Kerala yoga shala

Life changing experience studying yoga under Shibin. The month was both challenging and rewarding. As a teacher, Shibin is very caring, intuitive, knowledgeable and professional. The school and accommodation was clean, simple and in an excellent location, off the main cliff area, but close enough to swim between classes or grab a coffee. I loved that the group size was smaller than the other schools I researched. This allowed us all to get close, and for proper one on one attention during asanas class. I couldn't be happier with my experience at Navadurga School of Yoga.

I have never practiced yoga before and I didn’t expect anything, every single word was new to me and it got some time to understand how did it work everything, asanas, pranayamas, philosophy, meditation, anatomy. Literally a new world for me. I finished the TTC few days ago and now I can give my opinion about it. At the beginning it was hard, it was intense, it was sore… but then I got used to it and it started to be a challenge for me mentally and physically. I didn’t want to gave up, I had put so much effort that at the end I decided to get the exam and I got it. I am very happy to have done my first experience at Navadaruga School of yoga, they are very kind people, they take it seriously and they are there for you. I really recommend it.

The food was ok in terms of taste - however often very spicy, no options to choose from and we were served legumes twice a day. Very rarely did we get veg. This was brought up several times to Shibin.

The teachers are not the ones mentioned in here - however most were pretty good. Vijit was the teacher for Ashtanga - great teacher! And Abishek was the teacher for alignment and adjustment - a very sweet person with lots of knowledge to share

Location was amazing for the first two weeks then we were asked to move elsewhere to a very noisy area in Varkala

La formation correspondait totalement à nos attentes.

Les cours étaient d’une grande qualité ainsi que les professeurs.

Une bienveillance et une écoute quotidienne m’a permis de progresser et de continuer la formation les 28 jours.

Merci pour cette expérience, je recommande vivement cette école.

La formation fut intense.

Nous sommes passés par diverses émotions, d'abord la peur puis les doutes puis finalement un plaisir énorme et un sentiment de bien-être général.

Je suis arrivé avec de grandes douleurs au tibia et je suis reparti sans, libéré et soulagé sans aucune douleur.

Les professeurs nous ont accompagné tout le long, chaque jour. Lorsque nous avions des douleurs musculaires, nous avons pu réaliser des massages directement sur place et les professeurs nous ont donnés de l'huile ayurvédique pour nous soulager.

Ils donnent tout ; leur temps, leurs conseils et beaucoup de bienveillance.

Nous nous sommes sentis en sécurité et accompagnés tout le long de la formation.

En ce qui concerne l'apprentissage, les cours sont variés et les explications très claires les professeurs s'adaptent à tous les niveaux pour que l'on puisse évoluer à notre rythme. Nous avons également eu un grand accompagnement pour nous aider à prendre confiance dans l'animation de séance de yoga et maintenant nous nous sentons très confiant.

Pour finir on progresse énormément dans notre pratique et c’est très satisfaisant.

Alignment&Adjustment class and Teaching Methodology with Abhi were downright amazing.

Ashtanga class was intense, but Vijith knows how to motivate you and he even showed us helpful modifications for less advanced students.

Philosophy class teacher Sanadhanan has a knack for explaining things in a very simple and logical way.

Ayurveda with the Doctor was also interesting.

We asked for some Yin yoga classes instead of Meditation/Chanting and they were a very nice and gentle ending to our busy days.

5 stars to all these classes and teachers.

Halfway through the course we moved from the Kappil beach to the Varkala Cliff. The new house is very nice and clean, the shala spacious, there is a washing machine and the food that the nice lady was cooking was delicious, she even made a special breakfast for us on our last day after the written exam. The place is more noisy than Kappil and does not have the seaview, but the Cliff and its cafés/shops and the beach are all a walking distance from the school, so it was quite convenient.

The location, close to Varkala’s cliffs. The yoga area with views of the lake and the sea.

The teachers Shibin is an excellent and attentive teacher. I ended the course much more sereine. And I've achieved postures I’ve never imagined I'd be able to do. This training has increased my self-confidence.

The team is lovely and very attentive.

We arrived with a warm welcome and a smile. The first days were physical and mentally challenging: you are thrown in a group of strangers and had quite an intensive asana clinic. But each day the love grew and the connection became stronger. This is not only about yoga. This is about reconnecting with yourself, looking in to a mirror and acknowledge all the work that has been done, and needs to be done. Yoga is a life style, and here you were given the tools to find a balance between your spiritual soul and living in the “normal life”. I would highly recommend this 200 TTC training.

PS: As a single woman traveling I felt safe at all the time.

The discipline, the theory, the place , how shibin teache you is the formal way to excel in yoga. He have experience to share and and I want more after my fisrt ttc. That was the door for a neww beginning. The days pass by so fast. Yess its was hard at first but after 3 weeks i was sad that its was over. Now im feeling much more comfortable to share the knowledge of yoga . This is the best decision you can make.

That was a life changing experience for me. The practice and theory were really well balanced and contained the most relevant subjects. Teaching methods were professional.

Your yoga Shala was on the third floor of the villa with a great view around the jungles so you don’t hear any sounds from outside. The beach is 5 minutes away and 10 minutes from the cliff. Food was great every day, different vegetarian meals.

Thanks for that experience to the Navadurga school team, that was lovely!