28 Day 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training in Abruzzo National Park, Italy
Yoga Teacher Training Course on a Yoga Farm in Italy
Beyond the shapes of postures lies the true heart of Yoga - a science of being, a way of living. If you seek to go beyond the mainstream known physical-oriented practice, if you long to understand Yoga at its roots, this training is your invitation.
This 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training (TTC) offers a rare opportunity to experience Yoga as a complete path: physical, mental, and spiritual. Grounded in authentic traditions - Hatha Yoga, Tantra, Advaita Vedanta, and Kashmir Shaivism, this course offers tools for embodying a deep personal practice and heartfelt teaching.
Whether you are beginning your journey or seeking to deepen it, this training welcomes you into a living tradition where yoga is not something you do, but something you are.
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Highlights
- Eligible to register with Yoga Alliance upon completion
- 4 weeks of yoga training
- 27 nights accommodation
- Course manual and other materials
- 2 vegetarian meals per day
- Snacks, fruit and tea available at all times
- Pick-up/drop-off from the bus station to the farm
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Yoga styles
Accommodation
Facilities
- Dining area
- Environmentally friendly
- Garden
- Kitchen
- Lounge
- Special menu request
- Yoga studio
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry
During this training, you will be accommodated at Yoga Farm Italy, a family run yoga farm in central Italy where you can choose from different types of rooms to fit your budget and preferences.
All rooms have terracotta tiles, beautifully hand-painted trees, wildlife on the walls, and wood furniture with hand-carved details. The beds are comfortable, so you can be assured that you will have a pleasant night's sleep during your stay.
The rooms are equipped with a fan in the summer and a heating unit in the colder months. Rooms are made of limestone walls which keep them quite cool in the summer. The larger dorm rooms can accommodate up to four or five people.
Extra services
- Laundry (4.50 EUR) - Soap included; the big washing machine can fit up to eight kilos or 17. 6 pounds
- Internet access - Free Wi-Fi access with your laptop. Wi-Fi is only available in the public areas.
- Room service - Weekly change of sheets and room cleaning every three days
Program
Certification
Students who complete the training are eligible to register with Yoga Alliance as Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®).
This course is for you if:
- You are drawn to yoga's spiritual and energetic dimensions
- You value a structures, thoughtful approach free from trends and superficialities
- You wish to embody ancient wisdom in a modern, grounded way
This yoga training is oriented towards cultivating a profound personal and spiritual transformation through a process of systematized yogic teachings and practices that focus on purifying the body-mind, cultivating energetic awareness, and integrating the teachings into daily life. The small size of the group allows personalized interaction and support for each student at all stages. The teachers aspire to bring the students to the full knowledge of discipline so that they can first embody and then teach with love, devotion, and respect for the tradition.
What you will learn
Asana
- Postures as pathways for energy alignment and inner transformation
Pranayama
- Breathwork for balance, vitality and mental clarity.
Meditation
- Techniques to cultivate awareness and guide others into presence.
Purification
- Ancient practices to harmonise body, breath and mind.
Energy anatomy
- Chakras, nadis and the subtle currents within the human system
Philosophy and Yogic Wisdom
- Study the Yoga Sutras and Bhagavad Gita as living guides
- Explore the ethics of yoga - Yamas and Niyamas
- Journey into non-dual traditions: Advaita Vedanta and Kashmir Shaivism
Advanced Yogic Disciplines
- Yoga Nidra: The art of conscious sleep and lucid inner exploration
- Tantra Yoga: Harnessing the forces of life for spiritual growth
- Bhakti Yoga: Cultivating heartfelt devotion and trust
- Karma Yoga: Selfless action as a path to freedom
- Kundalini Yoga: Awakening the latent potential within
Anatomy and Alignment
- Understand the body through the lens of both physical and energetic anatomy
- Learn safe, intelligent alignment and how to guide students skilfully
Teaching Methodology
- Find your authentic teaching voice
- Learn to craft classes that are coherent, safe and meaningful
- Explore how to hold space with integrity and care
- Understand ethical ways to share yoga in today's world
Daily life during the training
Monday to Friday
- 07:00 – 10:00: Hatha yoga and meditation
- 10:00 – 11:00: Brunch break
- 11:00 – 13:00: Theoretic class
- 13:00 – 15:00: Break and snacks
- 15:00 – 17:00: Theoretic class
- 17:00 – 19:00: Evening practice
- 19:00 -- 20:00: Dinner
- 22:00: Silence
Saturday
- Half day of practice and study, afternoon free for rest and exploration
Sunday
- Full day of rest for integration and recharge
Instructors
Antonello Siragusa
Antonello Siragusa is the founder and host of Yoga Farm Stay. He started traveling around the world in his mid-teens and discovered a passion for yoga after traveling to India. He completed his 500 hours of TTC in 2017, after several years of being a student of yoga. Since then he has been going back to Asia in the winter months to continue to study yoga, deepen his practice and teach asana, pranayama, meditation, and yoga philosophy. He considers teaching yoga one of his most important spiritual practice. In the meanwhile, yoga became the central activity of his eco-farm stay.
Ana Ichim
Ana’s journey through yoga has taken her across continents and deep into the heart of diverse spiritual traditions. Having trained in North America, Asia, and Europe, she has delved into the teachings of Hatha, Yin, Tantra, and Kundalini Yoga. In her classes, expect more than just physical postures as her approach is meditative and gentle. She incorporate mantras into her classes and often leads bhajan and kirtan circles. Beyond yoga, Ana is also a dedicated Reiki practitioner and master, offering courses and trainings, supporting the holistic approach to wellness and spiritual growth.
Michael Chatzopoulos
Michael is a tantra and yoga teacher. Over the years he studied and practiced under various teachers, mainly in Asia. His intention is to bring traditional teachings to modern practitioners with joy, love, and honesty. He is also a Thai massage teacher and a TVM (Triple Vagal Method) practitioner.
Retreat location
The yoga farm is located in the small village of Pescosolido at the foot of the Abruzzo National Park, Italy. The area around the farm is one of the most beautiful places in Italy - mountains, waterfalls, hiking trails, lakes, and wildlife. With many easily accessible interesting ruins, churches, and castles, the area is surprisingly not filled with tourists like other parts of Italy.
The farm is close to the town of Sora, where you can eat at local restaurants, stroll along the lively main street, visit the numerous shops, cafes, and pubs, use the internet, or go to the open air market on Thursday mornings.
The farm itself is a large property where you can roam around, eat fresh fruit, spend time with the farm animals, relax in the shade of an olive tree, or walk around the trails in the nearby forest.
Distances
- Sora - 40 minutes' walk
This Yoga Retreat is vegetarian-friendly
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Food
During this training, you will be served daily vegetarian brunch and dinner at the farm. The farm tries to be as self-sufficient as possible while creating nutritious meals. Ingredients such as seasonable vegetables, fruits, eggs, olive oil come directly from the farm. Vegetarian, vegan, gluten, or dairy free meals are available upon request.
Breakfast
Brunch includes tea, milk, fruits, fresh bread, farm eggs, porridge, butter and jam and seasonable vegetable dishes. It also includes protein dishes, such as beans and hummus.
Dinner
Dinner is a special time to sit together, will give you the opportunity to eat a meal full of wholesome food from a wide variety of farm products.
It includes multiple homemade dishes such as traditional Italian pasta which is sometimes homemade by hand that day, rice or couscous followed by seasonal vegetables, fresh salads, local handmade cheese, home grown potatoes, eggs from the farm, lentils, or beans.
The meal is also accompanied by local bread.
Fresh organic fruit free for all guests
You are welcome to pick and eat from the abundance of fruits that come from the farm. It is an indescribable pleasure to eat fresh organic fruit directly from the trees.
On the farm, fruit is handpicked when it is perfectly ripe so that you can enjoy the full flavor. There are a wide variety of fruits available especially in late spring, mid-summer, and fall. Among them are figs, plums, peaches, cherries, persimmons, apples, pears, grapes, apricots and berries.
The following meals are included:
- Brunch
- Dinner
- Snacks
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Tea
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Lacto-ovo Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Gluten Free
Spa treatments
Extra treatments:
- Traditional Thai massage: 60 EUR
- Reiki healing session: 60 EUR
What's included
- 27 nights of accommodation
- Daily brunch and dinner
- Snacks and drinks available all day
- Course manual and other materials
- 200 hours Yoga Alliance certification upon completion
- Pick-up/drop-off from the bus station to the farm
What's not included
- Airfare
- Airport transfers
- Extra nights (you can choose to stay longer for an extra fee if you feel to integrate and practice)
- Additional treatments and massages
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Ciampino–G. B. Pastine International Airport
86 km
Transfer not provided
Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport
116 km
Transfer not provided
Naples International Airport
110 km
Transfer not provided
Driving directions from Naples
- From Naples, you will need to take the A1 towards Rome
- You will exit at Cassino
- Follow the signs for Sora, where eventually you will exit at Sora Centro
- From Sora, the farm is about 10 minutes away
Driving directions from Rome
- From Rome, take the A1 towards Naples
- You will exit at Ferentino
- Follow the signs to Sora
- From Sora, the farm is about 10 minutes away
Arrival by airplane
Please book your flight to arrive at Leonardo da Vinci - Fiumicino Airport (FCO), Ciampino - G.B. Pastine International Airport (CIA), or Naples International Airport (NAP).
Arrival by bus
From Rome, the easiest way to get to the farm is by bus. The ticket costs 6,100 EUR. The bus leaves frequently throughout the day, even on Sundays and holidays. To catch the bus to Sora, you must go to the Anagnina Bus Station in Rome by taking the metro line A (the metro takes about 25 minutes from the Termini station, Anagnina is the last stop on line A). The bus to Sora leaves from platform 10.
The station in Sora is the last stop on the bus, so while you are on the bus, you can relax and not worry about missing your stop. From Naples, there is a bus that takes you to Sora that leaves every day except Sundays and holidays from Piazza Garibaldi. Piazza Garibaldi is in front of the main train station in Naples.
Arrival by train
From Rome, you need to catch the train at Rome Termini station for Roccasecca, then shift for Sora. Make sure to check the train schedule for Sora before you leave Rome, so you do not get stuck in Roccasecca. If you plan to arrive in Sora in the late afternoon, it is recommended that you take the bus instead. From Naples, you need to catch a train to Cassino or Roccasecca, and then you can either catch a bus or a train to Sora, depending on the time.
Be sure to check the train schedule in Naples so you do not get stuck in Cassino or Roccasecca. From Pescara, you will need to catch a train to Avezzano (you may have to switch trains in Sulmona depending on the time schedule). From Avezzano, you can catch a train to Sora. Italy Farm Stay will provide you with more information on how to get there upon booking.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 20% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid 10 days before arrival.
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