11 Day 80-hour Yin and Yang Aerial Yoga Teacher Training in Torres Vedras, Portugal
Aerial Yoga Teacher Training in Portugal
Learn to fly and teach Aerial yoga in Portugal - 2nd edition! During this special 80-hour Aerial yoga teacher training, you will learn everything about Aerial yoga so you can perform and teach the basic Aerial yoga postures with confidence and ease.
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Highlights
- 80 hours Aerial yoga teacher certificate
- 8 full days of onsite Aerial yang yoga teacher training program in a small group
- 2 relax and release Aerial Yin Restorative classes (60 minutes)
- 8 aerial posture labs
- 1 Aerial Thai massage workshop (75 minutes)
- 2 lectures on spotting and sequencing
- 10 nights accommodation in a single or double room with a private bathroom
- Tasty vegetarian food (breakfast, lunch, dinner, and fruit)
Skill level
- Beginner
Styles
Accommodation
Facilities
- Dining area
- Environmentally friendly
- Garden
- Kitchen
- Lounge
- Multilingual staff
- Yoga studio
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
The first floor of the house features five bedrooms with a double bed (1.60 x 2 m), each with a private bathroom. The rooms are simple and comfortable and the bathrooms have showers with good water pressure, a sink and toilet, as well as a hairdryer.
4elements retreat also provides shower gel, shampoo, and hand soap, so you can worry less about the liquids in your hand luggage. The rooms are cleaned daily, and they will provide you with bed linen and towels, as well as beach towels on request.
Since the house is just 500 meters away from the beach, from some of the rooms, you can see the ocean.
On the ground floor, you can find a common bathroom, the yoga studio, the kitchen, the dining room, and the living room, where guests all get together to eat and talk. In front of the yoga studio, there is a nice deck for you to sit and relax, and behind the house, there is a small outdoor kitchen with a big table to enjoy some of the meals outdoors.
You will also have access to the garden to see where the ingredients of your food grow. In the common areas, you will have the best reception of the free Wi-Fi.
The garden unfolds over 1,500 sqm. The outside area offers a huge variety of vegetables, fruit, and herbs and is home to many birds, butterflies, chickens, and cats. Since the house has a big garden with fruit and vegetables, those will be your main ingredients for breakfast, lunch, snacks, and dinner.
Everything that can't be produced by the hens and the farm is bought locally. The 4elements retreat team prefers short transports and local farms and shops over strictly buying everything organic since many organic products in Portugal are imported.
Program
The training will begin with exploring the Yang, the more active practice of Aerial yoga, as you strengthen and lengthen your muscles and enjoy full inversions to stimulate your body and mind.
In the second part of this course, you will dig deeper into the Yin, the more passive and Restorative Aerial yoga postures, wherein you will focus on deep release, longer holds, and soft inversions, aiming to relax and restore the body at a deeper level.
Through 4elements retreat's Aerial yoga teacher training, you’ll develop the skills and confidence needed to teach Aerial yoga and become part of a community of Aerial yoga experts. The training includes comprehensive instruction in Aerial yoga techniques, principles, class sequencing, and how to maximize safety for students.
Let their experienced trainer Elke equip you with all the knowledge needed to become a certified Aerial yoga instructor and take your teaching career up in the air!
Aerial yoga is a modern form of yoga in which you do the postures with the help of a special cloth or yoga hammock that hangs about a meter above the ground. The hammock supports you so that you can move more freely, balance, swing, float, and even hang upside down in order to work on strength and flexibility both physically and mentally in a playful way.
The deep tissue massage because of pushing the cloth on your muscles and connective tissue is included for free. Using gravity also takes the pressure off your joints and spine, relieves tension in your neck and shoulders, and improves your blood flow so that you can leave class feeling relaxed and refreshed.
At the end of each session, you can also fully stretch the hammock like a soft cocoon for a final relaxation and the ultimate feel-good feeling.
8 full days onsite aerial yang yoga teacher training program in a small group
- Introduction to Aerial yoga
- Introduction to Aerial Yin Restorative yoga
- 5 rise and shine Aerial yoga flow classes (60 minutes)
- 2 relax and release Aerial Yin Restorative classes (60 minutes)
- 8 Aerial posture labs demonstrating a series of postures from the manual with variations, and discussion on benefits and teaching cues
- 1 Aerial guided relaxation session (30 minutes)
- 1 Aerial guided meditation session (30 minutes)
- 1 Aerial massage workshop (75 minutes)
- 1 Aerial Thai massage workshop (75 minutes)
- 2 lectures on spotting and sequencing
- Teaching practice from the first day
Example of the daily schedule
- 07:30 - 08:30 Rise and shine Aerial yoga flow
- 09:00 - 10:00 Breakfast
- 10:00 - 11:00 Free time for rest, self-study, or activities
- 11:00 - 13:00 Aerial posture lab or teaching practice
- 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
- 14:00 - 15:30 Free time for rest, self-study, or activities
- 15:30 - 17:30 Aerial posture lab or teaching practice
- 18:00 - 18:45 Aerial massage workshop / relaxation / meditation
- 19:00 - 20:00 Dinner
If you want to teach Aerial yoga, you should already have completed a 200-hour yoga teacher training. Of course, you can also participate just for yourself.
Instructors
Elke Bancken
Elke has been teaching yoga for more then 10 years and currently runs her own (aerial) yoga studio in her home country Belgium. Her history with Aerial yoga goes back to when she was living in Barcelona where she started her training with the renewed Aerial Yoga Academy and became a certified teacher in regular aerial yoga as well as aerial yin restorative yoga. When she opened her first yoga studio and retreat center in Sri Lanka in 2017, she installed an aerial yoga class set up and became one of the first aerial yoga teachers in the country. Now she is sharing her knowledge with you!
Location
4elements retreat is located in the lovely village of Póvoa de Penafirme, about 50 minutes from Lisbon Airport. Póvoa has a pharmacy, a post office, various cafés, fruit shops, a bakery, and small supermarkets for everyday needs.
The city of Torres Vedras is a 20-minute drive away, and the holiday village of Santa Cruz can be reached within 30 minutes of walking.
The area there offers fascinating nature with a long and empty coastline. From the house to the beach, it is less than 10 minutes of walking.
Food
4elements retreat will serve vegetarian and vegan food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Between meals, there will always be fruit, water, coffee, and tea available for you.
They try to use as much from the garden as possible to prepare the meals. The goal is to prepare healthy, tasty, and simple recipes so you can also cook them at home. They are currently in the process of publishing their first cookbook as well!
If you have any intolerances, allergies, or dislike some ingredient or food, please let 4elements retreat know during your booking. Please note that a gluten-free diet will be charged 25 EUR extra. 4elements retreat doesn’t serve alcohol, but they won't forbid its consumption in moderation.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Snacks
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Coffee
- Tea
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Lacto-ovo Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Gluten Free
- Lactose Free
What's included
- 80-hours Aerial yoga teacher certificate
- 8 full days of onsite Aerial Yang yoga teacher training program in a small group
- A printed manual with over 50 basic Yin and Yang Aerial yoga poses and their benefits
- Free transfer from / to Lisbon airport (pick-up on Sunday at 17:00 and drop-off on Wednesday at 13:00)
- Free Internet
- Free cuddles with the fluffies
- 10 nights accommodation in single or double room with a private bathroom
- Tasty vegetarian food (breakfast, lunch, dinner, and fruit) mostly produced at 4elements retreat's garden
- Tea, coffee, and filtered water
- Taxes
What's not included
- Airfare
- Additional activities - can be arranged at extra costs (e.g. massage)
- Airport transfers outside the schedule
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Lisbon Portela Airport
46 km
Transfer included
Arrival by airplane
Please book your flight to arrive at Lisbon Portela Airport (LIS). Free transfer from and to Lisbon Airport is included, with pick-up on Sunday at 17:00 and drop-off on Wednesday at 13:00. Arrival flights should be until 16:00, while departures from 15:00 onward.
In case you arrive outside of these transfer times, please contact 4elements retreat to help you get to the retreat. Additional costs for the transfer will apply in this case.
Please note that check-in is only possible until 22:00 (so your flight should land until 20:00), since the program will start early on Monday morning.
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 on arrival.
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