At our center we welcome you with a well-founded teaching to reach your inner joy and become a great yoga teacher. Yogaji's experience since 15 years is located in the beautiful mountain of south of France. We learn asanas, pranayamas, mediation and mantras. More than a training it is the chance to find the way to our Heart and realize yourself, as you are. To explore deeper practice or become an established yoga teacher, this retreat is for you. No matter your capacities or age the teaching is adapted to your need as we welcome intimate groups (max.12). Your daily life and practice is rythmed by community life like in an ashram. The center is comfy and homy and the teacher are available to your needs. They will encourage you to practice daily and to be light in the practice. The teaching is traditional and modern simultaneously as the goal is to implement yoga in your daily life. Yogaji lays great emphasis on bio-mechanics and pedagogy so to feel confident into teaching. As a personal path it relates us to personal integrity, intention, and spirituality.
06:30 - 08:30 Sadhana
08:30 - 09:15 Breakfast
09:15 - 11:30 Theory
11:30 - 12:00 Seva or karma yoga
12:00 - 14:00 Lunch + break/personal work
14:00 - 16:00 Theory
16:00 - 17:30 Break/personal work
17:30 - 18:45 Practice
18:45 - 19:00 Break
19:00 - 20:00 Dinner
20:00 - 20:30 Pranayama
21:30 Lights out and silence
Students who complete the training can register with Yoga Alliance as Certified Yoga Teachers (RYT®).
You will have a daily yoga practice at the beginning of the day, while following the rhythm of the sun. After brunch, you will have time to rest before continuing your awareness. The Yogaji program can be found on the Yoga Alliance page under Durga-Ji yoga. Yogaji follows the Yoga Alliance standard and enriches it with its experience.
The teaching is traditional and intense. You will experience a dynamic teaching and strongly connected to the source of yoga. This means that unlike most trendy and commercial schools, you will do a lot of pranayama and mantra. The teaching is spiritual but absolutely down to earth. You will examine traditional texts such as the Yoga Sutras, the Upanishads, the Hatha Yoga Pradipika. You are encouraged to read as soon as possible to prepare yourself for all yoga.
During the training you will be encouraged to read the four classic texts of hatha yoga. You will be given rest days and time to read them. These texts are Gheranda Samhita, the Yoga Upanishads, the Hatha Yoga Pradipika and the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.
At the end of the week, you will take a written exam that will test your knowledge of teaching and is a prerequisite for certification.
Yogaji requires his students to have one year of prior regular yoga teaching in a center. Students are also required to read the following books: Yoga Sutras, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Gheranda Samhita and some Upanishads.
Yogaji invites you to cook daily when you are in the food seva. They change the seva regularly so that everyone has the chance to feed his friend one day. The meals are always vegetarian (which implies no animal). Upon request, it can be exclusively vegan or gluten-free if you have some specific diet. The food is always great, tasty, and lovely. Thanks to their past experience they include more vegetables, and some snacks (fruits, and nuts) and let the menu be a shared plan every time the request is manageable.
You are welcome to bring still your own snacks if you wish to share with others.
The following meals are included:
The following drinks are included:
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
A reservation requires a deposit of 30% of the total price. The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled. The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.
