7 Day 50-hour Yang Aerial Yoga Teacher Training Near Santa Cruz, Portugal
Yoga Teacher Training in Portugal
This 7-day, 50-hour Yang Aerial Yoga Teacher Training near Santa Cruz offers an immersive experience designed to elevate your practice and build your confidence in teaching foundational aerial yoga postures. Through hands-on guidance and supportive instruction, you'll explore the core principles of aerial yoga with clarity, alignment, and ease.
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Highlights
- 50-hour Aerial yoga teacher certificate of completion
- 5 full days of onsite Yang Aerial yoga teacher training program
- 1 aerial massage workshop
- Printed manual with over 38 basic aerial yoga poses and their benefits
- 6 nights accommodation in a single or double room with private bathroom
- Tasty vegetarian food (breakfast, lunch, dinner, and fruit) mostly produced on the farm
- Tea, coffee, and filtered vitalized water
- Free airport transfers at fixed times
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
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
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 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 you 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 relaxing final relaxation and the ultimate feel-good feeling.
Learn the Yang basics in just seven days during this 50-hour Aerial yoga teacher training on Portugal’s stunning West Coast! This training focuses on the active and dynamic aspects of Aerial yoga, where you’ll strengthen and lengthen your muscles, enjoy full inversions, and gain confidence in teaching it.
You'll learn all the essential skills to safely and effectively guide foundational aerial yoga classes while experiencing the joy of flying, floating, and hanging upside down.
Let 4elements retreat's experienced trainer Elke share her knowledge and passion for Aerial yoga, so you can confidently bring this playful practice to others. Ready to dive into the world of this yoga style? Join them for an inspiring week in a stunning setting!
5 full days of onsite Yang Aerial yoga teacher training program:
- Introduction to Aerial yoga
- 5 rise and shine Aerial yoga flow classes (60 minutes)
- 5 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 Yin Restorative class (75 minutes)
- Lecture 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
Things to do (optional)
- Massage
- Surf lesson
What's included
- A 50-hour Aerial yoga teacher certificate of completion
- 5 full days of onsite Yang Aerial yoga teacher training program
- A printed manual with over 38 basic Aerial yoga poses and their benefits
- Free transfer from / to Lisbon airport (arrivals on Sunday, 17:00; departures on Saturday, 13:00)
- Free Internet
- Free cuddles with the fluffies
- Taxes
- 6 nights accommodation in a single or double room with a private bathroom
- Tasty vegetarian food (breakfast, lunch, dinner, fruit) mostly produced on the farm
- Tea, coffee, and filtered vitalized water
What's not included
- Alcoholic beverages
- Additional activities - can be arranged at extra costs (e.g. massage)
- Flight tickets
- Airport transfers at times other than Sunday, 17:00 for pick up and Saturday, 13:00 for drop off
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Lisbon Portela Airport
45 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 Saturday 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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