Kalpana Radhika Yoga Retreat

Jayaprada Radhika

Called to the ancient mysticism of the east, Jayaprada Radhika has absorbed deeply in the profound wisdom of the eastern way of life, during time living in temples for 5 years, and has been studying and teaching yoga throughout the Himalayas, Vrindavan and other holy places across and around the globe.

She has been involved in various advertising campaigns as an ambassador for health and wellness including for the acclaimed Yoga Woman Film and has some published written work in Bhakti Yoga Magazines. She was the leading yoga therapist for NZ’s Olympic athletes and the Australian Federal Police, and is the Global membership Director and Yoga ambassador for Food for Life Global http://www.ffl.org.

Drawing on 20 years of body work coming from a classical ballet and martial arts background she committed deeply to the ashtanga yoga path under the guidance of Sri R.B Swamiji who travelled and taught with yoga saints of the 70’s, including his main Guru Swami Muktananda. After Swami Muktanandas passing he then resided with Jnana / knowledge masters high in the Himalayas while they were still accessible. She feels he shared with her aspects to breath, alignment and the depth of the eighth limb ashtanga path that she has not found any where else.

The knowledge and realisations from her years living in temples which pertain to yoga beyond the physical practice also, and the deep and unchanged roots of ashtanga as shared by the sages many thousands of years ago, are her main inspirations for developing the Radhika Yoga curriculum, as she feels the essence of yoga is widely lost in today’s commercial yoga industry. She is passionate about sharing the ancient secrets of Yoga, in it’s profound and multifaceted forms.

NZ born, Radhika has been based in for the past two years hosting the Radhika Yoga Teacher Training Immersions and Retreats. Prior to this she was teaching throughout Australasia for a decade. Her Guruji His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami, continues to be a source of spiritual grounding, and inspires her in sharing the deeper aspects of yoga revealed in the legacy of Vedic / Yogic literature. You may see her birth name written in French as Jolie. After receiving Diksa initiation and Gurujis blessings she was given the sanskrit name Jayaprada Radhika Devi Dasi meaning ‘The giver of spiritual victory’, and is now known by many as Radhika.

Methodology consists of learning the healing, therapeutic and beneficial effects of asanas within the Ashtanga Vinyasa primary series, which will help you develop your own self practice and specific therapeutic sequences for others with ashtanga vinyasa as your powerful foundation as all other variations of vinyasa / flow / power yoga sequences today originated from Ashtanga. You will learn creative sequencing for power vinyasa and yin yoga with the essential skills necessary to be able to develop unique classes, that will help you address and support people at varying levels within their practice.

The practical experience you gain daily teaching in workshops and class settings, as well as being assisted with developing many aspects of your unique voice as a teacher, guide and powerful source of healing in the world, will equip you with the skills that enable, encourage and inspire others.

The physical component of this 200 hr training has a focus on the classical and unchanged Ashtanga series one sequence, as set by the sages over 5,000 years ago, as this sequence gives profound access to deeper energetics required for optimum yogic practice in terms of asana and breath. There are six series each designed for a specific personal unfoldment on the Yogic path. Series one, which is the focus for this 200hr Immmersion is aimed at re-aligning the whole physical body for greater connection to expanded consciousness, as the mind and body are inextricably linked.

Since the Asht~anga lineage is the ‘eight fold’ yoga path, the other seven components beyond the physical asana practice will also be taught. The morning practice is strong yet focused deeply on the correct breathing and alignment necessary for essential energetics to take place for optimum upliftment and self development. You will learn how to create freedom in your breathe to access and remove tension, and how the correlation between alignment and ability to breath optimally are essential in yogic practice. The advanced philosophy we share picks up where the eight limbs leave of.

You will learn how both the physical practice and deeper spiritual knowledge co-exist in a way that you can incorporate this awareness into yours and others lives in meaningful ways. The ancient teachings of the Vedic conclusions are rare and transformational classes giving you the opportunity to develop a profound and keen understanding into the essence of all yogic philosophy, which through the knowledge and practices therein, can present a clearer perspective illuminating a greater sense of personal purpose.

During the course you gain daily experience teaching in workshops, class settings, and are assisted on working on many aspects to develop your unique voice as a teacher, guide and powerful source of healing in the world.

You will experience many meditation techniques, including the profound effects of mantra. Sometimes classicaln instruments will be used and the deeper meanings of the mantras will be shared. These classes are transformative and through sound healing we clear our throat, heart and third eye centres which shifts us from the thinking mind into the experience of the soul. “Through sound we can be conditioned, and through sound we can also be liberated.” – Indradyumna Swami