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Take your teaching to the next level and THRIVE as a yoga professional.
Soma Yoga Institute is pleased to offer this 300-Hour Advanced Teacher Training Course as an immersion. Experience a revolutionary yoga training that embraces a therapeutic approach and celebrates diversity in ALL bodies. Deepen your understanding of anatomy-informed alignment, therapeutics, instructing level 2 poses safely, restorative techniques, multidimensional sequencing, and mindful vinyasa. Includes yoga for the private client, philosophy, meditation, pranayama, Ayurveda, Yoga Nidra, and more. Are you a passionate teacher who is ready to deepen your knowledge base, build your confidence, teach with more authenticity, expand your repertoire, and elevate your impact in sharing yoga as a catalyst for personal and global transformation? This course is for you. Join us and be a driving force of positive change in your community.
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Highlights
- Train with a world-class faculty and C-IAYT Yoga Therapists with over 25 years of teaching experience
- Learn an anatomy-informed alignment framework to help your students avoid repetitive strain and injuries
- Seaside sunrise meditations and pranayama practices plus daily in-studio asana classes
- Incorporate more philosophy, pranayama, and meditation practices into your offerings to expertly serve your students
- Engage in mindful strategies for private yoga sessions
- Discover your unique strengths as a yoga teacher and improve your employment options as an RYT-500
- Brunch, dinner, and morning smoothies
- 24 nights accommodation
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Yoga styles
Paros National Airport (US$ 50 per person)
Accommodation
Okreblue Yoga Retreat Center is located at Filizi beach, the quiet side of Santa Maria bay. Situated amongst cedar trees and lovely thyme aromas it is just a stone's throw from the sandy beach. It offers a variety of simple and wonderfully comfortable rooms, apartments and studios; some of which are equipped with a kitchenette.
There are triple rooms with three beds each, twin rooms with two single beds, and single rooms with 1 double bed. All rooms are equipped with a kettle and a fridge. All rooms have free internet access and a private bathroom.
Towels and bedsheets are provided and changed every third or fourth day. All rooms have ceiling fans. Tea is provided all day. Filtered water is available all day. Okreblue offers what anyone desires for their deep immersion into yoga; tranquility, simplicity, wonderful food, beautiful beaches with crystal clear waters and of course, nature.
Program
Certifications
Students who have already completed a 200-hour course will be eligible to register with Yoga Alliance as a Registered Yoga Teacher at the RYT-500
Curriculum
The program is open to yoga teachers from all disciplines who have completed a 200-hour program or by permission. This advanced teacher training is designed to help you step confidently into the role of the yoga professional and build skills to lead with presence, compassion, and wisdom. You will deepen your knowledge of the musculoskeletal, fascial, and organ systems of the body and explore a bio-mechanically safe and healthy alignment framework to better serve the needs of diverse yoga populations. You will develop skills to:
- Craft potent mindful vinyasa sequences woven with yogic inspiration, skillful alignment, and variations for ALL bodies
- Uncover the power of Prana and dive deep into the exploration of the Chakras and Vayus as tools for increasing wellbeing
- Incorporate more philosophy, pranayama, and meditation practices into your offerings to expertly serve your students
- Dive deeper into the principles of Ayurveda including doshas, gunas, vayus, lifestyle modification, elements, and adaptive practices to bring balance to the individual
- Learn to facilitate individual private yoga sessions, including session structure and client intake
- Discover your unique strengths as a yoga teacher and develop a specialty in the field
- Improve your employment options as an RYT-500
Curriculum highlights
- Therapeutic applications of yoga
- Alignment system informed by Anatomy & Biomechanics
- Mindful vinyasa sequencing to level 2 poses with variations for ALL bodies
- Yoga for healthy aging
- Sequences for active seniors and limited mobility seniors
- Applied anatomy, kinesiology, and alignment
- Teaching Yoga Nidra, multi-modal Yin, and Restorative yoga
- Advanced verbal and physical assisting
- Teaching the private client
- Enhancing your observation and teaching skills
- Energetic anatomy and prana vidya-practice
- Trauma, your nervous system, and how yoga heals
- Teaching meditation and pranayama
- Life-affirming non-dual yoga philosophy
- Applying Ayurveda to the Asanas and other practices
- Cultivation of your yoga vision and business
- The practice of asana, chanting, meditation, pranayama
- Self-study
The therapeutic perspective and curricular components of this program are based on Peggy Profant and Liz Heffernan's registration as Certified Yoga Therapists with the International Association of Yoga Therapists (C-IAYT) and not derived from their status as E-RYT 500 by Y.A. Registry as the Y.A. Registry certifies only Yoga Teachers and not therapists.
2024 program dates and schedule
This Advanced YTT program is registered with Yoga Alliance and includes 25 days of instruction with mentored home study and online support with downloadable content. Scheduled as immersion, the program days are full, and the activities of the day are kept diverse and active. The days really are a wonderful mix of digesting concepts intellectually, applying the concepts experientially, and diving into the practices of yoga. Care is taken within the program schedule to ensure that students have a healthy experience both physically and mentally. We promise not to keep you sedentary for too long. There are physical activity and deep relaxation built into the program every day.
Typical daily schedule
- 06:30 Sunrise beach meditation, pranayama, gentle movement
- 07:30 Morning smoothies
- 08:00 Yoga asana class
- 10:00 Brunch and swimming at the beach
- 12:00 Techniques and teaching methodology include sequencing and/or pose study with alignment
- 14:00 Philosophy, anatomy, and/or practice teaching
- *17:00 Dinner and a break for sunset
- 18:30 Restorative, therapeutic practice, Yoga Nidra, individual study, and/or group work
- There will be a day off each week to rest, explore the island and integrate your studies.
Instructors
Liz Heffernan
Liz Heffernan, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT is an international yoga teacher and Integrative Yoga Therapist. She draws from over two decades of personal yoga practice, 25 years of teaching and extensive training in the Hatha yoga systems of Kripalu, Ashtanga, and Anusara. She currently directs and leads Yoga teacher trainings and workshops worldwide, provides unique one-to-one mentoring for yoga teachers, instructs daily yoga classes and offers private therapeutic sessions. Additionally, Liz serves as a mentor/faculty for the Kripalu School of Integrative Yoga Therapy Professional Yoga Therapy program.
Peggy Profant
Peggy Profant, C-IAYT Yoga Therapist, E-RYT 500, and certified Anusara yoga teacher first discovered the practice in 1980 and began teaching it to others in 1997. Ashtanga, Iyengar, and Anusara are the schools in which have influenced her practice. As one who lives courageously from her heart, she passionately teaches her classes with meaningful yogic themes while keeping a keen attention to alignment. In addition to yoga, being in nature and with her family is where she finds her deepest joy and peace.
Retreat location
A tranquil island atmosphere with dazzling beaches, clear azure waters, delicious food and exceptional natural beauty, Okreblue Yoga Retreat offers the perfect space to immerse in reflective practices. Located on the magical Greek island of Paros, this seaside eco-retreat center is in an area of exceptional natural beauty, overlooking the blue waters of the Aegean Sea with sand dunes, aged cedar forests, "secret" coves with sandy beaches, and clear waters.
The accommodation is just steps away from the water, with open-air indoor/outdoor yoga halls, and organic food that is grown right in the Okreblue's gardens. this retreat creates the perfect space to reconnect with mind, body, spirit, and nature. Greece, itself, is the perfect destination for yoga teacher training, you will fall in love with its beautiful, calming, and magical charm.
Unique features
Activities
- Boating
- Hiking
- Massage
- Scuba diving
- Windsurfing
General
- Yoga studio
Services
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Internet access
- Laundry
- Parking lot
- Wireless internet
Food
You will be served daily morning smoothies, healthy brunch, and dinner prepared for you with love and included in the price. Suresh, Okreblue’s talented Indian chef, prepares healthy fusion Mediterranean Indian cuisine using organic ingredients, the majority of which are picked fresh daily from Okreblue’s organic garden. Morning smoothies, a vegetarian brunch, and a vegetarian dinner are provided for yoga teacher training participants each day.
Gluten-free, wheat-free, dairy-free, vegetarian, and vegan diets are accommodated upon request. You may also like to visit Okreblue's Café which serves light meals and drinks in a wonderful, chilled-out atmosphere with lovely sea views. Their menu includes breakfast items, salads, cold plates, smoothies with superfoods, raw vegetarian and vegan sweet delights, herbal teas, organic honey, and Tacchini (a local specialty).
The following meals are included:
- Brunch
- Dinner
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Coffee
- Tea
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Organic
- Other dietary requirements on request
Things to do (optional)
Traveling to Greece is a wonderful experience, the unique culture and spectacular landscapes will amaze you. Greece delivers an ideal and perfect climate where countless opportunities exist to expand your senses and take in the elements of nature. The waters of Greece glisten in diverse shades of crystal blue, the golden sands lure you into a space of deep relaxation and the ancient sites take you back in time.
Nearby the retreat you will find many opportunities to enjoy all Greece has to offer including, visiting picturesque fishing towns, swimming, snorkeling, scuba diving and many more off the beaten path adventures.
What's included
- Yoga teacher training tuition
- 300-hour advanced YTT manual
- Healthy meals include morning smoothies, bunch, and dinner
- 24 nights accommodation
- Instruction with experienced teachers and yoga therapists with over 25 years of teaching experience each
- Seaside meditation and pranayama sessions
- Daily yoga and asana classes
- A supportive community in which to study, thrive, and grow
- Time off to explore the beautiful island of Paros
- Lifetime access to Online Yoga Teacher Training content, an essential resource to support you as you bring your new skills out into the world teaching yoga
- As-needed mentoring via Zoom/phone after the program ends
- Eligibility to register with Yoga Alliance as an RYT-500 upon successful completion
- Explore a therapeutic approach to teach aging bodies, injured students, raw beginners, and special populations
- Craft potent mindful Vinyasa sequences to level two poses, sequences for seniors, and therapeutic sequences with variations for ALL bodies
What's not included
- Flights
- Transfers
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Athens International Airport (Eleftherios Venizelos Airport)
147 km
Transfer not provided
Paros National Airport
18 km
Transfer available for additional US$ 50 per person
Arrival by airplane
Please book your flight to arrive at Athens International Airport (ATH), then to Paros (PAS). Aegean Air is a company that flies from Athens to Paros. Make sure you book your tickets well in advance because it’s difficult to find availability during the summer months. Another option is a flight to Mykonos Island and then a 45-minute boat ride to Paros.
Arrival by boat
Coming by boat from Athens there are two options; Pireaus Port and Rafina Port.
Rafina port is closer to the airport and you can get there either by taxi or bus. By bus, it will take you about 45 minutes and it costs 3 EUR. By taxi, it will take you less time but more money.
Pireaus Port is further from the airport than Rafina, and you can get there by bus, metro or taxi. The metro and bus are both very convenient because they will leave you just a few meters from where you get the boat to Paros. Both the bus and the metro take about one hour (the bus a little longer maybe depending on the traffic) to get to Pireaus and cost 10 EUR.
The 2 companies that sail to Paros are Blue Star Ferries and Hellenic Seaways. BlueStar ferries take about 4.5 hours and runs twice a day with tickets starting at 33 EUR. Hellenic Seaways takes about 2.5 hours with tickets starting at 45-50 EUR. When you are in Paros, you can either catch the bus from Parikia (port of Paros) to Naousa and then a taxi to Okreblue, or a taxi straight to Okreblue. When you are in Paros a taxi from the port is 37 Euros. Taxi from the airport in Paros is 50 Euros. We will organize combined rides with other teacher training participants for you when possible to reduce the cost of these transfers.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 30% 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.
