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Largest HYT Teacher Training in Rishikesh EVER!!by Maryon MaassOur November 2011 SRSG Himalayan Yoga Tradition Teacher Training Program (HYT-TTP) was the largest EVER!! Sixty-five students came from twenty countries for this retreat: Japan, Ecuador, Brazil, Italy, USA, Canada, Holland (Holland wins for the country with the most participants), Denmark, Australia, Turkey, Scotland, Taiwan, UK, India, China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Russia, Mauritius, Hungary, and Germany. They were an awesome, diverse group. Connected by the sutra of our lineage, they tied the knot by bonding with each other. Levels I, II, and III, were all attended with great interest. The students’ backgrounds ranged from pain specialists, medical doctors, professors, a poet and author, an engineer/inventor, experienced yoga teachers, many creative people, photographers, business entrepreneurs, financial consultants, a piano teacher, swamis and other spiritual aspirants. They have all completed the 140 hours towards the next level!! It is so wonderful we can see the effects our hard working traveling teachers have had world-wide. We are blessed to have Swami Ritavan Bharati, Dr. Stoma Parker, Ashutosh Sharma, Peter Fabian, Sonia van Nispen, and Ma Radha Bharati serve this TTP. Additional faculty included Dr. Daniel Jalba, now a resident of SRSG and the Director for the Meditation Research Institute (MRI); Rahul Baluni, one of our own students who teaches Sanskrit; and Dr. Manju Talekar, who wears many hats (rather ...Dupatas) in the ashram including Managing Director of SRSG, physician on call, TTP staff, and always a friend and Mother to us. Swami Veda graced us with his participation at our closing ceremony. He talked to the students about what it means to be a teacher. He personally handed the completion certificate to each and every student, greeting them personally. Then there was time for a few photos with Swamiji and the students. We felt the love and the depth of his blessings. Thank you, Swami ji, we appreciated the time you spent with us. We can say with great pride that the programs are filled with amazing content in the forms of practical practices and educational information about those practices. Some who are experienced yoga instructors and others taking the course will tell you that they have experienced a level of depth that they have not felt from other trainings. This November Carolyn Hodges joined our International Rishikesh office. We welcome her wisdom and experience. As our program here grows we will benefit from her administrative skills. Carolyn and I will work together to run the office and support the International TTP. The autumn weather is in Rishikesh. Just now the days are perfect with cool nights, and the ashram is filled with guests from all around the world. Currently half the cottages are filled with HYT Teachers in Training Program students. We are growing and feeling wonderful about the expansion. As I write, we are midway through a Chinese TTP. Twenty students from Taiwan are participating. Thanks to Hans and Joanna for interpreting and to Joanna for organizing the program. Welcome to the Taiwan Group! Our next training at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama is 11th – 24th March 2012. Please see http://www.himalayanyogatradition.com/ Just write to Maryon at hyt.ttp@gmail.com to let us know you will be coming in 2012 or for more information. It’s good to note:
The fee structure varies depending on the economy of your country, so do check with us when you are ready. You should also note that each level may take approximately one or more years to complete as the “home study” requirements need to be completed to advance. However, if you prefer to “just” participate for your own spiritual growth and do not wish to be a certified teacher, you will participate to your own capacity without obligation to write assignments. If you do not have a mentor and are still looking, please contact the office for assistance (hyt.ttp@gmail.com). (Pictures courtesy of Michelle Kinsey and Jay Prakash Bahuguna)
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