Join a transformational and therapeutic approach to yoga. Explore Vinyasa flow, Hatha, and Restorative yoga through an anatomy-informed alignment system. Learn modifications and adaptations for all bodies including special populations such as seniors and those with injuries. The therapeutic perspective explores yoga as a vehicle for vibrant health, personal empowerment, and total well-being. It combines modern-day biomechanics and research-driven science with ancient teachings. Leave with an understanding of anatomy, alignment, and modifications to keep your body safe for a lifetime of practice. The non-dogmatic approach explores yoga philosophy as a practice of radical self-love uncovering perspectives that encourage body positivity, unconditional acceptance, personal empowerment, and true mind-body-spirit health and wellness.
Students who complete the training are eligible to register with Yoga Alliance as Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®).
The Greece program is scheduled as an intensive program. While the program days are full, the activities of the day are kept diverse and active. The days really are a wonderful mix of digesting concepts intellectually, applying the concepts experientially, and diving into the practices of yoga. Care is taken within the program schedule to ensure that students have a healthy experience both physically and mentally.
Soma Yoga Institute promises not to keep you sedentary for too long. There is physical activity and deep relaxation built into the program every day. Two days off mid-program provide you with time to explore and adventure to local sacred sites.
This teacher training offers students in-depth skills to explore yoga as a vehicle for holistic health, self-transformation, and personal empowerment.
The curriculum includes a unique blend of alignment-based Vinyasa flow yoga, a solid foundation in Hatha yoga, and 200 hours of instruction offered within a therapeutic framework.
The instruction will cover a wide range of yoga techniques including yoga postures, yoga anatomy, relaxation, breath awareness, pranayama, meditations to calm the mind, contemplations to transform limiting tendencies into life-affirming thought patterns, and the application of clear, anatomy-informed principles of alignment to create safety, balance, and freedom in yoga poses.
Students explore yoga's ancient teachings and concepts from yogic philosophy including Ayurveda, Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, and the Chakra System as frameworks for the application of Yoga as a journey towards radiant health and well-being.
The physical practice emphasis includes Hatha and Vinyasa yoga offered through a lens of biomechanically sound and anatomy-informed alignment. Expect both mindful Vinyasa flow sequencing as well as gentler and restorative variations. You will practice physical postures from all categories of poses including standing poses, hip openers, forward bends, backward bends, twists, inversions, balancing, supine, seated, and prone.
Variations for all levels of practitioners will be provided in yoga practice, all abilities and all bodies are welcome to attend. Rather than offering standard sequencing or rigid methodologies, students are exposed to frameworks that inspire each yoga teacher to adopt the practices, awaken their creativity, and find their own authentic voice as a yoga teacher.
Graduates of this program feel empowered to teach a variety of yoga class types, including all levels of Vinyasa flow yoga, alignment-based classes, yoga foundations, senior, gentle, and restorative.
The chef at Evia Silence Retreat prepares delicious, high-quality food using only the finest of local produce and ingredients. The meals are vegetarian Mediterranean-Greek cuisine and include breakfast, lite-lunch and dinner. Their menu includes a healthy and plentiful variety of salads, fruits, soups, main dishes, and breakfast items including eggs, cheese, coffee, tea, and much more. Vegan options are available.
The following meals are included:
Breakfasts
Lunches
Dinners
Drinks
The following drinks are included:
Water
Coffee
Tea
The following diets served and/or catered for:
Vegetarian
Vegan
Organic food
Whole Foods
Yogic
To reserve, a security deposit of 14% of the total price is required. The security deposit is non-refundable if you cancel your reservation. The remainder of the payment is due 30 days prior to your arrival.
