YOGA REALITY FOR YOU AND YOUR STUDENTS

AT SCHOOLS

COURSE INFORMATION

The participants will learn about yoga and meditation how they can use it in their everyday life so they can benefit from various and healthy effects of yoga on body and mind of the adults as well as their young learners so they can prevent illnesses of the body and mental diseases caused by stress and fast way of living in today´s world.

YOGA REALITY course is aimed for teachers and school staff from pre-school level to primary, secondary, vocational, adult and special needs education, staff of non-government organizations, government and policy makers and company staff. Non-native English trainers expecting participants to have at least B1 level of English proficiency.

METHODOLOGY

Yoga comes from India to western culture and schools more and more often due to amazing benefits on body and mind of leaners of yoga. Teachers keep travelling to Indian gurus to receive their wisdom and methods on how to tranquilize body and mind and live and maintain a healthy lifestyle and then they share this wisdom in their countries. We will learn a bit of history and philosophy of yoga and meditation and we will enrich our western culture with these benefits of yoga and meditation. All of us are on our own path to free our mind and body from negative patterns which have bad impacts on our mental health and our body.

As the life pace of western life style is faster and faster and adults as well as children use more computers and new technologies in their work/schools in their every day's life. Sitting on a chair is not always a healthy way for their bodies. To be sitting hours and hours in front of the screens/boards have dramatic impacts on us. We bend our bodies and adopt unhealthy body postures. Adults and children often eat fast food because they are not aware of their bodies and quite often suffer from obesity and stress and anxiety. Teenagers often suffer from eating disorders as well due to the internet and culture focused on body and perfectionism. Their body posture curls, people suffer from different illnesses since their inner organs don´t have enough space to work properly as they should. We will focus on learning how to adopt a healthy way to stand/sit/move and feed ourselves properly. Office Yoga/Classroom/Outdoor yoga will help us with that so it could be used at schools on a daily basis.

The learners will adopt different sequences of yoga asanas-yoga poses. Which should help the learners of yoga to maintain a healthy, strong and flexible body. Our bodies should be treated well since the early age. Our body is our temple. Once we practice the asanas-yoga poses, it´s called purification of the body. This leads to purifying the mind as well. People´s mind is often bombarded by constant information from social networks, Tv, advertising, radio. Both adults and children get often addicted to new technologies and various information. Due to this attachment our bodies and mind suffer. There is no space for creativity then. It´s great when we learn to consciously choose the information which we want to absorb in our mind and which information is so called “junk food” of the mind. Before you can learn any subject at school it´s important to get the mind of the young learners ready. Young learners are often restless.

Pranayama is a great technique how to still someone´s mind. But if the teachers themselves don´t know how to work with their mind and purify it so they maintain great well-being. It´s a problem to start an educating process itself. Teachers should not to bring the stress and anxiety in a class. It´s great for teachers themselves to learn about their mind at first and learn how to purify it by meditation techniques. They create a channel between learners and themselves. Learners can stay now and here after meditation. The learner is able to receive any other knowledge needed for his/her growth once the channel is set up.

In addition, participants will work and receive a huge amount of documents to improve their knowledge in the different areas integrated in the course. At the end of the course, the company will provide the participants an attendance certificate including the detailed information about the course, e.g. title, programme and schedule. In addition, a Europass Mobility Certificate can be added on request.

MAIN OBJECTIVES

We will learn Yoga asanas and their modifications so anybody can benefit from the healthy effects of yoga. As teachers we want to stay physically and mentally healthy as long as possible. We want our learners to adopt healthy habits as well. Yoga is not just for skinny, flexible people and not just for women as people sometimes think so. In India it used to be a men´s thing in the past. Even disabled people and young children can find their own modifications of Asanas. Once the body is connected with breath it´s called meditation in movement. Step by step we will learn how to meditate in a sitting position. In detail, the specific objectives of the course are:

To strengthen our bodies and minds (build a regular habit for our own practice and try to practice yoga with young learners)
To make our bodies and mind flexible since the world is changing constatntly and we need to be able to adapt to changes of the world (flexible body – flexible mind)
To learn how to practice or meditate within any subject being taught at school when necessary to get concentration and to stay on track for education
To strengthen European collaboration among – past, present and future– participants.

Thanks to this course the participants will:

Learn how to maintain peace in their body and mind and reduce the level of stress
Discover various asanas and pranayama techniques which will help to purify body and mind
Realize yoga connects people and opens hearts when they get to the essence of their soul which is always pure just like a little baby
Yoga brings freedom to your body and mind. Once you get rid of bad pattern of the body you start feeling lighter and full of energy and free to do anything. Since you don´t suffer from lack of energy. The same way it works with your mind, after practicing yoga you feel free and you are not stuck in the past neither in the future and you are capable of anything new and more creative since you are in the moment.
Make contacts with new partners interested in developing European Projects through specific networking activities.

DAILY PROGRAMME

The manager of the company usually welcomes participants on Sunday afternoon and gives them all the information about courses and Erasmus week. The main training activities, instruction and practices will take place from Monday to Friday. Moreover, participants will be able to explain their own school and Erasmus project to the rest of participants in the beginning of the week and, after that, work all together to set up future eTwinnings or even Job Shadowing. On another note, participants will be involved in cultural activities held by the company during afternoon time. Finally, there will be a course’ roundup, the final evaluation and the delivery of the certificates of attendance on Friday morning. Here you have below the standard indicative daily programme of the course.

DAY 1 – SUNDAY. LET’S MEET US!

- Meeting and greeting with the manager of the company, trainers and locals.

- Cultural orientation and information about the venue and the country.

- Workshop and teamWork in the Erasmus framework: connecting European cultures

- Guided visit and cultural inputs to discover the city.

DAY 2 – MONDAY. INTRODUCTION OF YOGA AND MEDITATION

- Cross cultural benefits of learning yoga

- History, philosophy – why to mix culture?

- Why teach it to others and how? Benefits

DAY 3 – TUESDAY. YOGA POSES – ASANAS

- Purifying the body – yoga asanas, modifications for children, teenagers, disabled people.

- Sun salutations

- Standing/sitting sequence of the asanas

- Closing asanas

DAY 4 – WEDNESDAY. PRANAYAMA – HOW TO STILL OUR “MONKEY MIND”

- Techniques and effects of pranayama

- Happiness – an inside job – peace of mind and body.

DAY 5 – THURSDAY. YOGA PRACTICE – changes of the body/mind

- Building a yoga practice which involves: 8 limbs of yoga:

Yama (social ethics)
Niyama (self purification by discipline)
Asana (posture)
Pranayama (rhythmic control of the breath)
Pratyahara (withdrawal and emancipation of the mind from the domination of the senses and exterior objects)
Dharana (concentration)
Dhyana (meditation)
Samadhi (a state of superconsciousness brought about by profound meditation)

DAY 6 – FRIDAY - OFFICE YOGA, CLASSROOM YOGA, OUTDOOR YOGA

- Let´s be flexible in where to practice yoga and let´s be strong to keep practicing regularly anywhere we are we can create a yoga space for ourselves or for our learners.

- Workshop: how to design, plan and deliver Yoga sessions.

- Course evaluation.

- Releasing official course certifications.

- Participants departure.

DAY 7 - SATURDAY: OPTIONAL DAY 7 NOT INCLUDED IN THE COURSE FEES.

The company offers one optional activity to increase networking among participants and deepen the local culture. Ask the company for the optional package leaflet of the venue.

YOGA sessions:

YOGA REALITY course will attend editions during 2025 & 2026 in the following dates:

2025:

CROATIA – ZAGREB, SPLIT;

SLOVENIA - LJUBLJANA;

HUNGARY - BUDAPEST;

CZECH REPUBLIC - PRAGUE:

From Sunday 13th April to Friday 18th. PRAGUE CONFIRMED!
From Sunday 20th April to Friday 25th.
From Sunday 29th June to Friday 5th July.
From Sunday 17th August to Friday 22nd.
From Sunday 24th August to Friday 29th.
From Sunday 5th October to Friday 10th.
From Sunday 12th October to Friday 17th.
From Sunday 19th October to Friday 24th.
From Sunday 26th October to Saturday 31st.

2026:

CROATIA – ZAGREB, SPLIT;

SLOVENIA - LJUBLJANA;

HUNGARY - BUDAPEST;

CZECH REPUBLIC - PRAGUE:

From Sunday 29th March to Friday 3rd April.
From Sunday 5th April to Friday 10th.
From Sunday 28th June to Friday 3rd.
From Sunday 16th August to Friday 21st.
From Sunday 23rd August to Friday 28th.
From Sunday 11th October to Friday 18th.
From Sunday 18th October to Friday 23rd.

COST AND ERASMUS + FUNDING

The training course is tailored to be fully funded by Erasmus + to teachers, trainers, headmasters and any other staff of education organizations so the Erasmus + grant covers all the costs of the course. The cost of the Erasmus course is 480€ for a 6-day course and includes course fees, transportation for the training activities if this is necessary, free cultural activities in the city during the week such as a guided city tour on the first day of the week. Moreover, networking activities will take place among participants and, obviously, the certification of attendance is included as well. Regarding documentation, the company offers guidance and will help with all necessary documents that the participant can need (learning agreement and/or Europass mobility). Finally, an optional cultural package is offered to deepen the relationship between all participants.

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