21 Day Mystical 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training in Uluwatu, Bali

Indonesia Yoga Teacher Training

This Uluwatu YTT curriculum is influenced around Peruvian Shamanism, providing students with a unique and spiritually driven course that goes beyond just a certification. Called by the energy of the Bali ocean, spirits, and each other, School Yoga Institute invites you to come to evolve on your spiritual and yogic path. You will gain knowledge in yoga alignment, anatomy, adjustments, philosophy, and Ayurveda.

Meet the instructors

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Highlights

Daily sunrise meditation
Daily 90-minute asana practice
Yogic theory and healing practices
Learn the art of teaching and the art of touch
Evening Satsang of meditation, kirtan, or sacred ceremony
3 daily vegan/vegetarian high vibration meals
20 nights accommodation

Skill level

Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced

Styles

20 days with instruction in English

Program

From the fresh air of the sea to the sunny skies that fill the waters with warmth, School Yoga Institute provides a transformational experience that allows you to live your truth out loud.

Mystical yoga style

A 200-hour YTT holds a strong intention for personal transformation. In this way, the courses are designed not only to provide students with tools to share the wisdom of yoga with others but also to look at their own lives from a spiritual perspective. Each training holds unique energy, created from like-minded souls who join from all over the world.

To guide the process of personal transformation, they draw on the ancient wisdom of the East as well as on the Shamanic Medicine Wheel of Peru. The 200-hour YTT courses are arranged in four cycles, following the four cardinal directions, asking the guardian spirits to guide a cycle of release, understanding, growth, and empowerment. Together, create a space that reveals your wisdom within and accelerates the realization of your life purpose.

Practice

Mystical yoga, or the yoga of spiritual practice, reaches deep into the roots of an ancient way of life. The study of this knowledge calls to reveal the yoga, the union, between yourselves and everything around you. The 200-hour YTT embodies this approach, opening you up to the wisdom of the teacher that is already within each of you. In 21 days, immerse yourselves in experience, dance, chant, sing.

Find community with like-minded people and embrace the stillness within yourselves. Call on your intuition for the answers and speak from spirit to spirit. Delve deep into the experience, free from the skins of your past, from unnecessary distractions to allow the authentic connection with yourselves to emerge.

Through the journey of the 200-hour YTT, students have the opportunity to step into their power as yoga teachers, to rediscover facets of their being, and share a deeper knowledge of the mystical dimensions from where you all came and to which you will all return.

Through the study of ancient wisdom and the practice of daily mystical yoga, begin to reveal a greater sense of beauty, love, and freedom. Discover yoga as a toolkit that you can apply to bring you into present awareness of the true, pure essence of life.

Choosing to endeavor on the path of a yoga teacher is a noble pursuit of committing to oneself, to embodying a more aligned way of life. This journey will ask for self-reflection, honesty, acceptance, growth, and discipline. It is a full immersion into the world of yoga which has the power to bring life-altering alignments.

A day in the life

During the 200-hour YTT, the school asks participants to embrace all aspects of the yogic lifestyle, such as observing a vegetarian diet, living free from the distractions of other substances (including alcohol and caffeine), and moving away from technology and unnecessary communication with the external world.

They ask for dedication, commitment, and surrender, as well as full immersion in the spiritual community for the duration of the training. In their experience, this commitment and immersion make the work as impactful and powerful as possible. They ask students to come with an open heart and mind, ready to see and to receive all that is out there.

Each day carries an intention, a spiritual lesson, that you explore throughout the day. Begin each morning with sunrise meditation, followed by 90-minute asana practice, and a nourishing yogic breakfast. The days are spent learning yogic theories and healing practices through workshops, classes, and group discussions.

During this time, discuss the fundamentals of yogic living, including yogic diet, anatomy, meditation, cleansing practices, pranayama, Ayurveda, and the ancient wisdom of the "Yoga Sutras". The 200-hour YTT also includes other methods of healing, calling on not just the physical and mental elements but also the more subtle forms of healing work such as earth medicines, energy healing, and shamanic journeying.

Also, share the fundamentals of intelligent sequencing and explore alignment and adjustment of poses in depth. Each evening, close with Satsang, the evening gathering, which may be meditation, kirtan chanting, or sacred ceremony. Share the "Art of Teaching" and the "Art of Touch", during which students will learn to teach two asana sequences, the "Mystical Hatha Flow", a slow, meditative, Sivananda-based practice, and the "Mystical Vinyasa Flow", a more intense, breath-synchronized, and fluid flow.

Students will explore proper asana alignment and adjustment of poses in-depth, as well as the key to intelligent sequencing. This forms the solid foundation upon which students can step into their unique teaching ability as a teacher. Each evening, come together with Satsang, an evening gathering, which may be meditation, kirtan chanting, or a sacred ceremony.

What to expect

From your unique School Yoga Institute immersion program you will experience:

Full spiritual immersion
Daily yoga practice
In-depth meditation techniques and practice
Yoga philosophy
Art of teaching
Art of touch
Ayurveda
Yoga anatomy and physiology
Native American medicine wheel
Kriya yogic cleansing
Kirtan Bhajan chanting
Energetic healing practices
Cacao and fire ceremonies
Chakras and energy work
Communal and sustainable living
Ethics for yoga teachers
Tools for developing the business of yoga
Life-long friendships

Core curriculum

During the 200-hour YTT program, you will:

Work through the traditional Peruvian shamanic medicine wheel in a process of self-inquiry, discovery, and personal transformation.
Learn to teach two asana sequences: Sadhana Vinyasa and Sadhana Hatha flows, as well as guidance on creating your own unique sequences.
Live the yogic lifestyle, deepening your sadhana, personal spiritual practice.
Incorporate daily meditation, pranayama, and asana.
Explore the art of teaching through interactive daily workshops and learn through peer-teaching, starting day one.
Participate in daily Satsang, evening gatherings. Learning traditional kirtan chants from India and the rest of the world.
Participate in traditional ceremonies: Full-moon ceremony, new-moon ceremony, letting-go ceremony, traditional Andean gratitude ceremony (despacho), and/or cacao ceremony, and other traditional ceremonies.
Study yoga anatomy and physiology and incorporate these principles into your own teaching and practice.
Study selected yoga sutras in depth.
Learn the foundation and historical background of yoga philosophy.
Explore chakras, bandhas, and energetic anatomy in theory and in application to your personal practice and your teaching.
Study ayurvedic philosophy and medicine, while studying and living the yogic diet.
Practice advanced pranayamas.
Experience Kriyas, yogic cleansing techniques.
Focus on integrating yoga into your life through daily spiritual lessons.
Receive an introduction to conscious business and discuss ways to bring yoga to the marketplace.
Learn and integrate holistic health modalities such as massage, energy healing, nutrition, and other forms.

Sense of community

Everyone is wholeheartedly accepted and encouraged. The school creates and holds space where participants feel safe and comfortable. They support the growth and expansion of people’s horizons, physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and energetically. As a group, a community, a tribe, and an extended family, practice and learn to let go. They allow the world to unfold before you without reaction or judgment.

The intention is to guide aspirants through their own healing journey in order to better prepare them for healing others, letting go of anything that holds them back from what their hearts are truly called to do. Together, unveil the true essence and sweet nectar of life.

Pre-requisites

The 200-hour YTT is open to people of all yoga abilities. They simply ask that participants arrive with an open heart and mind, ready to fully commit their energy and focus to being present and embracing this immersive experience. They do encourage students to establish their own personal yoga practice, through attending classes or workshops, or through a personal daily routine prior to the training. Through the training, they ask students to embody the elements of a yogic lifestyle that will serve them during the training and beyond.

Required books for the program

Yoga Anatomy by Leslie Kaminoff (Purchase at Amazon, ibooks, kindle, or your local bookstore)
Yoga Sutras by Dennis Hill (Purchase on School Yoga Institute's website, at Amazon, or your local bookstore. You can also bring a different version of the Yoga Sutras.)

The Secret Power of Yoga. Nischala Joy Devi.

Sample daily schedule

Please note that schedules will vary from location to location, but typically include the following:

06:00 - 09:00 Guided meditation/pranayama/asana
09:00 - 10:00 Breakfast and self sadhana
10:00 - 11:00 Spiritual lesson/intention of the day
11:00 - 12:00 Yoga sutras/yoga anatomy
12:00 - 14:00 Snack and self sadhana
14:00 - 15:00 Special topics
15:00 - 18:00 Art of teaching and art of touch
18:00 - 19:00 Dinner and self sadhana
19:00 - 20:00 Satsang (sacred circle)
20:00 - 21:00 Self sadhana
21:00 Sweet dreams

School Yoga Institute is happy to help organize airport pick up for you. Your room and board package begins with dinner on the first evening and ends with breakfast on the last morning. Please plan your flights accordingly with ample time to get adjusted to the time difference and ground into your new home in Bali.

Instructors

Zach Beach

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Zach is a Bay Area-based teacher who leads dynamic and mindful yoga classes. He combines challenging physical postures with eastern wisdom, philosophical lessons, stories of healing, and tips for self-growth, leaving students not just with newfound freedom in their bodies but a renewed perspective on life. He is a certified yoga teacher, Thai massage bodyworker, and sex educator, and he has an MA in East-West psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies. Zach completed his 200-hour and 500-hour yoga teacher training at the School Yoga Institute.

Tessa

Blessed to be raised vegetarian by her amazing Bhakti yogini mama who encouraged her to truly be her adventurous self, Tessa was exposed to yoga at a very young age, poring over a Swami Vishnudevananda book on her parent’s bookshelf. Infinitely intrigued by the asanas and strange kriyas, she copied Padmasana, full Lotus position and to this day it’s probably so easy because she did it constantly.

April

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April is a Trauma-Informed yoga teacher, ceremony facilitator, astrologer, and Holy Fire Reiki healer. April takes the spiritual name Jyothi, meaning "divine light". Her mission is to bring unconditional love into all aspects of her life. Her passion arises from her own unique and infinite connection to the "source" which guides her to support beings from all walks of life in illuminating darkness and to rediscover the divine joy, purpose, and lightness of being.

Javiera

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Javiera is a physiotherapist and yoga facilitator, a charismatic young yogi who was introduced to yoga by her mother at a very young age. The movement, breathing, and shifting of energy through the body are what influenced Javi's decision to study and work in the field of Physiotherapy. Born in Chile, Javi has traveled far and wide. She completed her TTC in Canggu, Bali, and since, wholeheartedly embraced the yoga practice as a way of life. Her classes encourage students to find a deeper connection to their breath, their innermost selves, and the present moment.

Vanessa

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Vanessa is a yoga teacher, cacao lover, and adventurist. She's been practicing yoga for the past 12 years after her father introduced her to his Kundalini classes in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In October 2012, she decided to become a yoga teacher and enrolled in an RYT 200 Yoga Alliance course with Anamaya in Costa Rica, under the supervision of Paula Tursi from Reflections Yoga in New York City. Her love of the sun and surfing which stems from her student days in San Diego and living in Bali prompted her to organize her first retreat through her company, Desert Rose Yoga, in Portugal (2019).

Location

Salty Breeze is located off-the-beaten-path, approximately a 20-minute walk to the main center of Uluwatu. Salty Breeze is located directly next to a Surf School where you can take surf lessons or rent a board on your breaks or days off! Uluwatu is a main attraction in the area and there are countless cafes, restaurants, and shops to check out nearby! It's the perfect location to rest and unwind in paradise but is also extremely close to many incredible and popular travel destinations.

Uluwatu is located approximately 45 minutes from Denpasar (Ngurah Rai International Airport). Intentionally positioned at the top of the cliffs of Uluwatu, Salty Breeze is separated from the business the city can attract. This secluded and peaceful location is perfect to drop into a spiritually driven YTT course. With breathtaking views is a short hike down the cliff to three different beaches!

Bali is a sacred land with a diverse population of travelers, busy cities, breathtaking beaches, incredible culture, and an ever-changing landscape and atmosphere. As you travel through Bali, you will find that there is truly a place for everyone. Whether you’re looking to try new restaurants, meet new people, or retreat to a place of solitude to perhaps meet yourself, Bali has an area to offer you.

As an organization, School Yoga Institute is very selective about the locations they choose to host their Bali YTT programs. They believe that the environment in which you learn has the potential to enhance your overall experience. Bali is known as the "heart chakra" of the world and is one of the school's favorite locations to guide transformative YTTs.

They always make an effort to collaborate with retreat centers that take a more eco-friendly approach by offering local and organic food and by eliminating as much waste as possible. They are currently working with three significantly different but equally amazing retreat centers in Bali that are located in varying regions of the island.

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Food

Three vegan/vegetarian, high vibration meals per day, are included. Please bring your own water bottle to be used for the duration of the course.

The following meals are included:

Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Drinks

The following drinks are included:

Water

The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:

Vegetarian
Vegan

If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation

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