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200-Hour Hybrid: Self-Paced Online and 4 Day In-Person Yoga Teacher Training in Portimão, Portugal
Available in October & December15 Day 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training and Ayurvedic Massage in Portimão, Algarve, Portugal
October 1-15, 2025 | December 3-17, 202515 Day 300-Hour Advanced Vinyasa and Ashtanga Yoga Teacher Training in the Algarve, Portugal
October 1-15, 2025 | December 3-17, 20253 Day Artistica Yoga Festival in Portimão, Algarve, Portugal
September 26-28, 2025About Bend it like Buddha Yoga Algarve
Bend it like Buddha Yoga Algarve is offering 200 -hour and 300-hour training retreats adjacent to stunning locations in Portugal.
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L. Farrah Furtado
L. Farrah Furtado (E-RYT 500) began her yoga journey by studying one-on-one meditation in Taiwan at Fo Guan Shan Buddhist monastery for five years with monks. Soon, she was invited to collaborate with the Venerable to design and direct silent retreats and Buddhist courses at the monastery for English-speaking students. Furtado, a Canadian-Portuguese, completed her advanced course of 500-hour Vinyasa yoga teacher training in Goa, India, and studied Pranayama, Philosophy, and Ashtanga Vinyasa in Mysore, India, with Ashtanga master BNS Iyengar consecutively for four years.
Mafalda Rodriguez
Mafalda Rodriguez started practicing yoga about 11 years ago and soon realized how yoga is transforming, how it brings people back to their center and allows them a universal and conscious view of life. Mafalda is a Shaman, gifted healer, breath work facilitator, and a highly experienced sound healer and traditional Kirtan Mantra musician.
Danni Cullen
Danni loves to teach and share. She is passionate about what she does as yoga had such a special effect on her life. It is rare to be in one of her classes and to not burst out in laughter, child-like giggles, or even laughing so hard your crying with stomach pains! Her classes are strong, creative, and super fun. Most importantly, she teaches from the heart. At Bend it like Buddha, Danni teaches Vinyasa, how to theme and sequence classes, kids yoga, Acro yoga, and adjustment-modification classes. She has taught in classes & TTCs in India, Bali, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, and Morocco.
Ricardo Louro
Ricardo Louro is an Ashtanga yoga practitioner since 2015. His studies took him to Mysore, India where he studied at KPJAYI with Saraswathi and Sharmila Jois, the direct lineage to Pattabhi Jois and Krishnamacharya. It was there also where he began studying Advaita Vedanta with Arvind Pare. Since then, he studied with many national and international teachers.
Daniela Luz
Daniela teaches Vinyasa, Yin, pre-natal yoga, and kids yoga at Bend it like Buddha school in Praia da Rocha, Algarve Portugal. Daniela is an International certified mindfulness coach, a healer practitioner, and an experienced meditation and yoga teacher, based in Portugal. From social education and social activism to yoga and meditation, Daniela traveled the world and lived abroad sharing her life mission to empower different communities and unprivileged groups, co-founding and managing social projects in Mozambique, Italy, and Australia.
Berta Couto
Born a Portuguese wanderer, passionate about Nature, graduated in Nursing, since a young age Berta was drawn to the mysteries of the human body, mind and soul. It was in 2008 that she embraced her yoga path. She observed and learned from many teachers and masters of not just Ashtanga, but also Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin Yoga and Ayurveda, becoming a Yoga Teacher and later an Ayurvedic Therapist. Her teaching style is a blend of all the experiences, travelling and her self-practice: it has a traditional strong foundation with a therapeutic approach, working on the release of traumas through the body.
Catarina Ordaz
She is one of a kind, warm, compassionate and has over 20 years of experience as a yoga teacher, specifically in anatomy and therapy yoga. Her strength is in helping people pinpoint their therapeutic yoga practice for specific injuries and health needs. You can ask her about her yogic approach and recommendations for your specific health needs. She is always happy to serve others at the highest level. She has been studying 'The New Approach to Health' and the Theory of Psychotrauma in Identity and would like to share with you these ancient tools.
Johanna Hessling
Joanna is a passionate yoga instructor with over 18 years of experience. She is well-versed in various modalities, including Vinyasa Flow, Restorative Yoga, Yoga Nidra, Reiki, Ayurveda, and Mobilization Therapy, which she skillfully blends to create unique and transformative experiences for her students. Johanna’s journey began at a young age with meditation, blossoming into a love for Vinyasa Flow yoga. She holds a 200-hour certification from Laughing Lotus in New York City and has deepened her knowledge with additional trainings in Restorative Yoga and Yoga Nidra.
Macedonia Domingues
Macedonia Domingues has always been very connected to nature and animals. Being in touch with nature always made her feel happy and at peace. She's a Scuba Diving Instructor since 2010 and while working in Santa Maria, Azores she started yoga classes, falling in love with Vinyasa Flow and its movements in sync with the breath. She continued practicing yoga by herself and always felt that this was the path she should follow. She pours her heart into her students and shares what she has learned about life through yoga. She's grateful that she can share yoga and improve people’s lives.
Victoria Machado
Victoria, originally from São Paulo, Brazil has been a passionate yoga practitioner since 2013. Over the years, she has developed a deep love for yoga and its transformative power, believing that it has the potential to positively impact those who embrace the practice. She teaches a variety of yoga styles, including Vinyasa-inspired sequences, Yin, Prenatal yoga, Kids Yoga, and Ashtanga Vinyasa. She draws from her diverse background and experience to create well-rounded and inclusive classes suitable for practitioners of all levels. She sees yoga as a powerful tool for personal growth.
Liling
Liling, born in Austria, has embarked on a transformative journey that has taken her to Portugal, where she has fallen in love with the Algarve—now her second home. With a decade of dedicated yoga practice and a deep spiritual connection nurtured over the past four years, she discovered the true essence of self-love through yoga. Completing her Yoga Teacher Training Certification (YTTC) with *Bend It Like Buddha* was a pivotal moment, opening new pathways to share the heart-centered gift of yoga. She focuses on Vinyasa and Hatha Yoga, seamlessly integrating breath, movement, and mindfulness.
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