The Tamare Smai School of Afrikan Yoga TSSAY
Teacher Training 2010 “Teach To Grow” “We teach what we need to learn so we teach it over and over till we learn it” Amun Nubi Roach Ptah
What is Afrikan Yoga
Tama-re Smai Taui/ Afrikan Yoga is an ancient yoga practised by our earliest ancestors to develop flexibility, suppleness, psycho spiritual awareness and controlled relaxation of the mind and body, health and fitness to bring about harmony with the self and the divine.
“The time has come for us to develop new concepts out of our conditioning and to break the moulds that are no longer valid. TAMARE SMAI has emerged to align you with your ancestors.” Khonsu Sekhem Ptah
Why become a certified Afrikan Yoga Teacher? • •
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Contribute to the health and wellbeing of your community To provide the public with a greater awareness of Tamarean/Afrikan yogic principles and their ancient traditions Earn money doing something you enjoy and improve your health at the same time Be a part of an International movement of Afrikan Yoga instructors opening the spirit of Tamarean/Afrikan healing onto the world
You will gain expertise in the following Yogic Practise: • • • • • •
Afrikan Yoga’s Tamarean postures and movement. Hudu/HuHi (Afrikan form of Tai chi) Meditation and breath control Teaching Afrikan Yoga techniques safely Tamarean Philosophy & History Afrikan Holistic Health
Format: 1 month intensive course (Africa) Daily Yoga Practise Residential Intensives led by Khonsu Sekhem Ptah Pablo Menfesawe-Imani Kemetic and cultural study sessions and training Weekly journal assessments Weekly Assessments/Tests Training manuals Tamarean philosophy/history cds, Dvds. Afrikan Yoga “A Practical Guide To Wellbeing Through Smai Posture, Breath and Meditation book provided at a discount. Mentor support Investment: £1507. The fee can alternatively be paid in instalments followed by an initial payment of £500 • •
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Pablo Menfesawe-Imani Afrikan Yoga has been featured on Channel 4, Ben TV, The Voice, Afrikan Business and Culture, Pride Magazine, Time Out
Teacher Training will take place at Per Ankh- House of Life in Kigoma (drum) Village, Bushenyi, Uganda. This area of Africa is one of the mystical places Africa has to offer and is situated close to the Rwenzori Mountains (Mountains of the Moon) the source of the Nile. Kigoma is lush, green and healing surrounded by banana and tea plantations. This is an unparalleled opportunity to experience the magical mystical healing powers of Afrikan Yoga. Which will develop your practice immensely. The training is designed to thoroughly prepare you for a career as professional Afrikan Yoga instructor. Your life and your yoga practice will never be the same the Teacher Training consist of: Nefu Student Teacher Training. (Seed New Growth) 1. Steady practise of 135 days (85 hrs) plus Residential Teacher training (270 hrs) A total of 355 hrs 2. Teaching classes under supervision (36hrs) and independently (36hrs) 3. Voluntary work for AY school and community (48hrs) 4. Study Afrikan Holistic Health. 5. Holistic health & Wellness foundation (35hrs) 6. 9 days of silence and 27 hrs of meditation on Retreat 7. Exam Practical/ Theory (3 hrs) The student teacher training is a total of 540 hrs The student will be able to use (AYT) Afrikan Yoga Teacher (YRT) Yoga Registered Teacher at the end of their name on completion of the training and be a certified teacher
Teacher Training standards for applying We invite you to use this transforming experience to become a Smai/yoga teacher or to deepen the experience of Smai/yoga in your every day life. We have established criteria to joining the course to inform us of the groundwork you have done in preparation for yoga teacher training. They include: At least three years of personal practise (1 year of Afrikan yogic traditionskemetic/Egyptian) Apply enthusiasm and self-motivation. Come with commitment to learning, personal development and teaching. Commitment to daily self-practice on topics covered in class. We ask for 1. Students to be committed for 1 month with the course tutors 2. Write a daily journal of your practice 3. Demonstrate your understanding of the alignment of the posture its symbolic meaning, energy flow, mental and physical benefits.
4. Prepare and teach an hour and half long Afrikan Yoga class for final assessment At the school of Afrikan Yoga we emphasise a holistic approach to teaching Smai/Yoga Afrikan Yoga Course Format includes: Anatomy & Physiology Foundations of Afrikan Yoga Mind Consciousness Yoga & Kemetic History KMT Philosophy Nutrition Smai Breath Hika (mantra) Relaxation Sanuyaats/Postures Hudu (Afrikan Tai Chi) Meditation Arushaats/Chakras Chakra Sensing & Cleansing Energy Generating Aura Sensing & Cleansing Business Awareness Classes & Student Development
All of this is clearly explained within the course manuals/materials As an Afrikan Yoga teacher the expectation is to be rounded and grounded in intellectual, practical and spiritual knowledge.
Course Materials Knowledge of African and world History emphasizes the reconnection and the awakening of KMT consciousness. Knowledge of eastern and western idealogies, culture and systems facilitates the understanding of world consciousness. The books, tapes, Cds and DVDs listed are recommended study for Afrikan Yoga teacher training and are necessary for the historic introduction to the Afrikan Tamarean legacy.
Reading list 1. AFRIKAN YOGA A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WELLBEING, THROUGH SMAI POSTURE BREATH & MEDITATION Pablo M Imani/khonsu Sekhem Ptah * 2. THE SACRED RECORDS OF NETER: AAFERTI ATUM-RE” (Amunnubi Ruakh Ptah) 3. THE MECHANICS OF THE MIND Dr Malachi Z York* 4. SACRED WISDOM OF THE GRAND HIEROPHANT TEHUTI Dr Malachi Z York* 5. SCIENCE OF HEALING Dr Malachi Z York 6. ‘SOLAR BIOLOGY OR LUNAR ASTROLOGY’ Haru Hotep 7. EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD AND THE MYSTERIES OF AMENTA Gerald Massey 8. THE BOOK OF COMING FORTH BY 9. DAY FROM NIGHT [BOOK OF THE DEAD] E. A. Wallis Budge 10.THE GODS OF THE EGYPTIANS E. A. Wallis Budge* 11.AN EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHIC 12.DICTIONARY VOL.1 and 2. E. A. Wallis Budge 13. ANCIENT FUTURE Wayne B Chandler* 13. AFRICAN PRESENCE IN EARLY ASIA Ivan Van Sertima * 14.EGYPT: CHILD OF AFRICA Ivan Van Sertima * 15. AFRICAN ORIGINS OF CIVILIZATION Muata Ashby 16. EGYPTIAN YOGA VOL.1 Muata Ashby* 17. THE ORIGIN OF HATHA Yoga Muata Ashby * 18. KNOW THYSELF Dr Naim Akbar* 19. OPENING TO SPIRIT Caroline Shola Arewa * 20. WONDERFUL ETHIOPIANS OF THE MIGHTY CUSHITE EMPIRE Drucilla Dunjee Houston * 21. THE STRUCTURE OF HINDU SOCIETY N.K. Bose 22. METU NETER VOL .1 Ra Un Nefer Amen * 23. THE HUSIA Maulena Karenga * 24. AFRICAN HOLISTIC HEALTH Dr Llaila O Afrika * 25. WHAT THEY NEVER TOLD YOU IN HISTORY CLASS Indus Khamit Kush * 26. THE HANDBOOK OF YORUBA RELIGIOUS CONCEPTS Baba Ifa Karade 27.BHAGAVAD GITA * 28. THE RUINS OF EMPIRES C.F. Volney 29. 100 AMAZING FACTS ABOUT THE NEGRO J.A Rogers 30. MELANIN A KEY TO FREEDOM Richard King *
31. AFRICAN ORIGINS OF BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY Richard King * 32.BLACK MAN OF THE NILE AND HIS FAMILY Dr. Y. Ben-Jochannan 33.THE AFRICAN ORIGIN OF CIVILIZATION MYTH OR REALITY Dr. C. A. Diop * 34.STOLEN LEGACY George G. M. James 35.INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN CIVILIZATION. John G. Jackson* 36.BLACK WOMEN IN ANTIQUITY. Ivan Van Sertima 37.TANTRA Osho * 38.YOGA Osho* 39.HEAL THYSELF Queen Afua * 40.SACRED WOMAN Queen Afua * 41.NILE VALLEY CONTRIBUTIONS TO CIVILIZATION Anthony Browder 42.THE DESTRUCTION OF BLACK CIVILIZATION Chancellor Williams * 43.MAAT KEMETIC SOULISM Maa Kheru Tep 44.EGYPT REVISITED Ivan Van Sertima 45.THE BROWDER FILES Anthony Browder 46.THE MISEDUCATION OF THE NEGRO Carter G. Woodson 48. THE FALSIFICATION OF AFRICAN CONSCIOUSNESS. Amos Wilson 49. TAO TE CHING Lao Tsu
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Audiotapes 1. PTAAH 2. PTAAH
Manifestation Transformation
3. Ra Un Nefer Amen 4. Jacob Carruthers 5. Runoko Rashidi
The Medu Neter MDU NTR African Presence in Asia
6. Dr Richard King The Study of Imhotep 7. Dr Richard King The Eye of Heru; Attainment of Spiritual Vision 8. Dr Francis Cress Welsing Isis Concepts 9. Dr Wayne Chandler African Presence in China 10. Lao Tzu Tao Te Ching Chinese Philosophy 11.Dr Cheik Anta Diop The African Origin of Civilization 12.Dr Chancellor Williams
Destruction of African Civilization
13.Dr I Barashango
Black Woman Queen Mother of The Universe
14.Dr Roslyn Jeffries Melanin, Creativity & Black Women 15.Dr Charles Finch Pharonic Origins of Medicine 16.Dr Charles Finch Ancient African Medical Science 17.Dr Charles Finch African Origins of Man, Myth and Civilisation 18.Dr Niam Akbar The Living Souls & The Dead Souls 19.Dr Niam Akbar Social Psychology Of Blackness 20.Dr Niam Akbar Life In Ancient Kemit 21.Women Speaks Feat-A Yoruba Priestess, Eryka Badu & Dr Moga 22.Hunter Adams Maat- Moral Matrix 23.Dr Sebi African Bio-Mineral Balance 24.Malidoma and Sobonfu Some The Power of The Ancestors 25.Malidoma and Sobonfu Some Ritual Power and Healing 26.Del Jones African Unity 27.Del Jones Culture Bandits 28.Edward J Nicholls Philosophical Dimensions of Cultural Differences. 29. Tony Martin Chattle Slavery 30. Dr Nafakre Melanin and Creation 31.Prof. Booker T. Coleman Lifes Ultimate Gift: Carbon. 32. Queen Afua Heal Thyself. 33.Queen Afua & Hru Ankh Semaj Interview 34.Delbert Blair The Coming Catastrophy Man Made or God Made. 35.Delbert Blair Bloodlines of The Gods 36.Phil Valentine Nano Genetic Mind Control 37.Phil Valentine Light code spiritual Transmissions 38.Phil Valentine Poisonopaphy 39.Phil Valentine Spectraglyths &Star code 40.Bobby Hemmit Egiptian Mystery System and the origin of Europeans. 41.Bobby Hemmitt War In Heaven 42.Bobby Hemmitt Dogon 43.Karma Sonom Funsok Shamballa Communication The voice of a Native American Shaman.
44.Iyanla Vanzant Tapping The Power Within.
DVDs CDs 1. Path to Enlightenment Dr Muata Ashby 2. The Theft of Afrikan History And Spiritual Concepts Pt1/Pt2 Ashra Kwesi 3. The Dalits 4. African Spirituality Marimba Ani 5. Fasting Dr Llaila O Afrika 6. The Health Challenge Nutrition & Spirituality Dr Llaila O Afrika 7. Cosmic Healing Sounds Mantak Chia 8. The Tree of Life Qi Gong System Ra Un Nefer Amen 9. Understanding the nature of disease and how to heal yourself 10.Egypt to Nubia 11.Ancient Moorish Kemet History 12.Egyptian Science 13.Egyptian Afrikan Powers 14.Nubia Mother of Egypt 15.Melanin Chronicles 16.Imhotep 17.Afrika Mother of Civilisation 18.Yurugu Unmasked 19.Nile Valley Civilisations
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