed. The way the joints function and how to move them safely will be presented. The implications of the safe ranges of motions of these joints on the practice of asanas will also be investigated. This will include looking at the way to come into a posture, come out of a posture and the alignment while in a posture. Instructor: Bernie Clark1.) Basics to Yin YogaOpen to the public With this introductory class we will learn the basics of the Yin Yoga philosophy and work through the practice of Yin Yoga. In this session it is valuable for the student to have taken the Energy Body and Physical Body workshops in order to understand the physiological benefits of Yin Yoga. Emphasis in the YYTT will be on the Yin Yoga postures, their benefits, contraindications and practice in actually teaching in the Yin Yoga style. Instructor: Swami Vivekananda SaraswatiTantra 1Open to the public The esoteric Tantra 1 teachings are presented in a coherent, step-by-step approach, well adapted to the Western mentality without losing their original mystique and richness. The mysteries and secrets of spiritual eroticism are presented in conjunction with the relevant information from Yoga, Chinese Taoism, Tibetan Buddhism, alchemy, and Middle Eastern Imsak. Printed supplemental material is provided, and the workshops are marked by many exemplifications, meditations, and initiations (energy inductions). Videos on relevant topics are presented whenever possible. The course keeps a commitment to a clear and elevated level of communication, but there are no explicit presentations or nudity whatsoever. Read more... Instructor: Swami Vivekananda SaraswatiTantra 2Open to the public The Tantra 2 workshop builds on the foundations established in Tantra 1. This workshop explores the depths of tantric lovemaking, and covers the following issues: Read more...
Instructor: Swami Vivekananda SaraswatiParapsychology 1Open to the public This workshop explores two main topics in depth:
The term "parapsychology" is generally credited as being the scientific study of the paranormal or of extraordinary phenomena. We will outline the best methods known in Yoga for practicing and training in these two exceptional fields of study. Karma YogaTap into the self-less aspects of your personality by offering your services to the community. Meditation"A gateway to freedom" "Freedom exists in the place within you where knowing replaces understanding and where both past and future merge into the moment." Yoga PracticeMaintain and improve your practice, to allow your teaching to come from a genuine and authentic place. ChantingChanting is another form of pranayama and meditation. It brings joy and bliss, and connects the group to feel as one. Learn how different mantras and melodies to share with your students. Month 3 SubjectsInstructor: Swami Vivekananda SaraswatiThe Art of DyingOpen to the public An enlightened approach to death and dying. Explore the Tibetan Bardo Thodol rites and training. Lectures, initiations, meditations, practice, Hatha Yoga. This workshop could be the first in the world to address a very important gap in modern times: the spiritual preparation for death, one of life’s greatest passages. Read more... Instructor: Todd CaldecottIntroduction to Ayurveda
Instructor: Wendy EytonRestorative YogaOpen to the public Restorative yoga is a healing yoga. This interactive course will teach how to modify some of the asanas (yoga postures) to suit:
Knowing how to teach restorative yoga will give you the tools to welcome beginner students from all ages and physical states, to yoga in the safest way. In the course you will learn:
Instructor: Farah NazaraliLaughter Yoga Leader TrainingThe program covers: history of laughter yoga, laughter yoga movement worldwide, the difference between laughter and humor, the connection between laughter and yoga, the benefits of laughter yoga, and how to structure a laughter yoga session. Program Leadersshakti mhi provides powerful leadership and empowering tools for teaching as the core program leader with her assistant, and secondary teacher, Daniel Mirecki. Individual courses offered during different seasonal training programs will have additional program leaders and will vary depending on the subject, program location and availability. See the specific program information for details about additional leaders. 
shakti mhi After nearly 30 years of personal practice and teaching thousands of students around the globe, shakti mhi has made Yoga her passion and her life's purpose. Since the age of 14 when she first discovered Yoga she has traveled the world in search of Yoga and Zen teachers who would expand her knowledge of all aspects of Yoga. Since 1982, shakti has trained hundreds of Yoga teachers, who are sought after by yoga studios and practitioners around the world. Many of them have gone on to open their own schools internationally. See shakti's full bio, photos and writings 
Daniel Mirecki Co-founder of Prana Yoga College, Daniel has experienced teaching yoga and meditation to students worldwide in Canada, England, Thailand and China. His Yoga philosophy is based on experiential approach to the practice. His driving passion is a knowing that each class is an opportunity for the students to dynamically integrate their minds with their bodies and deepen their self awareness of the connection between the two. He specializes in mentoring individual students requiring personal assistance during the course, particularly through the tools of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming). He is currently in the process of completing his Certification as a 4th generation NLP practitioner. His audio CD of guided meditation using the ancient Yoga Nidra method is now available for purchase through Prana Yoga's online store. 
Bernie Clark Bernie Clark has been teaching yoga and meditation since 1998. He has a bachelor degree in Science from the University of Waterloo and combines his intense interest in yoga with an understanding of the scientific approach to investigating the nature of things. His ongoing studies have taken him deeply inside mythology, comparative religions and psychology. All of these avenues of exploration have clarified his understanding of the ancient Eastern practices of yoga and meditation. His teaching, workshops and books have helped many students broaden their own understanding of health, life and the source of true joy. Bernie's yoga practice encompasses the hard, yang-styles, such as Ashtanga and Power Yoga, and the softer, yin-styles, as exemplified in Yin Yoga. His meditation experience goes back to the early 80's when he first began to explore the practice of Zen meditation. During those days, while he struggled with the conflict between practice and theory, Bernie also worked as a member of the executive team of one of Canada's oldest and largest Hi-Technology companies, assisting it to become a world-renowned leader in its field. He has two children who have launched successful careers of their own. 
Todd Caldecott Todd Caldecott is a Clinical Herbalist and Ayurvedic practitioner, former clinical director of Wild Rose College and author of "Ayurveda: The Divine Science of Life". 
Farah Moolji Nazarali (Laughter Yoga) Farah Moolji Nazarali BA MA RYT teaches Power, Hatha, and Hasyna (Laughter) Yoga. Through her business, the Smiling Yogi, she teaches classes, workshops, and leads Laughter Trainings all across the country. Through she graduated from McGill University with a Bachelors in Political Science and from George Washington University with a Masters in Latin American Studies, Farah has realized that the power for change in the world lies within each individual and has found the practice of yoga and laughter to be transformative. Farah is also Founder and Producer of Vancouver's first yoga radio talk show- Drishti Point. (photo credit: Alistair Eagle) 
Wendy Eyton (Restorative Yoga) Wendy has been teaching yoga since 2003. She took her primary hatha Yoga training at Prana Yoga College with shakti mhi and has since studied yin and restorative yoga practices. In addition to yoga, Wendy is a certified pilates teacher and is currently working towards her cranial sacral degree, a 900 hour program through the International Institute for cranial balancing. Wendy's primary focus is working with people who are in rehabilitation or who experience high levels of stress. She uses a variety of techniques including restorative & hatha yoga, meditation, pilates, breathing & nutrition. Wendy works closely with a variety of professionals to ensure each client is effectively treated. Wendy owns and operates The Space Vancouver, an integrated healing studio located in Yaletown.
Special Guest Yoga Master - Fall 2007 Only
Swami Vivekananda Saraswati Born in 1962, Swami Vivekananda Saraswati is the brilliant exponent of a unique and modern trend of thinking in Yoga. Educated as an electrical engineer, he is a passionate and dedicated teacher of the true, ancient lines of Indian and Tibetan Yoga, rapidly becoming lost in today's "spiritual marketplace." Although he does not deviate in spirit from the traditional teachings of ancient masters, he has found the resources to present spirituality not as something dogmatic and dead, but as a living science, based on common sense and joy, which at the same time fulfills the fundamental quest of man. See Swami Vivekananda Saraswati's full bio, photos and course descriptions Fees & RegistrationFeesPlease see the individual course offerings for course-specific information. RegistrationPlease click here to apply online (or download an application form) or contact us for an application form and then submit your application along with your application fee of $125 CAD (Non-Refundable) to Prana's Administration. We will then contact you within 7 days of receiving your application (along with bio and fee) and let you know if you have been accepted. At this point you will have 10 days to confirm your enrollment in the program and pay the registration fee (either the first $1000 or, if your program's deadline has passed, the total program cost). Please be aware that these programs are in high demand and we cannot hold spaces beyond this 10 day period. Should you, after the 10 days have elapsed, decide you wish to take the program, you will need to re-apply with another application and fee. All of our programs in Canada are registered with PCTIA, therefore you will receive a tax receipt for the tuition portion of the program. Program RequirementsEach student will be required to purchase 2 anatomy books, 1 CD and 1 DVD. Please call our office at 604-682-2121 (or 604-676-8812) to purchase these materials when you register for the program. 
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Graduation RequirementsIn order to graduate from Prana Yoga College's Teacher Training Program students must completely fulfill the following requirements: 
I came with no expectations, but this experience was better than anything I could have imagined. I've learned so much, not only about teaching yoga, but also about myself and dealing with life. I'm ready to take the lessons I've learned home and begin sharing them with others!
Certification ProcessPrana Yoga Teacher College provides a diploma program that encompasses 300 hours of advanced comprehensive yoga teacher training to upgrade yoga instructors with 200 hr certification to the 500 hr Yoga Teacher Diploma level. Prana Yoga's College is fully accredited by the Private Career Training Institute Agency (PCTIA). As well Prana Yoga is certified by the Yoga Alliance, which is the leading organization setting international standards for yoga teacher training. Our diploma program consists of 2 levels. Each level has a distinct set of objectives which need to be completed in order to continue. These levels are separate units that can be individually completed. Month 1: 200 hour - Yoga Instructor CertificationCompletion of the following requirements entitles the successful student to "Instructor" status. With "Instructor" status one is able to facilitate yoga classes of all-levels. 1 month intensive program consisting of 200 hrs:
Month 2/Month 3: 300 hour Intensive - Yoga Teacher DiplomaWith successful completion of the YTC program, students will receive a diploma. These teachers are able to identity potentially challenging individual needs.
2 month intensive program consists of 300 hrs:
Students will be sent their certificates within one month from the date of successful completion. Testimonials"shakti is an amazing teacher. The way she is able to break down the asana and let the students teach the class, enabled everyone in the class to learn to their potential."
"My training in Thailand with Prana Yoga was one of those life-enhancing experiences that you hope for in a lifetime. At 45 years old I thought that those kind of physical and mental milestone events were all past and gone. I was pleasantly wrong. Having been a western trained physician for almost 20 years I found the medical and physiologic aspects of the practices particularly fascinating. Most doctors don't realize that before medicines and surgeries, people used yoga and breathing exercises to treat their illnesses. This aspect has been lost in modern medicine, especially the attention to the energy one is supposed to feel when one is alive. I suspect "modern" man would be physically and emotionally better off with a few less pill and a lot more yoga. I used to travel the world doing charity medical work. Now I also travel the world and teach yoga. I can't think of anything more balanced. But the best part about completing yoga teacher training is that I have become a better yoga student."
"I came to Thailand and Prana Teacher Training Course to deepen my practice.....I got more than I bargained for. Now I feel compelled to teach. It was a journey never to be duplicated"
"I came here looking for new direction in my life. I leave feeling joyous and light hearted for the first time in a long while. I feel I have been gifted with new and wonderful tools with which to lead a more grounded, focused, and peace filled existence. I now feel excited and prepared to share my love of yoga with others who might also benefit from its healing essence."
"A spectacular month drenched in learning, poses, and sunshine on the beaches of Thailand. shakti is an inspiration. She cares so much to facilitate each individual's growth in their yoga practice and their emergence as a star teacher. Her vast knowledge not only about the physical principles and background of yoga but also the yogi's way of life allows all of her students to experience, feel, learn, incorporate and adjust thoughts and leave the training as a different human. Thank you shakti for sitting with me for that special time. Namaste."
"This was so much more than a yoga teacher training course. It was a journey into ourselves through meditation, mindfulness, and an introduction to zen. shakti is an inspirational teacher who has helped me to truly understand how to integrate yoga and its principles into every aspect of my life. I could not recommend this course any more highly. But come with an open mind... and prepared to change your life!!"
"A wondrous foundational course taught with clarity and precision so that it seems the teachings flow naturally from within one, having always been there."
"This course has offered me an overwhelming life experience and a new chapter to be added to my walk in life here. It offers me an insight and totally different dimension of yoga. Thanks to both shakti & Daniel, both spiritually and physically. You both have certainly shown me what life is really about."
"I have not only learned the basics of how to teach yoga, but had an absolutely amazing personal journey!"
"I picked Prana because of the zen philosophy integration to yoga and how yoga is more than the physical asanas. This course met and exceeded these expectations. The training was an experience for me as an individual as much as it was about being a yoga teacher. Thank you."
"This course is an experience of a lifetime, come to it with an open mind, a lot of energy, and you will come out with a perspective of life that will rock your world."
"This course is one of a kind. Truly genuine and life changing. The atmosphere is amazing, and I was challenged everyday."
"The Prana Yoga Teacher Training is so much more than becoming a teacher. Set in the beautiful jungle, what a more perfect place for such a journey? Deepening our practice, we learn a different approach to life through our yoga, meditation... affecting change around us beginning within us."
"This course is an excellent foundation in yoga theory and practice. It equips students with everything they need to start teaching, and plants the seeds of hunger for more learning, experience, and life."
"I came with no expectations, but this experience was better than anything I could have imagined. I've learned so much, not only about teaching yoga, but also about myself and dealing with life. I'm ready to take the lessons I've learned home and begin sharing them with others!"
"I found the course to be challenging, thought provoking, well organized, and thoroughly enjoyable. I feel fortunate to have had the opportunity to partake in such a unique and wonderful experience. I feel rejuvenated and ready to take on life"
"I had completely underestimated what was involved with and what would be gained from the August Teacher Training Program at Prana Yoga & Zen Centre. The demands on body, mind and soul were such that it helped to jump start me physically and reactivate my mind. It reminded me that the calm and centeredness for each one of us definitely comes from within and that it is attainable. This is only achieved with due diligence - and work. The camaraderie was an unexpected perk! A group of individuals from different paths in life coming together - tentative at first - bonding - then learning to love each other for their differences, truly was soul soaring!"
"shakti's journey alongside our group of 11 women in Thailand was much more than admirable, it was a gift to have her each and every step of our understanding; an honor. The course was intensive, and being in remote Thailand only added by taking us from our daily lives and patterns. I believe that most of us faced new challenges and faced our true selves, even the less desirable bits. The course is comprehensive, intense, sometimes a grind, sometimes light, sometimes a delight. In the past, I have traveled a lot, by myself and to some far away corners of the planet, paid a lot of money and found this to be much the best investment in myself and my (mostly future) students, overall."
"The Yoga Teacher Training Program at Prana, with shakti and all of the other teachers, was definitely one of the most enlightening experiences that any schooling has ever offered to me. The curriculum was precise, thorough and very detailed...All of shakti's lessons about life and how we look at our lives and the world around us, were very eye opening and insightful. It was the best learning experience ever!"
"I participated in the Yoga Teacher Training Intensive in Thailand with shakti Mhi, and it was one of the most incredible and beautiful experiences of my life. It was through experiencing shakti's style that I first fell in love with yoga, and the course deepened my love and respect not only for this ancient practice and the true teachers we have sharing this with the world, but especially for shakti's ability to convey the true art of yoga into every area of life. She demonstrates that yoga is a metaphor for life; it is all encompassing. Through humour, storytelling, challenges, and her own indefinable way of expressing her love and passion for truth and yoga, I learned so much; and I learned that a true yoga teacher is one that never stops growing, learning, and whose only concern as a teacher is the students. A yogi lives yoga in the truest sense: through humility, compassion and honor. Who you think you are disappears in that. This is bliss. I resonated very deeply with shakti's teaching style, not only as a yoga teacher (and she is amazing), but also to experience for myself how wonderfully the course is structured and how she shares her knowledge in such a way that not only was I learning, I was living the learning. As a student I experienced first hand what it is to teach a class full of students and I was humbled. I loved it. For anyone who wants to deepen their practice or wants to share their love of yoga with the world, go for it. Take the Yoga Teacher Training with shakti Mhi. You will laugh like you have never laughed and you will explore and experience who you are beyond thought, body and mind. And this will carry over into your life and enrich it deeply, and in that, enrich the world."
"My one month intensive with shakti became the catalyst that would bring change, balance, and clarity to come swirling into my life. Aside from learning the essentials that would enable me to be a part of the community of sought after highly qualified yoga teachers, I learned things about my own self that before, I may not have had the strength to face. Being in a group that would stay together for 30 days or so in an intense environment, being enveloped in the world of yoga, the world of shakti was a grace that I have been blessed to experience. I have watched not only the transformation of my own being but of those with whom I shared this time in my life, allowing me a deeper understanding into the human condition, spirit, and heart. shakti possesses this amazing awe-inspiring quality that I have come across rarely in my lifetime. It is a centeredness, a clarity, a vast and passionate knowledge for what she is teaching that she in turn passes on to you. Straight forward, without the unnecessary drama that we so often find ourselves drowned in, she will help you to get to a place of such beauty, strength, and lightness, by simply allowing you to see that it is all within you. You are the teacher, we are all teachers, equally so. This is how we came to one another with humility and the desire to learn, not knowing that in turn we would walk away filled with a new understanding, and a lightness haloing our every step. Whether one comes into the teacher training with the plan to become a teacher of yoga or to simply supplement their own practice, it will be a time of knowledge, richness, laughter, and peace."
"The teacher training program was an amazing experience and journey. The program offers so much more than learning safe teaching methods; it also encourages self discovery and personal growth. It was a memorable and life changing experience for me. I highly recommend the course for anyone wanting to explore themselves and become a competent yoga teacher."
"My experience at Prana Yoga College was life changing. shakti empowered us with a vast knowledge of yoga and the aim of yoga. We can only become great teachers with the detailed and accurate instruction given to us. I couldn't have left my family behind for a month for a better reason!"
"There was never even one moment in 28 days of this amazing course that I didn't enjoy."
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"shakti opens doors leading into brilliant cathedrals, never before experienced in the mind, as well as beyond the limitations of the mind. The essence of the teachings are echoed in gentle whispers during my daily strolls. Her, as well as Daniel's teachings are subtle and oh so powerful for the beginner, and seasoned yogi. The teachings are unique and inspiring. Thank you."