Healthier Vibrations offers Ayurveda, Yoga and Meditation training and certifications. 
The programs are self paced, online with private mentorship with Christie Smirl ERYT-500.
​Here's what programs are offered! 

AYURVEDA, YOGA & MEDITATION TRAINING FOR PROFESSIONALS - 50 hours
AYURVEDIC YOGA TEACHER - 200 hour certification ​
MEDITATION TEACHER - 100 hour certification
AYURVEDIC YOGA AND MEDITATION TEACHER - 300 hour certification
 YOGA PRACTIONER TRAINING - 150 hour program for personal growth
AYURVEDIC YOGA AND MEDITATION TEACHER - 500 hour bridge

ENROLL TODAY! 

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AYURVEDIC YOGA PRACTITIONER TRAINING -  150 HOUR
AYURVEDIC YOGA TEACHER CERTIFICATION - 200 HOUR
Both of these programs are self paced with private mentorship.  Complete 150 hours for your own self development or become a certified yoga teacher with an additional 50 hour Master Teaching Project. ​
​Here's what you will learn. 

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YOGA PHILOSOPHY 

• Bhagavad Gita
• Sacred Sadhana
• Eight limbs of yoga
• Purushartas
• Foundations of yoga

BHAGAVAD GITA

• Karma Yoga​
• Jnana Yoga
• Raja Yoga
• Bhakti Yoga

ANATOMY

• Musculoskeletal Anatomy
• Functional Yoga Kinesiology
• Subtle Body Anatomy
• Chakra Physiology  
• Anatomy of Yin Yoga

AYURVEDIC & YOGIC NUTRITION

• Ayurvedic Nutrition
• Advanced Nutrition
• Healing the Digestion
• Mind Gut Axis

AYURVEDIC & YOGIC LIFESTYLES

• Ayurvedic Dinacharya: oral care, eye care, ear care, skin care, abhyanga
• Conscious Living 
• Daily Sadhana
• Mind Regulation
• Sex
• Shat Kriyas

YOGASANA

• Safety and Mindfulness
• Pawanmuktasana 1 series
• Pawanmuktasana 3 series
• Individual poses 
• Surya Namaskar
• Yin Yoga - Organ Based 
• Yin Yoga - Chakra Based 

PRANAYAMA

• Breath work Science and Physiology
• Techniques, indications and contraindications
  • Dirga Pranayama
  • Ujjayi Pranayama
  • Bastrika Pranayama
  • Sama Vriti Pranayama
  • Sheetali Pranayama
  • Kapalabhati Pranayama
  • Nadi Shodhana Pranayama
  • Brahmari Pranayama
  • Simhasana Pranayama 
  • Breath of Fire

MEDITATION

• Meditation Ritual​

PRIVATE MENTORSHIP

• Personal guidance and evaluation by Christie Smirl at designated intervals.

MASTER TEACHING PROJECT

• To become certified as a teacher, students must complete a Master Teaching Project. If you are doing the 150 hour just for your own personal development, this is not required.  

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MEDITATION TEACHER TRAINING - 100 HOUR
This 100 hour program immerses students in meditation techniques, science and practices to enable them to transform themselves and go onto help others through meditation. The certification program is self paced online with private mentorship. 
​Here's what you will learn!

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MEDITATION PHILOSOPHIES 

• Atma, Chetana, Moksha
• Limbs of Yoga
• Pratyahara, Dhyana, Dharana, Samadhi

MEDITATION SCIENCE

• Emotional Regulation
• Nervous System Modulation
• Mental Health
• Meditation Physiology
• Safety, Indications and Contraindications

MEDITATION FOUNDATIONS 

• Creating Sacred Space
• Developing Sadhana
• Dealing with physical distractions
• Managing mental distractions

MANTRAS TRAINGING

• Mantra science, methodology, types and styles ​
• Translations, pronunciations and indications for the following individual mantras.
  • Om Mani Padme Hum mantra - Development of compassion 
  • Mangalam mantra - Prayer of harmony 
  • Mantras to Ganesa - Removal of obstacles 
  • Chakra beeja mantras - Balance the chakra centers
  • Dhanvantari mantra - Ayurvedic healing and wisdom 
  • Asatoma Sad Gamaya - Mantra to illuminate 
  • Mahamrytunjaya Mantra - Overcome fear of illness and death 
  • Science of Aum
  • Loka Samasta Sukino Mantra
  • Shakti Mantras
  • Forgiveness Mantra

CHAKRA ALIGNMENT  MEDITATION

• Chakra alignment guided meditations
• Root: Human Psychological Development
• Sacral: Sensuality, Sexuality, Creativity
• Solar Plexus: Motivation, Power
• Heart: Love, Forgiving, Compassion 
• Throat: Communications, Truth
• Ajan: Wisdom, Insight, Inspiration
• Crown: Divination, Cosmic Connection

MEDITATION METHODS

• Mudras
• Walking Meditation
• Brahmari Technique
• Metta Meditation
• Mantra and Japa Meditation
• Yoga Nidra

​GUIDED PRACTICES

• Practice guided meditations and satsangs
• Faith and Empathy
• ​Atma Upanishad
• ​Indriyas Burning Clear
• Shiny Objects - Tejobindu Upanishad
• Yoking with Divinity
• ​Fragrance of Gratitude
• ​Light of Aum
• ​Free The Mind From Slavery
• Ceasefire Into Ananda
• ​To Love The One
• Love Without Discrimination​​

HEALING THE MIND

• Guest Teacher Craig Williams, LAc
• Healing The Mind - Yogic Psychology
  • Cognitive behavioral therapies 
  • Source of mental vitiations 
  • Yogic therapies. Practical applications, methods and resources 
• Healing The Mind - Ayurvedic Psychology
  • Manovaha srotas
  • Mental aama
  • Psychological and psychosomatic mind vitiators
  • Stabilization through ahara and vihara
  •  Ayurvedic cognitive rejuvinative methods. Methods and strategies 
• Healing The Mind - Jyotish Science
  • Science of psychological mapping
  • Empowerment to live in harmony
  • Cosmic architypes and fundamental keys​. ​Modern application
• Healing The Mind - Shraddha and Sadhana
  • Resiliency and adaptation through shraddha
  •  Strength and psychological growth through sadhana ​. Methods and techniques  

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AYURVEDIC YOGA & MEDITATION TEACHER CERTIFICATION
300 hour & 500 hour bridge

Combine both programs with 300 hours of training to become a certified Yoga and Meditation Teacher . ​For those who have already hold a 200 hour certification from elsewhere, you are eligible for the Healthier Vibrations 500 hour bridge certification. 

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AYURVEDA, YOGA & MEDITATION FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS

This fast track program is designed specifically for health care professionals who want to learn the core fundamental sciences of Ayurveda, Yoga and Meditation. Whether you are a RN, EMT, NP, DO, PA, MD, RD, RT, PT, DC, ATC, LVN, DNP,  LAc, counselor or other, this 50 hour program will give you immediate tools in the workplace for clients and patients. You can start today and finish within one week to receive a certificate of completion.  
Here's what you will learn. 

• Yoga philosophy foundations
• Yogasana: Yoga poses and series for disease prevention, injury treatment and rehabilitation with cautions, modifications and contraindications. 
• Pranayama: Breath work for stress, anxiety, depression, meditation, concentration, temperature regulation, emotion modulation and sleep. 
• Ayurveda Fundamentals, Nutrition and Lifestyles: Integrate the science of Ayurveda into your professional practice and help your clients gain better understanding of their health. 
• How to heal the mind with Ayurveda and Yoga. 
• Meditation: Learn different techniques that clients can readily learn to control pain, stress, anxiety and depression. 

*This is not a license to practice Ayurvedic Medicine. 

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All certifications are through Healthier Vibrations, not Yoga Alliance. 

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Investment

• 50 hour Ayurvedic, Yoga and Meditation training for  health care professionals - $550  (one payment)
• 100 hour Meditation Certification Program - $1000 (two payments of $500)
• 150 hour Ayurvedic Yoga Practitioner Program - $1,000  (two payments of $500)
• 200 hour Ayurvedic Yoga Teacher Certification - $1,500 (three payments of $500)
• 300 hour Ayurvedic Yoga and Meditation Teacher Certification or 500 hour bridge - $2,500 (five payments of $500)

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