Curriculum

Tibetan Heart Yoga is a practice where we work from the inside, and the outside. We work from the inside with our thoughts. We work from the outside with our pranayama (breathing), asana (posture), and ethical practices. We learn how to practice our yoga on the mat, and perfect our yoga off the mat.

Tibetan Heart Yoga is unique in its reuniting of strong wisdom teachings with modern asana lineages.  YSI's asana and philosophy course offerings are rooted in a lineage started by Master Naropa, a yogi who lived about 1100 AD.

YSI's founder, and the principal teacher of this lineage, Geshe Michael Roach, is the first American Geshe. Geshe is the highest degree conferred after 20 years of study in a Tibetan Monastery. Geshe Michael has spent the last 20 years learning Yoga from many renowned Tibetan Buddhist and Indian Yoga teachers in America and India. He recently completed a three-year retreat, has published numerous books, and now teaches Yoga, Spirituality, and Enlightened Business around the world.

The Tibetan Heart Yoga system contained nine distinct series. Each Series is a combination of a yoga asana sequence and a meditation that works with the asana to cultivate virtuous states of mind and heart.  Each series is offered in a 20-hour course. YSI offers accreditation for each Series. Eight out of nine series of Tibetan Heart Yoga have been offered so far.

Click on the course titles at the left to read a short description about each series, read excerpts from course material and listen to audio excerpts of our Staff members teaching the material.

To bring a Tibetan Heart Yoga workshop to your city, please contact us with your interest and location.