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The group of 7 students, who commenced in Sep 2004 and
who is currently in their 4th year, went out to Auroville
with Tutors Gabi Gillessen and Liz Moffat, for an intensive
and challenging 2 week India experience. This is a first for
the IYA, and a tentative step to yet again redefine the
scope and standards for the Teacher Training Course. The
program is based in Verite community in Auroville, the
International city in Tamil Nadu, India. The community
provides residence and vegetarian cooking, as well as
laundry and a bicycle. The yoga studio is on the premises,
and has a beautiful view over the gardens and a lovely
ambience inside. The program covers Asana practise,
philosophy, Teaching methods and Integration of the
experience, as well as guest lecturers from Auroville and
plenty other activities, sight seeing and networking to
hopefully make this an unforgettable experience.
"We really got to eat, sleep & breathe Yoga - India
experience really touched me more than anything one could be
taught in a class"
"Best experience of my life"
"One of the best experience of my life - loved it!"
"Brilliant experience, icing on the cake, invaluable, tough
to travel that distance, I should have stayed longer! Have
the IYA to thank." |
Yoga
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Accommodation photos
Events photos
Auroville photos
Yoga show photos |
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My experience by Monique Walsh
It was a real
privilege to spend two weeks in a community in Auroville in
the South of India with my fellow trainees and tutors as
part of our final year teacher training course. Not only did we have our six hours daily
yoga sessions in a beautiful space, we enjoyed lovely
vegetarian organic ayurvedic food, no sign of alcohol or
coffee! Very good detox after Christmas! We all felt the
better for it.
New Years Eve was spent in a Tibetan pavilion lit up with
2008 candles and to the sound of beautiful chanting. We also
had the unique experience of meditating in the inner chamber
of the Matrimandir, this was a very special and sacred space
and I felt like being in an ancient Egyptian pyramid.
Gabi kept us busy organizing various visits to many
different communities in Auroville and some projects in
surrounding Indian villages.
We walked up a sacred mountain and visited Hindu
temples and Ashrams… and all this in a very pleasant
sunshine! I
would highly recommend it to anybody.
A big thank you to Gabi who kindly
organized this marvelous trip and to the whole group for
being so supportive all along the way.
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Travel Log by Gabi Gillessen
Daily summary of our experience in
India.
Read More
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Auroville.
International city, 7km from Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, India.
Website: www.auroville.org
Students are staying in Verite community.
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4th – 7th -
International Yoga Festival
This festival brings in participants from all over the world
between the 4th to the 7th January every year. The festival
includes talks, discussions, exchange of ideas, consultation
and demonstration of techniques. Classical Indian dance and
music programme every day.
Weebsite:
Puducherry-the spiritual land where many Siddha and Saints
attained salvation. In this beautiful and peaceful spiritual
land, many research works were done on yoga and two Yoga
Institutions of world fame are functioning. The Government
of Puducherry has been conducting the International Yoga
Festival since 1993. After seeing the response and
enthusiasm shown by the participants from all over the world
and from India, the Government of Puducherry has decided to
conduct the festival regularly every year. The Yoga Festival
for the year 2007 will be conducted from 4.1.2008 to
7.1.2008 at Puducherry. The final round of Yogasana
Excellence Demonstration will be held on 7.1.2007 forenoon
and valedictory function will be held the same evening. The
programme consists of practical Yogasana classes every
morning and discussions on various topics on Yoga. The
Yogasana competition will also be held on all days of the
festival. The festival aims at the development of the
conscious process at physical, mental, emotional and
spiritual levels and completeness in every aspects of life.
Yoga show photos
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Tiruvanamalai
Hindu Temple and Sri Ramana Maharishi Asram
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