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Contact AVI student advisor Dona Robinson for more information on any of our Professional Training Programs. Dona is an experienced Viniyoga Teacher and Viniyoga Therapist who can guide you in your yoga career path.

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Pre-training & Required Materials

200 hour Viniyoga Wellness Instructor

PRE-TRAINING STUDY
A pre-training study packet will be e-mailed once you are registered.

REQUIRED BOOKS & MATERIALS
  1. Books by Gary Kraftsow (available as print or e-books): Yoga for Wellness and Yoga for Transformation.
  2. A translation of the Yoga Sutra-s of Patanjali
    We suggest that you pick out a translation to which you are drawn by going to a bookstore or reviewing the translations on the amazon.com.
    Suggested translations:
    • The Essence of Yoga by Bernard Bouanchaud (no longer in print)
    • The Science of Yoga by I. K. Taimni
    • Yoga Philosophy of Patanjali, by Swami Hariharananda Aranya
    • Yoga-Sutras of Patanjali With the Exposition of Vyasa: A Translation and Commentary : Samadhi-Pada by Pandit Usharbudh Arya
    • Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (with the Exposition of Vyasa), (Vol. II: Sadhana-Pada) (Vol 2) by Swami Veda Bharati
    • The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by Sri S. Satchidananda
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