Introductory Video
About the Teacher
Tristan began meditation practice at the age of 14 years old. He was taught the practice of yoga asana in 1985 at school when he was 16 years old. At the age of 19 he travelled to the Himalayas to live in a Mahayana Buddhist monastery where he was trained as a monk. This was really his first introduction to the higher teachings and to the spiritual life. He had his first awakening experience a year later, after a meditation retreat in a Buddhist cave monastery in Thailand. He experienced the awakening of kundalini the following year, in 1991. He was first taught mantra meditation in an ashram in India when he was 26 years old.
Over the next 19 years he continued to study meditation and yoga and travelled to Nepal, Sri Lanka and especially India as often as possible. He continued to study and practice in various ashrams and monasteries.
He discovered the practice of Samyama in 1993, around the age of 23 and has practiced ever since.
He now teaches yoga internationally, specializing in the teaching of meditation, pranayama, Samyama, and the philosophy of yoga.
About the Course
Samyama is one of the rarer practices in yoga, but probably the most powerful. The practice works by releasing feelings into silence and allowing them to become naturally amplified or dissolved. The amplified feelings then vibrate throughout the subtle body, purifying it and producing various qualities and siddhis that aid the practitioner on the path of liberation.
The third chapter of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali is dedicated to the practice of Samyama. Despite this being one of the most famous Sanskrit texts on the practice of yoga, dating back around 1,500 years, very few practitioners these days are aware of this practice, or of how to use it as an aid on the spiritual path.
Instructions on the Basic Practice of Samyama
This course includes teaching on how to practice Samyama, with a powerful practice that can be done for ten minutes, twice each day immediately after meditation.
Managing the Various Levels of Siddhis (Psychic Powers)
The course includes discussion on what to do if psychic powers (siddhis) begin to become manifest and on how to relate to them in a way that will not hold you back on the spiritual path.
Advanced Samyama Practice
The course includes discussion on various advanced aspects of samyama practice that we can add on to the basic practice as we evolve and progress over time.
Samyama Spilling Over into Daily Life
One of the most powerful aspects of Samyama is that at some point it will begin to spill-over into your daily life. At this stage life becomes a continuous process of divine flow happening within stillness. The course includes discussion on this aspect of the practice and how to work with this stage of the path.
Cosmic Samyama Practice
Cosmic Samyama is an advanced practice that we can add to our daily routine if we wish to. It has added purificatory effects beyond basic Samyama practice. The practice combines the use of chakras and sutras.
Experienced Teacher
Tristan first began the practice of meditation around 42 years ago. He began the practice of Samyama around 32 years ago. He has been teaching both practices internationally for around 15 years.
Key Aspects of the Course
• Two-year access
• The opportunity to ask questions at any stage during the two-years of access, using the comments sections within the course
• Watch the videos in your own time, on any device with an internet connection
• Mobile friendly
• No previous experience of Samyama practice needed
• 14-day money back guarantee
Course Curriculum
Lesson 2.0. 30. and 14.0 are available as public preview. Just click the tabs below marked "preview" to watch these videos.
- Lesson 1.0 - Introduction to the course (2:32)
- Lesson 2.0 - My Own Experience with Samyama Practice Over the Last 30 Years (8:00)
- Lesson 3.0 - The Importance of Inner Silence (4:07)
- Lesson 4.0 - Some Fundamentals of the Practice (2:15)
- Lesson 5.0 - Samyama: A Guided Practice (13:20)
- Lesson 6.0 - Some Clarifications on Samyama Practice (8:05)
- Lesson 7.0 - More Clarifications on the Basic Practice of Samyama (9:45)
- Lesson 8.0 - Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi: The Three Aspects of the Practice (2:49)
- Lesson 9.0 - Week One Summary (0:30)
- Lesson 10.0 - Questions
- Lesson 11.0 - Getting Lost During the Practice and Dealing with Automatic Kriyas (5:33)
- Lesson 12.0 - Self-Pacing Samyama Practice When Needed and Recognising the Signs (6:14)
- Lesson 13.0 - Breath Suspension Occurring During Samyama Practice (7:09)
- Lesson 14.0 - Stillness in Action, and Entering the Divine Flow (4:59)
- Lesson 15.0 - How Much Inner Silence is Needed for the Practice of Samyama to Work? (5:08)
- Lesson 16.0 - How the Practice of Samyama Works - Resonating with our True Nature (6:02)
- Lesson 17.0 - The Role of Kundalini in Samyama Practice (5:08)
- Lesson 18.0 - Week Two Summary (0:34)
- Lesson 19.0 - Questions
- Lesson 20.0 - Samyama and Psychic Powers (Siddhis) (9:31)
- Lesson 21.0 - Do we Need to Believe in Psychic Powers for Samyama to Work? (6:14)
- Lesson 22.0 - My First Experiences with Psychic Powers (Siddhis) (13:30)
- Lesson 23.0 - Can Psychic Powers be Abused? (3:01)
- Lesson 24.0 - Samyama as a Continuous Flow of Small Miracles in Daily Life (1:52)
- Lesson 25.0 - Cosmic Samyama Instructions (7:46)
- Lesson 26.0 - How Cosmic Samyama affects the Heart and Mind (1:52)
- Lesson 27.0 - Week Three Summary (0:28)
- Lesson 28.0 - Questions
- Lesson 29.0 - Some Ways to Expand Samyama Practice (9:52)
- Lesson 30.0 - Adding the Self Inquiry Sutra (2:21)
- Lesson 31.0 - Integrating Samyama with Asana Practice (5:00)
- Lesson 32.0 - Adding Experimental Sutras to Our Regular Sitting Practice (2:52)
- Lesson 33,0 - Why Fifteen Seconds: Vibrating Through the Layers of Being (3:18)
- Lesson 34.0 - Week Four Summary (2:22)
- Lesson 35.0 - Questions
- Lesson 36.0 - Samyama, Stillness-in-Action and the Divine Flow (4:25)
- Lesson 37.0 - The Role of Samyama in Karma Yoga Practice (9:04)
- Lesson 38.0 - How Samyama Enhances Neti Neti Practice (7:16)
- Lesson 39.0 - The Role That Samyama Plays in Bhakti Yoga (5:04)
- Lesson 40.0 - How Samyama Leads to the Perception of Advaita/ Non-Duality (5:22)
- Lesson 41.0 - Week Five Summary (1:10)
- Lesson 42.0 - Questions
What's in the five-week Samyama video course?
This course covers the practice of Samyama, including;
• How to build a daily home Samyama practice
• Using advanced forms of Samyama such as Cosmic Samyama, or Samyama to dissolve negative emotions
• Understanding how Samyama works and the importance of emotion in the practice.
• The importance of self-pacing and grounding with Samyama
• Working with psychic powers (siddhis) that may arise due to the practice, and recognising which ones to cultivate and which to let go of.
• Working with Samyama as it becomes a part of our everyday life.
AYP Academy Community Forum Access Included
Students enrolled in the course will automatically have access to the private AYP Academy Community during the two-years of their course access. This is a place where people can share experiences and ask questions.
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