Amrit Method Yoga and Yoga Teacher Training

Yoga Training

The Amrit Method is an authentic yoga practice built on ancient teachings with enormous relevancy for today’s world. This unique approach to yoga is designed to transform concepts and philosophy into a living reality for you, taking you to the direct experience of integration.

Whether you have already discovered the healing impact of hatha yoga, or are just beginning your yoga exploration, the Amrit Method offers a dimension of yoga training you won’t find anywhere else. Because it is easily accessible and adaptable to different levels of strength and ability, it is ideal for all spiritual seekers, health and therapy professionals, as well as teachers of any style or system of hatha yoga and meditation.

Amrit Yoga is a dynamic, active, and deeply meditative approach that cultivates optimum conditions for integration and transformation. It can empower you as never before, enabling you to manage your thoughts and emotions, and initiating deep and lasting transformation that will forever change your understanding of your Self and your relationships with others.

Amrit Method Trainings Embody the Teachings of Yoga

If you are on a personal path of self-healing and transformation, or are dedicated to becoming a teacher, Amrit trainings offer you the opportunity to learn masterful techniques while you gain the knowledge and confidence to transmit this refined yoga practice to others. These trainings are designed to: 

• Deepen your personal understanding and experience of yoga
• Connect you with the silent awareness at the core of your being that impacts every aspect of your life
• Help you find and release behaviors which are affecting your health and well being
• Build your physical, mental and emotional vitality

All training programs incorporate: 

• Classical yoga theory and teachings from ancient texts
• The Amrit Method view of energy, anatomy, pranayama and meditation
• The Amrit Method of Yoga, Yoga Nidra, and Quantum Breath Meditation
• Devotional practices (bhakti yoga)
• Instruction, practice and hands-on posture clinics
• Applied anatomy, modifications and assists, teaching techniques and practice teaching
• Sessions with Gurudev including mantra chanting, meditation, discourse and Q&A

In the sacred space of our training environments, you will develop powerful therapeutic tools that you can apply immediately in every area of your life, share with loved ones and pass along to students. Your personal experiences of Amrit Yoga will open your mind and awaken your heart. As your practice grows from discipline into love, you will be inspired to share your light with others.

Amrit Method of Yoga Level I Immersion: Transform Yourself

One 10-Day Session/100 hours

Open to all practitioners, this ten-day residential program is ideal for those seeking to develop and transform their own yoga practice on a deeper level. This program provides 100 hours of training, and may be used as the basis for future training should you want to become a teacher.

During the 10-day Immersion, under the direct guidance of Yogi Amrit Desai and Senior Teachers, you will learn:

• To maximize energy flow in every posture through application of press points and energetic extensions
• To use postures not just for exercise, but as a tool for self-study and Self-discovery
• Techniques to enable you to move beyond mental disturbances into the bliss of being present as you are

Amrit Method of Yoga Level I Teacher Certification: Transmit Yoga to the World

Two 10-Day Sessions/200+ hours (Immersion + Teacher Certification)
(Meets Yoga Alliance 200 Hour Certification requirements)

Building on the 10-day Immersion, Level I Teacher Certification requires an additional 10-day residential session of daily practice, lectures with Gurudev and Senior Amrit Teachers, posture clinics, scripture study, anatomy classes and group sharing.

In this program, you will learn:

• To guide students safely and effectively through 26 dynamic postures of the Amrit sequence
• Anatomy principles, assists and modifications to make asana practice accessible to every body
• A unique script to bring students into and out of postures using succinct, clear and effective language for awakening inner awareness

Amrit Method of Yoga Level II Teacher Certification: Enter the Deeper Subtler Aspects

Two 10-Day Sessions/200+ hours
(In combination with Amrit Method of Yoga Nidra Professional Trainings, meets Yoga Alliance 500 Hour Certification requirement)
*Offered every other year

Continuing the work of Level I Amrit Yoga Teacher Certification, this advanced training teaches you to guide yourself and your students from the willful practice of postures to a flow prompted by the inner urgings of prana. It blends deliberate action with surrender to inner guidance, encouraging prana to flow as you go deeply into your own experience guided by the wisdom of your body.

In this training you will learn:

• Breathing techniques to use as part of the sequence
• Micromovements, improvisations and variations to explore guided postures and connect with the urgings of prana
• How to use yoga postures to discover, consciously experience, and release unconscious patterns trapped in your body as inhibitions and fears, freeing your life energy to perform miracles of healing and rejuvenation
• Understanding and experience of the deeper meanings hidden in yogic scriptures and techniques that will allow you to bring practice into every aspect of your life and to experience integration no matter where you go, what you do, or who you are with