Samagra Yoga Chikitsa / Comprehensive Yoga Therapy Course
A Course in the Healing Power of Yoga
1st March – 22nd March 2025
Deepen Your Practice. Expand Your Knowledge. Heal Through Yoga.
Yoga has always been a tool for healing. But most of us know it only in its broadest form—postures, breath work, and relaxation. Yet, when applied with precision and understanding, yoga becomes something more. It becomes a medicine, a therapy, a way to support the body’s natural capacity for healing.
This three-week specialised course in Samagra Yoga Chikitsa (Comprehensive Yoga Therapy) is designed for yoga teachers (certified 200hr TTC) who wish to explore the therapeutic applications of yoga in greater depth. Whether you are a teacher looking to guide students with specific needs, or a seeker wishing to bring healing to your own body and mind, this course will give you practical, profound, and deeply transformative tools.
What to Expect
This is not a medical course but a programme designed to deepen your understanding of the human system—both body and mind—through the lens of yoga. You will:
- Understand the Human System
Learn the fundamental theories of human physiology, psychology, distress, and disease from a yogic perspective. - Yogic Approach to Healing
Explore how asanas, pranayama, diet, and relaxation can work together to restore balance. - Managing Psychosomatic Conditions
Train to address common psychosomatic disorders such as anxiety, stress, digestive issues, and back pain through yogic practices. - Yogic Counselling
Develop the skills to offer yogic guidance and counselling, understanding the mind-body connection and its role in healing. - Individualized Yoga Therapy
Learn how to tailor practices to suit different individuals, conditions, and limitations for a holistic approach to well-being. - Practical Teaching Applications
Gain hands-on experience integrating therapeutic principles into yoga classes and personal practice.
The Comprehensive Yogic Approach to Healing
- In Yoga Therapy, unlike in modern therapy, we don’t treat diseases but eradicate the illness by re-establishing ‘Svastha’ (homeosthasis/balance) in the human system.
- In Comprehensive Yoga Therapy, unlike modern counselling, we don’t correct the mind but strengthen the wisdom by harmonising the Manomaya kosha (mental sheath) and Vijnanamaya kosa (Intellectual sheet).
- In Comprehensive Yoga Therapy the primary focus is on health and peace. Curing the disease is the secondary effect.
- In Comprehensive Yoga Therapy we don’t learn anything new, rather we unlearn the dysfunctional habits and concepts of the body and mind.
Join us. And discover the profound potential of Comprehensive Yoga Chikitsa.
Daily Routine
As a residential course, participants will follow the ashram schedule, with Comprehensive Yoga Therapy sessions in the morning and afternoon. This immersion allows for deep learning, personal reflection, and direct experience of the healing effects of yoga.
| 05:30 | Wake Up |
| 06:00 | Satsang (x3 kriya session) |
| 08:00 | Yoga Asana Class |
| 10:00 | Brunch |
| 11:00 | Karma Yoga |
| 12:00 | Samagra Yoga Chikitsa (Comprehensive Yoga Therapy) classes |
| 18:00 | Dinner |
| 20:00 | Satsang |
| 22:30 | Lights Out |
Meet the Teachers
Acharya Harilal
Founder and Director of Arsha Yoga Gurukulam Charitable Trust, an experienced Yoga Therapist and spiritual advisor with expertise in Comprehensive Yoga Therapy, Yoga Psychology, Vedic Education, and Vedanta.
Meera
Co-founder of Arsha Yoga Gurukulam Charitable Trust, a Yoga Trainer, Yoga Therapy Instructor, and course coordinator, devoted to Vedic chanting and Shakti Sadhana —spirituality for women.
Who Can Join?
This course is for students who have completed 200-hour yoga teachers’ certified training and who wish to expand their knowledge in the field of Yoga Therapy.
If you are a yoga teacher looking to support students with specific needs, or someone who wants to deepen your understanding of yoga as a therapeutic tool, this course is for you.
Course Fees & Registration
📅 Dates: 1st March – 22nd March 2025
📍 Location: Sivananda Dhanwantari Yoga Vedanta Ashram, Neyyar Dam, Kerala
Accommodation: please note only dorm spaces are available. Room accommodation may become available during the course.
📩 For registration: [email protected] WhatsApp: +919446580764
For Course Enquiries: Harilal WhatsApp +91 94468 13057