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16 Day 200Hr Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training

Summary

During this 200Hr Yoga Teacher Training, you will encounter a mindful vinyasa approach to asana that creates an intimate connection to breath and energy, guiding you through a deep exploration of self, allowing you to find your own voice to create and teach intelligently sequenced classes and workshops.

Cultivating personal wisdom and self love, the team will lead you in creating a strong foundation for powerful and safe classes. Threading the core teachings of yoga with elements of traditional Chinese medicine, Buddhist meditation and physical anatomy, set within a stimulating and nurturing environment inspiring deep personal experiences, teacher trainees gain a strong and purposeful understanding of how to begin their teaching path, and grow their yoga career.

Knowing that healthy yoga bodies begin from the inside-out, the team’s approach to the Yoga of Food helps you discover how your relationship to what you feed yourself is a powerful expression of your connection to Source and presence. The team will help you raise your vibration by establishing a yogic approach to food that nourishes body and soul, honoring healthy, inspired eating attuned to your body’s needs as your path to energetic and physical well being. 

Finally, as an Eastern-minded yogi living in a fast-paced modern world, you will be given tools to market your class and workshop offerings skillfully, engage with social media and develop a successful marketing platform, supporting you in finding your unique niche among the diverse international yoga community, while providing you with the hands-on skills you need to grow your student following and career as a yoga teacher.


The cost of this retreat includes 

your accommodation 

delicious gourmet vegetarian breakfast and lunch daily

comprehensive Yoga Alliance program 

Yoga Training manual 

plant based living and cooking lessons

jungle hikes and and beach adventures 

and professional mentoring after successful completion of the studies


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Yoga Teacher Training

Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Yoga Alliance Accredited

Styles

  • Vinyasa
  • Dynamic
  • Power

Food

  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan

Skill Level

  • Beginner
  • Intermediate
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Program

HOURS + TOPICS

You'll be learning the Mindful and Spacious Vinyasa Yoga sequence. It includes a setting of an intention at the beginning of the practice, pranayama, modified sun salutations, standing postures, seated postures, twists, hip openers and inversions. The practice moves at a soft pace with a strong energetic flow, with influences of Chinese Medicine, Tai Chi and Chi Qung.

It will also include the exploration of asanas and modifications to best benefit the practitioner, including the use of props, pranayama bandha, and kriya with a strong emphasis in the mindfulness of the breath, the theory behind the practice where you will understand key components of Vinyasa, Kundalini, Restorative and applying them to practicums, and introduction to stillness, loving kindness and concentration and the structure of dharma talk. 

Through this, you will also develop an eye for alignment, master how to make verbal cues, and safe and smart hands-on adjustments, learn hands-on and energetic assists, know how to hold a safe place for your students, learn the art of sequencing, and develop your own teaching style. ​

In these classes, you will study physical, subtle anatomy, physiology of the body systems focusing on the spine, shoulder and hip joints and you will learn how to work with injuries, chronic pain, and many health conditions. You will also have an introduction to energetic channels, chakras, and meridians. All in all, this will help you experience yoga’s benefits and healing energies.

You will learn about the history of yoga, its foundations, the 8 Limb Path, its different types, and ethics for yoga teachers. You will also explore mindful eating, Ayurveda, and dietary considerations for self healing.

During this retreat you will learn compassionate communication and authenticity and you will understand professional ethics and the business of yoga. This includes developing your brand, engaging in social media, and developing a successful marketing platform. This will help in finding your unique niche among the diverse international yoga community.

You will teach a variety of mini-classes throughout the training with constructive feedback from your peers. The trainee observes and offers assistance in a class setting as well.

Certification

Upon completion of this retreat, you will be given a 200-hour Yoga Alliance certificate that allows you to teach globally.

Schedule

TIME
ACTIVITY
7:00 AM - 7:30 AM
Breakfast
7:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Sharing Circle, Lecture, Pranayama
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Chanting, Asana Practice, Meditation
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Vegan Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Relaxing time by the pool, self study
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Lecture. The study and discussion.
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Asana Workshop, Anatomy , Practice Teaching
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Guided meditation practices / Lecture

Free Time

Schedule is subject to change depending on specific activities and/or lectures. Morning hikes, walking meditations, kriyas, cooking lessons, partner practices and other activities are also included in the program and are not mentioned in the above program. This is more of an idea of what a typical day will be like

Food

This course includes daily vegetarian breakfast and lunch. The onsite restaurant offers delicious fresh and healthy local and international cuisine using locally sourced ingredients. Enjoy fresh herbs and vegetables from their brand new aquaponic garden, along with fruit from the many fruit trees on the property. 

Inclusions

  • Pool
  • Course Material
  • Accommodation
  • Meditation
  • Vegetarian
  • Yoga Props
  • Tour
  • Vegan
  • WiFi Internet
  • 2 Meals

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Accommodations

Twin Share Room at Doce Lunas

Twin Share Room

Gaze upon the flower gardens and mosaic swimming pool from your attached balcony in these deluxe rooms. The venue offers room with two queen size beds, en suite bathrooms, two sinks and air conditioning. All rooms have wireless internet, fresh linen, amenities, hot water, cable TV, mini bar and filtered spring water.

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Puntarenas, Costa Rica

The bustling beach town of Playa Jacó Costa Rica is the most popular vacation hotel destination in Costa Rica's Central Pacific Region.Playa Jaco is situated in the middle of the Central Pacific region of Costa Rica making, it a perfect base for exploring the coast, with the spectacular beaches and wildlife of Manuel Antonio National Park an hour south and the dramatic biodiversity of Carara National Park a shorter drive to the north.


Jaco is the ultimate hideaway for sun seekers and active travelers, with cinnamon-hued volcanic-sand beaches, lush green rain forest and verdant mountains. Surfers flock here from around the world, but families, and honeymooners also find much to love, thanks to the multitude of beaches, outdoor activities, dining, shopping and nightlife. Explore the Costa Rican rainforest by horseback, tour the nearby beaches, wander the remote villages and explore the dramatic waterfalls.


Jaco can be reached by taxi, bus or shuttle from San Jose Airport and is a 2-4 hour drive depending on your form of transport.



Venue   Doce Lunas
Doce Lunas, Venue for 16 Day 200Hr Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training

Doce Lunas offers a very personal and private boutique hotel experience, with only twenty rooms amid five acres of jungle gardens. The hotel provides luxury lodging at the base of a jungle covered mountain with Macaws and toucans as regular visitors.


Located just an hour and 20 minutes southwest of Juan Santamaria Airport, Doce Lunas is one of the few Jaco hotels that feature a full spa and beauty salon for massage and treatments. The hotel also has a state of the art conference center, and a light and airy yoga studio for Costa Rica yoga retreats and classes with hardwood floors, full length wall mirrors and views of the gardens. 


Hotel Doce Lunas offers all the amenities expected of four star hotels, including a full service gourmet restaurant, Eclipse, serving international fusion cuisine with the freshest local ingredients. The hotel offers high speed wireless internet, air conditioning, large hot water bathtubs, a spectacular waterfall cave mosaic swimming pool, orchids in every room, affordable laundry service, room service, in room mini-bars, and cable television.

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