Modules and Dates
NEW COURSE IN GOTHENBURG · BEGINS OCTOBER 2016
The course consists of ten 2-day modules and one 4-day retreat
2016
Module 1 - OCTOBER 8-9
Module 2 - NOVEMBER 12- 13
2017
Module 3 - JANUARY 7-8
Module 4 - JANUARY 21-22
Module 5 - FEBRUARY 11 - 12
Module 6 - MARCH 25-26
Module 7 - APRIL 29-30
Module 8 - MAY 27 - 28
Module 9 - JUNE 15 to 18 - RETREAT
Module 10 - SEPTEMBER 23-24
Module 11 - OCTOBER 14-15
Each module begins Saturday at 9:00 on the first day, to accommodate student's travel arrangements. Sundays begins at 5:30 am with sadhana. Closing time each day depends on when all the material and topics for that module are completed, but should be sometime around 5:30 to 6:00 pm.
It is required to complete all 11 modules as one of requirements to receive your KRI certification.
TOPICS FOR EACH MODULE
MODULE 1
Welcome and introduction
Review of course requirements and program
Introduction to Mantra: Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo
The Roots of Kundalini Yoga
Five Sutras of the Aquarian Age
Leverage, Legacy and Lineage
Introduction to Yogi Bhajan
Pranayama and Respiratory system
Aquarian Sadnana Mantras
MODULE 2
Fundamentals of asana and posture
Sitting postures
Bhandas and the 3 gates
Mudras
Pranayama review
Concept of Sadhana
MODULE 3
Yogic Philosophy and Cosmology
Ladder of Existence
Gunas
Tattvas
The Mind
Meditation
Class structure and protocol
MODULE 4
Chakras
10 Bodies of Consciousness
MODULE 5
Sound and Mantra
Japji
Sikh Dharma and Kundalini Yoga
MODULE 6
History of Yoga
Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras
MODULE 7
Spiritual Awakening
5 stages of Spiritual Evolution
Cycles of Life
MODULE 8 RETREAT
Humanology
Male/Female - the tantric relationship
Death
Awakening the Self
MODULE 9
Posture and asana review and deepening
Yogic diet
MODULE 10
Identity of a Teacher
Practicums 1
MODULE 11
Practicums 2
Note:
Except for the modules with Ram SIngh and Karta Purkh Singh, Guru Dass will be teaching in all the other modules. Also some modules will include a class on Western Anatomy, lead by Linda Dankert.
Welcome and introduction
Review of course requirements and program
Introduction to Mantra: Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo
The Roots of Kundalini Yoga
Five Sutras of the Aquarian Age
Leverage, Legacy and Lineage
Introduction to Yogi Bhajan
Pranayama and Respiratory system
Aquarian Sadnana Mantras
MODULE 2
Fundamentals of asana and posture
Sitting postures
Bhandas and the 3 gates
Mudras
Pranayama review
Concept of Sadhana
MODULE 3
Yogic Philosophy and Cosmology
Ladder of Existence
Gunas
Tattvas
The Mind
Meditation
Class structure and protocol
MODULE 4
Chakras
10 Bodies of Consciousness
MODULE 5
Sound and Mantra
Japji
Sikh Dharma and Kundalini Yoga
MODULE 6
History of Yoga
Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras
MODULE 7
Spiritual Awakening
5 stages of Spiritual Evolution
Cycles of Life
MODULE 8 RETREAT
Humanology
Male/Female - the tantric relationship
Death
Awakening the Self
MODULE 9
Posture and asana review and deepening
Yogic diet
MODULE 10
Identity of a Teacher
Practicums 1
MODULE 11
Practicums 2
Note:
Except for the modules with Ram SIngh and Karta Purkh Singh, Guru Dass will be teaching in all the other modules. Also some modules will include a class on Western Anatomy, lead by Linda Dankert.