Online Arkaya Awareness Teacher Training

Join Module 1 of the Online Arkaya Teacher Training and ease into the full 500-hour intensive with a smaller time and financial commitment!

Rolling Enrolments Are Now Open For 2024!

New format for the Online Arkaya Teacher Training:
Join for a sliding scale investment of between only $1,000 - $1,368 (Canadian Dollars)!

We have changed the format this year and are opening a rolling enrolment in Module 1 of the training only. This is a much smaller upfront commitment both financially and with respect to time. Once we complete Module 1, we will begin the more intensive portion of the 500-hour training in Spring 2025. 

This will allow you to prepare yourself for the more in-depth learning and practices and you can also set up a payment plan over the course of this year if needed.

Yogacharini Maitreyi and Ross would love to connect with you for a 20-minute Zoom call to chat and discuss this possibility and answer any questions you might have.

Here is the info for the registration process for Module 1

Students will only need to commit to two things:

1. The Saturday Satsangh from 9 to 11 AM PST plus the teacher training debrief and discussion group from 11 to 11:30 AM PST.

2. The Foundations for Life program with 60 hours of online self-paced sessions plus once per month live evolutionary circle on the last Thursday of the month from 5:30 to 7:00 PM PST. 

The cost for the annual satsangh membership is $360 and the cost for the Foundations program is sliding scale with three pricing options: $640; $888; or $1,008. The investment for the Foundations program then goes towards the full 500-hour training (if you feel inspired to go deeper) which will begin in about one year's time.

Here are all of the links for you to learn more and register:

Zoom link for evolutionary circle on the last Thursday of every month from 5:30 to 7:00 PM PST (same link every month). Please join for free this Thursday March 28!
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86740742889

Link to Foundations for Life program:
https://arkaya.teachable.com/p/foundationsforlife

Link to Community Satsangh membership:
www.arkaya.net/communityclass 

Information on the 500-Hour Training

Please read the in-depth information below to learn about the structure of the full 500-hour training.

NOTE: In order to enroll in the 500-hour program, you must first complete Module 1 of the training. Enrolments are currently open for Module 1!

500+ Hours Over Two Years of Live, Interactive Online Sessions (513 Total Hours)

This is a 2-year transformational self-awareness & healing program. Arkaya is a decolonized, full-spectrum practice rooted in the traditional Indian life sciences of Yoga and Tantra. This integrative online training is accessible to people around the world and is facilitated out of Vancouver BC, Canada by an authentic master teacher from the Tantric Yoga lineages of South India.

NOTE: Please scroll all the way down for the full program schedule and the course investment fees

PLEASE NOTE: We are now accepting admissions for Module 1 of the program. However, if you would like to apply for the following year’s start, you can do that as well.

Want to meet Yogacharini Maitreyi and the Arkaya Community to learn more? All are welcome to join their first Online Saturday Satsangh for FREE! Click the button below!

The lead teacher for the Arkaya training, Yogacharini Maitreyi, is an Acharya (life guide on the yogic path) who has been immersed in the culture and practice of yoga and tantra from a young age in her home country of South India. She has worked on her psychic life as well as her practical life and embodies what it means to be devoted to the self-work. As a teacher, she is accessible, down-to-earth and full of humour and compassion.

This is an authentic Classical Indian Yoga & Traditional Tantra program focused on self-awareness, self-discovery & self-realization.

(Please note this is not the Westernized, over-sexualized version of Tantra which is a misrepresentation of the true Tantric culture).

The extended 2-year period of the program allows for deeper assimilation in the spirit of traditional yoga.

It takes place for 2.5 hours most Saturdays & 5 hours or less on some Sundays.

There are two 5-day online, home-based retreats - one in each year of the 2-year program.

PLEASE NOTE: NOTE: In order to enroll in the 500-hour program, you must first complete Module 1 of the training. Enrolments are currently open for Module 1!

The sooner you apply and register, the sooner you can begin the recommended preparations for the training by joining the Foundations for Life Program and the weekly Saturday Community Class & Satsangh. This will help with immersion and integration in preparation for the full training.

NOT SURE IF THE PROGRAM IS FOR YOU?

JOIN ONE OF OUR WEEKLY ONLINE CLASSES FOR FREE TO GET A FEEL FOR OUR COMMUNITY, GET TO KNOW YOGACHARINI MAITREYI, AND THE ARKAYA YOGA PRACTICE!

In this program you will:

• Learn from Yogacharini Maitreyi, an Acharya and authentic master teacher trainer from the yogic lineages of South India. She is a senior master teacher, teaching for over 25 years and will support you to be immersed in the culture of yoga and embody yoga.

• Learn from a variety of teachers representing and immersed in the various arts & sciences of traditional yogic culture, like: nada yoga, Ayurveda, Jyotish, Vaastu, etc.

• Receive long-term mentorship and supervised hands-on teaching experience for a wide spectrum of teaching possibilities.

• Learn the value commitment and showing up for yourself.

• Learn about Nada Yoga (the yoga of sound) and learn how to chant mantra and sing kirtan.

• Build a strong yogic foundation for your sukhasthanam (place of ease) to manifest the highest potential in you.

• Enjoy the dance of the polarities, cultivate somatic awareness and savour your senses through the traditional Tantric practices.

• Connect with your inner child, bring awareness to your shadow without blame or shame, and learn to reparent yourself into safety.

• Learn hands-on yogic healing and chakra realignment practices.

• Take self-responsibility and begin the journey of self-discovery and self-mastery.

• Understand and embody the full-spectrum yogic life science which includes meditation as well as breathwork (pranayama) and traditional healing (yoga chikitsa).

• Understand the nuances of cultural appropriation and how to decolonize your yoga practice and teaching.

• Learn the difference between the industrial paradigm vs. the indigenous paradigm as well as the exercise paradigm vs. the yogic paradigm.

• Learn the 8-limbed path of Patanjali. This builds a strong foundation for healthy boundaries as well as strengthening of uplifting qualities. This is done through contemplation and application of the Yama and Niyama.

• Understand Sanathana Dharma and the scriptures, history, stories and roots of yogic culture in India.

• Learn about karma, dharma, swadharma and your role in the divine matrix.

• Learn how to lead different kinds of classes, including: one-on-one & group classes, senior’s classes, children’s classes, restorative classes, trauma-informed healing, yogic relaxation & intro to yoga nidra.

• Learn how to impart what you have learnt and absorbed without overinvesting or letting it get to your head, pedagogy and student teacher relationship.

• Become a teacher who lives a truly yogic lifestyle, leading yourself & others with peace, wisdom and joy.

Arkaya Awareness Teacher Training at a Glance

With a total of over 500 hours of training and ongoing mentorship over a two year period, the Arkaya Awareness Teacher Training is a unique and in-depth program structured like the gurukulam system of South India. It is important to distinguish the level of support and mentorship that you will receive in this training. This support is part of a reciprocal process in which you, the student, are required to engage fully and take responsibility while also receiving a healthy level of assistance and guidance from the program teachers.

This training meets and surpasses the Yoga Alliance 500-hour requirement. Once complete, and if you choose to, you will be eligible to register as a Yoga Alliance 500-hour Yoga teacher. This step is not necessary in order to teach yoga and so we leave this choice to each individual. 

The program runs over a two-year period with various breaks in between. The training is 100% online with two 5-day home-based retreats/intensives - one in each year.

For full course schedule, curriculum and dates, please scroll down to the section titled “Course Structure, Dates and Modules.”

Course Overview - Structure, Dates and Times

• Start Date: TBA

• End Date: TBA

• This program is comprised of six modules plus the weekly Arkaya Community Class and Satsangh, every Saturday from 9 AM to 11:30 AM PST (Pacific Standard Time). Please make sure to schedule this Saturday session in your calendar for the whole two year duration of the program with exception for the winter and summer break.

• The program is 100% online with two 5-day home-based retreats/intensives.. 

• All learning materials and class recordings will be accessible through Arkaya’s online school on the Teachable platform. 

• Each student will receive a two year calendar which gives all mandatory dates and times for the program. 

• During the retreats/intensives you will be guided in how to create a yogic lifestyle for yourself. You will also learn about Ayurvedic diet and cooking.

• The retreats/intensives will also have a focus on hands-on healing practices. These are holistic, comprehensive healing practices from the yogic and tantric traditions.

COURSE CONTENT

This Course will give you a strong foundation to re-parent yourself and work through old karma or old conditioning. The structure and energy of the program is to enable evolutionaries and effortless effort. This is an awareness based program that allows each participant to unfold at their own pace.

The Arkaya Awareness practices are a full-spectrum system to unite body, mind, emotions, prana and cosmic fields of existence in you. One of the aims of the Arkaya program is the decolonization of Yoga and Tantra. This is made possible because Yogacharini Maitreyi was born and raised in the tradition of South India and has been teaching the authentic path since 1997.

Joy, lightness, kindness, clarity and ease are qualities that you can expect to cultivate and deepen within. You will have the opportunity to go into the shadow work of making conscious that which has remained unconscious due to repression, avoidance, escapism, over-intellectualization and fear.

This course will give you a strong foundation to re-parent yourself and work through old karma or old conditioning. The structure and energy of the program is to enable evolutionaries and effortless effort. This is an awareness based program that allows each participant to unfold at their own pace. The core purpose of this training is for you to connect more deeply with yourself and therefore live a more fulfilled life. The traditions of yoga and tantra are ancient life sciences that give us a time-tested map to personal success and spiritual realization. The way that the Arkaya system has been structured blends this ancient wisdom of the East while embracing the modern context of the West. 

In Arkaya Awareness practices you will see the seamless blending of the classical forms like:

1. Hata Yoga

2. Ashtanga Yoga  

3. Kriya Yoga

4. Raja Yoga

5. Karma Yoga

6. Bakthi Yoga

7. Kundalini Yoga / Laya Yoga 

8. Traditional Tantra / Saatvic Tantra

9. Tantric yoga invocation of the three major Goddesses

10. Yoga chikitsa/Multidimensional healing

11. Jathi, Kriya, Asana

12. Sankalpa / Visioning Your Highest

13. Vichara & Investigative Role Playing

14. Beginner’s Ayurveda

15. Beginner’s Jyotish (Vedic Astrology)

16. Beginner’s Kirthan and Nada Yoga (The yoga of singing and sound)

17. Vedic Mathematics & Astronomy

18. Temple Architecture

You will be immersed in:

• The deeper dimensions of yoga, including philosophy, psychology, principles and tools 

• Applied Yoga philosophy to shift things for the better

• Yoga psychology to bring awareness to traumas, emotions and beliefs 

• Deeper meaning and application of tools rarely taught in mainstream trainings, including Jathi, Manthra, Yanthra, Kirtan, Asana, Mudhra, Sparsha, Kriya and Sankalpa. These help to purify and reprogram the subconscious mind.

• Traditional practices and rituals with an understanding of the scientific context for their impact on your body, emotions, mind and consciousness.

• Contemplation to rise above programming and synchronise with source

• Yoga anatomy, chakras, energy pathways and multidimensional healing methodologies

• The conscious cultivation of healthy boundaries and conscious melting of boundaries through the contemplation and practice of Yama Niyama. This is more than an intellectual, superficial understanding and has the capacity to completely transform the way you live and experience your life

You will learn practices such as:

• Karuna Sakshi Bhava (compassionate witnessing) which leads to the increased capacity to sit with yourself and be comfortable in your own skin as well as relate to others with a compassionate heart.

• Vichara (self enquiry and contemplation of your life) which helps you to see your deeper patterns, traumas and false identifications which can then be shifted, leading to higher states of consciousness.

• Application of Yama (conscious healthy boundaries) Niyama (conscious cultivation of evolutionary habits and states of being) which allow you to see the aspects of yourself and life that pull you downwards and to cultivate those qualities which elevate yourself and your life situation.

• Asana (the science of body language and harmonizing polarities)

• Jathi (conscious rhythmic movements) to prepare the body, emotions and mind and to create lightness, ease and joy

• Pranayama (Conscious Expansion of Life Force through Breath work)

• Dharana (concentration) leading towards Dhyana (meditation)

• Tantric practices to find your sukhasthanam (place of ease) and get your needs met by tuning into your pranic currents as well as learning healthy communication.

• And much much more. Please note that there is such a wealth of tools and practices that it would be impossible to list all that you will learn. 

• The most important learning is the HOW TO in the application of each of the yogic and tantric tools and principles. You will learn the importance of pacing and sequencing not only on the mat but in your entire life. 

• The Arkaya training is different from the average training and very effective because of the integration of your multidimensional and multi-layered existence. 

Benefits of the program:

1. You will become more solution-oriented and harmony-focused. 

2. You will experience how consistent practice elevates all areas of your life. 

3. Become sensitized to prana or chi or life force and learn to heal yourself & others.

4. You will anchor and strengthen your capacity for self-observation through embodied awareness and concentration practices. This will enable you to break patterns of codependence and move towards inter-dependence.

5. Your self-esteem and confidence will increase through the cultivation of self-awareness.

6. You will build emotional resilience through building your emotional intelligence and expanding your toolkit for emotional processing.

7. You will create stronger teamwork between body, emotions, mind and cosmos. This internal harmony will enable you to harmonize external situations more efficiently. 

8. You will experience how consistent practice elevates all areas of your life creating abundance from the inside out.

9. You will understand the tantric principles for manifestation through alignment which enable the highest possibility to unfold through you.

10. You will gain clarity on your deepest purpose through learning about swadharma, dharma and karma.

11. You will be a part of a school which truly embodies decolonization of yoga. You will learn the difference between the standard academic-intellectual approach (mostly taught by traumatized, reactionary individuals) versus a truly experiential-embodied approach.

12. The Arkaya practice is beautifully structured to balance your nervous system. In modern times we are mostly in the sympathetic nervous system which is the fight, flight, freeze or fawn response. We will learn to activate the parasympathetic nervous system which is the rest, digest and heal response.

IN ADVANCE: PREPARING FOR THE TRAINING

1. Please join the Online Foundations for Life Program

   Click to View Online Foundations for Life Program

   Note: When you enroll in the the Foundations for Life Program, the cost is discounted from your investment in the teacher training.

2. Also join the weekly Saturday Community Satsangh

   Click to View Saturday Community Satsangh

COURSE STRUCTURE, DATES
& MODULES

With a total of over 500 hours of training and ongoing mentorship over a minimum of two years, the Arkaya Awareness Teacher Training is a unique and in-depth program structured  like the gurukulam system of South India. Gurukulam is a rebirthing and reparenting of self. As much as we honour individuation we also honour community. The modern, industrialized world is used to quick fixes and certification. It takes time for the paradigm shifts to integrate which is what Yoga is about.

Note: This training meets and surpasses the Yoga Alliance 500 hour requirement. Once complete, you will be eligible to register as a Yoga Alliance 500 hour yoga teacher if you choose to. However, registering with Yoga Alliance is not required.  Scroll down for brief syllabus details.

Arkaya Community Class and Satsangh - Total of 220 hours

The Arkaya Community Class & Satsangh is the constant meeting point for this two-year training. This is the foundation of the Arkaya school and community, where we meet every week to practice together, contemplate together and connect with each other. Those in the teacher training have a 30-minute discussion group with Q&A and important integration time after the rest of the community signs off.

Please remember to block off this day and time on your calendar for two full years. It is a program requirement.

• Every Saturday from 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM PST over the two year duration of the program.

• Please remember to block off this day and time on your calendar for two full years. It is a program requirement.

• This prepares each student well for their practicum when they will be required to lead practice sessions at the Saturday Satsangh.

• You will also gain access to the Arkaya library of all past recorded practice sessions and satsangh with Yogacharini Maitreyi.

  Class Structure:

  1) A mindful, gentle and deeply relaxing full-spectrum Tantric Yoga class. Led by one of the Arkaya practicum teachers using classical tools and principles in order to seamlessly integrate your different dimensions and layers of existence.

  2) Yogacharini Maitreyi will speak on the deeper tools & principles of Yoga in a short Satsangh (Sat= Truth or highest reality; Sangha = connected gathering). There is also a blog written by Maitreyi every few weeks which can be read and contemplated before the satsangh. www.arkaya.net/blog 

  3) A guided meditation or chanting with Yogacharini Maitreyi, invoking healing, illumination and reconnection to ourselves.

  4) Discussion, sharing and community connections. 

  5) 30 minute teacher training debrief at the end of the session, from 11 - 11:30 AM.

  
  

MODULE 1

2 Parts - Total of 85 hours

START DATE: TBA

END DATE MODULE 1 - PART 1: Self-Paced with flexible end date

END DATE MODULE 1 - PART 2: TBA

Part 1: Online Foundations for Life Program

Part 2: Live Online Classes (Zoom)

1) Online Foundations for Life Program - 60 hours

This module builds a strong yogic foundation for manifesting the highest potential in you. The expectation for Module 1 is that students take self-responsibility in order to begin the journey of self-discovery and self-mastery.

This is a self-paced online program spread across one year.

This self-directed portion is done in tandem with the rest of the program and provides support materials for the student to refer to.

Includes 90-minute monthly live Zoom support circles. These are mandatory to attend.

You will gain access to a total of 20 x 90 minute videos of Arkaya Yoga practice & meditation sessions along with course material, including: theory, assignments, practices, contemplations as well as manthra recordings with Yogacharini Maitreyi to practice along with or listen to for meditative and healing purposes. 

More info on Foundations for Life Program: www.arkaya.net/foundationsforlife

(60 Hrs of Online step by step instructional videos and course material on the teachable platform. This includes mindful practice, contemplation, self awareness and recorded manthra)

DATES & TIMES
Once a month: 90 minute Evolutionary Mastermind circles

on the last Thursday of each month from 5:30 to 7:00 PM PST

There will be peer groups, accountability partners, sessions lead by Yogacharini Maitreyi and supportive senior teachers to guide you through this journey apart from the course material and structure.

You will learn to cultivate a yoga drishti or how to be the observer and the observed. This capacity to be the experiment and the experimenter is the first step in Yoga.

LISTENING skills will be cultivated. Many do not understand what true listening is. The course also requires one approach Yoga with humility and appreciation rather than appropriation.

2) Live Online Classes (Zoom) - 25 hours

• 5 Sundays for 5 hours from 9 AM - 2 PM PST

Break Between Module 1 and 2

Community Satsangh continues.

MODULE 2

Online Home-Based Retreat/Intensive #1 - Total of 25 hours

START DATE: TBA

END DATE: TBA

You will delve deep into re-balancing the chakras along with partner work (non-sexual) designed to support each other’s evolution. You will experience connection to your food through freshly prepared and participative organic meals. 

There will be nature walks (if in the city, a park is great), mauna (periods of silence), seed chants (bija mantras) and healing methodologies to deepen your connection with yourself and become confident in working on others in a healing capacity, if you choose to.

• Five days from 9 AM to 2 PM PST (Pacific Standard Time)

• Hands-on and energy healing work, chakra rebalancing and partner work. We’ll instruct you on how to work with a partner and will ask you to find a friend or family member who is willing to work with you just for this segment. This person will benefit greatly and will not have to pay any participation fee.

• Students begin teaching segments

• Ayurvedic cooking and chai

  • Learning to use healing spices and combinations

• Watching videos with a theme for self-reflection

• Practicum outline and instructions are given in this module and recorded so the students can review the video

Summer Community Satsangh Break for the month of August

Practicums continue

Community Satsangh Attendance Begins Again in September

MODULE 3

Live Online Classes - Total of 25 hours

START DATE: TBA

END DATE: TBA

Live Online Classes

We will deepen into the process of becoming a teacher. Practicums will be reviewed, feedback given, and questions answered. We will discuss the challenges that have arisen thus far in your practicum. Lectures on the allied Yogic sciences from guest teachers will continue.

• 5 Sundays for 5 hours from 9 AM to 2 PM PST

Practicums Begin

Community Classes Continue

MODULE 4

ARKAYA COMMUNITY BUILDING & SEVA PRACTICUMS - 108 hours of self-directed teaching and healing work. Your teachers will be there for guidance & support.

START DATE: TBA

END DATE: TBA

Module 4 makes up the longest portion of the program, with ongoing practicum teaching, healing work, real life application of yama (conscious restraints / boundaries), niyama (conscious cultivations), swadhyaya (self-study), community classes & satsangh, and mentorship.

The course requirement is that each student completes 108 hours of practicum work.

By teaching Arkaya community classes in studios and online while being mentored by senior Arkaya teachers, you will continue your evolution as a teacher and beyond.

• Students have one year to complete 108 hours of practicum teaching and healing work.

• You will be given the opportunity to teach in the weekly Online Arkaya Community Class & Satsangh and to receive feedback.

• You will also be included in a group of other practicum students where you can practice teaching each other and giving each other feedback.

• Students receive a practicum outline, student feedback form and hours tracking sheet.

• Feedback form and hours sheets need to be completed and approved for submission by one month prior to course end.

Winter Community Satsangh Break for part of December and January

Practicums continue.

No Community Satsangh.

No Evolutionary Circle in December.

Community Class Attendance Begins Again in mid-late January

MODULE 5

Live Online Classes - Total of 25 hours

START DATE: TBA

END DATE: TBA

Live Online Classes:

You will absorb the practices and the theory through repetition, experiential learning, study & discussion. You will continue to move through the internal work helping you to become a more effective teacher, healer and leader. You will see how this work also makes you more effective in all of your endeavours in the world.

• 5 Sundays for 5 hours from 9 AM to 2 PM PST

MODULE 6

Online Home-Based Retreat/Intensive #2 - Total of 25 hours

START DATE: TBA

END DATE: TBA

• Five days from 9 AM to 2 PM PST (Pacific Standard Time)

• This is the final module other than practicum completion

• Similar activities to Module 4

• Teaching practice to hone your skills even more

Summer Community Satsangh Break for the month of August

No Evolutionary Circle in August.

Community Satsangh Attendance Begins Again in September

CLOSING CEREMONY

Program closes with a group Zoom celebration

DATE: TBA - Saturday from 11 AM to 12:30 PM PST

A gentle yogic session where teacher training students invite their family and friends. Followed by felicitations and the students sharing their gleanings and experiences. Those who have completed all requirements will receive their certifications as 500-Hour Arkaya Awareness Teachers! All of our visiting / guest teachers are also invited to attend and be honoured.

IS THIS PROGRAM
THE RIGHT FIT FOR YOU?

This is the program for you if:

1. You want to take full responsibility for your Self and your process of evolution. 

2. You are looking to reconnect on a deeper level to yourself and life.

3. You want to not only enhance your posture but improve your stance towards life.

4. You want to understand the deeper dimensions of yoga as a physical, emotional, mental and spiritual realignment.

5. You want to understand yoga in its essence as well as understand cultural appropriation.

6. You want to take full responsibility for yourself and your evolution.

7. You want to become a rooted, spiritually mature practitioner.

8. You understand the growth that comes through commitment to a focused path versus endless dabbling in weekend workshops.
   
   

This is not the program for you if:

1. You are only interested in yoga as a physical fitness practice. 

2. You are not interested in moving from intellectualization
   to embodiment of principles of Yoga.

3. Kindness, empathy, self-responsibility and service are not your core values.

4. You do not see the value of long term commitment to your process. 

5. You regularly use drugs & alcohol.

6. You are trapped in a blame game and do not want out

7. You are unwilling to look at yourself or listen to gentle and kind guidance.

8. You do not have the humility to know you may not know 

9. You are not willing to question your beliefs, opinions and perspectives and release them when they are seen as unhealthy or creating disharmony.

10. You do not respect healthy and appropriate boundaries.

INVESTMENT

Regular Rate = $5,990 + 5% GST

PLEASE NOTE: If you are a person in financial need, please email us at infoarkaya@gmail.com to discuss the possibility of a partial scholarship. If you have the financial resources, you are invited to contribute towards those who need scholarships as well. Priority will be given to Indigenous and people of colour. Scholarships range from $500 - $1,000.

Registrants must be paid in full by the day before the program begins - March 2, 2024 (program begins on March 3, 2024).

Once you have paid for the program (or paid your first instalment) there is a non-refundable deposit of $500. That means, if you cancel or unenroll before the program begins, you will get all of your money back minus $500. Once the program has started, there is a no-refund policy. That means you don’t get any money back. Of course, if there are extreme circumstances of health or unavoidable situations, we will address refunds on a case-by case basis.

Payment Options:

1. Pay in full by e-transfer (in Canada) or bank transfer (outside of Canada). This method allows you to avoid paying service fees associated with processing a credit card.

2. Pay in full by credit card in one of two ways: a) Through Teachable (our online learning platform); b) Through Paypal. Each of these has associated processing fees which will be added onto your total cost.

3. Payment plan of 3 equal instalments is available for both e-transfer / bank transfer or credit card payment. There is no additional fee for paying in instalments.

   PLEASE NOTE:

   If paying in 3 instalments for the regular rate, the final instalment must be paid by the day before the program begins - March 2, 2024.

Start Date TBA

Why The Arkaya Awareness Teacher Training?

Cost-effective

Because this training is 100% online, we are able to reduce the overall cost to you.

Live & Interactive

Many other online teacher trainings are pre-recorded modules where you don’t have the live connection with the teachers and students. The Arkaya training is live and interactive with two home-based retreats/intensives over the two years.

Convenient

Because this program is online and spread out over two years, you are able to take care of your everyday responsibilities and integrate the practices into your life. With the the training being online, you will go through a deeply transformative process from the comfort of your own home.

Authentic

Learn from an authentic guide, Yogacharini Maitreyi, and learn to live an embodied yogic and tantric lifestyle. You will also be cultivating your capacities as a healer.

Integrative

The program is spaced out over two years with time for integration and ongoing mentorship. You will be supported in your evolution and in becoming the best teacher you can be. Even when the training is completed, there is an opportunity to stay involved and in touch with the Arkaya community for as long as you want. Many students consider this a lifetime’s work.

… or read on for additional information

TESTIMONIALS

Yogacharini Maitreyi

Founder, Arkaya Awareness Centre & Arkaya Foundation

Your ACHARINI (GUIDE) for the Teacher Training

In India, Maitreyi was given many titles such as Yogacharini (Guide and Visionary), Yoga Chemmal (Expert) and Yoga Shiromani (Gem) in India since 1997.

In 2006, she was also invited to be on the Advisory Board of the World Yoga Council in Europe. Along with over 100 published articles, Maitreyi has taught and spoken at over 20 conferences and trained 60+ corporations in more than 6 countries over the last 20 + years.

However her heart lies in facilitating the blossoming of the human spirit through the teacher trainings and deepening programs.

She is also the founder of Arkaya Foundation, empowering children who live in the slums in India.

OTHER TEACHERS

This training will include additional teachers who embody the various classical / Vedic arts and sciences of India:

• Ross Mckeachie: Arkaya Community Director & Assistant Teacher Trainer

• Kiana Rosskothen: Assistant Teacher & Arkaya Administrator

• Anuja Chandarkar: Ayurveda

• Neeraja Aptikar: Kirtan & Nada Yoga (sacred music)

• Anandji: Kirtan & Bhakthi Yoga

• Rupa Gopinath: Classical Indian Dance

• Curtis Andrews: Classical Indian drumming and rhythms

• Other guest teachers in Jyotish / Vedic Astrology

STILL NOT SURE IF THE PROGRAM IS FOR YOU?

JOIN ONE OF OUR WEEKLY ONLINE CLASSES FOR FREE TO GET A FEEL FOR OUR COMMUNITY, GET TO KNOW YOGACHARINI MAITREYI, AND THE ARKAYA YOGA PRACTICE!