PRANAVA

I want structured education

LearnStudy Yoga through structured education, teacher education, continuing education and focused study.

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A group kneeling on mats with palms joined and eyes closed, in a room with a yellow wall and blue curtainsPrabhava 5-day Hatha-Iyengar Immersion, 2 to 6 October 2023

01What structured learning means

We do not believe that a certificate alone makes someone a Yoga teacher, nor that collecting techniques necessarily leads to deeper understanding.

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Prabhava 5-day Hatha-Iyengar Immersion, 2 to 6 October 2023

We believe that Yoga is best understood not merely by collecting techniques, but through a relationship between study, practice and experience.

Learning happens over time.

Our educational approach encourages students to:

  1. Practise consistently
  2. Study the foundations of Yoga
  3. Observe their own experience
  4. Understand the principles behind practice
  5. Ask questions
  6. Learn from experienced teachers
  7. Develop the ability to teach responsibly
  8. Continue learning beyond a single course
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02What teacher education is

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Teacher education, for us, is not only about learning how to conduct a class.

It is about developing the understanding, discernment and responsibility required to guide another person’s practice.

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03Programme categories

Our programmes may take different forms, from regular practice and teacher education to workshops, intensives, retreats and study, but they share a common intention:

To create the conditions for deeper understanding through learning, practice and lived experience.

  • A line of people folding forward over chairs while a teacher adjusts the hands of one at the far end

    Teacher education

  • A person holding a handstand against a yellow wall while a man steadies another person's legs

    Continuing education

  • Four practitioners in supported bridge over chairs with a rope hanging from the roof beam

    Workshops

  • Five women sitting cross-legged on grass among tall trees with their hands on their knees

    Intensives

  • A discussion circle of people on chairs in an open pavilion, one man leaning forward speaking

    Study programmes

04The named programmes

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05How to choose

Whether you are beginning your journey with Yoga, seeking to deepen an established practice, preparing to teach, or simply wishing to understand these traditions more deeply, Pranava is a space to learn, practise and enquire.

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Begin where you are.

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There is always more to learn.

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