In a totally unique way, the SATYA practice opens doorways into the interior, providing new pathways of perception and feeling. It guides students away from “doing” movement and toward sensing, receiving and “being” movement. As an adjunct to yoga practice, somatic awareness leads to embodied wisdom.
SATYA is Prajna Yoga’s “yin” style practice. All the movements are done on the floor in a flowing fashion, without force. The SATYA movements cultivate inner listening and heighten proprioceptive awareness. This awareness is the body’s innate intelligence. By increasing our capacity for sensory awareness, we become more sentient, wakeful beings in the world. The exercises are non-weight bearing and involve sliding, gliding and circular movements to reduce myo-fascial holding in the body.
The SATYA training, along with yoga postures, involves neural-muscular re-education. Like in vinyasa training, breath is combined with movement in order to deepen the respiratory rhythm. All movements support profound physical rest of the body and prepare for savasana and yoga nidra (the yogic sleep).
UPCOMING SATYA TRAININGS 2020:
SATYA 3 | March 1 – 5, 2020 | Yogacampus Islington in London, UK
SATYA 2 | April 3 – 8, 2020 | Prajna Yoga Temple in Santa Fe, NM
SATYA 1 | June 7 – 11, 2020 | Yogacampus Islington in London, UK
SATYA 3 | August 11 – 16, 2020 | Prajna Yoga Temple in Santa Fe, NM
SATYA 1 | September 9 – 14, 2020 | Prajna Yoga Temple in Santa Fe, NM
SATYA 1 | October 21 – 25, 2020 | Yoga House in Pasadena, CA
Introduction to SATYA – [expand title=”Learn More >”] Sensory Awareness Training for Yoga Attunement (SATYA )is an integral part of the Prajna Yoga experience. This day long is an introduction to the SATYA work. We review the ways that SATYA begins to organize and release the fascia, balance the right and left sides of the body and orient to mid-line. Time is given to examining the way the lower back is mobilized and strengthened. This course involves practice and study of the foundational movements and map out the ways in which the SATYA compliments vinyasa practice. We will identify the ways in which SATYA is an integral part of mindfulness training and heightens meditative awareness. This day long offering is part of the Prajna Yoga 200-hr Teacher Training Program.
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SATYA 1 Course of Study – [expand title=”Learn More >”]
During SATYA 1, students will learn the key principles and embody the foundational movements of the SATYA practice.
Topics Covered:
- How to cultivate essential sensory-motor awareness by experiencing small movements out of gravity.
- The way SATYA movements benefit the lower back.
- The effects of SATYA on the iliopsoas and spine.
- The anatomy of the five myo-fascial sheaths and how to use the SATYA movements combined with asana practice to develop an awareness of each sheath.
- How to be in “The Pause” and experience the importance of not doing.
- Reduce body fatigue.
- Address low back pain.
- The importance of spirals and counter spirals.
- “It’s all about the joints”: working with the tendons, ligaments and joint spaces.
- Being in the “Pause”: the importance of not-doing.
- How gravity can be your friend.
- How to “ride the edge” through small movements.
SATYA 1 is open to all students although Session I: From the Ground Up is recommended as SATYA movements for the five myo-fascial sheaths (lateral, dorsal, ventral, spiral and core) are covered.
SATYA 1 is a prerequisite for SATYA 2 and SATYA 3.
Next offered: June 7 – 11, 2020 | Yogacampus Islington, London UK
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SATYA 2 Course of Study – [expand title=”Learn More >”]
SATYA 2 brings further depth to the practice and study of the SATYA movements. In this course students will learn how to design SATYA sequences and assist movements to facilitate greater myo-fascial release.
Topics Covered
- How to use SATYA movements to prepare the body for asana.
- How to design SATYA sequences to release specific areas of the body (e.g., lower back, hips, shoulders, and neck).
- How to manually assist the SATYA movements to stretch the myo-fascia.
- How to design SATYA sequences that include both SATYA and asana.
- How to give facilitated assists to stretch the connective tissues within the SATYA movements.
- How SATYA supports pulsatory rhythms in the body.
- How SATYA works as a kind of “visceral manipulation”.
- How SATYA supports circulation of blood and lymph.
- How to use savasana in SATYA.
- Dharma practice: Working with Hindrances.
To be eligible for SATYA 2, students must have completed SATYA 1.
We recommend you take Session VI: Body Reading and Hands-On Adjustments in preparation for the manual work involved in SATYA 2.
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SATYA 3 Course of Study – [expand title=”Learn More >”]
SATYA 3 further investigates the therapeutic benefits of SATYA on the various systems of the body. SATYA 3 students design and fulfill a 10-hour practicum, using SATYA as a therapeutic modality.
Topics Covered
- The effects of SATYA on the cranio-sacral system, the eyes and the brain’s visual center.
- How SATYA is preparation for pranayama by strengthening the intercostal muscles.
- SATYA and the effects on the autonomic nervous system.
- The ways that SATYA works with the vestibular system of the inner ear.
- How SATYA therapeutically benefits muscular skeletal strain and dysfunction.
- The benefits of SATYA on trauma held in the body.
- How to utilize SATYA when working therapeutically with individual clients.
To be eligible for SATYA 3, students must have completed SATYA 1 and 2.
Next offered: March 1 – 5, 2020 | Yogacampus Islington in London, UK
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SATYA Certification Requirements – [expand title=”Learn More >”]
In order to gain certification from Prajna Yoga as a SATYA teacher, you must complete the following courses as well as additional hours of self-study/practicum where applicable:
- SATYA 1:
- On-site 5.5-day immersion with Tias (45 hrs) OR
- Off-site 5 day immersion with Tias (30 hrs)
- Complete an additional 15 hrs of study: attend at least one workshop (6 hrs credit/workshop) and complete self-study assignments. All assignments will be provided upon completion of SATYA 1 and must be finished before taking SATYA 2.
- SATYA 2:
- On-site 5.5-day immersion with Tias (45 hrs) OR
- Off-site 5 day immersion with Tias (30 hrs)
- Complete an additional 15 hrs of study: attend at least one workshop (6 hrs credit/workshop) and complete self-study assignments. All assignments will be provided upon completion of SATYA 1 and must be finished before taking SATYA 2.
- SATYA 3:
- On-site 5.5-day immersion with Tias (45 hrs) OR
- Off-site 5 day immersion with Tias (30 hrs)
- Complete an additional 15 hrs of study: attend at least one workshop (6 hrs credit/workshop) and complete self-study assignments. All assignments will be provided upon completion of SATYA 3.
- In addition, for both on-site and off-site students, complete an additional 15 hrs of practicum. The 15 hours of practicum is required to receive the 150-Hr SATYA Certification. The practicum is an opportunity for students to work with individual clients, practice offering SATYA movements for therapeutic applications, and assess the effectiveness of the treatments. Students also teach public classes weaving SATYA and asana together, based on specific themes. All assignments will be provided upon completion of SATYA 3. Once students complete the practicum they are asked to email the Prajna Office and submit their reports (i.e., individual meetings with clients, sequence design, effectiveness assessment). Students then receive a certificate and are certified to teach SATYA.
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