200hr Mantra Training & Study Immersion

Pre-Recorded/Self-Paced/Virtual

Listen, chant and study at your own pace each month!

Receive your first teaching October 1st, 2023!

INTRODUCING! A 200Hr Mantra Training offered with a combination of pre-recorded audio teachings, homework assignments and Live virtual calls via Zoom. This format provides trainees with the ease and flexibility of learning the material at an individual pace, then have the opportunity to join Rajeshwari with Live Zoom calls to provide clarity, to help integrate the teachings and to cultivate community!

  • Deepen your knowledge and experience of Sanskrit mantra

  • Learn the healing and transformative powers of applying Sanskrit mantras to common problems in everyday life

  • Teach and apply mantra in yoga classes, body-mind related therapies plus additional populations/venues

  • Tap into the power of mantra as a personal study immersion for self-awareness, healing, personal transformation and freedom!

This 200hr Mantra Training Includes: ~Training Manual, Mantra Handbook and mp3 Mantra Recordings, ~A Mala (prayer beads), ~8-month training, self-paced, in an easy to follow format, ~154 Mantras with meanings and applications, ~3 Sanskrit Hymns ~Monthly group emails, ~Monthly pre-recorded audio files (includes guest teachers), ~Monthly homework assignments, ~Complimentary weekly yoga classes via Zoom with Rajeshwari, ~Live Zoom calls for review and Q & A, ~Virtual exam for certification (written, oral and practice teach), ~Graduation ceremony.

Yoga Alliance Certified: To be certified under Yoga Alliance, you must live stream and participate in 30 hours of virtual classes, which include study sessions and/or yoga classes. To learn more about Yoga Alliance, please visit yogaalliance.org *Please note: To stream live for our sessions, you will need 1) a dependable device which has speakers, a microphone and a video camera, 2) high speed internet connection - broadband wired or wireless of at least 3G.

Virtual Zoom Call Schedule: ~Virtual Zoom Calls with Rajeshwari include review, discussion, group chant, meditation and Q&A. (All times below are EST. Times are subject to change depending on group needs and time zones.) 1) Wednesday, Nov. 29, 6-8pm, 2) Wednesday, Jan. 31, 6-8pm, 3) Wednesday, March 27, 6-8pm 4) Wednesday, April 24, 6-8pm

~Virtual Yoga Classes 1) Mondays 9:30-10:45am, Gentle Core Flow Yoga. 2) Thursdays 5-6:15pm, All-Level Vinyasa Flow Yoga w/ Mantra

*You'll need to live stream and participate in 30 hours of virtual classes, which include study sessions and/or yoga classes, from Oct. 2023-May 2024.

TRAINING SCHEDULE AND CURRICULUM: Pre-recorded audio files will be sent to you once a month, along with Homework Assignments and due dates. Listen, chant and study at your own pace!

October 1, 2023 - Part One: Introduction - Welcome! Vision Statement, Invocation, Foreword, Training Guidelines, Student Forms, Part Two: Foundational Studies - History/Scriptures, The lineage of Namadeva Acharya, Foundational Terms, The Eternal Sound of Om, The Purusha Suktam, Part Three: Mantra-The Power of Sound - Mantra, Mantra Energetics, Mantra Japa Meditation, The Mala, Creating a Home Altar, Seed Mantras/Chakra Bija Mantras

November 1, 2023 - Part Four: Ganesha-The Principle of Internal Unity - Ganesha, The Ganesha Loka, The Sthava Raja, Subramanya-The God of Victory and War

December 1, 2023 - Part Five: Narayana and The Masculine Trinity - Narayana, The Narayana Suktam, Brahma, Vishnu, The Avatars of Vishnu, Shiva

January 1, 2024 - Part Six: Shakti & The Feminine Trinity - Shakti, Saraswati, Lakshmi, Durga, Additional Feminine Forms

February 1, 2024 - Part Seven: The Gayatri Mantra Plus Additional Mantras - The Gayatri Mantra, Additional Mantras: The Sun, The Planets, Health, Abundance, Relationships, Addictive Behavior, Guidance/Protection, Spiritual Advancement, Inner/Outer Guru, Divine Love, Balancing Masculine/Feminine, Water/Food/Travel Blessings

March 1, 2024 - Part Eight: The Art of Teaching - Mantra Applications, Mantra as a Business, Basics of Ayurveda/Self-Care, Sample Business Plan, Yoga/Pranayama/Meditation

April 1, 2024 - Review, Study, Practice Teach - This module consists of a comprehensive review of all training content, providing answers to the Training Review in Part Nine of the Manual.

May of 2024 - Oral, Written and Practice Teach Exam, time and date tba


MATERIALS FOR THE 200HR TRAINING: Trainees will be mailed a complimentary 200-Hour Mantra Teacher Training & Study Immersion Manual, a supplementary Mantra Handbook and a Mala (prayer beads), and will be sent mp3 Recordings of all the mantras and hymns.

ADDITIONAL REQUIRED READING: (NOT INCLUDED IN TUITION FEE)

  1. Healing Mantras by Namadeva Acharya*

  2. Shakti Mantras by Namadeva Acharya*

  3. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (suggested version by Sri Swami Satchidananda)

SUGGESTED BOOKS AND RECORDINGS

  1. Chakra Mantras by Namadeva Acharya*

  2. Gayatri, The Highest Meditation by Sadguru Sant Keshavadas

  3. Ramayana at a Glance by Sadguru Sant Keshavadas

  4. Yoga & Ayurveda: Self-Healing and Self-Realization by David Frawley

  5. The Shakti Coloring Book by Ekabhumi Charles Ellik

*All books are available for purchase online

FEES: Tuition: $1800 Early Bird Rate! $1650 if paid in full by Aug. 21, 2023

VERMONTERS! This training is covered under VSAC, so if you are a Vermont resident you may be eligible for a full grant! Check out their website at Vsac.org.

HERE’S HOW TO REGISTER: (Please find the Application Button on the top right of this page)
1) submit application form
2) upon acceptance into the program, $500 deposit is due to hold your registration or payment in full
3) if balance applies, balance paid in full by Sept. 15th, 2023

Cash, check or Venmo interest free. PayPal or Credit Card include 3% processing fee. Please email Raji at theyogaspace@gmail.com for further payment details.

SAT CHID EKAM BRAHMA

(To begin and/or accelerate the process of accumulating true knowledge; to gain experiential knowledge of the totality of existence)