Ayurveda Sadhana Training with Katie Manitsas

An Ayurvedic training for yogis with Katie Manitsas (and guest teacher Rachel Nokes). We will explore food, sadhana, lifestyle protocols, understanding the seasons, your own unique dharma and constitution and that of your families and friends. We will practice and investigate building an asana practice to work for your dosha as well as engaging with the role of ritual and developing bhakti through chanting.  We will practice yoga (suitable for all levels), lectures, practical demonstrations, discussion and on the last day we will make a beautiful nature mandala ceremony together.  Ayurveda is a great passion in Katie’s life and the teachings have given her true joy and harmony.

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‘My lineage in terms of Ayurveda is with the Wise Earth School of Ayurveda under the direct mentorship of Maya Tiwari (Mother Maya) for many years.  I have studied in the USA, India, UK and Australia.  I’ve also completed panchakarma in both India and Sri Lanka.  I’ve been applying and living these principles for many years both as a mother in terms of caring for my family and for self-care and this training is my own personal expression of how Ayurveda has served my practice and my life.  The focus is on hands on application and conscious spiritual practice (Sadhana) rather than theory, although we will cover all the basics of Sanskirt terminology and understanding traditional scriptural advice.’ Katie Manitsas

 

Modules include:

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• Yoga practices for all three doshas (we will practice together and learn about tailoring practice for individuals)

• Making seasonal masalas (spice blends) or ayurvedic oil blends

• The six seasons according to Ayurveda and links to Indigenous Australian (Aboriginal) calendars and understanding of the Australian seasonal cycles.

• Food as memory, ancestry and immunity (ojas)

• Kitchen Sadhana and our food habits

• Daily rituals and cleansing techniques for health (kriyas)

• Chakras through the lens of ayurveda

• Chanting and learning mantras for specific uses, developing your meditation practice

• Peace mandala flower ritual

 

Accreditation: 

At the moment this training is not accredited but modules can be used towards CPD points with Yoga Australia and Yoga Alliance.  As a yoga teacher you would find this training offers lots of opportunities for you to integrate the teachings of Ayurveda into your work.  A certificate of attendance will be issued to each student upon completion.

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The Teachers:

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Katie Manitsas is an advanced level Jivamukti Yoga Teacher and a Wise Earth Ayurveda master teacher.  She is also qualified in Kundalini Yoga and as a doula (childbirth support person) and holds the highest possible accreditations with both Yoga Alliance and Yoga Australia.  She has been teaching yoga for over 20 years.  Katie’s passion is in yogic philosophy and the seasonal practices of sadhana – bringing devotion and a sense of the sacred to everyday life, as well as compassion for animals and a deep reverence for nature.  Katie is a published author of several books including ‘The Yoga of Birth’.  She is the mother of four young boys and lives with her loud and busy family in Sydney’s Inner West.

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Rachel Nokes attended her first Yoga class in London in the late 90’s and was struck by how serene the teacher was. After travelling to India on a healing journey for three months 2006, she knew she wanted Yoga in her life for ever. She first studied yoga teaching under the guidance of Katie Mantisas (Jivamukti Yoga) in 2007 and has continued learning ever since. She now studies in the linage of Krishnamacharya with her teacher for the past 6 years Dr N Chandrasekaran. Rachel studies Ayurveda with Dr Rama Prasad, Mother Maya, David Frawley and returns to India annually to continue her experience and learning in Yoga and Ayurveda. She has 13 years clinical experience as a counselling therapist, a Diploma in Counselling and Group work, a Graduate Diploma in Relationship Counselling and certificates in Ayurveda lifestyle consulting, massage and pharmacy. Rachel has started the first teacher training in the Illawarra at Ray of light and is guest teaching Ayurveda and Yoga philosophy on other teacher trainings.

ull payment must be made before the training commences, payment is transferable but NOT refundable once your booking has been accepted.
We are not taking partial enrolments, participants must pay for the whole training.

When: 22-23 June, 2018 (Friday evening and Saturday all day)

6-7 July (Friday evening and Saturday all day)

10-11 Aug (Friday evening and Saturday all day)

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Times: Friday session time is 6pm – 9pm

Saturday session times are  9.45am – 12.45pm and 2.30pm – 4.30pm

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Price: $1000 earlybird (ends 15th May 2018), $1250 full fee

Full payment must be made before the training commences, payment is transferable but NOT refundable once your booking has been accepted.

We are not taking partial enrolments, participants must pay for the whole training.

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