The international organization, founded by Swami Vishnu-devananda, is offering its Yoga TTC in Colombia in July, 2013

Medellin, Colombia (PRWEB) April 14, 2013

Millions of people throughout the world have discovered the physical, emotional and spiritual benefits of the practice of Yoga. Since the beginning of the Yoga teacher training courses in 1969, more than 30,000 graduates have concluded the program.

This Yoga course (cursos de Yoga) is meant to be intensive, immersing the students in a day long balanced program of theory and practices. Students come from different cultural backgrounds and live harmoniously together in a spiritual community under the guidance of teachers.

"In keeping with this ancient Yoga tradition, spiritual practices such as daily adherence to discipline, meditation, sanskrit mantra chanting, Hindu gods and goddesses, ceremonial worships such as puja, strict vegetarianism, selfless service and study of philosophy constitute a large part of this program.

Swami Vishnudevananda founded the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres.

The Advanced Yoga Teacher's Training Course (ATTC) helps graduates to deepen their spiritual practice and their study of Hatha yoga (cursos de Hatha Yoga), Vedanta philosophy, Raja yoga, anatomy and Sanskrit. The advanced class gives students an additional chance to practice under guidance in a supportive atmosphere, which provides many with a boost of energy and clarity. The TTC is a prerequisite for this course.

Kanti Devi (Yoga Acharya), is Director of the Sivananda Centers in Montevideo and Buenos Aires. She has organized the International Sivananda Yoga Teacher Training courses in South America since the 70s. Direct disciple of Swami Vishnudevananda, she is known for her charisma and dedication.

For more information about Yoga Colombia, please visit http://www.sivananda.org.ar

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On a rooftop in a Kenyan slum, a group of people are doing yoga poses. Yoga has been introduced to them as a way to help cope with their lives, and develop a livelihood to help others.

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The slums in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, are among the biggest in Africa. There is crushing poverty, high unemployment, poor sanitation and rampant crime. It is not the kind of place where you'd expect a burgeoning yoga scene to take root, but that's what reporter Jill Craig found.

(SOUNDBITE OF YOGA SESSION)

UNIDENTIFIED MEN AND WOMEN: (chanting) Ohm...

JILL CRAIG, BYLINE: Twenty-four year old Sophia Njoki has been a yoga instructor since Kenya's post-election violence of 2007 and 2008. During that time, she witnessed horrific acts being committed right outside her door in the Kariobangi slum - one of the hardest hit areas.

SOPHIA NJOKI: Here in Kariobangi, I was seeing people were cutted on their head, they were killed.

CRAIG: Njoki says that people were being wounded and killed by men wielding machetes.

(SOUNDBITE OF YOGA CLASS)

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