Shantarasa Yoga Teacher Training

Shantarasa Yoga is a very interesting place if you are someone who has a passion to venture beyond the ordinary. We present a fascinating mix of tools to expand and explore the vast reservoir of potential that we all carry. The technologies developed by yoga, over millennia, provide potent and direct pathways into realms of insight, vision and inspiration not easily accessed through other means.

Immersion in serious yoga practice does bring about transformation- of self identity and interface with the world around us. There is no doubt that the study of yoga asana (postures) can eventually lead to meeting with the deeper dimensions of yoga, but the fundamental change yoga extends to us comes from transcending, not enhancing body image and physical fitness. The body is the vehicle into more refined states of expanded consciousness and as such is trained along with awareness to become a fit receptacle to manifest the presence of the higher Self.

The Yoga Teacher Trainings levels 1, 2 & 3 (basic, intermediate & advanced) embody a holistic approach. Significant time and energy is dedicated to exploring the vast field of yoga wisdom ways as well as comprehensive asana training. Teachers emerge from these programs as highly competent facilitators of yoga asana, capable and skilled in guiding their students into safe and satisfying practice. Other criteria are also essential for developing into wise and inspiring facilitators of yoga asana, such as deep personal commitment to one’s ongoing unfoldment that is sustained by regular practice of ethics and values, self inquiry, contemplation and study of guiding yoga principles and scriptures. Becoming an instructor of yoga asana is more than a career, it is a vocation that give enormous meaning and depth to the practitioner’s everyday experience. The Shantarasa approach, through its teacher training programs yields a harvest of untold richness for the adventurous and bold seeker.

The yoga teacher training programs we have designed and deliver currently in Australia, India and New York are the products of a lifetime of study, immersion in practice and one pointed commitment to authentic yoga practice. Keval and Sadhana Pezet have each been fully engaged in yoga study since the early 1970s, and continue to practice and study on a daily basis. Eventually the influence of consistent, devoted practice (abhyasa) enters into every facet of living.

Journey beyond the ordinary and into the vast heart of Yoga with Shantarasa Yoga. Contact us for a comprehensive information packet and initiate this life changing adventure. Take a minute longer to see what comments and perspectives some course graduates have posted here...

"If you want to give yourself one of the greatest gifts of your lifetime, I would encourage you to enroll in the The Living Path of Yoga Study program. I was both excited and nervous to sign on, as I didn't know exactly what I was stepping into. The program was much more than I ever could have imagined or anticipated. The leaders/instructors Sadhana and Kevel Pezet took us on a deep, rich and delicious journey for the mind, body and spirit. We were equal parts challenged and nurtured every step of the way. The depth of their knowledge and passion for The Living Path of Yoga was extraordinary. They do not simply teach--they live and embody The Living Path of Yoga. Every aspect of the program: from the Asana practice, to the well thought out lessons, selections of reading materials and audio visual supplements was done with great care. I read and re-read my notebooks from our study sessions on a daily basis. It would not be an understatement to say The Living Path of Yoga has been a once in a lifetime experience that I will strive to carry deeply within and throughout every aspect of my life."

- MARIANNE MURRAY, WALDEN, NEW YORK 2012

The effort I've put into yoga in the passed 3 years has transformed my life. However the work I've done with Sadhana and Keval in the passed year has deepened my practice to a level I didn't foresee reaching in this stage. The knowledge they put forth is coming from 2 lifetimes of direct experience and gives you a comprehensive understanding of not just yoga, but yourself.

- DANIELLE MARTINO, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 2012

"There are few experiences in our life that we can truly pin-point as life changing. I chose to seek out a yoga instructors course in the hope of getting some direction in my life but what I received from the Shantarasa Instructor Course held at Shanti Mandir in India is truly impossible to put into words. I am so grateful to have been involved in such a traditional and holistic training program full of integrity and authenticity. It is saddening to see the way Western society has appropriated yoga from the East, so much of the philosophy and meaning behind this ancient tradition has been left behind. Participation in this course in either Australia or India will open your body, mind and soul to the intended experience of yoga in its entirety and completeness and help you to become not only the best teacher you can be but also the best person. The experience of the course at the ashram in India is unparalleled to anything I have experienced before, an experience that would be impossible to regret!"

- HANNAH BEVAN, ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA 2012

"This study course, along with all the other courses I have participated in through Shantarasa, give such a deep and rich living experience of the Yogic philosophical content. The feeling and insight is profound and I am so thankful to have found myself being awakened to that place of natural inner stillness and joy again and again and again."

- CHAMUNDA GREENBERG, ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA 2011

"I undertook the Level 1 Hatha Yoga Teacher Training course in April 2015 in Adelaide, Australia. From the first moment of the training I felt an amazing energy and integrity from the teachers, Sadhana & Keval. It was a beautiful teaching and environment and fellow students were wonderful. I would strongly recopmmend this course for anyone looking to deepen the understanding of Yoga and themselves."

- MARCUS TOOP, ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA 2015

"I'm really happy that I did this course; all of the staff were patient and supportive during my learning process. This was really important for me because I didn't have a strong yoga experience and I wasn't sure if I was capable of teaching with my body.

During the classes and with every asana, I started to connected with my body for first time; I felt muscles on my back that I didn’t know I was able to move. I felt the prana moving in my body and the energy was amazing.

I’ve been a spiritual person, but through yoga I could connect my body and mind in a way that I’ve never thought. Bringing awareness to my life, intelligence to my postures every day, meditation and chanting that are the key to evolve and let patterns go in this playground that we call life.

Thank you for sharing this with me, for your patience and support."

- PAULA NARVAEZ, ADELAIDE , AUSTRALIA 2015