Yoga Therapy-Based 200-Hour Hybrid YTT: Self-Paced Online & 6 Day In-Person in Bodrum, Turkey

Certifications

Students who complete the training are eligible to register with Yoga Alliance as Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®). Training documents are completely prepared by the school. In these manuals, the main trainer Nadia shares all her experience and knowledge that she has accumulated over the years. With the school’s special reference method, you will learn yoga teachings by feeling, not memorizing.

How it works:

Step 1 – Online Training and Mentorship (Before Retreat)

• Minimum 2 to 3 weeks before the retreat, you’ll complete the online portion of the course.
• Includes 1:1 private mentorship sessions via Zoom with your lead trainer.
• All mentorship sessions are recorded for your personal video library, which you can access for life (sharing with third parties is not permitted).
• This online phase ensures you arrive at the retreat fully prepared and confident.

Topics covered online:

• Fundamental yoga breathing techniques and meditations
• How to teach breathwork and meditation classes
• Introduction to yoga philosophy and yoga sutras
• Introduction and practice of Surya Namaskar series
• Basics of anatomy
• Introduction to yoga therapy
• Training manuals

Step 2 – In-Person Retreat in Bodrum

Topics and practices during retreat:

• Asanas with detailed anatomical analysis
• Yoga anatomy
• Yoga Sutras
• Practical applications of anatomy and philosophy
• Teaching methodology
• Designing and delivering yoga class sequences
• Chakras & creating chakra-based sequences
• Daily breathwork, meditation, and asana practices
• Foundational yoga therapy applications and guiding students therapeutically
• Teaching practicum and final teaching exam
• Written exam
• Yoga marketing strategies for teachers

Daily schedule for residential training

Arrival day

• 16:00 – 17:00 Orientation and retreat guidelines
• 17:30 – 18:30 Yoga and therapeutic yoga practice
• 18:30 – 19:00 Free time
• 19:00 – 20:00 Dinner

Activity days

• 07:30 – 08:30 Meditation, pranayama, and face yoga
• 08:30 – 09:00 Tea and snacks
• 09:00 – 10:30 Morning asana practice
• 10:30 – 11:30 Brunch
• 11:30 – 13:00 Silent time & scripture reading
• 13:00 – 15:00 Theoretical lectures (anatomy, philosophy, teaching methodology, ethics)
• 15:00 – 15:30 Snack time
• 15:30 – 16:30 Theoretical lectures (continuation)
• 16:30 – 17:30 Free time
• 17:30 – 18:30 Asana lab & therapeutic yoga practice
• 18:30 – 19:00 Free time
• 19:00 – 20:00 Dinner
• 20:00 – 22:00 Self-study/homework & free time

Departure day

• 07:30 – 08:30 Meditation, pranayama, and face yoga
• 08:30 – 09:00 Tea and snacks
• 09:00 – 10:30 Morning asana practice
• 10:30 – 11:30 Brunch

The schedule may be modified if necessary and is just a guideline. A different outdoor activity can be organized every we,ek depending on the weather conditions and the school's decision.

Course information

OmSiva's yoga teacher training is not only for learning and teaching yoga but also for literally changing your life. OmSiva Yoga School invites you to create pleasant memories that you will remember for a lifetime. This program is for:

• Those who want to deepen in yoga and carry their own practice to the next level
• Those who are already practicing yoga and want to specialize in different yoga styles
• Those who want to deepen in yoga philosophy and mythology
• Those who want to lead yoga teacher training (students should already own a 200-hour Yoga Alliance Teacher Training Course Certification to lead teacher training courses)

Curriculum and training modules

• Techniques, training, and practice
• Yoga therapy multi-style training (Hatha, Vinyasa, Chakra yoga, Iyengar yoga, Yin yoga, Face yoga, warm-up series)
• Surya Namaskar series, basic and advanced asanas and variations (over 100 asanas), benefits of asanas, precautions, contraindications, practicing methods, anatomical and muscular studies of asanas)
• Iyengar yoga: Alignment-based practices in yoga asanas, deepening with the use of support equipment in yoga asanas
• Vinyasa yoga: Features of Hatha Vinyasa flow series and creating flow series, moon salutation and sun salutation series, yoga practices with Tao vinyasa approach
• Chakras both in Eastern and Western culture, nadis, magnetic fields, chakra centers of earth, aura, history, chakras as a hormonal remedy, asanas
• Yoga Anatomy and Physiology (respiratory system, skeletal system, muscular system, nervous system (brain functions and decision mechanism anatomy), endocrine system, pelvic floor, and ways to prevent yoga injuries, cardiovascular system, digestive system, yogic nutrition)
• Anatomy and anatomical analysis of asanas
• Pranayama techniques and ways to teach pranayama (Yogic breathing techniques - Benefits and precautions)
• Pranayama, meditation, and mindfulness: Advanced level yoga breathing, introductory meditation guide, meditation techniques, Kriyas, mindfulness, and mindfulness meditation techniques in Western and Eastern cultures
• Yoga philosophy: History of yoga, eight branches, five keys, four ways, three gunas, yoga sutras, Hindu gods from past to present and mythologies of yoga asanas according to Hindu culture, and koshas
• Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras
• Practicum
• Teaching methodology (Methodology of managing and teaching yoga classes and yoga teacher training)
• Intelligent sequencing
• Teaching multi-level classes and students
• Yoga as a business, marketing strategies
• Graduation: Homework, written and oral examination

Bonus

• Face yoga practices