1 person currently interested
8 Day 60-Hour Yoga & Ayurveda Teacher Training / Retreat The 5 Elements in Tarifa, Andalusia
La Peña, Tarifa, Algeciras, Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain
Yoga Teacher Training and Retreat in Spain
This yoga and Ayurveda teacher training / retreat is suitable for all dedicated yoga teachers, yoga practitioners, and bodyworkers of all levels and styles who would like to deepen their practice, teaching, and understanding of yoga and their own body to find a more balanced approach.
Meet the instructors
Mona
Read more
Read more
Highlights
- 6 days of practice
- 2 yoga classes per day
- Certificate of completion
- Meditation and pranayama sessions
- Theories, lectures, group works, and student teaching
- 3 healthy, tasty, vegetarian meals per day
- 7 nights accommodation in a villa
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Yoga styles
6 days with instruction in English
The organizer also speaks: German, Spanish
Group size: 6-12 participants
Accommodation
Check-in Time:
15:00
Check-out Time:
11:00
Facilities
- Swimming pool (indoor)
- Swimming pool (outdoor)
- Table tennis
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Air-conditioned rooms
- Dining area
- Fireplace
- Garden
- Kitchen
- Lounge
- Luggage room / storage
- Terrace
- Yoga shala
- Yoga studio
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Internet access
- Ironing / ironing board
- Laundry
- Library
- Meeting room
The villa is a spacious and secluded luxury yoga retreat venue in Spain for up to 12 people with extensive grounds, a 50-square-meter yoga studio, 50-square-meter outdoor yoga platform, massage room, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, air-conditioning, and Wi-Fi. The villa is a high-quality accommodation. It has seven bedroom suites, five en-suites, and two with a shared bathroom, maximum capacity of 12 people.
Program
Certifications
The course/hours count as Continuing Education hours for Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®) only.
About the training
This course is suitable for all dedicated yoga practitioners and yoga teachers of all levels and styles who would like to deepen their practice and understanding of yoga, their own bodies, and are curious and open to exploring, learning, and sharing. With this continuing education training, Yoga Sunshine aims to inspire you to develop a creative and individually adapted teaching style and practice. Integrate the qualities and aspects of the five elements as a guide, into your teaching and practice.
Qualities such as stability and being rooted (earth), creativity and going with the flow (water), transformation and courage (fire) lightness and freedom (air), and infinity and consciousness (space). The theme of the five elements from the Indian tradition and the thousand-year-old healing system of Ayurveda form the philosophical background for the theory and practice in the training. Additional to intensive yoga practice and experience (Asthanga Vinyasa flow, Yin yoga, and Yin and Yang yoga), you will learn the connection between yoga and Ayurveda.
Giving you an overview and basic understanding of what Ayurveda is and how you can benefit from the Ayurvedic principles and integrate them into your daily life. Topics addressed are the Doshas (constitution types), Ayurvedic tastes and food concepts, Ayurvedic herbal remedies, and the background of an Ayurvedic Panchakarma cure. You will receive many tools and inspiration for healthy living and well-being in your daily life. Yoga Sunshine likes to invite you to cultivate balance, harmony, and freedom in your life, on and off the yoga mat.
Explore the unknown and allow magic to happen. Be open to change and give yourself permission to adapt the way you practice and teach. That may mean letting go of some of the old rules and dogmas to create space for practice and teaching that focuses more on how it feels, rather than how it looks. By feeling and connecting to the physical, mental, and emotional sensations, you can cultivate freedom and an embodied practice. You may be familiar with teaching alignment principles and technical aspects of asanas after many years of teaching experience.
With a variety of tools like asana practice, meditation, pranayama, dance, interactive group work, and the Ayurvedic food concept, you will spend time observing yourself and others to experience and learn where elements may be out of balance (deficient or excessive energy) or where they are in balance. You will explore how different yoga practices (asanas, meditation, pranayama, lifestyle, and nutrition) can be applied to bring the energy of the elements and Doshas back into balance.
The week is characterized by lots of practice and interactive group work and invites you to go deeper into contact with your body and your whole self. You will have time to observe your thoughts, explore sensations in your body and mind, and consciously perceive your emotions without judgment. Cultivate awareness and pay attention to how it feels in the body rather than thinking about how should it look. Find joy in your practice and teaching and have freedom in movement and stillness.
Yoga Sunshine will combine stillness and movement, letting go and doing in a practice of asanas, different types of meditation, pranayama, and mudras, and learn how dynamic, challenging Yang practice (Asthanga Vinyasa Flow) can be practiced and taught together with slow and meditative Yin practice. On Wednesday, there is an additional evening session from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m.
Thursday is a half-day program only and free time after lunch. The 60-hour Yin and Yang yoga course is held over one week from Sunday to Sunday. Those days are arrival and departure days without any teaching. The course starts on Sunday at 6:00 p.m. with a welcome meeting followed by dinner. It finishes the following Sunday after breakfast at 11:00 a.m.
Some time in silence
A calm and silent mind is the new luxury in the hustle and bustle of everyday life. This experience invites you to come into contact with your heart, true being, and the deeper aspects of life. Silence gives you the opportunity to be in an introspective state, to go beyond the inner and outer distractions, and simply be in tune with your heart and soul. When your inner and outer world is silent, you feel true peace and freedom. You can tune out the world and enter into your own.
Become silent and still. Be free. The quieter you become the more you can hear. Silence is a wonderful way to create space in your mind to reduce stress and gain clarity. Take the energy you normally use for external communication and channel it inward. Silence does not always mean quiet. There are many sounds in nature that you will become aware of and listen to deeply when you become silent.
Practice
- Wim Hof method breathing technique and icebath
- Daily morning practice: two hours of Yin and Yang yoga class adapted to one of the five elements
- Pranayama, meditation, and mudras, suitable to the different elements, deepen and complement the practice
- Daily students teaching
- Interactive group work, observation, and self-awareness
- Observation and exploration to find out where elements may be out of balance and see if their energy either is either excessive or deficient
- "The art of teaching" less teaching of alignment principles and technique towards teaching qualities of the elements and the various aspects of life
- Yin yoga practice on the wall
- Myo Yin - myofascial release combined with Yin yoga (Yin yoga and trigger point massage with tennis balls)
- Afternoon yoga practice with special themes
- 30 Yin yoga asanas
- Vinyasa flow sequences and sun salutations related to each of the five elements
- Dynamic meditation
Theory
- Yin and Yang (the Chinese understanding of how the world functions)
- Study the benefits of the Yin and Yang yoga practice (physical, energetical, and mental)
- Theory and basics of the five elements from the Indian tradition
- Introduction to the teachings of Ayurveda and the three doshas
- Vata, Pitta, and Kapha
- Dosha test
- Ayurvedic food concept
- Suggestions on how to integrate simple rituals (food concepts) for healthy living
- What does yoga mean today?
- What do you want to share with people when you teach?
- Let go of some beliefs, rules, and dogmas
Teaching methodology
- Structure and suggestions for teaching Yin and Yang and how to combine these two yoga styles in one’s own practice
- Learning different tools to bring back balance to the elements and into your daily life
- How to communicate the qualities and aspects of life in a yoga class
- The art of teaching, less about the teaching of alignment principles and technique towards teaching qualities of the elements and the various aspects of life
- Developing a functional approach to yoga
- Finding out what suits me right now at this moment
Yin and Yang yoga and the five elements
The principle of Yin and Yang builds the foundation for balance in the universe, nature, life, and for the human being. Health means a balance between Yin and Yang. Health for the physical body, the mind, and the soul.
1. Yang yoga
Flow with the breath through inspiring, creative, and dynamic Vinyasa flow yoga sequences and explore this physically challenging, strengthening, and detoxifying practice. Enjoy the dance of breath and movement flow in harmony and create the so-called 'moving meditation'. Ujjayi breathing is the soul of this flowing motion.
2. Yin yoga
Yin yoga is the gentle path to inner balance. Surrender into the slow pace and deep opening of Yin yoga which challenges you to be in the pure presence of awareness. It combines meditation and asana into very deep practice. Experience deep immersion and let go by holding an asana for a number of minutes. Direct your attention inward, listen to your inner voice, observe your thoughts, and be present. Breath, meditation, and asana merge into a deep, liberating, and wholesome yoga practice.
Explore the five life-giving elements and connect their transformative power. Equilibrium creates harmony in nature and in yourself. In this training, you will connect to the qualities of the five elements, explore, and balance them. This will guide you to more stability, flexibility, awareness, lightness, freedom, and joy in life.
Sample daily schedule
- 07:30 - 10:00 Asana practice, meditation, pranayama
- 10:00 - 11:00 Breakfast
- 11:00 - 12:00 Theory and video
- 12:00 - 13:30 Lecture and group work
- 13:30 - 15:00 Lunch break
- 15:00 - 16:00 Student teaching and motion analysis
- 16:00 - 16:45 Lecture and interactive group work
- 17:00 - 18:30 Asana practice
- 19:00 Dinner
Instructors
Mona Abter
2 Certificates
Show
Mona is originally from Germany but has lived in Spain for many years now and spends the winter in India. She is an experienced Ashtanga, Vinyasa Flow, and Yin yoga teacher, trilingual in English, German, and Spanish. She holds the Yoga Alliance certification. Mona did her Yin Yoga training with Markus Henning Gies. She loves to share her passion for Yin yoga and has been teaching Yin yoga workshops and training for five years now.
Retreat location
The training will take place in Tarifa, Andalusia, Spain. The villa sits in a stunning elevated position near the area of Tarifa, nestled between mountain and sea with a panoramic vista over miles of sandy beaches. It faces the Straits of Gibraltar, looking out east across to Morocco’s Rif Mountains and west to the Port of Tangiers. Tarifa is a uniquely cosmopolitan town, historically and geographically significant as Mainland Europe’s southernmost point, where the Mediterranean meets the Atlantic.
Distances
- Tarifa, 4 kilometers
- Gibraltar International Airport (North Front Airport) (GIB), 40 kilometers - 40 minutes
- Jerez Airport (XRY), 120 kilometers - 80 minutes
- Málaga Airport (AGP), 160 kilometers - 110 minutes
- Seville Airport (SVQ), 170 kilometers - 120 minutes
Unique features
Activities
- Swimming
- Swimming pool (outdoor)
General
- Air-conditioned rooms
- Fireplace
- Garden
- Kitchen
- Lounge
- Luggage room / storage
- Terrace
- Yoga shala
- Yoga studio
Services
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Ironing / ironing board
- Laundry
- Library
- Wireless internet
This Yoga Retreat is vegetarian-friendly
Click to see more vegetarian-friendly Yoga Retreats
Food
You will be nourished by three super healthy delicious Mediterranean and Asian-influenced vegetarian meals per day prepared by private chefs with high quality, locally grown products included in the price. The meals are served in a buffet style, so you can choose what you like. Yoga Sunshine will adapt to any special requests like vegan, gluten-free, or others too.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Coffee
- Tea
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Gluten Free
- Other dietary requirements on request
- Ayurvedic
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation
What's included
- 60-hour yoga teacher training program
- 7 nights accommodation
- 3 meals per day
- Filtered water, coffee and tea all day long
- Certificate of completion
- Yoga equipment
- Study materials (handouts)
What's not included
- Flights
- Airport transfers
How to get there
Recommended Airports
XRY
Jerez Airport (La Parra Airport)
84 km
Transfer not provided
AGP
Málaga Airport
124 km
Transfer not provided
SVQ
Seville Airport
152 km
Transfer not provided
GIB
Gibraltar International Airport (North Front Airport)
29 km
Transfer not provided
Arrival by bus
There is a public bus option from Málaga Airport (AGP).
Arrival by taxi
Taxi prices from each nearby transport hub:
- Málaga Airport (AGP) - 200 EUR
- Gibraltar - 70 EUR
- Algeciras bus station - 35 EUR
- Tarifa bus station - 15 EUR
- Seville Airport (SVQ) - 200 EUR
- Jerez Airport (XRY) - 125 EUR
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.
For this organizer you can guarantee your booking through BookYogaRetreats.com. All major credit cards supported.
71581
Similar Yoga Retreats you might like
Why choose BookYogaRetreats.com
Best Price Guaranteed
7469 Yoga Retreats Worldwide
Friendly and Fast Customer Service
Offers for every budget