(No availability) 28 Days 200 Hours Ashtanga Yoga Teacher Training at Costa del Sol

If your primary goal is to gain stamina in your practice and go beyond Asana or aiming to be a teacher – this TTC is based on deepening in all fields of Yoga. Dive deep into this transformative program, and through your individual experience develop your perspective for authentic and empathic teaching. Discover so many tools for your ability to teach, while being aware of the needs of beginners and individuals.

As the Training is limited to a group of 12, there will be an ideal space for your individual growth especially in the Mysore practice provided.

Develop self-confidence and build your individual voice to teach through an in-depth journey. Take your love for yoga to learn new stuff and turn it into an ability to guide others with an open heart.

The training is set up in beautiful tropical paradise and is supported through detoxing yummy-veggie food and enough time out, to reflect, to relax and to enjoy the beautiful Andalucia with its stunning nature.

About Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga

Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga is the origin of all the modern Vinyasa Flows, and it tracks back to Pattabhi Jois who learned it from his teacher Sri T. Krishnamacharya, who is commonly known as the father of modern Yoga.

Ashtanga Yoga is a dynamic series of Asanas and its characteristic is the synchronization of breath, movement, and concentration. Its deep effects are detoxing, strengthening and relaxing so, therefore, balancing body, mind, and emotions.

As a gift of the practice you step out of the mat with focus, strength, and happiness. Ashtanga Yoga will transform your life.

The Mission

Experience Ashtanga Yoga as a “Gentle Flow”. Discover the ease as a base of strength.

Develop a conscious practice - synchronizing concentration (Dristi), breath (Ujjayi) and movement (Vinyasa) for a powerful Flow.

Gain insight into other limbs of Krishnamacharya's Yoga as an inspiration for Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. %See the unity behind these different styles tracking back to the genius father of modern yoga. Learn healthy movements with a good alignment suiting to your body, the daily condition, and age.

As the concept of yoga includes, you will balance the Asana Practice with special Pranayamas – which will lead you to step by step into a state of meditation.

The easy and the advanced are equal – the first breath to open your heart in Sun Salutation is not different from the consciousness you need to do an advanced backbend.

Experience yourself deeply in the yoga practice – you are unique.

Enjoy yourself – and share with others what you received within.

Everybody seeks to bring more peace and happiness to their lives. That’s the aim in Yoga.

Deepen your practice and learn to teach

In these four weeks of intensive training you will learn the Primary Series in-depth while continuing in the Mysore-Practice on your individual level.

You will learn about sequencing in Asana - how a single posture is build up from the easy to the advanced and how to introduce different approaches to Ujjayi Breathing and postures - in general, and depending on the individual needs.

As the structure of the Ashtanga Yoga Series is an intelligent order, with the background of Vinyasa Krama (step-by-step guide of movements) you will learn to “wind up or down” the Ashtanga-Sequence.

By completing the training - you will be able to create any general or subject-based yoga class or create any kind and level of Vinyasa Flow. From the first week onwards, you will guide each other in small parts of the series to reflect learned stuff and gain confidence in your voice, learn to see and to guide your students through empathic “Hands-On”.

With the help of Vinyasa Krama, the “Art of Sequencing”, which is hidden in Ashtanga Vinyasa, and with the knowledge of the “Art of movement” (Vinyasas) which is developed in Vini Yoga, you can break down easily the series to your students' needs. You will also be introduced helpful BKS Iyengar technics for stabilizing, opening and balancing your body.

Integrate a wide range of profound yoga-technics to support your practice or teaching ability.

You learn to make use of the following yoga traditions, which were developed by the different students of Krishnamacharya.

• “Vinyasa Krama” is the “Art of Sequencing”. It is the art of breathing and practicing in the Krishnamacharya Yoga. This understanding helps a lot to learn and to teach Ashtanga - as it is an intrinsic element and yet somehow hidden and often forgotten. It is a valuable step by step guide, which provides a wide spectrum for personal adaptation in the series.
• “Vini Yoga” - the “gentle” brake down approach, which was developed for the modern yoga students by the elder son of Krishnamacharya.
• “BKS Iyengar yoga” – helps through a healthy and target-oriented alignment by using “props”. You will reach your goals in asana, safely. This method was developed by his brother-in-law BKS Iyengar.
• The yoga of Sri Sribhashyam. Developing the spiritual and subtle part of the practice. Therefore you will include Mudras (= specific asanas with inner concentration), Pranayamas, meditation, following his wonderful, unique and heart touching teachings.

What you can expect from this Ashtanga Yoga Training

• The focus is on the “Primary Series of Ashtanga Yoga” - depending on your level you may advance in to and through the 2nd series.
• Learn about Ujjayi (Breathing Technique), Bandha (inner Energy Flow), Dristi (Concentration).
• Get the code to teach worldwide: The ”Ashtanga Vinyasa Count for the Primary Series”
• The Ashtanga yoga background (Vinyasa Krama) and adoptions for a healthy flow (Vini Yoga Technics).
• How to use probs for Alignment and Restorative Yoga (BKS Iyengar technics.)
• Teaching methodology - tools for teaching and sequencing: How to build up a general yoga class or a Vinyasa Flow, based on themes.
• The Art of Assisting.
• Basic principles and applied yoga anatomy.
• Practice of Pranayamas, Mudras (Asanas with inner concentration to balance energy) and meditation.
• Yoga-philosophy: Patanjali Yoga Sutras – a modern approach for everyday life.
• Kirtan and Vedic Fire.

Course objectives in detail

Description of subjects following Yoga Alliance (YA/US) Standards

Practice, techniques, training (125 hours)

Morning led-class and Mysore-practice (60 hours)

• This is the most wonderful field to develop your potential and developing knowledge out of the personal experience.
• Absorb the perls of a daily routine! We start the morning with a short Meditation and connecting your hearts to the source – may be outside on the terrace, depending on the time of sunrise.
• The meditations are guided beyond any dogmatic system letting everybody develop their own inner connection to the life force.
• By balancing the body-mind system in a gentle Pranayama, followed by basic Vinyasa Krama movements, learning the technic of Ujjayi Breathing, Bandhas, and Inner Energy-Movement - you will be well prepared for an energetic start into the Mysore Practice.
• In the first week, you will have guided classes (Led) leading into Mysore class to establish step by step a profound self-practice routine.
• The Mysore practice is a jewel to learn at your own pace, being guided personally by the teacher, you will be carried by the focused power of the group.

Technics - The art of Alignment and “Hands-on” (30 hours)

• In the afternoon classes you explore Asana-technics in detail: Step by step you progress through the main postures of primary, providing knowledge of sequencing, Vini Yoga and exploring the postures with BKS Iyengar technics.
• You will gain a wide perspective on practicing technics for the primary, and you will include extending yoga Asanas, exploring assisting and exciting postures of Intermediate. Its an Asana playground, providing a wide practical knowledge for conscious practice and teaching.
• By analyzing postures and “learning to see” you practice Hands-On Alignments for the main postures of the Primary series. From the first day on you will guide and adjust each other.
• By end of the course, you will be confident in healthy, safe and empathic alignments to help your fellow students to grow.

Pranayama and meditation (24 hours)

• The late afternoon is reserved for Pranayama, meditation, and Restorative practice. Pranayama and meditation are balancing Asana. As the aim in yoga is, to make the body-mind system sattvic – kind of empty from disturbing factors of the body-mind system, you will dive deep in the subtleness of Pranayamas, helping you to prepare for a stable nourishing meditation.

Mantra and traditional yoga technics (11 hours)

• In some morning or evening sun-meditations you will connect to the spiritual aspects of the sun – and if you love singing, join in Govinda’s Kirtan, chanting devotional songs.
• With a traditional Vedic fire ceremony you will invite the element of Mantra and fire to connect to universal energy and love.

Teaching methodology – the theory about how to teach (15 hours)

• By end of the course, you will have sufficient consistency and stamina by your own intensive Ashtanga yoga practice, that you are rooted in an authentic experience and so, having the confidence to teach.
• Here you explore the main subjects, how to structure and teach classes and how to gain your voice and individual style. Here you gain the tools to start teaching or integrate lots of new stuff in your existing classes. You will be able to teach beginners as well as mixed classes.

Yoga-philosophy (20 hours)

• The main chapters of the Yoga-Sutras of Patanjali, as a worldwide respected text about the content of yoga, will be presented as an always modern and exciting tool to understand our human set-up and purpose in life. The Sutras serve as spiritual psychology of life, to which you can always refer in your inner quest.

Practicum - share what you love (10 hours)

• It is a teaching playground as a highlight of the four weeks – you will be prepared and confident to share what you experienced deeply.
• Up to the last week everybody will have a supervised traditional or inspired Ashtanga Vinyasa, Vinyasa or yoga class to happily share with your fellow students (around a half-hour of teaching).

Yoga-Anatomie (30 hours)

• Having a good background in Anatomie for yoga brings you on the save side of practicing and teaching. As many people come to yoga classes with health issues, you should be very clear about responsibility and where your capacity as a yoga teacher ends.
• Understanding Yoga-Anatomy makes your practice and your teaching profound and complete. In the four weeks intensive you cover 10 hours of functional Anatomie.

The other 20 hours are non-contact hours and will be covered by either:

• An online course from David Keil (only available in English). As soon as you are registered, you will be registered in the online course so you may start and go through it at your own pace. Try it out, it's fun and easy! Understandable, illustrated with short educational tutorials. Every lection ends with a small test.
• The online course for you will be then available for one year from the start of the TTC.

Schedule sample

This schedule is an example and subjects to change, depending on requirements.

• 08:00 - 08:40 Meditation, Pranayama, Ujjayi Breathing
• 08:45 - 10:45 Mysore yoga practice (in the first week: a mix of guided led and self-practice)
• 11:00 - 12:00 Veggy brunch
• 12:00 - 13:30 How to teach (1st and 2nd week), functional anatomy (3rd week), practicum (4th week)
• Tea-break (or until 16:30)
• 15:30 - 17:00 Technics and Hands-On sessions
• 17:00 - 18:30 Philosophy or Pranayama and Mudra sessions following Sri Sribhashyam (alternating)
• 18:30 Veggy snack

The training is set up in a beautiful tropical paradise. Enjoy the beautiful Andalucia with its stunning nature.

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You will be served a vegetarian healthy superfood brunch with tropical fruits. Please note: the venue is a strictly vegetarian place (no eggs, no fish)!

Regional avocados, tomatoes, and cheese with olives. very tasty, delicious food. Vegetarian healthy dinner and deserts.

Close to the coast and not far from Malaga, Granada, and Tarifa there are various places to visit and to explore the Andalucian culture

Excursion to Malaga or Granada

Hot Springs

Vamos a la playa

Sightseeing tours to cultural/historical places in Andalucia

Spanish - Lessons with a certified teacher

• Four weeks 200 hours Ashtanga Vinyasa Teacher Training
• 27 nights accommodation
• Healthy food, drinks
• Kirtan singing circle, concert

• Alcoholic beverages
• Airport transfer
• Flights
• Excursions
• Taxi rides

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• A reservation requires a deposit of 16.94% of the total price.
• The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
• The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.