" Ananda Yoga Center, a retreat facility in a lovely setting in the valley, caters for both beginners and and advanced students of Yoga. "
"It is the only one of its kind in the whole country: a non-profit Yoga Center with its own buildings, lovely garden, clean air, rejuvenating and relaxing environment, constructed specifically for teaching purposes and spiritual uplift". - Rough Guide to Nepal
General information:
Ananda Yoga Center was established in 1990, is recommended by the Nepal 'Lonely Planet' and 'Rough Guide' guidebooks and has taught more than 1000 students. We offer residential yoga courses for beginners, intermediate and advanced students, including the Teacher Training Course. Sanyasi Shiva Giri, the spiritual yoga teacher at Ananda has studied at 'Bihar School of Yoga' and has been teaching for more than 15 years. The center is close to Kathmandu city, situated in the foothills of the Himalaya (10km from Thamel). Our center teaches Satyananda Yoga (Bihar Yoga). This includes asanas (postures), pranayama (breathing exercises), meditation, yoga nidra (complete relaxation technique), Shatkarma (yogic cleansing: nasal, intestine and stomach cleansing), and philosophy; and at night we have a music session and mantra chanting. We are flexible with our programs and work to meet the needs of our students by offering personalized yoga sessions and courses.
Facilities at Ananda Yoga Center:
-Center is surrounded with beautiful green trees
-Lovely garden with various kinds of flowers
-Campfire at night during winter season
-Valley view sunrise
-View of Himalayas
-Lacto-vegetarian meals (Healthy food)
-Herbal tea (mint tea, tulasi tea, organic green tea) & other tea provided
-Bottled mineral water provided
-Plentiful, fresh natural spring water constantly flows to our center
-Therapeutic yoga course (upon request)
-Email facilities available
-Rooftop space available for personal meditation, study or relaxation
-Large yoga practice room with wall to wall windows and plenty of natural light.
-Yoga teacher is available at free time
-A reading room with a range of spiritual books
Fees:
Email us outlining details of the type and duration of yoga course you wish to undertake. We will then respond to you explaining the appropriate fee.
Information regarding 'Teacher Training Course':
- Month long programs start on the 1st of every month.
- Teaching style is based on Satyananda Yoga (Bihar Yoga).
- Regular classes are held Monday to Friday. Saturday is a half day and Sunday is a free day. On Sunday you have the opportunity to visit various cultural destinations around Kathmandu valley (i.e Patan, Bhaktapur, Boudhanath).
- More than 50 Asanas (postures) will be taught starting from basic postures to more complex and advanced postures including therapeutic groups of asanas Pawanmuktasana Part I (Anti-rheumatic group), II (Digestive/abdominal group), III (Energy block Postures) and Surya Namaskar (Sun salutation).
- Pranayama (breathing exercises) more than 7 kinds of pranayama.
- Mudra introduction and practice
- Bandha introduction and practice
- Shatkarma (6 types of cleansings); Neti, Dhauti, Vasti, Nauli, Kapalbhati and Trataka
- Yoga nidra (A complete relaxation technique- physical, mental and emotional)
- Introduction and practice of Pratyahara (Withdrawal of sensory organs)
- Introduction and practice of Dharana (Concentration)
- Various kinds of Dhyana (Meditation)
- Introduction of various kinds of Yoga: Raja yoga (Ashtanga yoga), Hatha yoga, Karma yoga (action on yoga), Bhakti yoga (Yoga of devotion), Jnana yoga (Yoga of knowledge)
- Practice of Kundalini yoga (Chakra yoga)
Fees for teacher training course:
Please email us regarding the cost of the teacher training course. The fee includes basic private/ semi-private room to stay, 3 lacto - vegetarian meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) and tea, registration, basic text books, yoga papers, cleansings, CD and audio tape.
Telephone: 00977 1 4311048 & 00977 1 4311639
E-mail: aanandayoga@hotmail.com
