200 HR
Ashtanga Yoga Intensive Training

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Take an authentic journey into yoga! Deepen your yoga experience with Andrew Eppler and friends as you learn the techniques,methodology, philosophy, history and of yoga in our comprehensive 200 hr. training. This training is the culmination of 10 years of experience with 200hr programs and over 35 years of experience with yoga. Our training offers a lot of flexibility and options for students as well as depth of knowledge and experience.

Embark on an authentic journey into the heart of yoga! Immerse yourself in the profound teachings of Andrew Eppler and a group of dedicated practitioners as you delve into our comprehensive 200-hour training program. Designed to provide you with a rich understanding of yoga's techniques, methodology, philosophy, history, and more. This training represents the culmination of over 35 years of experience in the practice and 10 years of expertise in delivering 200-hour programs.

Our training stands out for its exceptional flexibility and diverse options, tailored to meet the unique needs and aspirations of our students. Whether you are a seasoned yogi seeking to deepen your practice or a beginner eager to embark on a transformative journey, our program offers a wealth of knowledge and invaluable hands-on experience.

WHAT OUR COURSE INCLUDES

Our course offers a straightforward and down-to-earth approach to learning, providing you with a comprehensive education in the Primary Series of Ashtanga Yoga. Here's what you can expect

- Thorough understanding: Dive deep into the Primary Series, mastering Vinyasa counts, Sanskrit names, and precise asana adjustments.
- Hands-on adjustments: Learn a wide range of adjustment methods collected from yoga communities worldwide, ensuring a well-rounded skill set.
- Safety first: Emphasis on safety is a top priority, ensuring you learn and practice each technique with care.
- Pranayama course: Explore the art of breath control through a full course in Pranayama, enhancing your practice and connection to the breath.
- Mudras integration: Discover the power of Mudras and how to seamlessly incorporate them into your yoga practice.
- Traditional healing arts: Engage in a full course covering traditional Thai Bodywork and other healing modalities, expanding your knowledge and skillset.
- Indian Philosophy education: Immerse yourself in Indian Philosophy with insights from the Sanskrit community in Mysore, India.
- Philosophy of Ashtanga Yoga: Experience our renowned "Philosophy of Ashtanga Yoga Course," providing deep insights into Indian thought and culture.
- Connection to tradition: Connect with the Mysore Yoga Parampara (Tradition), fostering a sense of lineage and heritage.
- Sanskrit and Mantra: Learn Sanskrit pronunciation and the art of chanting Mantras, deepening your connection to the yogic tradition.
- Yoga for daily life: Understand yoga's full expression as a method for cultivating inner freedom and improving the quality of your daily life.
- Extensive online resources: Gain access to an extensive online archive of original content, providing ongoing support and reference for all techniques and philosophy covered in the training.
- Personalized guidance: Benefit from one-on-one consultations and guidance, ensuring you receive personalized support for your studies and yoga practice.
We offer a practical, down-to-earth approach to yoga education, empowering you with knowledge and skills to enhance your practice and enrich your life. Ready to embark on this transformative journey? Contact us now to learn more and secure your spot in our course.

Practical Considerations and Flexibility of the Program

We have extensive online content so you can dive into the training right away.
The course consists of 9 weekends of trainings which are held one weekend per month. The weekends rotate between Yoga Methodology, Physiology and Healing Arts, History and Philosophy.
You have 12 months to complete the curriculum.
If you want attend all 12 weekends you are welcome! That gives you a generous 192 contact hours which is much more than most programs offer.
If you need to miss a weekend along the way it is no problem!
Part of your curriculum is online. You have the possibility to study whenever you have time, or to attend with Zoom if you are unable to attend in person.
We have accommodation at Magic Forest. If you are coming from out of town and need a place to stay you can stay Magic Forest only $20 per person per night. We also have beautiful places to camp.
AFTER YOU COMPLETE your training you can always drop in to refresh your knowledge and skill for a discounted rate of $150 per weekend.

Located just 30 minutes from Norman and 45 minutes from Oklahoma City, our serene haven offers a truly immersive experience away from the hustle and bustle of city life. Here, it feels as if you're transported far away from everything, surrounded by the beauty of nature where the sounds of cars and other unnatural noises are hardly heard.

At Magic Forest, we believe in embracing the best of both worlds. Despite our forest location, we provide the convenience of fast internet and cutting-edge technology, allowing you to connect and interact with individuals from all corners of the globe. Broadcasting, video, and photography are integrated into the experience, enabling you to share your yoga journey and engage with our international online yoga community.

When you join our training, you'll become part of a sincere, international, and multicultural exploration of yoga in all its facets. You'll have the opportunity to practice and discuss yoga with fellow yogis from around the world, fostering connections and gaining diverse perspectives.

Magic Forest Center is where the serenity of nature meets the power of global connectivity. It's a place where you can find balance, inspiration, and personal growth. Join us in this transformative experience and discover the beauty of practicing yoga in the heart of nature while connecting with a vibrant global community. To learn more about our location, click here.

Authentic Information

Our program focuses on Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga and has been created with the help of Sri BNS Iyengar, Swami M. A. Alwar and other senior Sanskrit scholars from Mysore India to give an in depth and totally authentic training experience. We do our best not only to teach the techniques of yoga but to impart an authentic personal understanding of what yoga means. Our certificate in endorsed by Ashtanga Yoga Studio, Samskriti Foundation in Mysore India, and Yoga Alliance. After completing our program you can register with Yoga Alliance as an RYT 200.

More about our Curriculum

You will learn the Primary Series as a foundational sequence including the Sanskrit names, vinyasa counts, adjustments, verbal cues and contraindications. While staying grounded in Ashtanga Yoga sequences we will explore a global fusion of techniques. You will learn the techniques for taking yoga beyond just exercise as you experience pranayama, mudra and meditation. You will learn each of the branches of Ashtanga Yoga and you will have online resources to continue practicing and refining your techniques at home.

Practice refinement of postures
Enjoy support, feedback and shared experience with your class mates
Hands on adjustments using a wide variety of safe and effective methods
Get honest feedback about your technique so that you can be confident when you graduate
Learn safety in each and every technique we teach
Learn Sanskrit names for postures
Experience the adjustments and verbal cues of your classmates so that you get a direct understanding of what works best
Deepen your personal practice
Pranayama
Mudras
Chanting
Energetic anatomy
Access video tutorials of all adjustment techniques covered in the course
Meditate in nature, swim, hike, camp and enjoy the serenity of Magic Forest Center

Physiology and healing arts

A key feature of this area of our training is postural analysis. You will learn the markers of imbalance and learn to notice them in yourself and others. By cultivating a keen sense of observation we encourage safety and become better practitioners.

We focus on Functional Anatomy so that you learn by direct experience what the muscles we are studying actually do in your body. We will also learn what happens when musculature becomes imbalanced and how to recognize these imbalances. We give you many tools for assessing the symmetry and stability of the human body. You will learn safe and effective methods for correcting physical imbalances. This process is aimed at creating joyful, pain free yoga practice that can be enjoyed through all stages of life.

Graduates of the program will have many techniques to work with and an introduction to Thai bodywork that is very useful to help understand postural adjustments. We believe a competent yoga practitioner should be able to correct their practice methods when they are experiencing pain and difficulty in postures. Our training gives you the experience and methods you need to permanently enhance your yoga experience.

Get hands on help developing your postures and adjustments
Practice under the watchful eyes of an experienced teacher who can point out subtle refinements and help you overcome challenges in your yoga practice
Postural analysis
Techniques for releasing muscled including Isometric Stretch, Reciprocal Inhibition, and Massage
Complete course in Thai Massage
Techniques for Beginners and Advanced practitioners
Somatic movements
Self massage
Get a deeper understanding of the imbalances in your own body
Start your personal journey towards balance and freedom from pain
Learn how to modify postures to ensure safety

HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY

Philosophy of Ashtanga Yoga

Our program offers an in depth experience and original information directly from the great scholars and yogis of Mysore India.

Our Philosophy of Ashtanga Yoga curriculum is a powerful and eyeopening experience. This segment includes the six classical Indian philosophies known as the Shet Darshanas, (Yoga being one of these). We also explore Bhagavad Gita, and Patanjali Sutras. We aim to give our students an accurate understanding of yoga as a philosophy and explore the world view that it rests upon. You will enjoy many lectures by renowned Sanskrit scholars from Mysore talking about the history of yoga in Mysore as well as its philosophical background. You will get a deep and articulate view of yoga through direct exposure to the yoga community of Mysore India. You will be learning traditional as well as contemporary views of yoga philosophy as we discus the concepts with an international group of sincere students.

We explore the history of Ashtanga Yoga and impart an accurate view as to which aspects of it are ancient and which aspects are modern. You will be hearing the stories of how yoga developed in Mysore India (the birthplace of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga) directly from the people who witnessed it in their own community.

Our training is affiliated with Samskriti Foundation in Mysore India, Mysore Yoga Conference, and will be assisted by Dr. M A Alwar who is the spiritual leader (Acharya) of Nathamuni Sampradaya, Director of Samskriti Foundation and a senior professor at the Maharaja’s Sanskrit College in Mysore. Our course includes talks by numerous Indian Sanskrit scholars covering a wide range of topics. This allows you to absorb ideas about yoga philosophy directly from some of the greatest philosophers in India. We are able to offer you a glimpse into the culture and mindset of Indian yoga that unique to our training.

Mysore Yoga Traditions documentary is an insightful documentary which Andrew Eppler directed and produced in 2016. If you are considering our training it is a great idea to watch this film to get an idea of the sort of education we offer.

Watch Mysore Yoga Traditions Documentary

Traditional views of Yoga philosophy from experts in the field

Access to a Mysore Yoga traditions archive
Study Patanjali Sutras and Bhagavad Gita
Sankhya Philosophy
History of Modern yoga based on the latest research in the field
In depth group discussion about the meaning of yoga philosophy in our contemporary paradigm
Enjoy a friendly open environment where you can discuss your ideas and experiences with fellow students

CONNECT TO A TRADITION

Our graduates can speak with confidence about the yoga tradition they they have learned from.

We will study Mysore Yoga Parampara in detail.

You will hear the elders of Mysore telling the stories of how the asana tradition developed in Mysore. We also learn the true meaning of yoga in the eyes of the people of Mysore as we explore the tradition of Nathamuni Sampradaya and learn about the Vishishta Advaita philosophy that Mysore is famous for. When yoga philosophy is explained by senior Sanskrit scholars it takes on a whole different meaning and becomes a direct transmission of world view and life experience. We focus on the philosophy of the Bhagavad Gita and Patanjali Sutras from both traditional and contemporary perspectives so that these classical yoga texts take on real meaning and become a part of our understanding of yoga.

We want our students to graduate with an articulate and accurate perspective on what yoga means, both historically and today in our own paradigm. We will look carefully at the history of yoga and give you an overview of how yoga has evolved into its current form. You will have a clear understanding of which parts of yoga are ancient and which parts of it are modern, how old the techniques you are practicing and sharing with others are, and where they came from. We give the most current information based on the latest research in this field.

BE RESPECTED AND RECOGNIZED GLOBALLY

Andrew Eppler has been traveling the world teaching yoga for over 30 years and he is known in the international yoga community, particularly among Ashtanga practitioners. Ashtanga Yoga Studio is connected to a global community of yoga practitioners and and has hosted guest teachers from all over the world. As a graduate of the Ashtanga Yoga Studio Intensive Training Program, you will be connected to an international, multicultural group of sincere yoga practitioners which can help you pursue yoga as a path in life.

TRAININgs are held one weekend per month

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Your investment and what’s included

Cost of the training is $2500
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PAYMENT PLAN: $600 down payment and eight payments of $275 on each training date.

Start our program any time! Here is how it works..

As soon as you are accepted into our program, sign up and pay tuition you get access to the online curriculum so you can begin your yoga journey right away. You need to attend a minimum of 9 weekend modules. These will rotate between Yoga Methodology, Physiology and Healing Arts, History and Philosophy. As mentioned above, if life gets in the way we have you covered! You have 12 months to complete your training and you may attend up to 12 weekend modules if you want to. This means you have up to three weekends off during the training if you need them. If you attend all 12 weekend training you get a total of 192 contact hours! Your yoga education and experience is of utmost importance to us. We want you to graduate with skill, confidence and knowledge. This training is above all a journey into yoga!

DROP IN for a weekend module for $250

You can drop in for a single weekend with no obligations if you would like to try our training before committing to the entire program. There is no further obligation and you have up to 12 months to join the program if you decide you would like to complete your training.

Graduation requirements:

Essays on Bhagavad Gita and Patanjali Sutras
Essays on our three pillars, Yoga Methodology, Healing Arts, History and Philosophy
Oral exam on yoga philosophy in which you must answer at least 15 out of 20 questions correctly
Memorization of Primary Series and the eight limbs of Ashtanga Yoga
A written statement of what Yoga means to you in your personal experience

*If you wish to take a final exam with Swami M. A. Alwar in Indian Philosophy and have the Samskriti Foundation in Mysore India endorse your certificate, you can schedule your exam for an additional $108.

*Tuition includes access to our Online Training Program. Students are responsible for purchasing all reading materials for the program.

Required books:

Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by Swami Satchitananda

The Living Gita by Swami Satchitananda

Suggested books:

The Roots of Yoga by Sir James Malinson and Mark Singleton

The Concise Book of Muscles by Chris Jarmey

The Practice Manual by David Swenson

Magic Forest is located 30 minutes from Norman and 45 minutes from Oklahoma City. For more info on our location CLICK HERE.