Summary of Traditional Antar (Inner) Yoga Practices (Udemy.com)
Comprehensive review of Self-awareness, Meditation, and Contemplation
Created by: Abhyasa Ashram
Last updated December 2020
What you will learn
- A greater understanding of the subtler, inner/antar traditional goals of Yoga.
- Have a solid foundation in traditional antar/inner yoga practices, not just modern exercise postures.
- May your meditations today bring you peace, happiness, and bliss.
- Historical Yoga is a systematic process of Inner (Antar) practices.
- Over 100 individual presentations thoroughly review the process of Inner Yoga.
Course Description
*******Over 10,000 students are enrolled in this course*******
This course is a Summary of traditional Yoga Meditation Practices, which explores a 1-page outline of the practices of our Abhyasa Ashram and Himalayan meditation tradition. Your guide in the course is Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati (Swami J or Babafor short).
Throughout this course we emphasize the Antar (Inner) Yoga principles and practices of the ancient sages of meditation and contemplation, particularly as transmitted to us through Swami Rama of the Himalayas, and the long lineage of predecessors. We use the word Yoga in its traditional meaning as a path of liberation or freedom from the bondage of attractions, aversions, and false identities, systematically revealing the eternal, unblemished Center of Consciousness and its Union with the One absolute, Nondual Reality.
This one page Summary is a brief, yet thorough outline of the central themes of the practices of our ashram and tradition; practices which lead you in the direction of Self-realization or Enlightenment. The course is a practical expansion of that one-page Summary that we have widely used in online meetings, at our ashram in the US, as well as in meditation retreats and classes around the world.
Our immediate goal is to lead you to directly intuiting your true nature, as a center of pure consciousness, and then allowing the depth and breadth of meditation to naturally come over time.
Most of the course is video lectures, complemented by several extensive PDF files and audio Resources. The course has four major sections: Self-Observation, Internal Dialogue, Systematic Meditation, and a fourth section on Complementary and Evolving Practices.
Please approach the course with the view of it being a practical tool for deepening your Meditations, and that this is not a mere intellectual study. We encourage you to expeditiously, yet comfortably move through the course, watch the video portions, and then, once familiar with the principles, come back and reflect on the many attached Resources more deeply. In other words, please remember that while there is a lot of depth here, which can make the process seem to be not easy, there is always an underlying simplicity.
Instructor Details
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Abhyasa Ashram
YOGA is a WHOLE LIFE process. Although each of our courses has an individual emphasis, they go hand-in-hand with the others as one process of Yoga. We presently have 11 online courses published through Udemy. Swami Jnaneshvara is the presenter, and the language is English.
Abhyasa Ashram is a place of the heart rather than a physical place. It has the feel of an internal monastery and yoga meditation center, which practices universal meditation and contemplation as taught by the ancient tradition of yogis of the cave monasteries of the Himalayas, especially as transmitted through the lineage of Swami Rama. The tradition has no name, and is not affiliated with any of the institutions or religions of the plains of India or other countries surrounding the Himalayas, although individual meditators may personally align themselves with a wide variety of religions or institutions. We may refer to the tradition as "the tradition of the Himalayan masters" or "the Himalayan tradition", but that is for the sake of convenience, and is not a style or brand name as is popular these days.
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Reviews
By Petra Cinklova on 12/28/2018
Brilliant course! I have learned a lot of interesting information and techniques, which I have not come across anywhere else online... Real treasure. I loved the form of lectures. Felt very natural, honest and coming from deep experience. Thank you, thank you, thank you! :)
By Ramadasan Krishnan (Dr.) on 8/7/2018
This course has truly strengthened and deepened my understanding and practice of the Himalayan masters. Swamiji is a true living representative of the Himalayan masters.....he is a living master. I intend to continue more concentrated and focused study and practice on the more salient parts of the course, including the related resource materials. In particular, the meditation instructions and protocols. I am commited myself to study all the courses from Swamiji and Swamini for my continued spiritual progress.
By Hope Faith on 9/3/2017
I've studied this stuff for decade and this was the most concisely defined example of it that I've ever read. Thank you for this! There is so much depth to this, I haven't gotten to it all. I will have to review it piece by piece over and over. Thank you so much for your wonderful guidance and wisdom sharing. I am truly grateful.
By Ian Arthur on 10/27/2016
Loved everything about this course, including the homey midwestern earnestness of the presenter. Engaging with this material has brought interesting changes to my work as a therapist, as well. Thank you for sharing these concepts and practices in a completely relatable, accessible way. Thank you for the efforts made to distill a vast subject into its essential components. Thank you so much for making this a free offering. Many, many thanks!
By Craig Mooneyham on 10/21/2016
This course, though a summary of yoga practices, was one of the most complete, comprehensive courses on yoga meditation and practice I have ever encountered. Swami J and company have really offered a great service by providing the course; my meditation practice has expanded and progressed greatly just from going through the course, and I have not yet even begun perusing the many resources that were provided.
By Rajat Sancheti on 8/2/2016
This course is very practical, and nicely, thoughtfully prepared. When I've asked questions I've received really meaningful answers from the instructors. I've found the resources very handy, just like the Summary of Practices sheet, which has become a pretty good friend of mine already.
By Christine Lathwell on 4/21/2016
This course is really helpful, both with the practical aspects, and for the research that backs it up. The very fact that we are encouraged to experiment for ourselves, and not just take what we are told as truth at face value in something that appeals to me, as an indication of truth. This course is also well explained and covered a variety of useful information to anyone searching for truth / divine love / or whatever we wish to call that that which draws us to search for what is beyond what we see on the surface (Maya) .
By Raj Banavara on 4/9/2016
Thank you Swamiji and Ma Tri for putting together this excellent course. Swamiji has a great knack for explaining the principles and practices very thoroughly yet in a simple and clear manner. I enjoyed it very much. I will do it all over again... and again. It is a practical companion for every sincere seeker. It is very systematic and takes us through the whole journey of Yoga. The course is practice oriented and has lots of engaging practice activities. All in all, the best I have encountered anywhere. I wholeheartedly recommend all the courses published by Swami Jnaneshvara and Ma Tripurashakti. _()_
By Ed McDonald on 3/23/2016
Sometimes truths come to us with the timeliness, delivery, depth of content and energy that we simply accept the knowing that, this was prepared to benefit me at this exact stage of my journey. This course is that for me. Though I am not new to much of this teaching, the wide array of profound teachings distilled for this course is in some areas beyond my present ability to fully digest at first passing so, with great delight I will now take the course again. I am grateful to be blessed with opportunity to study this course.
By Gurvinder Singh on 3/18/2016
I have always judged others with their gestures and body language, never thought I could use it to observe my mind. Great insight! I couldn't resist myself from jumping directly to Memory exercise. It was an eye opener. I got distracted at 13. Excellent course!
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