training & Certification

A training with Bhūta Yoga is meant only for those sincere seekers who are ready to seriously transform themselves and their lives.  In this program, Grant Ifflander, founder of the Bhūta Yoga Academy, and Keepers of the Earth School of Yoga & Mystical Arts, guides you deep into the heart of traditional Tantrik Hatha Yoga and the core practice of Bhūta Śuddhi -- the revered Tantrik ritual of Elemental Purification and Inner Alchemy.

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This isn't just some "Yoga Teacher Training" program.

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...We are popping the hood to look at what is actually underneath "modern" Yoga and establishing a firm foundation to stand on: first as practitioners, and then as transmitters of this sacred wisdom. 

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Our Program is based on the Five Mahābhūtas -- Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Space -- and how they live within your body, mind and breath. 

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The difference between this Training and others is that, instead of just a few short weeks of fire-hose style learning, we immerse ourselves into the material over the course of a full 12 months. There is a 10 day in-person retreat at the beginning and a 10 day in-person retreat at the end of this 12 months. The time in-between is for self-study, practice, integration and learning which will be guided via weekly virtual gatherings and a structured framework for development. 

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We address each area of your development systematically and progressively.

 

If you apply yourself, by the end of the 12 months you will have undergone a serious transformation to all the layers of your body -- from the physical, to the energetic, to the emotional, to the mental, to the spiritual. 

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We will cover:

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• The Yogic and Tantrik science of Bhūta Śuddhi

• Elemental Meditations, Chakra mantras, Prānāyāma & Kriyā techniques, intelligent āsana sequencing & vinyāsa krama, guidance for personal sādhana

• How to align your practice with Nature's rhythm and the subtle body

• Direct teachings from scripture such as: the Yoga Sūtras, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, and other Tantrik and Hatha Yoga texts 

• The challenges and pitfalls to the path and how to overcome them

• Facilitation techniques, circling, and holding space

• Ayurveda & Vedic astrology

• The Art & Science of Ritual Technology

• The Science of Sound & Mantra

• Traditional fire ritual (yagña)

• ... and much more! (each program is partially tailored to the needs & level of the co-hort)

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