Ustka, Baltic Sea, Poland

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In 2022 the Advanced Yoga Teachers Training course will take place in Reith near Kitzbuehel in Austria.

Date: 3 September - 2 October 2022

Teaching language: English

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International guest speakers
Taught in English, Polish, Lithuanian, Russia

• Four-week theoretical and practical training in all aspects of yoga composed of 437 training units of 45 minutes’ duration
• International certificate from the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre organization (ISYVC) is awarded on successful completion of the course. The diploma is entitled "Yoga Acharya" and recognised by Yoga Alliance for the 500 hours Registered Yoga School Standards
• This course was established in the early 1970s by Swami Vishnudevananda as the first advanced yoga teachers’ training course taught to Western students and now has over 4,700 graduates.

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Prerequisites

• Sivananda Teachers’ Training Course

The Advanced Teachers’ Training Course allows graduates of the Sivananda Teachers’ Training Course to deepen their spiritual knowledge over four weeks of intensive yoga practice and study of Vedanta philosophy. Individual guidance and yogic self-discipline are major components of the course.

Curriculum

Asanas, Pranayama, Vedanta, Raja Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Sanskrit, anatomy and physiology, Kirtan and nutrition.
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Daily schedule

Daily: two meditation sessions, one pranayama class, two yoga classes, two lectures, one hour of service to the ashram community. Students are given one lecture-free day a week. Attendance of the entire ATTC daily schedule is mandatory.
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Course Books

• Meditation and Mantras by Swami Vishnudevananda, Motilal Banarsidass Publishers
• The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga by Swami Vishnudevananda, Three Rivers Press

Books will be available for sale at the TTC venue.

For more information about the course books please contact poland(at)sivananda.net

Venue

The course will take place at the Centre for Education and Vacation “Lesnik”. It is located in the village of Orzechowo Morskie, 5 km east of Ustka and 115 km west of Gdansk on the beautiful dune coastline of the Baltic Sea. It comprises a very beautiful forest bordering the sea (150 metres from the beach). It is an oasis of peace and an ideal place for meditation.

Helpful reminders

Attendance at all programmes is mandatory. In order to maintain the proper atmosphere, no meat, fish, alcohol, tobacco, coffee, black tea, eggs, drugs or revealing clothing is allowed. Not abiding by these rules may lead to dismissal from the course. The meals offered are lacto-vegetarian. We cannot cater to special dietary needs during the course.

Cancellation before the start of the course

Within 14 days of the date when the course confirmation was sent

You have the right to withdraw your reservation for the Advanced Teachers’ Training Course, without giving a reason, within 14 days of the date when the confirmation was sent. The withdrawal must be made in writing or verbally towards the organizers of the Advanced Teachers’ Training Course in Poland, per email poland(at)sivananda.net, or phone ++49 30 85 99 97 98. You can (but don´t need to) use the WITHDRAWAL FORM (attached to the acknowledgement email).

The withdrawal is considered timely if the declaration is submitted within the period specified. If you withdraw the booking, we will refund payments immediately or latest 14 days from the date on which you submit the withdrawal.

Cancellation more than 14 days after the date when the course confirmation was sent

We will refund your original payment minus an administration fee of 50 euros.

If the booking for the course is received within the last 14 days before the start of the course, you waive the 14-day right of withdrawal. This waiver of the right of withdrawal will be signed upon arrival in Ustka.

If you do not show up and do not contact us, no refund will be issued.

If you would like to change your booking to another course, a 50 euro administration fee will be charged. You can change to any course at a Sivananda Yoga Center or Ashram in Europe or Rudraprayag.

Early departure from the Advanced Teachers’ Training Course in Ustka

Within the first 3 days: we will refund your original payment minus an administration fee of 300 euros.

After 3 days: No refund will be given

In case of early departure from the course, the ATTC course manual must be returned before leaving the teaching location.

How to get to Ustka

By plane

Direct flights to Gdansk airport from Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg, London. From there, take Yogi Bus to Orzechowo Morskie (about 115 km).

By car

From Warsaw, take the A7 to Gdansk. From Gdansk take the A211 in the direction of Slupsk and then take the 210 to Ustka. Then travel east 7 km to Orzechowo Morskie.

Yogi Bus

The Yogi Bus will run on 4 September, leaving from the Gdansk Airport at 5pm. Enquire at the at the Sivananda Yoga Zentrum Berlin for details and registration: Tel. +49 (0)30 85 99 97 98, e-mail: polandregistration(at)sivananda.net

Address

Centre for Education and Vacation LESNIK
Forest Inspectorate
Orzechowo Morskie
76-270 Ustka
Poland

Tel. and Fax +48 59-81-44-635

Contact

Sivananda Yoga Zentrum Berlin
Schmiljanstr. 24
12161 Berlin
Germany

Tel. +49 (0)30 85 99 97 98
Fax +49 (0)30 85 99 97 97
E-mail: polandregistration(at)sivananda.net