200-hr Peru Teacher Training

February 2 – 22, 2014

Journey to
Sun Island, Sacred Lake Titicaca, Bolivia
Sacred Valley, Peru

Place: The Andes of South America
The first half of the training, Templo de Yoga (Pasada de Lucio), Challabamba,
Isla del Sol, Lago Titicaca, Bolivia,
The second half in Ollantaytambo, Machu Picchu, Sacred Valley, Peru

Who: 15 people maximum, for those who are called to become a yoga teacher
and experience healing medicine of the Andes and Amazon.

Facilitators: Jed and assistant SYI facilitator(s), Roger (Ayamara shaman), Angel
(Ayamara shaman), Lucio (Ayamara Spiritual Guide), Chuy (Amazon Shaman),
Vedantin, (virtual presence/ skype sessions)

Tuition & Payment

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Tuition: $2,400.
Food and lodging: $75 a day will cover the food and lodging excluding transportation and
excursions.
Sign up with a $350 deposit (Full payment is due 90 days before the start of the program.)
Please see our Reservation and Cancellation Policy

Required Texts for the Peru Yoga Certification

SchoolYoga Institute Yoga Teacher Training Manual
Yoga Sutra by Dennis Hill
Yoga Anatomy by Leslie Kaminoff & Amy Matthews

Highlights:

Ceremonies with Ayamara and Quechua shamans
Visiting Ayamara, Inca, & Quechua sacred ruins
Optional day trip to Machu Picchu

Registered Yoga School with Yoga Alliance

Yoga Alliance is a global registering body for yoga schools and yoga teachers. This training exceeds the standards set out by Yoga Alliance and you will be able to register as a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) after the training. SchoolYoga Institute has been offering Yoga Alliance registered teacher training courses since 2002.

Introduction

This Yoga Teacher Training Course (AYTTC) will be held in a small intimate
study environment where we will experience and learn from the gift and wisdom
of those who have channeled and inspired to share the connection and creative
energy of the universe, led by Jed along with other connected souls and local
shamans, at the mystical and sacred Lago Titicaca, Bolivia, and Sacred Valley,
Peru.

With stunning views of the snow-capped Cordiela mountain range rising up in
the distance, you will feel the magic of Lago Titicaca, South America’s highest
and largest lake. This first leg of the training is strategically located to facilitate
energy activation. According to ancient Mayan Prophecy, this is where the
spiritual energy center (kundalini) of the earth resides for the next 26,000 years!
Proximity to this energy will catalyze the spiritual awakening of each individual.
We will live in the village where Ayamara families still practice their ancient
healing traditions along the shore of the pristine lake. Ayamara medicine
practitioners will share their wisdom of the earth, teach us how to create harmony
with our world, and show us how to heal ourselves and others. The second leg
of our epic journey will take us down in elevation to experience the magic of
Peru’s sacred valley, where we will be among ancient Quechua/Inka temples and
ruins. We will again be blessed to learn from indigenous shamans in ceremony,
learning to restore balance and give thanks. An additional, optional journey to the
legendary Machu Picchu is another of the many highlights.

We call this unique program, the mythical yoga teacher training. In addition to
our standard course offerings (2 yoga class sequences, yoga sutras, anatomy
& physiology, art of teaching, working with the medicine wheel, nightly sadhana/
kirtan, etc…) we will dive deep into our mystical consciousness, developing our
practice from the soul level to bring forth each individual’s unique gifts. We will
share the teachings of yoga applied to daily living, connect through provoking
cosmic wisdom, and learn Shamanic Healing Practices of the Andes. There will
also be silence and fasting personal retreat days allowing for a deep integration
of course offerings.

There are many great wisdom teachers who will join us for this special course,
including lead facilitator, Jed, his assistant facilitator(s), energy of Vedantin and
Gabriella, and local Shamans and healing practitioners, Angel, Roger, Lucio,
and Chuy. They will share their insights and medicine, in fire ceremony, Coca
leaf readings, energetic healings, connection to sacred temples and ancient
sites, and optional sacred plant medicines, Cacao, San Pedro, and Ayauasca.
The most important aspect of this training is for each of you to connect the
wisdom and guru inside you through deepened self-practice and inquiry. The
community we are creating together helps facilitate our channeling to the creative
self, the universal wisdom.

The Soul of SYI

SchoolYoga Institute is a family where we come together to share the beauty
and ancient tradition of yoga. We sincerely value the wisdom that yoga tradition
has to offer us and at the same time try to facilitate the integration of the wisdom
into our everyday life so the ancient teaching no longer is antique but becomes
alive and the art of living. The yoga tradition derives from the mystical Hindu
tradition but we assimilate the similarity of the spiritual traditions of the world into
our teaching and practice. We see the oneness in all and the unity in diversity…

More info: http://www.schoolyogainstitute.com/aboutus/index.php

Style of Yoga

Sadhana Yoga – Foundation Yoga Style of SchoolYoga Institute
Sadhana Yoga is the primary focus of yoga teacher training. Sadhana Yoga
is the yoga of spiritual practice. Even though it is derived from different yoga
traditions, Ashtanga Vinyasa, Sivananda, Iyengar, etc., but it is designed beyond
the forms and traditions. It focuses on the essence of the yoga traditions as an
instrument to reveal the truth of our existence: spiritual beings!

It has three levels. The first level of practice is the foundation and it has a routine
of fundamental postures linked with transition breath and sequences. The second
level is the modification. Based on the first level postures and the sequence,
the students start modifying the existing postures to more difficult or easier
levels. The third level is the integration. Students start integrating the learned
routines with personal practice. So the personal practice and teaching become
meaningful to his or her understanding of yoga. So there is no longer a form of
Yoga from SchoolYoga Institute but the true connection and self-understanding
to yoga. It becomes a spiritual practice for each student….

Travel to Peru

How to Get to Yoga Training Site in Bolivia:

Option 1  Fly to Lima then Cuzco, Peru, from Cuzco take bus over night to
Copacabana, Bolivia, take boat to the north part of the Sun Island (Challabamba, Isla del
Sol, if you do not speak Spanish, make sure to print out this direction), then finally arrive
at Challabamba, Turn left after the Dock and ½ block you will see  Posada de Lucio
(hostel of Lucio) with a circular building (Yoga Temple) in the front (591) 719 48787

Option 2 : Fly to La Paz, Boliva; from La Paz take the bus to Copacabana; the rest is
the same as the above. Flying to La Paz is a bit more expensive but a shorter bus ride.
From the Island of the Sun, we will travel together to the second training site in the
sacred valley of Peru town of Ollantaytambo. More information about this site coming,
but for now here are some great online booking companies we use.

You can book your ticket flying

BookingBuddy: this site has many onlinebooking companies so you can compare

price. http://www.bookingbuddy.com

Taca Airline: this is the airline company from Central America. It has very comfortable
seats and service (much better than American Airlines). Make sure to call your credit
card company before booking online otherwise your credit card company might refuse
the payment because the company is out of country.  www.taca.com

Cusco, Peru to Copacabana, Bolivia (overnight departing Cusco at 10pm arrives Copa
at 9.30am) 60-85 Soles ($20-30 dollars) Make sure to buy the first class ticket so you
can stretch out and have a great sleep and bring your sleeping bag with you. It is cold
at night. If you need us to buy your ticket and have someone pick you up at the airport
we may be able to arrange that for you. Otherwise you can take a taxi from the airport
directly to the bus station and buy a ticket right there or buy a ticket through a travel
agency in town or at the airport.

Copacabana, Bolivia to Cusco, Peru (daily at 9.30am) 120 Bs ($20-$30)  Bus
Copacabana to La Paz (3-4 hours) leaves ever ½ hour each day 17-25 Bs ($3)  Boat (at
Lake Titicaca – Lago Titicaca)  Public Boat Fare -15 -20 Bolivianos ($2-$3) Boat to the
North of Sun Island (Challabamba, Isla del Sol) 8.30 am each day (2 hours) (Wednesday
there is the local boat at 1pm) Boat returns to Copacabana at 1.30pm each day (4 hours)
(Wednesday the boat leaves at 8am)  Private Boat Fare – $20-$40  If you miss the regular
boat you can hire the local boat to take you to the island and make sure to negotiate with
the boat driver and also find other tourists wanting to do the same things so you can split

You can access ATM in Cuzco, Peru and La Paz, Bolivia and in Copacabana, Bolivia.
But if you have American dollars cash it would be able exchange at all three cities. Make
sure to contact your bank before you leave your country regarding your travel dates so
you can access money from your bank. We recommend against travelers checks, as
they are not accepted everywhere in Peru and Bolivia. Approximate Exchange rates $1
= 7 Bolivianos $1 = 3 Soles (Peru) Wire Money to Cusco: you can wire money to Cusco
West Union Peru, Cusco Calle Maruri 310 Telefono 24-4972