Yoga Modules
Explore Our In-Depth Hatha Yoga Programs and Awaken to Your Essence
A Transformative Journey into the Heart of Yoga
Each Hridaya Module is crafted to deepen your practice and unlock the transformative power of the Heart. Embark on a journey of Self-revelation, connecting more deeply with your True Nature while experiencing practices that will enrich and elevate your spiritual path.
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Module 1
Awaken Chakras and the Subtle Bodies, Expand Awareness
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Offered in
EN, ES, FR
Offered in
EN
Offered in
EN
Offered in
EN
Offered in
EN
Offered in
EN
Offered in
EN
Benefits of Hridaya Yoga Modules
Hridaya Modules are an invitation to meet yourself on a new level, explore your inner depths, and contemplate life’s most fundamental questions. They support:
Self-Awareness
At Hridaya, we practice contemplative Hatha Yoga, integrating asanas (physical postures) with Advaita, the non-dual vision. The focus is on slow, gentle movements that engage not only the body but all levels of the being, fostering Self-awareness. While holding each posture, we observe thoughts, emotions, and sensations without reacting, connecting to the Spiritual Heart.
Inner Freedom
Hridaya Hatha Yoga is natural yoga, a free expression of energy, where everything is done straight from the Heart. We don’t try to push energy in a certain direction or achieve specific results. That only further strengthens the mind and the individual will.
Instead, we share meditative attitudes to help you develop an inner sense of freedom. These attitudes imbue your Hatha Yoga practice with a deeper meaning and enhance your ability to focus and express your personality. You become more discerning, balanced, and dynamic.
Joy, Relaxation, Celebration, and Surrender
The Spiritual Heart expresses its power of love and happiness in every asana. We do not focus on performing a spectacular or artistic pose, but on awakening and expressing the Heart’s inner happiness. This happiness radiates throughout the body, removing tension, strain, and stress. We avoid practicing in a dry, mechanical way and seek to awaken the joy, love, and clarity generated by the awareness of the present moment.
When you hold an asana without tension or unnecessary muscle contractions, you perceive a “blossoming” of the flow of energies. In this way, the practice reflects a positive, life-affirming attitude. It allows you to open your heart and celebrate life. The asana becomes a mechanism for transformation and healing, a process for revealing your higher Self, not just an energizing and healthy exercise.
You begin to experience yoga as a spiritual art, understanding that the revelations that arise don’t derive from personal effort alone, but from the capacity to surrender personal limitations.
Harmonious Embodiment
We see the physical body as a divine instrument designed to enable us to experience the ecstasy of recognizing and glorifying the Infinite One, Advaita, in multiplicity, samsara.
The body is a majestic manifestation of the spirit, not just a mass of dense matter. Similarly, thoughts, desires, passions, and emotions are not obstacles to spiritual awakening to be repressed or eliminated. Instead, they are tools for expanding individual consciousness and even transcending it.
Hridaya Hatha Yoga develops and refines all aspects of the being—the body, mind, emotions, intuition, and most fundamental virtues.
Did You Know?
We have many online offerings to help you deepen your practice, including articles, a free Hridaya Hatha Yoga app, and more?
Did You Know?
We have many online offerings to help you deepen your practice, including articles, a free Hridaya Hatha Yoga app, and more?
Explore our online offerings.
Did You Know?
You can join a beautiful silent meditation retreat the week after your module ends?
Did You Know?
You can join a beautiful silent meditation retreat the week after your module ends?
Check out our calendar to see if you can extend your stay!
Did You Know?
We offer a range of inspiring workshops to support your spiritual journey.
Did You Know?
We offer a range of inspiring workshops to support your spiritual journey.
From deepening in awareness to exploring sacred sexuality, there’s something for everyone.
Frequently Asked Questions
What teachings does Module 1 include?
Module 1 aims, through its vision, methods, and attitudes, to make the teachings of the Consciousness of Oneness resonate more deeply within each of us. Our highest priority is to keep the universality of the message, beyond dogma and biases.
The teachings of Module 1 unfold over four stages:
Week 1 – Introduction and Subtle Structures
Week 2 – Purifications
Week 3 – Spiritual Transformation and Grace
Week 4 – Integration In Daily Life
The curriculum of Module 1 includes:
- Hridaya Hatha Yoga principles and the stages of doing an asana. The comprehensive explanation of both the practice and the symbolic significance of more than 40 asanas, yogic techniques, and warm-up exercises
- The yogic system of chakras—yogic psychology
- About nadis (subtle energy channels), the 5 subtle bodies, and the polarity of energy
- Ramana Maharshi’s Self-Inquiry Method
- The infinite tenderness and power of the Spiritual Heart
- Diet recommendations for yogis: the proper diet for healthy living
- Yogic purification techniques
- Cultivating proper attitudes for a Hridaya life (a life lived with an open heart)
- Overcoming laxity and excitement in spirituality
- Yoga Nidra: The Yoga of Sleep/Lucid Dreaming (the Yoga of Sleep in the Tibetan tradition)
- Yogic Practices for the sublimation of energy
- Bhakti Yoga: The yoga of devotion
- The concept of Karma and Karma Yoga: The yoga of action done with detachment
- Pranayama: the control of energy using rhythmic breathing
- Simple concentration and meditation techniques
Is the Module 1 Hatha Yoga training intensive?
Yes. The Module 1 course meets for 18 days. Each day includes two Hatha Yoga classes, an optional hour of meditation, and an evening lecture. The program is designed both to stretch your body and to expand your consciousness.
Although the schedule is intensive, the Hridaya approach is contemplative. Asana sessions are designed to promote relaxation and happiness rather than effort or strain. Because of this, Hridaya Hatha Yoga is ideal for all levels of practitioners, and every student is encouraged to honor the limits of their physical body while going deeper in awareness.
What courses do you offer after Module 1?
After Module 1 finishes, we encourage you to participate in a 3- or 10-Day Hridaya Silent Meditation Retreat. You are also very welcome to continue to deepen your Hatha Yoga practice by joining Module 2.
Can I repeat Module 1 classes?
Yes! We welcome returning students who wish to deepen their practice by repeating Module 1. Once you have completed the course, you may repeat it by donation at our centers in Longeval and Mazunte. (Subject to availability; minimum 50% donation in Mazunte.) Contact us for more information.
I am a yoga teacher. Can I begin in the advanced modules?
While we honor each student’s background, we require that everyone starts with Module 1 in order to ensure a comprehensive understanding of traditional Hatha Yoga theory and practice, Self-Inquiry meditation, and the Hridaya approach.
Hridaya teachers also have a responsibility to provide you with a proper foundation, explain fundamental yogic concepts, and gradually guide you deeper in meditation and the more advanced forms of Hatha Yoga involving the intense arousal of Kundalini Shakti.
Do you have any dietary recommendations?
We strongly recommend that you maintain a vegetarian diet for the duration of your stay. Please also refrain from smoking cigarettes, drinking alcohol, and using drugs while participating in our courses.
Yoga practice (both Hatha Yoga and meditation) helps tremendously in letting go of old habits and, even, addictions.
It purifies:
- The physical body
- The energetic body (making it easier to perceive and activate the energy centers, chakras, and energy channels, nadis)
- The subconscious mind, releasing and embracing emotions
Every module of the Hridaya Yoga Retreat is associated with an optional diet experience (juice cleanse, macrobiotic diet, fast, etc.). Additionally, traditional yogic cleansing techniques (kriyas) are taught to accelerate this inner purification.
Traditionally, yoga practice included a vegetarian diet. Practicing yoga with a different diet may be less efficient and even risky, especially when performing advanced Hatha Yoga practices that involve the awakening of Kundalini energy.
Therefore, it is for your health and safety as well as for the efficiency of your spiritual practice that you choose to follow these recommendations.
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What should I bring with me?
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