Agama – “The world’s biggest tantric yoga school” (The Guardian)
On the island of Koh Phangan in Southern Thailand is a destination for your soul
For many people, Agama Yoga has been the fulfillment of a long-awaited dream. For long decades now – and maybe even since centuries in the West – people of rational orientation have waited for a scientific presentation of metaphysical and spiritual truths, yet which should not lose its mysterious, magical and sacred flavor. Many seekers have dreamt about a system of practice and evolution that should be at the same time clear, effective, goal-oriented and rational, and also truly spiritual, transcendent in its aspirations, enlightening and compassionate. For such people the teachings given by Agama Yoga are exactly the right combination.
“Agama is an authentic tantric path. Agama is the path of the agamas (of the tantric texts) of the tantric tradition from India and Tibet. Today, there are very few places in the world, in where this kind of yoga, this kind of practice, this kind of knowledge is being preserved and Agama Yoga have been given the responsibility, the stewardship of preserving these things.
So, Agama Yoga is a spiritual path from A to Z and it has, on one hand, the main trunk of the tree, which goes with the levels and everything from Muladhara to Ajna and Sahasrara, to the higher Chakras, to the states of Samadhi and to the higher states of consciousness, but of course we are aware that a very limited number of people in this world have that kind of aspiration and have that kind of longing and then the tree of Agama contains many other gifts.
There are things about healing and things about improving daily life. There are things that relate to cleansing your psychological blockages, things about having a much better sex life, there are about a hundred other things, which address the body, the energy, the emotions, and the mind, which Agama does address collaterally.
They do happen in Agama, anyway, as byproducts of Yoga, as byproducts of your spiritual practice and we have many, many people, who are in Agama precisely because of those collaterals.
For us, we see only the vertical dimension, you know, the big picture. But besides that it is like a tree which is loaded with a lot of gifts on all the branches and therefore, there are many, many collateral things that people can get from Agama and it starts with a simple thing, which is so very important such as health, body, energy and similar things.
We aim much higher than that, way beyond that. But that’s not to be denied or neglected. It’s still very important.”
-Swami Vivekananda Saraswati on Agama Yoga
Once a student has completed the Agama 200-hour teacher training course, he or she is eligible for the next challenge! We offer all of our 200 HR Yoga teachers the opportunity to upgrade to our 500-hour teacher training course. The 7-week long 300 HR TTC is the second part of the Agama 500 HR course.
The 500 HR Agama Teacher Training Course (ATTC) prepares you to teach at Agama’s headquarters in Koh Phangan, Thailand, teach at any Agama Yoga branch worldwide, open your own Agama branch, or teach the Agama curriculum at your own studio.
You can only become a fully certified Agama Yoga Teacher after successfully completing the 500 HR ATTC. This certification allows you, directly after graduation, to teach the first three levels of the Agama Program and then to continue your advancement as an Agama Yoga Teacher, gradually receiving the empowerment to teach higher levels, workshops, retreats etc.
As a graduate of this 300-hour program you may join our ever-growing Agama teaching family.
Supporting you throughout the seven-week course is an inspiring team of Agama yogis. You will have lectures from the founder of the school – Swami Vivekananda Saraswati – and the opportunity to study with Agama’s most advanced instructors. The complete Agama teaching team is here to support you in your process of evolution, to answer questions, and to hold space on a psychological and emotional level.
http://www.agamayoga.com/about/agama-affiliates
From Bangkok To get to the Island you need to take a train or bus to Surat Thani and from there a ferry to Koh Phangan. Joint Tickets are available from any travel agent in the Khaosan Road area.