Texas Yoga Conference 2016

Om Is Where the Heart Is Mantra, Pranayama and Sacred Om Meditation by Tyagaraja Course Name and Description Om is Where the Heart Is! Drshthi Main Focus and Take Away Lesson: -Sanskrit Seed Sounds (Sanskrit Letters and Syllables) -A Meditation Practice: The Deeper Meaning of Omkara (the Om Mantra). Om is Where the Heart Is! -Simple Mantra Recitations. -How Mantra Relates to Pranayama and Meditation. -Worth 2 hours credit toward Advanced Yoga Teacher Training. There is a great amount of information about Yoga in the modern day, and rarely are there opportunities to dive deep into Ancient Sanskrit Sound and how it relates to yoga, meditation and our daily disciplines. Together we will study deeply Sanskrit Seed Sounds, Mantra and Pranayama, as well as, philosophy and Yogic Science from authentic ancient lineages. This Workshop welcomes beginners and would be ideal for new yoga teachers to advance their yogic disciplines. These techniques hail from ancient meditation lineages dating back more than 5,000 years. Vinyasa Flow of Events: -Introduction of teacher and History of Vedic tradition -Deeper meaning of Omkar -Meditation Practice with Ujjayi Pranayama and Pranava Udgitta Pranayama -Sanskrit Bheeja Mantra Sacred seed sounds -Practice Mantra Chanting into meditation -Short Break -Learn Simple Mantra Japa (Recitation) -Brahmana Gunjanam Pranayama -Omkara Meditation -Q&A Biography Tyagaraja has thousands of hours certified experience in Deep Yogic Heritage and hails from authentic Vedic Tradition. With all the Yogic experience, Tyagaraja still manages being an Artist, Musician and Performer, a Permaculture Designer, and CEO of his conscious business “Sustainable Humane Earth.” Tyagaraja is certified and trained in multiple styles of yoga such as: Yoga Vinyasa Krama, Yoga Therapy, Yoga for Children ages 5-18, Hamsa Yoga Tradition of Swamahiman Himalayan Mountain Path Yoga, Sri Mathru Devi Vishwashanthi Ashram Trust Chakra Meditation Technique, 6 Major Pranayama (breathing techniques), Iyengar Yoga—Pranayama—Meditation, Ashtanga Yoga, Kriya Mantra, Hatha Yoga, Raja Yoga and many styles of Meditation. Tyagaraja is also personally initiated by a rare Himalayan Monk and Sanskrit Scholar in the ancient Kriya Mantra Saadhana, and is a dedicated student of Sanskritic heritage.