Seminars

Unfortunately, due to Covid 19, some of the seminars cannot currently take place. If you are interested in one of the seminars, please contact the respective ashram in which the seminar is to take place.

Loving Greetings from Haus Yoga Vidya!

We invite you to stay in a peaceful environment where you can gain new insights, access to your intuition, and rediscover your inner resources of happiness. At Haus Yoga Vidya, the daily programme of yoga postures, breathing exercises, deep relaxation, chanting, meditation and vegetarian meals is designed to have an optimal effect on your body, mind and spirit.

Enjoy the rejuvenating tranquillity and closeness to Mother Nature as you replenish your energy and relax completely. In addition to lectures and workshops, there are two meditation sessions and two yoga exercise classes offered daily.

Haus Yoga Vidya also offers many leisure activities such as cycling (bicycles can be borrowed without charge), hiking in the adjoining forests and valleys, swimming, sauna, excursions that you can take to a variety of local points of interest. You are very welcome at Yoga Vidya throughout the year.

We are always happy to receive your suggestions, comments and registrations. Please send them to: info(at)yoga-vidya.de

• NEW: Online Seminars

• June 2021

• July 2021

• August 2021

• September 2021

• October 2021

• November 2021

• Conditions of participation
• Why Yoga Vidya?
• What is Yoga Vidya?

Asana classes and guided meditations are usually in German. If you need translation for asana classes, please let us know when you register.

Join Swami Saradananda, author of the bestseller "The Power of Breath”, in continuing to look at the powerful revitalizing effects that proper breathing can have on your body and mind. This is a course for yogis who know the basics of pranayama. Classes will be practical as well as theoretical; they will present you with simple tools to enable you to empower yourself and to make the most efficient use of the vital energy that yogis call ‘prana’.

For the workshop you only need:
• a quiet room without disturbance
• Yoga mat or rug
• stable internet connection
• Computer or tablet (if necessary smartphone) with camera and microphone with which you can dial in via zoom.

Price: 52 € 

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Kundalini Yoga provides you with a symbolic map of your mind. It shows how the practices of Yoga can help you to draw on your inner wisdom and move forward, whatever the situation. Explore the power of Yoga to transform your life through a process of self-inquiry and meditation practices. Each choice you make, each step you take, can help you overcome limitations and bring you closer to your potential. Suitable for all levels.

Price: 58 € 

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This systematic two-part training offers you the unique opportunity to study the 5,000 year old time-honoured medical system of India – Ayurveda. You will be introduced to the theory and practice under the expert guidance of a traditional Ayurveda doctor.

Curriculum:

• History of Ayurvedic medicine and its basic principles
• Anatomy, physiology, pathology, preventive medicine
• Nutrition
• Practical training in treatment

This course is suitable for homeopaths, doctors, therapeutic practitioners, nutritional counselors, physiotherapists, masseurs and yoga teachers who would like to extend their range of knowledge. It is also for interested lay-people.

Pre-requisite: basic knowledge of Ayurveda and yoga (for example: an Ayurveda weekend or yoga and meditation introductory weekend)

Shared room €730; double room €849; single room €971; dormitory/tent/caravan €636

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Asana classes and guided meditations are usually in German. If you need translation for asana classes, please let us know when you register.

The only authentic independent writing attributed to Sankara. All the others are comments from Shankra to classical works. The first chapter of the prose section (available in Deutsch), “How to Enlighten the Pupil” contains valuable lessons on the guru and the student. The final chapter is a special meditation for the sake of the Oneness of the Self.  The Verse section includes topics such as the ‘I-notion’, ‘the Nature of Pure Consciousness’, ‘Subtlety’, ‘Negation’, ‘In the Sunlight’, etc. We will discuss all these topics and more as essential components of jnana yoga – the method to Self-Knowledge. 

Shared room €724; double room €877; single room €1.034; dormitory/tent/caravan €602

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The only authentic independent writing attributed to Sankara. All the others are comments from Shankra to classical works. The first chapter of the prose section (available in Deutsch), “How to Enlighten the Pupil” contains valuable lessons on the guru and the student. The final chapter is a special meditation for the sake of the Oneness of the Self.  The Verse section includes topics such as the ‘I-notion’, ‘the Nature of Pure Consciousness’, ‘Subtlety’, ‘Negation’, ‘In the Sunlight’, etc. We will discuss all these topics and more as essential components of jnana yoga – the method to Self-Knowledge. 

Live Online Price: € 399

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This special seminar is part of an intensive further training for yoga teachers (though this part is not recognised as an official further training course).

Upadesha Sahasri, the "1000 Teachings" is a key text by Shankara, the great master of Vedanta - the only direct work by Shankara, while all others are his commentaries on classical texts. He explains, among other things, how the teacher can systematically lead the student to enlightenment, which prerequisites the student and teacher require, and the philosophical-logical connections of Vedanta philosophy. The second part, in verse form, deals with topics such as "Concept of I", "The Nature of Pure Awareness", "Subtlety", "Negation", "In the Light", meditation instructions and many more. We will discuss all these topics as well as the basic elements of Jnana Yoga as a method of self-knowledge. 

Program via Zoom: 
Saturday to Saturday
08:05 - 09:00 Lecture
21:05 - 22:00 Lecture (except Tuesday)

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Daily 07:00 and 20:00 Satsang with meditation and mantra chanting
Daily 09:15 and 16:15 (16:30 on Fridays) Yoga class

Online Price: 92 €

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Asana classes and guided meditations are usually in German. If you need translation for asana classes, please let us know when you register.

The Shiva Samhita – together with the Hatha Yoga Pradipika and the Gheranda Samhita – is one of the three major traditional classical hatha yoga texts. With her knowledge and decades of personal experience Swami Saradananda, in her clear and precise teaching style, will guide you through this often neglected yet important text. This is an especially attractive course for  yoga teachers who want to give their teaching and their own practice a new spiritual dimension and depth.

As in all hatha yoga scriptures, the regular practice of asanas, pranayama, mudras, bandhas, kriyas and meditation is advocated to lead you to higher knowledge and greater inner experience. Swami Saradananda will give you special introductions to chakra meditations, as well as special energy- and breathing techniques. She is the author of several books on these topics and she has been teaching yoga for almost forty years.

Hatha yoga and teaching techniques:

• Structuring of hours
• Better communication with participants
• Yoga for Advanced students
• Energetic effects of asanas, pranayama and other subtile aspects
• Dealing with Kundalini experience, energy experience and expansion of consciousness
• Guided chakra meditations
• Deepening your chakra work and its application in asana classes

Required Book: Shiva Samhita

Online Price: 399 €

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The Shiva Samhita – together with the Hatha Yoga Pradipika and the Gheranda Samhita – is one of the three major traditional classical hatha yoga texts. With her knowledge and decades of personal experience Swami Saradananda, in her clear and precise teaching style, will guide you through this often neglected yet important text. This is an especially attractive course for  yoga teachers who want to give their teaching and their own practice a new spiritual dimension and depth.

As in all hatha yoga scriptures, the regular practice of asanas, pranayama, mudras, bandhas, kriyas and meditation is advocated to lead you to higher knowledge and greater inner experience. Swami Saradananda will give you special introductions to chakra meditations, as well as special energy- and breathing techniques. She is the author of several books on these topics and she has been teaching yoga for almost forty years.

Hatha yoga and teaching techniques:

• Structuring of hours
• Better communication with participants
• Yoga for Advanced students
• Energetic effects of asanas, pranayama and other subtile aspects
• Dealing with Kundalini experience, energy experience and expansion of consciousness
• Guided chakra meditations
• Deepening your chakra work and its application in asana classes

Required Book: Shiva Samhita

Shared room €724; double room €877; single room €1.034; dormitory/tent/caravan €602

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Ayurveda is the world's oldest holistic healing system. Ayurvedic treatment aims at balancing the Doshas to neutralize the disease process. By balancing the Doshas, the root of the disease process is cut off.
The basic rule is - whatever we can do for ourselves to improve our own health is more effective in the long run than what another person can do for us. As long as we are not living in harmony with our Prakriti (constitution) we cannot expect to be really healed by any method. Ayurveda emphasizes the importance of Ahara and Vihara (food and regimen) based on different Ritu kaalaas (seasons).Thereby maintaining a healthy state of body and mind.
Ayurvedic remedies work on a subtle internal level by correcting and improving the life force. Satwik or pure lifestyle gives peace and clarity of mind.
Our food ingredients like Ginger, Curcumin, Pepper, Cumin seed, coconut oil, sesame, coriander, Fenugreek, Garlic etc are the very powerful tools for many  disease conditions. As Taittiriyopanishad  says "Ahamannam,  Ahamannam,  Ahamannam,  Ahamannada" (I am food,  I am the eater of food and I eat  the eater  of food) and "Annam Brahma " (food  is Brahma).

Shared room €391; double room €476; single room €563; tent/caravan €323

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This advanced course is designed for those who wish to deepen their knowledge of yoga and yoga therapy. Students will learn the basic concepts of Panchakosha Tattwa (the five sheaths of life), aadhi (stress), vyadhi (disease), and aadhija vyadhi (psychosomatic ailment).

They will be introduced to the techniques used in Yoga Therapy and Yogic Physiotherapy: breathing movements, asanas, pranayamas, shat kriyas (cleansing exercises), cyclic relaxation, prana channeling, and various meditation techniques. Yoga therapy works on many levels to erase psychosomatic ailments and alleviate such diseases as asthma and allergy, back pain, knee pain, headache and migraine, arthritis, anxiety and depression, and muscular dystrophy.

After consultation with the patient, the therapist recommends and teaches various techniques. The patient then practices on his/her own until the illness is controlled or cured. Yoga Vasishta, Taitariya Upanishad, Prasna Upanishad, Yoga Sutra, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Gheranda Samhita, and Bhagavad Gita are among the traditional texts that provide the theory, as well as the practices, used in Yoga Therapy.
This course places emphasis on experiencing the wisdom of yoga, rather than merely acquiring information.

Shared room €2.455; double room €2.929; single room €3.420; dormitory/tent/caravan €2.080

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The Ramayana, by Valmiki, is one of the great epic poems of India. It invites you to expand your understanding of yoga beyond the mat. Ramayana shows that life is yoga, and yoga is life!

Ramayana teaches the essence of yoga in the form of a story…the story of our lives. Its characters represent various aspects of our being. Ramayana throws light on the purpose of life, advocating a life of purpose. We can find strands of Raja Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Jnana Yoga as well as Karma Yoga in Ramayana. Join us to explore this wonderful ancient text.

Shared room €180; double room €216; single room €251; dormitory/tent/caravan €155

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In this seminar, you will learn to bring yourself to a deep state of relaxation and meditation – and how to bring your mind out of this state gradually and effectively. You will practice Nyasa, Pratyahara and Chidakasha Dharana, which facilitate an internalization of the mind. The end result is a highly developed state of awareness and relaxation.

Yoga Nidra is one of Swami Satyananda Saraswati’s major contributions to modern-day spiritual life. He derived the practice from the Tantras, where it is defined as psychic and dynamic sleep. It is a method of relaxing by creating one-pointedness of mind. The seminar leader, Dr. Nalini Sahay, trained with Swamiji at the Bihar School of yoga

Yoga teachers will learn to give detailed explanations of Yoga Nidra, ensuring that they are clear in their comprehension of the subject. With practice, participants will learn to be completely aware and effortlessly relaxed.

Course content

• How to remain aware
• What is Nyasa? How is it applied in Yoga Nidra?
• How pratyahara is practiced in Yoga Nidra. Antar Mouna will be taught
• How to become focused and remain energized
• How to experience complete relaxation
• Practices of chidakasha dharana
• Detailed practices of visualisation, including:
  • Psychic centre visualization
  • Psychic symbol visualization
  • Eyebrow centre/Om visualization
  • Asana Visualization
  • Rapid image visualisation
  • Aura visualization
  • Golden egg visualization
  • Story visualisation

Prerequisite: Yoga Teachers’ Training + 7-day Yoga Nidra 1 course

Shared room €574; double room €691; single room €813; dormitory/tent/caravan €480

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Introduce your students to the concept of chakras and how they relate to yoga practice, as you deepen your own understanding. This seminar will look at the functions and reciprocal influences of the chakras on each other and on the unconscious and conscious minds. As an advanced training for yoga teachers, it is unique in its practical as well as its theoretical approach to this much talked about topic.

Adapt your yoga practice to move energy upward to higher consciousness. Access the equally important “step-down” work of these swirling vortexes of subtle energy. This seminar looks at ways that you and your students can use the chakras to manifest your ideas and dreams into a more creative embodiment. Swami Saradananda is recognized as an international authority on Chakras.

Her books include:

• “Chakra Meditation”
• “The Essential Guide to Chakras”
• “The Power of Breath”

Shared room €662; double room €781; single room €901; dormitory/tent/caravan €568

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Kriya Yoga with Yogananda’s Energization Exercises: Swamiji will introduce you to the original Kriya Yoga tradition of Mahavatar Babaji, the deathless Himalayan Yogi who reintroduced the lost science of Kriya Yoga for a new age of emerging higher consciousness. Kriya Yoga is considered one of the easiest and fastest ways to gain control of the mind and prana, to develop strong concentration, peace of mind, and Self-Realization. Swamiji will give all the Yogic and Meditation practices necessary to begin a steady meditation practice, and preparation for initiation into Kriya Yoga as well as the Energization Exercises, a set of 39 Exercises developed by Paramahansa Yogananda. After regular practice of the Introductory Kriya Yoga practices, Swamiji will offer full Initiation and practical instruction into the higher practices of Kriya Yoga Proper, the First Main Kriya, of the four total Kriyas. That can be given when Swamiji comes to Germany at the end of his Kriya Yoga seminars.
The course will be taught in English with German translation. 

For the course you need:
•  a quiet room without disturbance
•  Yoga mat or carpet
•  stable internet connection
•  Computer or tablet (smartphone if necessary) with camera and microphone, with which you can dial in via zoom

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Asana classes and guided meditations are usually in German. If you need translation for asana classes, please let us know when you register

Asana classes and guided meditations are usually in German. If you need translation for asana classes, please let us know when you register.

Raja Yoga, Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra, meditation, teaching techniques, Sanskrit, asana variations, shankprakshalama, Kundalini Yoga.

This seminar investigates how, in his landmark scripture on classical yoga, Patanjali approaches eternal psychological, philosophical and spiritual questions. You will find that there is much more there than the usual focus on the eight limbs of Raja Yoga.

Shared room €724; double room €877; single room €1.034; tent/caravan €602

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The Yoga Vashishta is an unbeatable guide to happiness in the midst of all the vicissitudes of life! Look forward to a very special, once-in-a-lifetime seminar. The highest philosophical wisdom will be sensitively, intuitively and wisely interpreted and explained.

The Yoga Vasishta is one of the most important Jnana Yoga texts. Prince Rama fees despair because of the suffering he sees in the world; he seeks a deeper meaning to life. His guru, the wise Vasishta, explains to him the highest wisdom of Vedanta, the philosophy of Oneness. The work is full of incredible stories - sometimes funny, often surreal, in parallel universes and worlds - to show us the illusionary nature of this world and our usual notions of "me" and "world".

But, the Yoga Vasishta is not a work solely for scholars and world-renouncing ascetics. Its basic message is: realise that behind the seemingly relative world there is an absolute manifested Truth. Realise that you are in fact Brahman, pure consciousness and break free from all limiting identifications. This is the way to overcome suffering and live happily.

Teaching techniques and hatha yoga

• Lesson design, didactics and individual corrections
• Beginners: corrections and assistance
• Intermediate: corrections and assistance
• Yoga Therapy. Yoga for special problems. Mutual exchange.
• Yoga for the Heart (Ornish Programme)
• Yoga for the back
• Yoga for joint problems
• Yoga for breathing problems (asthma and others)
• Yoga for psychosomatic complaints
• Yoga in a wheelchair. Gentle variation of the Yoga Vidya series for people with physical ailments.
• Teaching relaxation workshops.
• Responding to individual questions from your teaching practice

Hatha Yoga

• Learn advanced techniques
• Shankh-prakshalana: cleansing the entire digestive system
• Hatha Yoga and Sports Medicine; structure of the muscles. How the muscles are influenced by the practice of yoga?
• Yoga as an endurance, flexibility, strength and coordination training
• Relaxation and stress management
• Scientific research on the effects of yoga
• Relaxation techniques
• Mental training
• Yoga and health
• Yoga in daily life
• Health insurance and yoga

Required text:

"Yoga Vasishta" (Eng. Edition, published by Yoga Vidya Verlag)

Shared room €724; double room €877; single room €1.034; dormitory/tent/caravan €602

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The Yoga Vashishta is an unbeatable guide to happiness in the midst of all the vicissitudes of life! Look forward to a very special, once-in-a-lifetime seminar. The highest philosophical wisdom will be sensitively, intuitively and wisely interpreted and explained.

The main topics in this seminar are the same as in the intensive A7 training (see description above), but there are additional Vedanta lectures from 2pm-3:45pm and other teaching techniques. This course is for those who have already attended an A-training.

Required text:

"Yoga Vasishta" (Eng. Edition, published by Yoga Vidya Verlag)

Shared room €724; double room €877; single room €1.034; dormitory/tent/caravan €602

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Marmas make up the meridian point system of Ayurveda, they correspond to organs, nerves, and bodily systems. Through manipulation of marmas by means of abhyanga (massage), mardana (acupressure), aromatherapy, pranic healing, herbs (lepa), raktamokshan (blood-letting), marma puncture, and agni karma, blockages in prana (life energy) can be removed and energy flow stimulated, resulting in a healthy state of body, mind and spirit.

The workshop includes:

• Introduction of Marma Therapy and its history
• Marma disorders and types of treatment
• Marma and Chakra
• Marma and constitutions
• Pulse and tongue diagnosis
• Psychological aspect of marma therapy
• Different meridian systems of marma therapy
• Marma location & identification
• Marma & ayurvedic oils
• Marma meditation

Shared room €662; double room €781; single room €901; dormitory/tent/caravan €568

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Asana classes and guided meditations are usually in German. If you need translation for asana classes, please let us know when you register.

Marma points are secret points located throughout the body. Feet massage is one of the daily routine mentioned in Ayurveda to keep our self healthy. It is not only preventive in nature but also curative in nature. During this education you will learn following aspect of Marma Massage on feet:

•    Marma meaning and historical background
•    Marma and Chakra
•    Types of marma points
•    Anatomical location of Marma points on feet
•    Self Marma feet massage
•    Different methods of Marma therapy on feet
•    Different oils used for Marma therapy on feet

Shared room €180; double room €216; single room €251; dormitory/tent/caravan €155

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