60hr meditation, pranayama & mantra teacher training
with Nico Luce and Michela Montalbetti
This module is dedicated to learning how to teach and hold space for the most subtle practices of yoga that have a profound effect in our mind and psyche with the potential to transform our state of consciousness. The benefits of these practices are well known and much needed in our world today, from stress management, improving concentration and lengthening attention span to emotional well being, enhanced self-awareness and inner peace.
As yoga teachers, we strive to help our students in any way we can, and adding guided meditations, precise breathing techniques and meaningful mantras to your yoga classes will make the experience more powerful and effective. Teaching these will demand your greatest awareness, sensitivity and grace, qualities you can cultivate and apply to every aspect of your life.
Topics covered in the program:
How to guide meditation sessions
Practice and study of a wide range of Pranayama techniques
Mantra Immersion
The core teachings and symbolism of The Ramayana
A complete training manual in english will be provided covering all the topics presented in the program.
Sample daily schedule:
8:00 to 9:00 Meditation, Pranayama & Mantra practice
9:00 to 11:00 Vinyasa practice
11:00 to 12:00 Breath Anatomy, physiology & techniques
12:00 to 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 to 14:00 Discussion on the Ramayana & Mantra Immersion
14:00 to 15:30 Teaching methodology & practice teaching
15:30 to 16:30 Closing Restorative/Yin practice
Pre-training Required Reading:
The Ramayana is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the Mahābhārata in which we find the Bhagavad Gita.
This epic story narrates the life of Rama, a legendary prince of an ancient kingdom. It follows his fourteen-year exile to the forest, his travels across India with his wife Sita and brother Lakshmana, the kidnapping of his wife by Ravana the great king of Lanka, resulting in a war with him and Rama's eventual return home to be crowned king.
The Ramayana depicts the duties of relationships with the cast main characters: the ideal father, the ideal servant, the ideal brother, the ideal husband, the ideal wife and the ideal king. Like The Mahabharata, the Ramayana presents the teachings of ancient Hindu sages in narrative allegory, interjecting philosophical and ethical elements.
Due to the length of the text, you are required to read it in advance so we can later discuss as a group the insights you drew from it, as well as the qualities and symbolism of its main characters and the core teachings of this masterpiece.
About Michela Montalbetti
Michela teaching style is personal as she studied with amazing teachers of different lineages, Iyengar, Forrest Yoga, Ashtanga, among others. Her students appreciate her warm-hearted yet strong classes infused with lightness, compassion, philosophical insights and a sense of humour. She teaches retreats, Teacher Trainings and workshops and likes to spend the winter months close to warm waters with waves. Surfing is part of her practice as much as being a student is. Michela is also a writer and translator, the search of the right wording and a very personal way of transmitting the essence of yoga is her contemporary homage in order to help and support every students to discover the profound wisdom of this ancient practices. Michela teaches full time and owns Casa Corvo.
Dates:
This training is divided into two 4-day modules, scheduled approximately two months apart.
Part 1: May 12 to 15, 2022
Part 2: June 9 to 12, 2022
Cost:
€ 1,000 Early Bird price for registrations prior to February 12, 2022
€ 1,200 Regular Fee
The full amount must be payed one month prior the start of the training.
In order to reserve your spot in this training you transfer a non-refundable deposit of € 300 at the time of registration. The remaining amount needs to be transferred to the same account one month prior to the start of the training, by April 12, 2022.
For graduates of any 200 hour Yoga Alliance certified training, the full extent of this program can be applied towards the Luce Yoga 300 hour certification, and is eligible for Continuing Education Units (CEUs) with Yoga Alliance.