If you’re ready to apply yoga philosophy to your own life—or teach it with clarity and feeling—my classes and workshops create space to sharpen your thinking, steady your inner life, and connect your practice to what matters now.
Practical Sanskrit for Yoga Teachers
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Hi Reader, Do any of these sound like you? → "I want to use Sanskrit in my classes but I'm worried that I won't pronounce it right." → "I'm afraid that I don't know enough about what the words mean to answer questions that my students might have about them." → "I don't know if it's appropriate for me to use Sanskrit in my classes because I'm not Indian and I don't want to offend anyone." → "I'm concerned that using Sanskrit terminology might make yoga sound like a religion or maybe even put me in conflict with my own religion." If so, my next live online mini-course is for you: PRACTICAL SANSKRIT FOR YOGA TEACHERS Tuition: $64 Many teachers think you have to be a Sanskrit scholar to be able to use Sanskrit intelligently and authentically in a yoga class. Trust me: you don't. In fact, an academic approach to Sanskrit can bury the information you need under a lot of information that you don't need. This mini-course is a straight-forward approach to meeting the real needs of yoga teachers who want to level up their pronunciation, comprehension, and appreciation of Sanskrit. After you take this course,
Academic courses offer expensive and time-consuming ways to acquire a lot of detailed knowledge that you'll never use in your classes and workshops. This mini-course is different. In 3 hours of progressive study, we stay focused on the aspects of Sanskrit knowledge that really matter for yoga teachers. PRACTICAL SANSKRIT FOR YOGA TEACHERS Tuition: $64 The course will be recorded: replay links will be emailed to all registered participants after each class. Participants can receive 3 hours of CE credit with Yoga Alliance. If you have any questions about this mini-course, just reply to this email! Hoping you're well in all respects, Hari-k |
Hari-kirtana das
If you’re ready to apply yoga philosophy to your own life—or teach it with clarity and feeling—my classes and workshops create space to sharpen your thinking, steady your inner life, and connect your practice to what matters now.
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