Learn to teach yoga from the heart. Yandara emphasizes precision alignment as a foundation for any style you choose to teach. They provide you with the necessary skills to create a safe and effective yoga class, all while nurturing your unique gifts and passions. One of the highlights of the Yandara program is the variety of yoga styles offered; you will experience Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin, Restorative, and more. You will be able to practice and teach meditation. Programs are open to all ages and skill levels. They will help you become the best yoga teacher you can be.
Certification
A Yandara Yoga Institute 200-hour Teaching Certificate will be given upon successful completion of the program. Students who complete their subsequent trainings are eligible to register with Yoga Alliance as Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®).
A taste of how you'll spend a day
Morning
Your day starts with sunrise over the mountains and a yoga class to awaken your senses and ready you for the day. After a refreshing shared community breakfast, you then move into your technical training where you break down poses together in the natural beauty of one of their 3 open-air studios. Next, you pause for a delicious lunch focused on health and nutrition for both mind and body, followed by an hour break allowing for time to relax on the beach and connect with your fellow students.
Afternoon – after lunch
Yandara's focus turns to you as a teacher. They are here to assist absolute beginners in becoming educated and inspiring yoga teachers, as well as to assist seasoned teachers in the deepening and refining of their yoga teaching skills. This part of your day will allow you to become more comfortable in front of a class and take on the role of a confident yoga teacher. You will become not only more knowledgeable in yoga with this training but also more knowledgeable of yourself as they encourage you to carry what you have learned onward to your own students. This supportive and encouraging environment is built to elevate each and every one of the students to their full potential as yoga teachers.
Evening
Every night, Yandara offers community activities that are unique and crafted to keep you entertained, engaged, and enlightened. Enjoy music and dance with the local house band, Jaya, comprised of 4 fellow yogis. Join Yandara in the magical experience of chanting, meditating, or sitting back with your fellow students and instructors for an evening of educational films on ground-breaking yoga approaches followed by a group discussion. These evenings are built to encourage our community of students and teachers to connect, have fun, and head to bed with a full heart and soul.
Monday through Saturday
- 07:30 - 09:00 Practice and instruction of yoga flow, and walking and sitting meditation
- 09:00 Herbal tea, papaya, banana, handmade fresh roasted granola, oatmeal, and boiled eggs
- 10:00 - 12:30 Yoga teacher training - practice and instruction
- 12:30 Lunch: Delicious vegetarian meals are served buffet style. Fish and dairy may be served on occasion
- 14:30 - 18:00 Student practice teaching and workshop and communication/presentation skills workshop (with 1/2 hour break at 16:00)
- 18:00 Dinner: Healthy and delicious vegetarian meals served buffet style. Fish and dairy may be served on occasion
- 19:30 - 21:15 Satsang: meditation, music, kirtan, yoga philosophy, and discussion
- One day off every week for exploring the local area
Curriculum
Yandara Yoga Teacher Training follows and incorporates minimum Yoga Alliance Standards:
- Techniques (100 hours): 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/correcting, instruction, teaching styles, qualities of a teacher, the student's process of learning, and deepening communication skills
- Anatomy and physiology (20 hours): Both physical anatomy and bodily systems, organs, etc., and subtle/pranic anatomy and physiology (chakras, nadis, etc.)
- 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): 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 means that the teacher trainer is physically in the presence of the student. Non-contact or independent study hours may include assigned reading.
- Yandara Yoga Teacher Training complies with the 200-Hour Level of the Yoga Alliance Standards for Registered Yoga Teachers, as follows:
- Contact hours (180 hours minimum): Instruction with the teacher trainers' physical presence
- Non-contact or independent study hours (20 hours minimum): Learning when the teacher trainer is not present. This may include assigned reading or other homework, unsupervised study groups, and observing other students' instruction.
Teacher trainers
The Yandara teacher trainers have a wealth of knowledge and experience, both in the physical and energetic fields. The program is just as much of a teacher training, as it is an experience designed to enhance your life and help you become more authentic in your interactions, on and off the mat. If you are looking for a training that offers you the time, space, and support to shape your own personal path, all while giving you the tools needed to confidently lead a yoga class, Yandara Yoga Institute is here for you.
