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Inspiring Guatemala Yoga Teacher Training

Come and join this Yoga Teacher Training held at School Yoga Institute home, the Mystical Yoga Farm, on the magical Lake Atitlan in the Highlands of Guatemala! The yoga farm is a serene landscape, surrounded by volcanoes, lush greenery and healing waters. You are invited to step into the quiet stillness of mother nature, allowing her to nourish you and guide you back to the home in your heart. School Yoga Institute teaches faculty with great experience and expertise in all areas of the program. In this Yoga Teacher Training, you will learn the art of teaching, yoga sutras, yoga anatomy, and many more. You will be served vegetarian food, all prepared with love.

School Yoga Institute

School Yoga Institute is an extended family of yoga teachers and practitioners who have deeply experienced the beauty and ancient wisdom of yoga and who feel inspired to share that wisdom with others. Within the context of SYI yoga teacher training courses (YTTCs), they share their understanding of the ancient teachings, through the yoga sutras, Bhagavad Gita, Vedanta, Upanishads, Tantric yoga, Mayan prophecies, Greek mythology, and Lao Tzus Tao Te Ching, as well as modern spiritual teachings of Eckhart Tolle, the Dalai Lama, and others. Most importantly, they share their understanding of how to integrate these concepts into our daily practice in the form of health, healing, and transformation.

Meet the instructors

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Anita Krystalyn Flavia & 1 More…
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Highlights

  • The art of teaching and alignment sessions
  • Yoga sutras, yoga anatomy, and spiritual lessons
  • Guided meditation including pranayama, asana , and relaxation
  • Satsang (community gathering) and Karma yoga sessions
  • Daily vegetarian meals prepared with love
  • 20 nights cozy accommodation

Yoga styles


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Accommodation

The Mystical Yoga Farm is a very unique place that offers a special opportunity to live on the land and with nature, as you take rest from your everyday life and immerse yourself in the practice of yoga. The Mystical Yoga Farm is home.

The Mystical Yoga Farm is a self-directed spiritual community that is focused on self-sustainability, growing fresh organic food, growing healthy yogis, teachers and healing practitioners. The desire is to heal the earth and its inhabitants through connection with nature and Spirit, the source of all of creation.

The Yoga Farm is a secluded, private property only accessible by boat. It sits at the base of a volcano and is surrounded by magical forests and healing waters. We are an Eco-Rustico Retreat Center that is off the grid; utilizing filtered water, composting toilets, solar hot water, and solar electricity.

They have a variety of sleeping accommodations, including four newly built private rooms, two private cabins on the upper land, two private waterside cabins in the lower land, two open shared dormitory cabins, one large attic dormitory, camping options, and a floating boat house.

They share meals in the Rancho and practice in a new-built Yoga Shala with breath-taking views of the Lake on which we live and the volcanoes across the water. Meditation occurs on the dock as we watch the sunrise over the volcano.

This place is a rare gem, a peaceful oasis like nothing experienced before; perfect for the inward journey you seek to embark on. As well as being the perfect location for contemplation during your teacher training, the farm shares its beauty in many ways during your free time: from gardening and coffee picking, to swimming in the cool waters of the lake and sauna in our traditional wood-fired temascal, from feeding the chickens and stirring the compost, to volcano hikes and local village trips.

Whether you prefer adventure or simply relaxing in a hammock with a book from their spectacular conscious library, the Mystical Yoga Farm is the perfect location to let go of all of your daily responsibilities.

Program

During the training, you wake up while the sun rises and experience the beauty and serenity in the midst of this magical setting. Guided group meditation starts at 6 a.m. Meditation is followed immediately by asana (yoga posture) practice. It includes pranayama, asana, and relaxation.

In the afternoon, there will be an art-of-teaching workshop. They also have lectures, discussions, and activities that cover yoga philosophy, yoga theory, yogic living, yoga diet, yoga anatomy, and yogic healing. They end the day with after-dinner Satsang (wise gathering) to contemplate and reflect on their sadhana (spiritual practice) of the day.

Typical daily schedule

  • 06:00 - 09:00 Guided meditation / pranayama / asana
  • 09:00 - 10:00 Breakfast and Self Sadhana
  • 10:00 - 11:00 Spiritual lesson/Intention of the day
  • 11:00 - 12:00 Yoga Sutras/Yoga Anatomy
  • 12:00 - 14:00 Snack and Self Sadhana
  • 14:00 - 15:00 Special topics
  • 15:00 - 18:00 Art of Teaching and Art of Touch
  • 18:00 - 19:00 Dinner and Self Sadhana
  • 19:00 - 20:00 Satsang (Sacred Circle)
  • 20:00 - 21:00 Self Sadhana
  • 21:00: Sweet Dreams

Yoga style: Sadhana yoga

They teach Sadhana yoga - the yoga of spiritual practice, teaching both Hatha and Vinyasa flows. School Yoga Institute honors all traditions of yoga and has incorporated into the 200-hour teacher training program two foundational sequences that will allow students to develop any style of class they desire to teach. The two sequences they teach are a Vinyasa flow and Hatha flow based primarily on the Ashtanga and Sivananda sequences respectively.

Curriculum

The approach is contemporary and eclectic. They bring to life the ancient teachings of yoga through daily practice and practical application into our lives. During the 200-hour teacher training program you will:

  • Learn to teach two sequences: Vinyasa and Hatha flows
  • Practice pranayama daily
  • Understand many different meditation techniques
  • Learn the yoga anatomy and physiology for yoga teachers
  • Do in-depth study of selected yoga sutras
  • Gain an understanding of the history of yoga
  • Focus on integrating yoga into your life through daily spiritual lessons
  • Be introduced to the business of yoga
  • Improve your personal yoga practice
  • Learn the art of teaching workshops
  • Do regular peer-teaching starting from day one

Required Text

  • School Yoga Institute Yoga Teacher Training Manual
  • Yoga Sutra by Dennis Hill
  • Yoga Anatomy by Leslie Kaminoff

Instructors

Anita Sundaram

Krystalyn Dawn Norton

Flavia Ghidossi

Camilah

Retreat location

The Mystical Yoga Farm is located on Lake Atitlan, near Santiago. In this serene landscape, surrounded by volcanoes, lush greenery and healing waters, we live together in community, sharing all aspects of daily life as we incorporate the wisdom of yoga into each step.

Food

All of the food is vegetarian and prepared with loving hands. Their humble vegetable garden nourishes them as often as possible while the rest of our food comes from the local farmers of our neighboring villages. They share two main meals per day, with a light snack at lunch time.

The following meals are included:

  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner

The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:

  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan
  • Gluten Free
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation

Things to do (optional)

Coffee picking

Enjoy the breath-taking views of the Lake and the volcanoes across the water

Feed the chickens and stir the compost

Gardening

Sauna in our traditional wood-fired temascal

Simply relaxing in a hammock with a book from their spectacular conscious library

Swim in the cool waters of the lake

Volcano hikes and local village trips

What's included

  • 20 nights accommodation
  • Art of teaching workshops
  • Daily meals
  • Daily practice of pranayama
  • Daily spiritual lessons
  • In depth study of select yoga sutras
  • Introduction to the business of yoga
  • Learn to teach two sequences: Vinyasa and Hatha flows
  • Many different meditation techniques
  • Regular peer-teaching starting day one
  • School Yoga Institute YTT manual
  • Yoga anatomy and physiology for yoga teachers

How to get there

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Arrival by airplane

Fly into the airport in Guatemala City (airport code GUA).

From the airport, you can go directly to Pana and take a boat to the Farm, or you can spend the night in Antigua and travel to Pana the next day.

If your flight arrives before 13.00, you have a good chance of making it to the Farm in one day. You can book a direct shuttle from the airport to Pana. It is about a 3.5-hour drive.

Setting up a transfer from the airport to Antigua is easy. You can email your hotel to set it up, or you can email a shuttle company directly. The cost from the airport to Antigua is 10 USD.

Arrival by ferry

  • Boat ride from Pana to Santiago:
  • From the boat dock, take a public boat to Santiago.
  • All you need to do is say to someone a Santiago and they will lead you in the right direction.
  • These public boats run every half hour and cost Q25 (3 USD) / person. It is about a 45-minute ride from Pana to Santiago.
  • You can hire a private boat for 25 USD. The last boat is usually at 18.00.
  • Boat ride from Santiago to the Mystical Yoga Farm:
  • From Santiago, take a private boat 5 to 8 minutes across the lake to the Farm.
  • Ask for Guiermo, Francisco or Jose the boat driver to take you to the Finca de Yoga. This ride should cost no more than Q35 (4.50 USD).
  • There is a round yoga shala with a thatched roof at the front of the property.

Arrival by shuttle

You can typically schedule these shuttles at any tour agency or even at the hostel you are staying at.

From Antigua to Pana there is a shuttle at 8.00, 12.30, and 16.00. It is about a 3.5-hour shuttle ride. The price is typically 8 USD (60Q).For people who are staying at the International Mochilero, walk across the street to the Casa Amarilla (yellow house) and get a shuttle to Lake Atitlan for Q60 or 8 USD. We took this shuttle and it was fine.

One thing we heard is that people should not go through the Plus Travel Agency for shuttles, especially to Atitlan. There is a road that is washed out so you have to take a detour and need a good reliable 4wd vehicle.

Cancellation Policy

  • A reservation requires a deposit of 14% of the total price.
  • The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
  • The rest of the payment should be paid 30 days before arrival.
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