Advanced Meditation Training. PoU 2 – Raman. 2021

Advanced meditation and mindfulness program (part of the teacher training program) The objective of this course is to further deepen meditation, expand and strengthen spiritual practices. Following the Pou method that was designed by Gururaj Ananda Yogi in 1976 for ordinary women and men of the 21st century. It is aimed at people who have taken the PO1, want to strengthen the practice of meditation in their daily lives and advance in self-knowledge.

In addition, they will find personal balance by integrating mind, body and spirit and be coherent with themselves. By aligning thought with speech and action you will be authentic. This course offers you to train, know and understand the functioning of the mind, the natural laws that govern it, abandoning the negative and opening the heart.

Who does not need, now more than ever, peace and balance? Who can teach us to live in the present moment? And who can help us to train our mind and open our heart? Here you have the second stage of this path at your fingertips in an apprenticeship that will bring you closer to the essence of Gururaj Ananda Yogi’s teachings.
The course is structured in four blocks in which are addressed:

ACTIONS: What do you do? How do you do it?

• Full attention to the actions. The body and the breath.
• Acceptance of pleasant and unpleasant sensations.
• Correct action. Responsibility in action.
• Non-violent communication. Correct listening. Responsibility in language.
• Knowing the law of karma

THOUGHTS: What do you think? What mental dynamics are you trapped in? Intellectual focus.

• Attention to emotions/feelings.
• Nonviolence: anger, resentment, judgment and guilt.
• Learning to forgive/forgive ourselves or apologize and be smart.
• Managing emotions.
• Acceptance of what I feel.
• How the mind works.
• Identity Who am I?
• Attention to thoughts.
• Responsibility for what we think. Mental distortions and beliefs that make us suffer.
• Learning to discard thoughts.
• Study and learn to listen, reflect and understand the satsangs of the master.

UNCONDITIONAL LOVE – What do we confuse with love?

• Non-attachment
• Jealousy. Betrayal. Trust.
• Compassion
• Gratitude and Grace
• Service. Surrender

MEDITATION TECHNIQUES bring us closer to the knowledge of our true nature, through observation and direct experience.

• We will review, deepen and enhance the meditation techniques of PoU 1.
• We will review and deepen mindfulness practices. We need mindfulness at work, in the family, in relationships, in meditation, to work with negative emotions because if we do not realize we can not act correctly.

The course has a duration of 12 weeks, each week you will receive study material, an outline of the essential concepts, the development of the topics, the practices of the week and different complementary materials. You will be able to follow the course at your own pace, effortlessly.

One day a week, we will all meet in a webinar (on-line meeting). In this weekly meeting, we will practice a meditation technique, deepen in a topic, solve doubts, share experiences, and so on.

Also, as part of this course you have to attend one group meditation a week through the platform and the students of PoU 2 will meet once a week with the structure of the Kind Circles that will be part of this course in the process of creating your documents and that will be part of the work you have to do to complete this course.

Course certified by: Spanish Meditation Society and IFSU Foundation. It offers 20 credits for teacher training.