Harmonium Course for Yoga Teachers (HCFYT) ™
BRING SACRED SOUND INTO YOUR YOGA CLASSES
ENHANCE YOUR GUIDED MEDITATIONS WITH LIVE MUSIC
GUIDE STUDENTS DEEPER INTO SAVASANA AND RESTORATIVE POSTURES
REGISTER HERE
Description
This unique, live online course offers yoga teachers an opportunity to learn how to use the harmonium, your voice, music, and mantra to support and guide people in group and private classes. This course will equip you with practical tools to use the harmonium and your voice to add more dimension to your teaching. In this highly interactive and engaging course, not only will you more about sound, mantra, and the harmonium, you will also get to make meaningful connections with others yoga teachers across the globe.
Even if you cannot attend sessions live, you can still participate! Videos will be available right after each class for playback, and you have the ability to download each video and all course materials for lifetime use.
You will learn how to:
Integrate kirtan and mantra into your yoga classes
Support and enhance your guided meditation with music
Facilitate deeper states of relaxation in savasana and restorative poses
This training can be used towards Yoga Alliance Continuing Education credits.
All levels of experience are welcome, but this is geared mostly towards beginner/intermediate level harmonium players.
It is recommended that you commit to practicing at least 15 minutes every day during the course, and more if you have the time and are inspired.
“
Since the beginning of this course, I’ve been introducing harmonium and kirtan in every class, and it just enriches my classes. You know the feeling that it brings into the class, and I can see it in everybody’s face, and it makes me so happy. This is amazing. I can’t be more grateful to you, Seth. Your energy, the way that you’re presenting and the feeling that you create in this place is really precious.”
This course includes
24.5 hours live group classes on Zoom
1 private 30 minute coaching session with Seth taken during course
An introduction to the harmonium for complete beginners
Beautiful, simple devotional chant music for your yoga classes
Audio recordings of each chant
Video playback of each class, available within 24 hours of each session
Chant notation sheets
Bonus! Free membership to weekly Thursday drop-In Harmonium & Kirtan classes
Bonus! Free video library access to 100+ prerecorded harmonium classes
content covered includes
Practical harmonium playing techniques, beginner through intermediate level
How to lead chanting in a group setting, live and virtually
The philosophy and practice of kirtan and bhakti yoga
Devotional chant music in the sanskrit language
Nada Yoga (the yoga of sound) and the healing potential of music and sound
Chakra chanting using bija (seed) mantras
How to use the harmonium while giving verbal instructions in meditation
How to incorporate the harmonium and voice into restorative yoga and guided relaxation
PREREQUISITes
Students must provide their own harmonium. If you wish to purchase an instrument, please contact Ferdie for a list of recommended harmonium vendors
Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Credits
You will receive a certificate of completion, and be eligible for 25 hours of Continuing Education credits provided you meet the following criteria:
You have attended all classes or watched the video playback
You have completed both private sessions with Seth
You have completed, in person or via recording, a final teaching assignment
Dates and Times
6 Tuesdays, 6 Fridays April 2 - May 10, 2024*
Group Classes
EST: 11am-1pm*
PST: 8am-10am*
*You can still take the course even if you can’t attend live. Videos will be available within 24 hours of each class to view, as well as all course materials, and can be downloaded for lifetime use.
A total of 30 minutes of class time will be added to one or more sessions to make a complete 25 hours.
Private Sessions
You can schedule one 30-minute session scheduled Mon-Fri between 9am-7pm EST based on availability. This must be completed between Class 1 and Class 12 of the course.
Pricing
Regular - $1175
Payment plans are available. Please contact Ferdie for more information.
Class size is limited to allow for more personal attention and a more intimate, group experience.
Early registration is recommended to ensure a space.
*Registration for this course closes on March 29th.
Cancellation and Refund Policy
Should you need to cancel for any reason, if you give *at least 1 week notice* from the start date, you will receive a full refund minus a *$50 cancellation fee.* With less than 1 week notice *no refund* or credit transfer will be given.
REGISTER HERE
Seth Lieberman
Seth Lieberman is a musician and yoga teacher residing in the Hudson Valley of New York. A lifelong music maker, he studied music composition, theory, clarinet, and piano at the University of Maryland, where he received BA in Music. During his 10 years of time living in Brooklyn, NY, he completed 3 different yoga teacher trainings. Seth has joined his two passions of music and yoga through playing and teaching the harmonium, leading kirtan, and creating original music related to mantra and yoga. He has been actively teaching harmonium both online and in-person for the past 8 years and has helped bring the joy of mantra and music to many students throughout the world.