Don't get confused by the name "yoga teacher training." Alpha Yoga School's yoga teacher training courses are not only designed for yoga teachers. Nor are they designed only for those who want to become yoga teachers. Discover the deeper aspects of yoga and its philosophy and get far beyond physical in your practice. Obtain the teaching skills and confidence that could set you apart as a yoga teacher.
07:00 - 07:50 Pranayama and meditation
08:00 - 10:00 Ashtanga Vinyasa/Vinyasa yoga asana class
10:00 - 11:00 Breakfast
11:00 - 13:00 Anatomy/philosophy on alternating days
13:00 - 15:00 Free time/light lunch
15:00 - 16:45 Alignment of asanas, hands-on adjustments. Teaching methodology
16:45 - 17:00 Break
17:00 - 18:00 Students teaching each other/workshops
18:00 - 19:00 Restorative Yoga/Yin Yoga/evening activities/ free time
19:00 - 20:00 Dinner
Saturday: Classes until 13:00
Sunday: Day off/self-study
Students who complete this training are eligible to register with Yoga Alliance as Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®).
Overview
Live believing that yoga teacher training is something not for you and it will cost you this:
Alpha Yoga School have created a yoga training that helps you to start and grow your yoga practice. When you are clear about how to do yoga safely and correctly, you can finally do it anytime, anywhere, and without depending on others.
If you feel overwhelmed about which yoga school and yoga style you should choose for your foundational or advanced yoga teacher training, you are not the only one. Everyone is.
Traditional yoga schools can leave you full of knowledge but lacking the teaching skills to share it.
Modern yoga training programs can teach you advanced postures but without the traditional foundation that underpins them.
Finding a yoga school that does both and exceptionally well, is rare.
Alpha Yoga School learned the hard way so that you can learn the smart way in one training.
Since 2014, Alpha Yoga School has spent over 3,000 hours training hundreds of yoga teachers. Although that number is impressive, it is not the quantity that you should be impressed by. It is the quality of Alpha Yoga School students. This is what they are most proud of.
Years ago, they made the decision to stop teaching classes in yoga studios and dedicate all of their efforts to creating the most comprehensive yoga teacher training possible. To become specialists. To teach the teachers. And that is exactly what they have done.
Alpha Yoga School have intentionally taught and studied yoga in India, the USA, and Europe. Why? So they will teach you the ancient lineage of Ashtanga yoga and the modern style of Vinyasa flow yoga, with great emphasis on balancing both. Not many yoga schools quite nailed this.
As well as devising the best curriculums, they are also obsessed with transformation. Alpha Yoga School loves to witness the changes in Alpha Yoga School students' practice and in their mindsets. Seeing the graduates teach what they love and having their students love what they teach.
Recognized certification so that you can teach worldwide.
All Alpha Yoga School programs are registered with Yoga Alliance USA and Yoga Alliance Professionals UK
If you wait for everything to fall into place, you may be waiting a lifetime.
Transformation requires change and change requires action.
Ask yourself. If you pass on this opportunity, postpone the decision, and do nothing, a year from today, will you hear praise for how much this yoga training had changed you? Will you have a solid yoga practice, feel fit, and teach your clients and friends a healthy lifestyle?
Probably NOT. You will still wish for it and want it but you won't have any of it.
Face it. Most of what you need is action, instruction, and encouragement.
The universe likes speed. Don't delay. Don't second guess. When the opportunity is there, when the impulse is there, when the intuitive nudge is there, ACT! That's your job.
Alpha Yoga School new yoga teachers (200-hour YTT) begin their careers with confidence that only competence and skill can provide. Their advanced yoga teachers (300-hour YTT) leave with a new level of sophistication. Through honing their craft and refining their technique, they leave with clarity and certainty of their value.
This 200-hour yoga teacher training in Vinyasa Flow and Ashtanga yoga is a foundational course designed for all yogis who have an inquiring mind and love yoga.
It is ideal for serious yoga students who wish to deepen their existing practice, want to become teachers, and anyone who wants to learn about philosophy and spirituality. Alpha Yoga School also welcomes “stiff” students, students suffering from an injury or other health challenges, and they encourage their attendance! Pregnant women are welcome in their 2nd trimester.
If you love learning, have a body, and can breathe, this training is for you.
You will study with a team of 3 dedicated teachers and the class is limited to 20–25 students to ensure you get the attention you deserve. Come as a practitioner, leave as a teacher!
You will obtain a solid self-practice based on Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga.
Aside from being the foundational practice of modern-day yoga (Power yoga, Vinyasa Flow, Jivamukti, and Rocket are a few practices that stem from the Ashtanga Vinyasa and the lineage of Tirumulai Krishnamacharya), Ashtanga works with a set series of postures that open, align, strengthen, and purify the body.
The postures are linked together through flowing movements guided by the breath rather than a teacher. This ability will allow you to take your practice away from the studio and will enable you to practice on your own anytime, anywhere.
This training is recognized by Yoga Alliance USA & UK and focuses on three educational categories: the practice and theory of yoga, yoga philosophy and Ayurveda, teaching skills, and the art of adjustment.
Upon successful completion, graduates can teach yoga ANYWHERE globally and register with Yoga Alliance USA and UK as registered yoga teachers (optional).
By the end of the course, you will obtain the skills, tools, and confidence to teach Vinyasa Flow yoga.
You will have many opportunities to teach yoga to your fellow students, giving and receiving constructive feedback. Alpha Yoga School strongly encourages each student to discover and develop her/his unique style and voice as a teacher. They do not create a monologue of how and what the teachers should say in their classes.
Yoga training at a glance
Vinyasa yoga and Ashtanga yoga in the morning asana classes
Alignment break-down for 51 yoga poses
Modifications, variations, and use of props
Hands-on adjustments techniques (a module which you will not find in other 200-hour courses)
Teaching skills so that you can learn how to teach and dive straight in after the training is over (how to give verbal instructions, how to demonstrate poses)
Break down analysis of Vinyasa classes that are taught to you in the mornings (a technique which you will not find in other 200-hour courses)
Yoga philosophy so that you can be a better person off the mat
Pranayama and meditation techniques for you to learn how to practice yoga in your everyday life
Yoga anatomy: functional anatomy applicable to yoga practice so that you can learn the human body and create safe classes for your students
Common injuries and how to avoid them
Teaching your fellow students and receiving constructive feedback
Workshops for more complex and challenging poses.
The business of yoga, yoga career, and marketing
Ashtanga yoga
“Ashtanga” means eight limbs. These limbs are laid out by Sage Patanjali in his "Yoga Sutras" and provide systematic steps that internally and externally purify the mind and body so that one can better connect to the divinity within themselves.
Practicing Ashtanga yoga means practicing these eight limbs. Asana, or yogic posture, is the third limb and one that has become most familiar in the present age. Asana lays the foundation for the rest of the limbs to unfold and the Ashtanga Vinyasa method uses this as its starting point.
Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga prescribes a set sequence of postures linked by the breath. Through the practice of free-breathing, postures (asanas), and gazing points (Drishti), one slowly gains control of the senses and mind. Over time, with repeated practice and devotion, it unfolds into a moving meditation, awakening a sense of subtle awareness.
The mind becomes calm, and slowly, you can clear away the clutter that gets in the way of clarity. When this happens, the light of yoga begins to shine. This is the transformational beauty of the practice. Through this practice, no matter your starting point, results will emerge.
Vinyasa yoga
Vinyasa yoga, sometimes called Flow yoga, is a contemporary style of yoga where students move freely from one pose to another using breath. It offers variety and freedom to choose from many poses, thus being unpredictable and creative. No two classes are alike.
You will enjoy Vinyasa yoga every other morning. Alpha Yoga School will design the morning Vinyasa classes to complement the theory they will cover in the afternoons.
Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned practitioner looking to finally take a swing at teaching, the best place to begin is now.
Teaching methodology
You will learn essential sequencing principles to create your own Vinyasa Flow classes. You will look at:
The difference between sequencing for more experienced students and beginners
Different types of Vinyasa classes:
How to demonstrate asanas including reasons to demonstrate, when, why, do's and don'ts
How to hold the seat of a teacher and the energy of the class
How to project your voice
How to modify asanas
How to work with an open level class
How to give verbal instructions
There will be lots of practical teaching, planning, guidance, and feedback on improving and enhancing these skills.
You will observe, teach, and receive constructive feedback from your fellow students and teachers.
Morning asana classes
The asana curriculum is equally split between ashtanga and vinyasa, meaning that you will practice three Ashtanga and three Vinyasa classes per week.
The Ashtanga classes will progress gradually, while the Vinyasa classes will usually include pranayama, warm-up, sun salutations and variations, basic, intermediate, and advanced yoga postures, postural alignment, deep relaxation techniques, and chanting.
Alignment and hands-on adjustments
You will have regular opportunities to practice hands-on adjustments with feedback from your teachers and peers. Alpha Yoga School will examine each of the main postures of the --Ashtanga yoga primary sequence in terms of:
Workshops
Every two to three days, there will be workshops where you will break down complex postures like lotus, headstand, jump back and jump through, and Chaturanga Dandasana. Alpha Yoga School teaches baby pre-requisite steps that include preparation exercises, appropriate warm-ups, and requirements for full posture. These classes will bring safety, awareness, and mindfulness to your practice and teaching.
Anatomy
In these classes, you will explore functional yoga anatomy and how to safely deepen your practice through your vehicle of exploration, the body. You will learn about the skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems through a comprehensive breakdown of the various regions of the body most applicable to the practice.
Through hands-on, practical application, you will investigate the different types of connective tissues, experience the movements of the joints, and connect with your fascial body. You will leave with a more profound understanding of both your own body as well as your students.
Philosophy
Yoga philosophy is interwoven throughout the course. In this module, you will explore what yoga really is—its meanings, significance, and practices. You will investigate the roots of the practice, the Vedic tradition, while simultaneously embracing the beauty of the present moment.
Together, you will travel back in time to explore Vedic culture, myths, and mantras, and then continue down the evolutionary paths of both classical and modern yoga practices. You will be introduced to the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, and the Bhagavad Gita, gaining both traditional and contemporary insight into their commentaries, while exploring the lifestyle and ethical guidelines of yoga.
Breakfasts, snacks, and dinners are included in the price on all days, even on your days off. Urania, the owner of this retreat center, cooks all the meals herself, putting all her love into planning and cooking healthy, creative, and delicious meals for you. Her food cannot be described in words; you just have to taste it yourself.
One of Alpha Yoga School's students described it pretty well: "It feels like Christmas here every day."
Breakfast
Breakfast consists of eggs, porridge, Greek yogurt, honey, fruits, homemade marmalades, rice cakes, almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts, cheese, juice, tea, and lots of coffee.
Snacks
Snacks can include a tortilla, soup, leftovers from the previous dinner or hummus spread.
Dinner
Dinners include soup/starter, salad, vegetables, rice, Greek dishes, and homemade desserts (Urania cooks too many desserts).
Vegan and gluten-free
The vegan, gluten-free, or any other special menu costs 100€ per person for the whole course. Let Alpha Yoga School know in advance if this is your choice.
The following meals are included:
Breakfasts
Dinners
Snacks
The following drinks are included:
Water
Coffee
Tea
The following diets served and/or catered for:
Normal (which usually includes meat and fish)
Other special diets on request
To reserve, a security deposit corresponding to 16.94% 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.
