18 Day 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training in Västmanland County, Sweden
Healing Yoga Teacher Training Sweden
Join this yoga teacher training for an immersion into the yogic lifestyle and the path of teaching from the heart. Throughout this program, you will have the experience of living in a community while being surrounded by the healing power of nature, learn about the practice and teaching skills, including organizing a class, creating confidence, pranayama, philosophy, and making postural corrections. You will learn to teach yoga with precision alignment, emphasizing heartfelt presence.
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Highlights
- Eligible to register with Yoga Alliance upon completion
- Daily yoga classes
- Mainly focused on Hatha and Vinyasa yoga
- Experience Dharma, Iyengar, Vinyasa, Prana Flow, Kundalini, Restorative, and Yin yoga styles
- Delicious vegetarian meals
- 17 nights accommodation
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Yoga styles
Accommodation
Facilities
- Sauna
- Dining area
- Kitchen
- Yoga studio
- Internet access
- Library
- Wireless internet
During this teacher training, you will stay either in a shared twin room or a private deluxe tent at Shambala Gatherings Center.
Shambala features two yoga spaces, one of 100 square meters and another of 50 square meters, 15 twin guest rooms, a teacher house, a treatment room, a projector, a guest house, an art studio, Wi-Fi service, a sound system, the main kitchen and a small kitchen, a library, a sauna, and a dining room, all set in an idyllic space surrounded by lakes and deep forests.
The total capacity in the summer season is 38 people. The total capacity during the winter season is 34 people. Shambala is not a luxurious place; the facilities are simple, but its walls are full of soul.
Program
Certifications
Students who complete their training are eligible to register with Yoga Alliance as Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®)
Overview
The Sweden YTT is located at an intimate retreat center in the middle of the idyllic Swedish forest. Surrounded by calm lakes and fields of wild blueberries, you gather for 18 days of heartfelt yoga and meditation, delicious vegetarian meals, evenings in the floating sauna, and yogic philosophy around the campfire.
You will get all the tools you need to create an inspiring yoga class and establish your own meditation practice. Even if you don’t plan to teach yoga professionally, completing a teacher training will deepen your physical, mental, and spiritual practice. This program is open to all ages and all levels of ability.
Yandara is one of Yoga Alliance’s most successful yoga teacher training schools, with over 5,000 graduates since 2004 and one of the highest-rated schools at Yoga Alliance. Yandara offers over twenty trainings throughout the year in several different areas of focused study.
During this yoga teacher training, you will practice a non-denominational style of yoga instruction, comprised of the strengths of selected yoga lineages including Yin yoga, Vinyasa flow yoga, Dharma yoga, and Iyengar yoga. Throughout your yoga teacher training, you will receive guidance on how to establish yourself as a professional yoga teacher.
Classes on the business of yoga are included in the curriculum, as is ongoing support. The residential retreat-style program is a 200-hour Yoga Alliance Certified program. The foundation of each yoga teacher training program is based on the heart-centered Vinyasa flow sequences. The curriculum of this training will enable you to formulate and nurture your teaching style.
Yoga Alliance standards curriculum
Techniques (100 hours)
Includes asanas, simple breathing exercises, chanting, and sitting and walking meditation. These hours include both training in the techniques and their practice.
Teaching methodology (20 hours)
Principles of demonstration, observation, assisting and correcting, instruction, teaching styles, qualities of a teacher, the student's process of learning, and deepening communication skills.
Anatomy and physiology (20 hours)
Includes both physical anatomy and bodily systems, organs, and subtle or pranic anatomy and physiology on chakras and Nadis.
Philosophy, ethics, and lifestyle (30 hours)
Study of yoga scriptures, ethics for yoga teachers, living the life of the yogi, truthfulness, and self-introspection reading.
Practicum (15 hours)
Includes student teaching as well as observing and assisting in classes taught by others. Hours may be a combination of supervised and unsupervised.
Electives (30 hours)
Electives drawn from the other categories, including natural diet and health.
Contact hours (180 hours minimum)
Contact hours mean that the teacher trainer is physically present with the student. Non-contact or independent study hours may include assigned reading.
Non-contact or independent study hours (20 hours minimum)
Non-contact hours mean learning when the teacher trainer is not present. This may include assigned reading or other homework, unsupervised study groups, and observing other students' instruction.
Daily schedule
- 07:00 - 09:00 Practice and instruction of yoga flow and walking and sitting meditation
- 09:00 Herbal tea and house-prepared wholesome breakfast with local fruit and berries, homemade hot cereal and granola, raw and cooked alternatives – a new experience every morning!
- 10:30 - 13:30 Yoga class on teacher training practice and instruction
- 13:30 Lunch: delicious vegetarian and gluten-free meals are served buffet style
- 15:00 - 18:30 Student practice on teaching, individual and group instruction
- 18:30 Dinner: delicious vegetarian meals are served buffet style
- 20:00 - 21:30 Satsang: meditation, music, Kirtan, yoga philosophy, and discussion
Please note, the travel days are the first and last day of the posted training dates. Please schedule your arrival/departure accordingly.
Instructors
Christopher (Shane) Perkins
Christopher is the co-founder of Yandara and has over 20 years of meditation and yoga practice, his presence inspires those around him to enter their hearts and connect to their truest potential. Christopher has the gift to bring his students through fun and challenging flow sequences while cultivating the shared awareness that is yoga. His style is dynamic and intuitive, mixing creative movement with a powerful asana practice. Christopher’s passion for yoga philosophy and yoga psychology is a part of his daily life and weaves naturally into his teachings.
Retreat location
The training is hosted at the intimate Shambala Gatherings Community and Retreat Center, two hours north of Stockholm.
Distances
- Stockholm - 2 hours
Unique features
Activities
- Sauna
General
- Dining area
- Kitchen
- Yoga studio
Services
- Internet access
- Library
- Wireless internet
This Yoga Retreat is vegetarian-friendly
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Food
During this teacher training, you will be served three delicious locally sourced vegetarian meals daily. The menu at Shambala Center is inspired by the Ayurvedic tradition of food preparation and proper food combination. The meals are vegan and gluten-free, made from mainly organic products, and locally produced vegetables and honey when possible.
Side meal options for those who like dairy and regular bread are also available and also, and products that generally create allergies are also avoided. There is a small garden at the center, focused mainly on salad greens, herbs, and root vegetables.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Snacks
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Tea
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Gluten Free
- Ayurvedic
Things to do (optional)
During this training, you may also enjoy massages and craniosacral treatments at the Shambala Retreat Center for an additional cost.
What's included
- Eligibility to register with Yoga Alliance upon completion of the course
- Daily yoga classes and course curriculum lessons
- Course tuition
- 17 nights accommodation
- 3 daily vegetarian organic meals
- Teacher training manuals
What's not included
- Airfare
- Airport transportation
- Home study books
- Laundry
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Stockholm Västerås Airport
57 km
Transfer not provided
Stockholm Arlanda Airport
124 km
Transfer not provided
Driving directions from Stockholm
- You may take road E18 towards Oslo
- After having passed through Vasteras, take a right on route 66 towards Ludvika
- After about 30 kilometers, take a left on road 233 towards Skinnskatteberg
- Right before arriving at the center of town, you will see on your right a company called Team Dck, turn right at this point
- Follow the dirt road to Borntorpet
Arrival by train
From Arlanda International Airport (ARN) or Vasteras International Airport (VST), you may take a train to Skinnskatteberg.
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.
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