Pushkar Meditation Temple

Pushkar Meditation Temple encapsulates the vision of Swamiji Kapri, a world renowned yoga teacher and mystic. It imparts authentic, comprehensive and complete ancient knowledge based on sage Patanjali’s Yogasutra and other scriptures. The courses are structured in a manner that helps each student become a competent and confident yoga teacher in just few weeks. Hundreds of successful yoga teachers all around the world who trained with Swamiji are a living testimony to this fact. Other than the RYT200 and RYT300 yoga teacher training courses Pushkar Meditation Temple offers a unique package called Therapeutic Application of Yoga (TAY) that addresses mental and physical problems through yoga + meditation. It is especially relevant in these times of increased stress and anxiety and addresses post/long Covid-19 complications. Swamiji also conducts a 2-hour yoga + meditation session every morning for the benefit of all those coming to holy Pushkar and wanting to get a taste of Integral yoga In ancient Indian yogic tradition there were broadly two paths to spiritual realization – Vivekaja marg (the path of distinction and discrimination) and Yogaja marg (the path of union and integration). Patanjali and all yoga styles based on Yogasutra followed the Vivekaja marg in which first the Purusha or Atma (Self) is separated from the Prakriti (matter) and then the Atma (individual soul) is united with Parmatma (Universal Soul). In other words yoga (union) follows viyog (separation). This philosophy known as Raja yoga forms the basis of our RYT200 Yoga Teacher Training course. Tantra yoga known as Shaivagama (Shaivaism) has adopted the Yogaja marg in which there are 112 kinds of yoga which are called Dharana. Dharana, if practiced correctly bring about the integration of individual soul with Universal Soul (Bhairava or Shiva). Tantra yoga also helps the realization of the universe (nature) as the expression of Shiva’s play or Shakti (spiritual energy). The course is transformative and comprehensive and is entirely based on scriptures. It covers all aspects of the Shaiva philosophy: Ultimate Reality, Manifestation, Bondage, liberation and Upayas (means) of liberation. In Raja yoga Dharana (concentration) precedes Dhyana (meditation) whereas in Tantra yoga awareness precedes state of mediation. This basic difference in Raja yoga and Tantra yoga makes Tantra relatively easier to practice and master. Both the courses with equal emphasis on practice and theory prepare a serious aspirant for the ultimate goal of self-realization.