Teaching methodology will include: Discourses, Lectures, Discussions, Question-Answers, Practical, Theory, Demonstrations, Yogic Kriyas, Yogic Techniques, Mudras, Shakti techniques, and Meditation.

Practical: Practical teaching is an essential part of the curriculum. The students are given opportunities to conduct meditation sessions for public coming to ashram for their yoga sessions. All students must guide a meditation session to demonstrate their skills. They will be assigned to provide healing/relief to real life patients/ mock patients through guided meditation. They will be graded for

• Ease with which they lead the session,
• Flow of instructions,
• Clarity of instructions,
• Response of the meditator
• Feedback from the meditator/ mentor.

There will be practical/ written exam at the end of the course.

Main guide: Dr. Omanand Guruji and his team will be leading the course. Being a residential course students have enough time to raise their awareness and improve their understanding about the most basic things, such as, sitting cross legged on the floor for meditation, maintaining an erect posture etc. They will be guided the art of entering the meditative state through various techniques. Guruji Dr. Omanand guides meditation uniquely and effectively and almost everyone can experience trance like state.

Techniques: Breath modulations, breath retention, Mudra science, Energy holding science, body awareness, power of prayers, chakra or the energy centers, mantra chanting and Bhakti yoga are some of the techniques covered in the course.

At the end of the course, students will have a clear understanding of:

• What is Meditation and why we need it.
• Stages in meditation.
• Types of Meditation
• Obstacles on the path of meditation and how to overcome these.
• Different paths of Yoga
• Eight Limbs of Yoga
• Three Doshas/Prakriti (Sattav,Rajas,Tamas)
• Correct way of sitting during meditation.
• What is mind: a friend or a foe.
• Five layers of Body
• Five types of Breath (Prana)
• Different levels of consciousness.
• Basic studies of Kundalini Shakti, Chakras and meditation
• Basic understanding of Prana and Shakti
• Basic understanding of Yoga Psychology and Analysis of Chitta-Vrittis
• Techniques to go beyond mind.
• Basics of Mudra Science.
• Basic pre-qualifications for attaining success: Anushasan, Abhyas, Shraddha, Samarpan, Vairagya
• Guru Disciple relationship
• What is Self-realization?
• How to teach meditation effectively.
• Meditation as part of yoga therapy.
• Meditation as the best medication.
• Cleansing through meditation
• Introduction to Chid Shakti Meditation (CSM)

• Total Awakening - by Dr. Omanand Guruji.
• Galaxy of Yoga - by Dr. Omanand
• Bhagvad Gita (Summarized) Gita Press Gorakhpur
• Yoga and Psychotherapy - by Dr. Omanand
• Secrets of Chakras and Kundalini Shakti - by Dr. Omanand
• Alchemy of Life – Dr. Omanand

At the end of the course students will be issued a certificate and will be able to help their peer alleviating the rising stress levels and can provide effective yoga therapy. Guruji always states that meditation is the best medication.

Students can also request Guruji to bless them with a yogi name and initiate them on the path to blissfulness. Advance course on meditation can be taken only after students complete 40 hours as a meditation teacher.