1st Level

1. Introductory ideas / Introductory elements concerning the centers of force (cakra-s) / The Warming Exercises and the Relaxation / Padahastasana / A note on Sanskrit transliteration / The Human Body / Introduction and Fundamental Principles of Yoga / About the seven cakra-s / What is Yoga?
2. Tadasana / Essential considerations for performing asana-s / Beginners’ purification practices (Kriya-yoga) / The Polarity of Energy / Bibliography 1 / What is Asana? / Info on purification issues & explanation of first Kriya-s / The Polarity of energy
3. Sahaja Agnisara Dhauti (+ info on manipura chakra) / The indriya-s and the cakra-s / Surya Namaskara – Salutation to the Sun / The eight stages of Yoga / Fundamental principles of Yoga / Chakra-s and indriya-s / Surya Namaskara and info on Shamanism / The eight stages of Yoga
4. Bhujangasana / Different positions concerning Yoga, and its various branches / Branches of Yoga / Pancakosa – the Five Bodies / Fundamental terms in Yoga / Branches of Yoga / The five bodies
5. Pashchimottanasana / Music Therapy / The human response to vibrations of various frequencies / On music meditation
6. Trikonasana / Yama and Niyama (1) / The cakra-s as resonators in consciousness / Introduction to Yama and Niyama & Ahimsa
7. Vajrasana (+ info on the diamond body) / The process of attention in the Yoga practice / The mental concentration in practice / If / Simple techniques of mental concentration and Shambhavi-mudra, stage 1
8. Chakrasana (+ info on dominant chakra issues) / Yama and Niyama (2) / Obstacles in the way of latent forces / Satyam
9. Gomukhasana / Healing strategies in Yoga (lecture ideas) / General elements in the Yoga practice / Healing strategies in Yoga
10. Sarvangasana (+ info on sublimation) / Yama and Niyama (3) / General recommendations for the practice of Yoga / Signs of success in Hatha-yoga / Asteya
11. Ardha Shirshasana / Vamana Dhauti / Vamana Dhauti explanation + info on Ayurvedic medicine
12. Uddiyana Bandha / Yama and Niyama (4) / Brahmacarya and amatory happiness / Brahmacarya + info on Tantric practice
13. Pavana-muktasana (+ info on vata dosha) / Hygienic and moral considerations on meat eating / The richest food in protein / The postures in Hatha-yoga / Vegetarianism and Yoga
14. Shalabhasana / Yama and Niyama (5) / The asana-s in Yoga / Aparigraha
15. Dhanurasana / Karma-yoga (renunciation of the fruits of action) / Dr. Swami Sivananda’s opinion of Hatha-yoga / Karma-yoga
16. Svastikasana / Yama and Niyama (6) / Thought-power / Shaucha
17. Garudasana - Vrikshasana / Varisara Dhauti (Sanka Praksalana) / Sanka Praksalana explanation
18. Halasana / Yama and Niyama (7) / General elements in Yoga / Santosha
19. Ardha Matsyendrasana (+ info on akasa tattva) / Yoga Nidra – the Yoga of mystic conscious sleep / Introduction to Nidra Yoga
20. Shirshasana / Yama and Niyama (8) / Elementary rules concerning Yogic diet / The energy circulation, according toYoga / Tapas
21. Laya-yoga through resonance-sound / Yama and Niyama (9) / Further information concerning the cakra-s / Laya Yoga – 1 / Svadhyaya
22. Basic tables of the olar interaction between lunar (Yin)(-) and solar Yang (+) / Laya Yoga – 2 / Yin-Yang in Yoga, and diet
23. Description of the glands corresponding to the cakra-s, in Ayurveda / Yama and Niyama (10) / Laya Yoga – 3 / Ishvarapranidhana
24. Final practical advice / Laya Yoga – 4 / Final ceremony