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Smt. Ashwini Surpur

Smt. Ashwini Surpur, BS (Computer Science), MA (Sanskrit), ERYT, CIAYT is the Executive Director of Yoga Bharati. She worked at Oracle as a Software Engineer for 15 years and then moved on to the field of Yoga training. Since 2010, she has been a full time volunteer staff at Yoga Bharati, a California based Yoga teaching and training organization. She has a great passion for teaching and working with people, and has spoken at various conferences on yoga and Hindu philosophy. She writes articles for various magazines and news media on Yoga. She is passionate about literature and philosophy and composes poems in Kannada and English. She studies Veerashaiva philosophy and writes articles on Veerashaivism. She likes to study and teach Bhagavad Gita and its practical application.

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Courses Taught By Smt. Ashwini Surpur

Explore our comprehensive curriculum designed to deepen your understanding of ancient texts, languages, and philosophies.

Teaching Yoga for Children

YOG3004 – This course enables students to integrate yoga in their teaching career, for guiding children, and for developing spiritual parenting skills. In this course, students will learn to integrate the principles and concepts of Holistic Yoga into their lifestyle as well as bring yoga techniques and concepts in a fun way to help children develop mindfulness and a healthy lifestyle. Students will also learn yoga techniques and concepts of yoga for handling and helping children with special conditions such as low-spectrum ADHD and Autism. In addition to this, students will learn to teach each other in a mock class environment in small group settings with a faculty who guides and moderates the student groups. Teaching yoga is best learned under a mentor in a class setting. Students will engage in active interaction in a live online class setting.

Holistic Yoga – 2: Deepen Your Yoga Practice

YOG2000 – This course provides in-depth experience of holistic yoga, that integrates asana, pranayama, and meditation techniques for a sustained yoga practice. Students will learn practices of yoga with all their nuances. In addition, students will gain in depth concepts of asanas, pranayama, and different meditation techniques, including chanting, Trataka, breath & body awareness, and yoga nidra relaxation techniques. This is a great course to take before starting Yoga Teacher Training course.

Holistic Yoga – Philosophy and Practice

YOG1000 – Holistic Yoga - Philosophy and Practice course provides an introduction to holistic yoga, that integrates yoga philosophy from classical scriptural texts and sustained yoga practice. In this course, we will explore the practices of yoga, such as asana (postures) and pranayama (breathing practices), along with the concept of the four streams of Yoga — Raja Yoga, Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, and Jnana Yoga — through the teachings of the primary texts the Bhagavad Gita and Patanjali Yoga Sutras. The integrated approach to yoga is more than just a physical practice. It is a philosophy-based approach to viewing oneself and the rest of the world with a paradigm-shift. Holistic Ashtanga Yoga is an eight-limbed approach to yoga that synthesizes the traditional knowledge of yogic and vedantic texts, such as Patanjali Yoga Sutras, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Bhagavad Gita, and other yogic and upanishadic texts, as a rich and comprehensive set of practices.

Managing Back Pain through Holistic Yoga

YOG1006 – This course provides online classroom training under the guidance of senior yoga therapists so that students can learn to practice holistic yoga safely and effectively. In addition, concepts and discussions on yoga philosophy and worldview will encourage students to develop subtle awareness regarding their stress factors and enable them to work in alleviating them. Audio and video recordings and offline resources help students develop sustained practice and learning.

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