Complete Yantra Yoga program: preliminary series and 5 Yantra series | Weekly classes and one special workshop a month | Learn with teachers from all over the world | JOIN FOR FREE IN MAY!
A Year long Yantra Yoga program with instructors from around the world.
Come learn the detailed knowledge and practice of Yantra Yoga with an international team of authorized professionals who make this a unique opportunity. Each instructor and a Tibetan medicine practitioner will be teaching one of the 13 special workshops; additionally, a "lead instructor" will be accompanying practitioners, facilitating weekly practices and addressing doubts or questions that arise from the practice.
About Yantra Yoga:
Yantra yoga was originally brought to Tibet by Padmasambhava in the 8th century and entrusted to the scholar, master, and translator Vairochana who recorded the practice in a text known as the “Trulkor Nyida Khajor”, or the Union of Sun and Moon. It was first introduced to the West in the 1970s by one of the foremost Dzogchen masters of our time, Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, and later made openly available, understanding the immense benefit it holds for everyone.
What are the benefits of the Yantra Yoga practice?
About Tibetan Medicine
Traditional Tibetan Medicine is an ancient healing system deeply related to the practice of Yantra Yoga. This is why an overview of the principles of Tibetan medicine will make it easier not only to understand the method but also to understand why this ancient system of yoga is more than just a temporary healing practice- it can also be empowering for long-term health. Access our Tibetan Medicine workshop for free during our first month of trial!
Requirements
It is not necessary for students to have prior knowledge in Yantra Yoga or any other Yoga method.
The idea of the program is to offer opportunities to connect with the community of teachers and practitioners from around the world and to make the most of our collective experience. Thats why we encourage students to attend at least 50% of the workshops live, the rest of the workshops and all the weekly classes can be done live or deferred as best suits them.
People with prior knowledge of Yantra Yoga who wish to do a particular workshop/s and not the entire program, can do so as long as they know the previous content.
People new to Yantra Yoga who wish to do the program once it has started can do so, as long as they commit to watch the previous workshops and taking into account that this option will only be available until July 2023.
Program
Special workshops are offered once a month, with the exception of the month of May where we will have two workshops. The monthly workshops will be Saturdays 14.00 Pacific time.
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May 20th, 2023: Introduction to Yantra Yoga. Benefits and principles of the method. History. Structure of the practice. Exhaling the stale air, 9 purification breathing. By Luke Karamol & Paula Barry
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May 27th, 2023: Introduction to Tibetan medicine and its relation with the Yantra Yoga practice. By Matthew Schmookler
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June 3rd, 2023: First preliminary series: Tsigjon, loosening the joints. By Sean Read
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July 8th, 2023: Second preliminary series: Lungsang, the 8 movements to purify the prana. ( PART I ) By Vicki Sidley
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August 5th, 2023: Second preliminary series: Lungsang, the 8 movements to purify the prana. ( PART II ) By Haimavati Nakai
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September 9th, 2023: Third preliminary series: Tsadul, balancing the energy channels. By Alejandra Krasnogor
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October 7th, 2023: Rhythmic breathing. By Leticia Recepter
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November 4th, 2023: Vajra wave: serie to conclude a Yantra Yoga session. By Martin Fernandez Cufre
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December 2nd, 2023: The first series of Yantras. By Emily Coleing
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January 6th, 2024: Second series of Yantras. By Luke Karamol
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February 3rd, 2024: Second series of Yantras. By Sean Read
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March 2nd, 2024: Fourth series of Yantras. By Carolina Mingolla
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April 6th, 2024: Fifth series of Yantras. Teacher to be confirmed
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Testimonials
What our students say about the Yantra Yoga from A to Z program:
Laura Aristizabal Vega
“I really liked the yantra course from A to Z. It was a very nice experience to LEARN this traditional practice in a accompanied and unhurried process. I was able to incorporate the preliminary series into my personal practice as well as venture into the main series, savoring the kind effect of Yantra Yoga on my body, mind and energy. The process was enriched by the large staff of teachers who came to share their experience, which made each module a new universe opening up. Leticia has a very warm and clear way of teaching and the ability to accompany the process. I also really appreciated the weekly practice space, a familiar, daily and tender place where we open up to movement, breathing and presence.”
Juan Pablo Restrepo
“Yantra Yoga has opened up a more subtle dimension of physical practice for me. It has taught me to breathe deeply, to bring joy to smooth movement and to recognize the sensitivity of this body beyond (or closer to) the mechanical dimension that we usually inhabit. As a system I find that it reflects the precision and search of the ancestors of the tantric Buddhist tradition. But, at the same time, I find his proposal as an approach that contributes to our contemporary crisis where the disconnection of our sensibility and the discursiveness of the mind seem to monopolize our entire lives."
Luke Karamol
(USA)
Luke will be the lead teacher that will accompany you through the entire program. He has been studying and practicing yoga for over 25 years and teaches Tibetan yantra yoga and hatha yoga. He was authorized to teach yantra yoga through the Dzogchen master Chögyal Namkhai Norbu in 2013 and completed Level 2 yantra yoga supervision with Laura Evangelisti in 2017. Luke is a Registered Yoga Alliance hatha yoga instructor, a California licensed massage therapist and NAMA Ayurveda practitioner having trained at Mount Madonna Institute and Shubham Ayurveda in California and Pune, India. Luke lives in Oakland, California.
Paula Barry
(USA)
Paula has been a student of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu since 1982 and has been teaching Yantra Yoga for over 30 years. "In my experience, anybody can reap the benefits of Yantra Yoga by learning to breathe in a harmonious and fluid way, and by modifying the Yantras as necessary to suit one’s unique limitations while performing them precisely so as to experience their profound benefits."
Matthew Schmookler
(USA)
Matthew Schmookler completed the four-year program at the Shang Shung School of Tibetan Medicine in 2009. There, he studied with Tibetan scholar Dr. Phuntsog Wangmo. He did a multi-month residency with medical experts in Tibetan Medicine at the Teo Ngon College of Tibetan Medicine at Qinghai University in Amdo, Tibet. And received the title of Doctor after the final evaluations. Shortly thereafter, Matthew was authorized by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu to teach Tibetan Medicine. He is a Certified Instructor of Tibetan Yantra Yoga, tRespira Method, and Khaita Joyous Dances, as well as a California Certified Massage Therapist specializing in Tibetan Kunye Massage.
Vicki Sidley
(USA)
Vicki Sidley was born and raised in South Africa. She has resided in California since 1977. She began practicing Yoga in the early 70’s,
and has been a Yoga teacher since 2001, drawing from various yoga traditions including classical Hatha Yoga.
In early 2014 she discovered the Yantra Yoga of Dzogchen master Namkhai Norbu, and has been practicing this art regularly ever since.
She is a RESPIRA method teacher and in 2020 she was authorized by Fabio Andrico to teach the Eight Movements of Yantra Yoga, the Nine Purification Breathings, and the Rhythmic Breathing pranayama of Yantra Yoga.
Haimavati Nakai
(Brazil)
Haimavati Nakai was born and raised in Brazil. She is native of Portuguese, speaks fluent English, as well as some Spanish and Italian. Since a very young age, she has shown a deep interest in practices that involve the connection between body, energy, mind, and arts. But it was in Yantra Yoga that she found complete resonance and decided to dedicate herself to the study and practice of this method. She has been devoting herself with diligence and sincerity under the supervision and certification of the Great Dzogchen Master Chögyal Namkhai Norbu and the main Yantra Yoga teachers Fabio Andrico and Laura Evangelisti. She received her first diploma in 2010 directly from her Master’s hands for the first level of Yantra Yoga. At present, she is undergoing the final process of certification for Yantra Yoga Second level as well as Kumar Kumari (Children’s Yantra Yoga) and Pre-Natal Yantra Yoga Instructor Program. She has also studied the profound method of RESPIRA Method and the anatomy of breathing with Fabio Andrico and has been certified to teach this method.
Alejandra Krasnogor
(Uruguay)
Alejandra Krasnogor is an anthropologist and dancer. Since she was a girl she studied contemporary dance and later she experimented with various methods of movement. She also trained in Dance Movement Therapy and Authentic Movement. In 2008 she met the Master Chögyal Namkhai Norbu and since then she dedicated herself to Yantra Yoga and Vajra Dance (moving meditation method), which she began teaching in 2014 and 2016 respectively. In 2016 she also became a "Khaita" instructor (Joyful Tibetan Dances)
In 2020, she took intensive courses in the Gaga method - the language of movement created by Israeli choreographer and dancer Ohad Naharin - and is currently taking Butoh dance classes with Rhea Volij.
Alejandra has taught courses in Spain, the United States, and Argentina. She currently lives in Uruguay.
Naomi Zeitz
(USA)
Naomi Zeitz has been a student of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu and Yantra Yoga since 1987 and an authorized Yantra Yoga instructor since 2008. She teaches in a simple way profound breathing methods and works with people of all ages and physical conditions. Naomi is a highly dedicated and experienced teacher who is very clear when it comes to teaching subtle aspects, such as those related to breathing.
Martin Fernandez Cufre
(Argentina)
Martin has been practicing Yantra Yoga since 2010 when he met his teacher Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, from whom he received authorization to teach YY in 2017. He studied psychology (Universidad de Belgrano) and philosophy (Universidad de Buenos Aires). He received training in theater and dance in Buenos Aires and Mexico City. Since 2012 he has been studying the Tibetan language and is training as a translator of classical Buddhism texts. He has traveled and lived in various countries and currently resides in Uruguay.
Emily Coleing
(Australia)
Emily Coleing is a Yantra yoga teacher from Australia.
She was authorised in 2003 to teach this ancient form of yoga by the Tibetan master, Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, who first taught it in the West in the 1970s. Since then she has taught Yantra yoga in Australia, Noumea, New Zealand and Singapore, as well as Slovakia and France while living in Europe in 2006. She was certified as 2nd level in 2011. She teaches adult's and children’s Yantra yoga.
Emily is also trained in the yoga therapy tradition of Krishnamacharya and has been working for YogaKids Training Academy since 2019.
Sean Read
(Australia)
Sean has been actively teaching Yantra Yoga classes and workshops since he was authorised in 2014 in Australia and China both in person and online. In this time he has regularly travelled to attend courses to improve his knowledge and understanding of Yantra Yoga. Sean is also an opera singer and talented musician. (Photo by Robin Halls)
Carolina Mingolla
(Argentina)
Carolina Mingolla was born in Buenos Aires in 1978. She began practicing Yoga at the age of 19, and at the age of 22, she met her Teacher Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, who introduced her to the discipline of Yantra Yoga.
In 2005 she was authorized to teach the 1st level of Yantra Yoga and in 2010 she was certified as a 2nd level instructor.
Between 2010 and 2012 she assisted Fabio Andrico with his Yantra Yoga at Esalen (California), Kripalu (Massachusets) and Tara Mandala (Colorado).
Thanks to the training sessions in Hatha Yoga, Therapeutic Yoga, Spherodynamics and Eutonia, she deepened the application of a diversity of physical, respiratory and concentration exercises.
Today she lives in Tashigar Sur, the main seat of the Dzogchen Community for Latin America located in the center of Argentina, where she teaches onsite and online classes.
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Cancellation And Refund Policy
If you cancel the course booking within 14 calendar days of receiving your confirmation and before the start of the course without giving any reason, you are entitled to a full refund of the price paid minus bank fees (from 5% to 10%, depending on your country).
The cancellation period will expire 14 days after the date of the payment transaction. In that case, you will be entitled to a refund of the price minus 20%.
We will make the reimbursement within 5-10 working days depending on your financial institution
Important notification
This course is not a Yantra Yoga Teaching Training. All the content that you will learn in this course is for your own benefit and practice. It is not enough to fulfill this program to teach Yantra Yoga to other people.
If the circumstances are favorable, in order for you to teach Yantra Yoga, you’ll need to pass a teaching training, a supervision, and an authorization process.