The Acharya Intensive Teacher Training

Vidya Carolyn Dell'uomo and Devarshi Steven Hartman
(For yoga teachers, clergy, workshop presenters.)

“In India, those who teach kindergarten through college are called teachers. But one who has great love, who has attained a higher level of knowledge through practice, and who teaches others through his or her own life, is called an “acharya,” or "spiritual teacher.”  - Swami Kripalu

Bearers of light in a sometimes dark and hungry world, acharyas are, in Swami Kripalu's words, those who have great love. Their lives, relationships, and service--the joys and challenges that emerge within them -- are lived as part of their soul's evolution. With dedication to God-realization, they encounter tapascharya, the transformational fire of growth, as required for a teacher of love. This intensive training is dedicated to the support and advancement of those willing to know themselves as acharyas-- light-bearers and culture carriers in our world.

 A 12-month program, the Acharya Intensive includes 103 hours of training, coaching and mentoring: two 5-day intensive workshops, a 3-day completion weekend, and ten hours of personal coaching and small group mentoring. Twelve participants will be selected from an application/interview process assessing applicants' fervor for the path of growth, ardent self-examination, the willingness to commit to a yearlong daily practice, (co-crafted, mentored by Devarshi and Vidya), and a seva, or service project intended to expand the acharya's reach and wisdom in the world. 

Using the psycho-spiritual science of yoga, the core teachings of Swami Kripalu, the template of the koshas (the physical, mental, emotional, spiritual bodies), gestalt, ritual, video practice teach, spiritual study, scriptures, and more, participants will enter inner realms of deep healing and outer expressions of personal brilliance and gifts. Beliefs and patterns that have limited self-expression, self-love, relationships, attunement to Source, and confident teaching will be explored. Mentoring, homework, sadhana and service projects will integrate these healings. As described in the ancient texts of yoga, our group of twelve will be a 12-person “ashram” of sorts, providing a powerful vortex for powerful insight, feedback, support, cheerleading, spiritual practice, attunement and sangha (community).

Graduates will receive a certificate of completion, and in yogic tradition, given the option of a Sanskrit name initiation marking their identity as--Acharya, Bearer of light.

3-Part Training at Kripalu Center, Lenox, Ma.
Part One: May 1-6, 2011, April 29-May 4, 2012
Part Two: November 13-18, 2011, Nov. 11-16, 2012
Part Three: April 24-27, 2012, TBA, Spring, 2013
Tuition: $4,300
Housing: See Kripalu program rate for room and meals

Please click here for the Acharya Intensive Application and Contract of Commitment

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For more information:
email: carolyn@opentolife.net
or call: 1-315-682-3682.