The 29 participants of class January 06 were gathered from many different countries to study yoga. Countries of origin include UK, USA, Canada, Germany, Singapore, Japan, Australia, New zealand.
First Jeremy Cooper from from ireland.

Testimonials -

I advise every single soul to visit Yoga Vidya Gurukul. It is a place that truly shows you a wonderful, peaceful, kind and happy way of living. The staff are amazing, the teachers are brilliant, the ashram is simply blissful and the mountains and bushland surroundings are breathtaking. I thank everyone for this wonderful experience which has altered my life permanently. I am so proud to be a part of your group as a teacher".

Tamu Tobin, Brighton, UK

The T.T.C is a wonderfull start to being a Yoga teacher, I enjoyed it a lot. I would recommend it to anybody who wants to start teaching but does not want to get to bogged down with ashram life. Caters well for people from western society. I however would have liked more Ashram rules fasting, meditation and silence. This is a good month training I hope to do more advanced course next year.

Ronnie (UK)

I attended the Teacher Training Course at the Gurukul in January 2006. I can honestly say that this was one of the best experiences of my life. For me the most meaningful episode came not in a particular improvement in any type of practice or some major realization, but in my calm and peaceful state of mind that lasted throughout the course and the few days I stayed afterward. The outcome of this is that despite the troubles of the day, at least in my practice I am able to concentrate and remain stable and comfortable. Now I am getting the true mental and psychic benefits from
sadhana and not just the physical ones.

My thanks to everyone at the Yoga Vidya Gurukul.

Matt Kosuta

One of the things that I hoped to get out of the course was more discipline and consistency in my practice. I definitely feel that is happening. Before coming to Yoga Vidya Gurukul I always had trouble with the getting up before sunrise to do my meditation and asan practice. Most days since I have been home I have been waking up on my own without any help of the alarm clock somewhere between 4:00am and 5:30am. I am very happy with that. Even if I stay up a little late I find I really do feel better when I get up early. If I don't I feel that I have missed out on something. I am even experiencing more peace and a quiet mind when holding poses for the extended periods. Another area my stay with you has impacted my life is in my diet. I traveled for a bit after the course. I realized it had been an entire month since I experienced any sort of digestive problems. It's hard when traveling to maintain a yogic diet. Now that I am home I am making sure that I maintain eating whole foods. I have had fish maybe three times since I came home. I had nightmares each time. I am now even considering giving up my occasional sushi night. Pooey! Ha! Ha.

At the beginning of the course I was very homesick. Then I just could not wait to travel. Now I am contemplating coming back next year. Thanks for everything.

Julie Marchbanks