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200-hour Yoga Teacher Training in Pahoa, Hawaii

This 18-day yoga retreat offers students the lived experience of the teachings. In addition to practice and study, you will participate in meditation, ceremony, and council, and explore what these practices and teachings mean for yourselves as individuals, and for the community as a whole. For those looking to teach, this training in Hawaii will provide a vast, comprehensive tool-kit for teaching physical postures, breathing techniques, alignment, and adjustments, as well as pranayama, mantra, meditation, and more. The principles they instruct can be applied to any style of yoga you feel compelled to offer.

Meet the instructors

Serge & Gloria
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Highlights

  • Eligible to register with Yoga Alliance upon completion
  • All yoga sessions
  • Sunrise yoga and fire ceremony
  • Thermal pools and black sand beach
  • Magical jungle, fresh fruits, ocean cliffs, and shooting stars
  • Daily organic farm-to-table cuisine
  • 17 nights accommodation

Skill level

  • Intermediate

Yoga styles


18 days with instruction
Group size: Maximum of 24 participants
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Accommodation

Facilities

  • Hot tub / Jacuzzi

Your retreat takes place at the beautiful, spacious Puna Rainforest Retreat, set on 20 acres of lush land, including a main house, 4 cottages, a cold plunge, and 2 hot tubs.

Program

Certification

Students who complete the training are eligible to register with Yoga Alliance as Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®).

About the Program

Shivakali Yoga offers a 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training on the Big Island of Hawai’i, which is immersed in the ancient spiritual, philosophical, and meditative traditions of yoga, while also maintaining a firm ground in modern anatomical training, sequencing, and approaches to practice.

This 18-day yoga retreat offers students the lived experience of the teachings. In addition to practice and study, you will participate in meditation, ceremony, and council, and explore what these practices and teachings mean for yourselves as individuals, and for the community as a whole.

The Course

The Teacher Training in Hawaii progresses over 18 days with a map of the chakras, starting at the root and ending with the crown.

During the root segment, students will ground their intentions for teaching/practice, and learn the vast history of yoga from the Vedas through the Upanishads, Buddhism, yoga Sutras, Bhakti traditions, Tantric Lineages, and contemporary yoga Schools.

In the sacral chakra, you will uncover the countless layers of the subtle body, learn the principles of Ayurveda, gain an overview of classical Tantra, and practice Yoga Nidra. As you progress through the navel chakra you will explore yoga's connection with power, and fire, and introduce Lakshmi practice and the business of yoga.

In the heart, you encounter the devotional path of Bhakti (devotional) yoga, as well as ceremony, prayer, and healing. You will connect in nature, and receive teachings on the heart of your practice. You share in men's and women's circles as a step in the process of uniting energies, wherein you also honor identifying with a group other than your assigned-at-birth gender and exploring the group you feel called to.

Moving upwards into the throat chakra, students will learn about Kashmir Shaivism and the Sanskrit language, pronunciation, principles of chanting, and a wealth of mantra and deity practices. Progressing to the third eye the training becomes increasingly more subtle, as you encounter an array of Yogic meditations, explore Yogic Buddhism, and turn inward in silence. Culminating in the crown, trainees will receive kundalini awakening practices, learn the Shakti mantra, and Yogic ritual, and receive an initiation into the practice.

Each of the 18 days will also include a thorough overview of the anatomy/physiology of Yoga-Asana (postures), a comprehensive outlook on teaching methodology, an intensive dissection of major and minor poses, workshops on adjustments/alignment, and plenty of time for practice teaching. Not to mention time for students to be alone in nature, reflect, hike, swim, stargaze, and relax in quietude. Come join them on the Island.

What style is Shivakali Yoga?

They equip teachers to guide alignment-based Vinyasa classes while learning about restorative postures, meditation, and pranayama. Their practice serves first to awaken the body and move energy, and then to soften the mind and nurture your inner being.

Uniting the masculine + feminine aspects of practice, you find freedom in movement, drawing awareness from the mind to the heart, allowing insight to arise naturally.

Sample Schedule:

  • 06:00 - 08:00 - Morning yoga sadhana (yoga, meditation, chanting, fire ceremony)
  • 08:00 - 09:30 - Breakfast break/Seva
  • 09:30 - 11:00 - Class 1 (Anatomy, Methodology, Philosophy)
  • 11:00 - 12:30 - Posture clinic
  • 12:30 - 15:00 - Lunch break
  • 15:00 - 16:30 - Class 2 (Anatomy, Methodology, Philosophy - Discussion-based)
  • 16:30 - 18:00 - Practice teaching exercises
  • 18:00 - 19:45 - Dinner break
  • 19:45 - 20:45 - Evening program (Restorative yoga, meditation, song circle, etc.)

Instructors

Serge Bandura

Gloria Baraquio

Retreat location

Pahoa, Hawaii

This program will take place in Pahoa which is in the District of Puna in the county and state of Hawaii, USA

This Yoga Retreat is vegetarian-friendly

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Food

You will have daily breakfast, lunch, and dinner together. Delicious organic vegetarian meals with vegan and gluten-free options, specialty desserts, and healthy snacks/teas are offered.

The following meals are included:

  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Snacks
  • Drinks

The following drinks are included:

  • Tea

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

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

Spa treatments

Massage and healing sessions are offered during free time, at an additional cost.

What's included

  • Eligibility to register with Yoga Alliance upon completion of the course
  • All yoga sessions
  • Daily organic vegetarian meals
  • 17 nights accommodation

What's not included

  • Airfare
  • Transfers to and from the airport
  • Additional activities
  • Massages and healing treatments
  • Personal expenses

How to get there

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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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18 days / 17 nights
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Availability

Arrival: Wednesday June 11, 2025
Departure: Saturday June 28, 2025

Special discount

Please inquire with Shivakali Yoga about BIPOC scholarships.

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