Sacred Scripture with Katie Rose (Online Advanced Teacher Training)

Drawing on the Bhagavad Gita and the Yoga Sutras, learn how to effectively integrate spiritual teachings of yoga into your classes naturally, without being too ‘out-there’ or ‘over-sharing’ your personal story. Learn the philosophy of yoga in relation to daily life, mantra, and chanting with Nada yoga (music). Explore what it means to be a spiritual activist and the path of the yogi in the modern world.

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It is important for yoga teachers to study the philosophical Scriptures of yoga for many reasons. Some of these include: 

• Teaching from ’source’ to honor lineage and yoga’s cultural roots
• Having a point of difference and competence as a yoga teacher 
• Offering our students the full spectrum of the richness of the teachings 
• The beauty, poetry, and sweet mood of yoga (‘bhav’) is accessed and elevated through Scripture and understanding something about Sanskritskirt, the ancient Indian language

There are many conversations at this time about cultural appropriation and yoga teaching - when we understand and teach through the lens of Scripture, particularly the ethics of the Yamas and Niyamas (Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra) we are much less likely to cause offense or misrepresent yoga. 

My teacher David Life calls English the language of ’trade and commerce’ and Sanskrit the language of ‘poetry and philosophy’. Through looking at the Scriptures in their original format we understand the depth of yoga. 

“We need a language such as Sanskrit to capture the complexity of our deeper nature. It doesn’t make sense to use the language of the analyzing mind to cut through its own illusions, so we employ the poetry, philosophy, and vibration of Sanskrit to balance the limitations of our thinking, describing, analyzing mind.” (Russell Paul) 

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This Sacred Scripture is very practical, relevant, and alive. We don’t get too ‘academic’ or bogged down in the scholarly study. You will learn to understand the original Scriptures, bring them to life in your own worldview and experience and then develop the tools to share them skillfully with your students. 

Accreditation: 

You will gain 25 CPD hours. 

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For those taking other advanced training modules with Sukha Mukha, this works towards your 350HRS TT or 500HRS TT certificate.

To get accreditation you must have done 200 hours of yoga teacher training. The course is open to everyone but only certified yoga teachers can get the certification.

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Please note that we do not offer any refunds. Payments are non-refundable. Payment in part or in full confirms your place and is therefore binding. In special circumstances, if you are unable to attend the course for which you have booked we may consider a transfer or a credit note, at our discretion. Credit notes WILL NOT be offered after the date of the course that has lapsed. Sukha Mukha Yoga serves the right to change the location or the hours of the training if the need arises.