13 Day 200-Hour Hybrid Love Evolve Awaken Yoga Teacher Training in Tuscany, Italy
Transformative Yoga Teacher Training Italy
This training is not for everyone, but for those ready to truly show up for deep self-inquiry with discipline, courage, and an open heart. The Love Evolve Awaken Yoga Teacher Training is designed to support you in creating a vibrant, inspired, and blissful life for yourself and your future students by accessing the highest, most love-filled version of yourself through focused spiritual practice and proper understanding.
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Highlights
- Over 200 hours of teaching and practice (including self-study)
- 12 nights accommodation and international certificate of completion
- Scrumptious vegetarian cuisine to write home about
- Professional course manual and academic-level curriculum
- Ceremonial Cacao Kirtan & Sauna
- Excursion to a gorgeous Tuscan town on the day off
- Transfer from/to the local train station
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Types
11 days with instruction in English
Average daily hours of activity: 9.5
Accommodation
This teacher training will take place at The Inner Peace Sanctuary in Tuscany, Italy. The sanctuary is a traditional Tuscan country residence tucked away in a deep chestnut forest on a hill with views of the Mediterranean Sea. It offers a feeling of truly being away from it all, while still being able to reach civilization in a mere half-hour. It's dedicated to spiritual practice, retreating into yourself, and living a healthy lifestyle in a small supportive community.
During this training, you will stay either in private or shared accommodations. The Inner Peace Sanctuary has several twins and double rooms, a five-bed female dorm, as well as well-appointed campers and a cabin in the garden, all created with comfort and traditional beauty at heart.
Your stay at the Inner Peace Sanctuary will be ‘ashram style', which means silence from 10 pm to 8 am and communally engaging with the space by cleaning your plates, taking on chores around the house, and keeping all spaces orderly. This is in no way a fully serviced hotel-like environment; it will be an authentic immersion of living with two senior yogis at their forest sanctuary, respectful of the environment, privacy, and hygiene.
Program
About the training
This training is for those who would like to teach yoga from spiritual experience, going into their depths, becoming confident, fearless, and inspiring in the process. Those who feel an urgent desire to explore the truth of existence by studying and practicing a wide range of knowledge and techniques from ancient wisdom traditions passed down through the ages by highly evolved beings for the benefit of all.
This course ensures that you will be adequately prepared to guide future students confidently and successfully.
Each course includes a special module on a yogic topic to go deeper into.
This includes an optional silent meditation retreat that you can take within 18 months after your training if you like, a practice that has always been counted as key to discovering the deeper layers of yourselves and existence at large.
On the day off you will explore a gorgeous Tuscan town, which is optional
Overview
Instead of an overly gymnastic approach, their classical style of Hatha / Kundalini yoga focuses extensively on the stillness of body and mind in each posture to be recognized as the source and background of your being. This safe approach allows for deep self-inquiry, profound insights, and lasting inspiration.
Major course elements
- Authentic postures and gestures (asana and mudra)
- Expansive breathing practices (pranayama)
- Powerful locks (bandha)
- Simple, yet effective age-old purification techniques (kriya)
- Comprehensive talks and discussions on the various aspects, stages, and practices of yoga, featuring Ashtanga / the eight limbs of yoga, aka Raja yoga
- Insightful practicums (teaching rehearsals)
- Heartful chanting circles with ceremonial Mayan Cacao (Bhakti yoga / the yoga of devotion)
- Guided meditations (Advaita / self-inquiry)
- Anatomy and physiology background knowledge, including how to properly achieve and correct the alignment of each posture, as well as their individual health benefits
- Personal guidance along the way
- A valuable 5-day silent meditation retreat that is optional and separate from the training
- Tantra and relationships (no nudity, of course)
All this will be completed with valuable insights on how to kick-start (or upgrade) your career as a successful and inspiring yoga teacher:
- Tailoring your offerings to potential clients
- Ethical yoga marketing
- Student and venue management
- Web design and advertisement guidance
- Their insights and experiences from social media exposure
Curriculum
Yoga practices: 100 hours
- Asana (posture)
- Pranayama (breathing techniques)
- Kriya (purification techniques)
- Chanting and mantra (the yoga of sound)
- Meditation
Teaching methodology: 25 hours
- Principles of demonstration, observation, assisting, correcting, and instruction
- Teaching styles
- Qualities to be developed as a yoga teacher
- The students' process of learning
- Business aspects of teaching yoga
Yoga anatomy and physiology: 20 hours
- Physical human anatomy and physiology (bodily systems, organs, etc.)
- Anatomy of the subtle bodies: chakras, nadis, polarity, etc.
- Application of anatomic principles to the yoga practice
- Benefits, contraindications, healthy movement patterns, etc.
Philosophy, lifestyle, and ethics: 30 hours
- Meaning and value of Patanjali's yoga sutras
- Essence of the Bhagavad Gita
- Historical evolution of yoga
- The yoga lifestyle in modern society
- Ethics for yoga teachers
Practicum: 25 hours
- Teaching practice
- Observing others' teaching
- Giving and receiving feedback
- Assisting the teachers in the daily practice class
Retreat / special module: 36 hours
- Silent meditation retreat with techniques from multiple traditions to explore the depths of the heart
- Taking your experience to the next deeper stage of internalization
- Cultivating stillness, joyousness, and deeper intimacy with life and observing how peace and happiness are your natural state underneath the usual busyness of the mind
- Developing the authenticity of what you are teaching
Class Schedule
The course consists of two weeks of classes, five days per week, from 07:00 until 13:30 and 16:30 to 19:30, complemented by a silent meditation retreat.
Note on the silent retreat
The additional 5-day/6-night silent retreat is optional. Participants can choose one of the selected dates within 18 months of the training:
- Multiple dates every year
Included excursions
Excursion to explore the gorgeous local town of Lucca is included in this course.
Instructors
Arjuna Dharma Das
Arjuna has been studying and practicing eastern spiritual traditions in India, Thailand, Mexico and Europe since 1998. He started his path and deep soul journey when he discovered Theravada Buddhism and Vipassana meditation along with Shivananda Yoga. Apart from practicing hatha yoga and meditation, he is a fiery bhakta, immersed in devotional songs and chants most of the time. He aspires to bring awareness and love into every breath. From the Heart, he would like to offer his deepest gratitude to all his beloved teachers across the world.
Arpita Kshama Devi
Arpita (MA Eastern Studies) is a dakini with many facets. Sometimes scholar, sometimes worshipper she combines wisdom traditions with devotional practices into One. In her late teenage years, she started a formal practice of yoga as a student in the Satyananda tradition, which inspired her with its traditional approach to the ancient science and wisdom of yoga. Her passion is to teach by example, to open her Heart to every moment and let it pass right through her until there is nothing left but Everything.
Location
The Inner Peace Sanctuary in Italy is a sacred space tucked away in the picturesque hills of Northern Tuscany, halfway between Florence and Pisa. It is dedicated to those who wish to get away for a while to immerse themselves in nature, stillness, and the wisdom of the heart.
Features
Activities
- Kayaking
- Massage
- Scuba diving
- Shopping
- Stand up paddle boarding
- Steam room
- Swimming
- Zip lining
- Paragliding
General
- Fireplace
- Hammock
- Lake
- Meditation garden
- Multilingual staff
- River
- Smoke-free property
Services
- Currency exchange
- Free bottled water
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry
- Library
- Local market
Food
The kitchen provides three delicious and wholesome vegetarian meals on all course days: fresh local ingredients, fruits, and vegetables from the sanctuary garden crafted into balanced recipes supportive of spiritual practice. Vegan and gluten-free options are available.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Tea
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Gluten Free
Things to do (optional)
During your free time, you may enjoy walks in the forest, explore the location on your own, practice, study, or simply relax.
Spa treatments
There will be a sauna session with cold plunge at the sanctuary (optional).
What's included
- Certificate of completion
- 200 hours of instruction and practice
- Ceremonial Cacao Kirtan
- Personal guidance throughout and after these life-changing journeys
- Access to a supportive private online community of graduates for post-training integration
- Weekend trip to nearby city of Lucca
- Pick-up / drop-off at nearest train station
- 12 nights accommodation
- Course manual and supplemental materials
- All meals
- Sauna / cold plunge session
- Optional 5-day silent retreat at The Inner Peace Sanctuary on select dates
- Curated playlist for yoga, mantra, and kirtan music
- Hand-picked podcast list for inspiration, confidence, and further study
- Assistance with flight research/booking if needed
What's not included
- Flights
- Airport transfers
- Insurance
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Transfer not provided
Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
85 km away from your destination
Transfer not provided
Pisa International Airport (Galileo Galilei Airport)
32 km away from your destination
Arrival by airplane
It's easiest to book your flight to arrive at Pisa or Florence Airport (PSA).
Arrival by train
Take the train to our closest station, which takes about one hour from Florence or Pisa.
Love. Evolve. Awaken - Inner Peace Sanctuary will pick you up from the train station on arrival day at 16:00.
If you fly into Bologna, Milan, or Rome, they recommend not taking a domestic flight, but the super comfy train. This way, you get to see much more of the country and even save time. They will happily assist with train scheduling, or you can use the Trenit app.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 16.36% 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.
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