15 Day 200-Hour Therapeutic Yoga Teacher Training in Evia Island, Greece

Certification

Students who complete the training are eligible to register with Yoga Alliance as Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®).

Overview

The Greece program is scheduled as an intensive program. While the program days are full, the activities of the day are kept diverse and active. The days really are a wonderful mix of digesting concepts intellectually, applying the concepts experientially, and diving into the practices of yoga. Care is taken within the program schedule to ensure that students have a healthy experience both physically and mentally.

Soma Yoga Institute promises not to keep you sedentary for too long. There is physical activity and deep relaxation built into the program every day. Two days off mid-program provide you with time to explore and adventure to local sacred sites.

Immerse in yoga at a 200-hour teacher training

This teacher training offers students in-depth skills to explore yoga as a vehicle for holistic health, self-transformation, and personal empowerment.

The curriculum includes a unique blend of alignment-based Vinyasa flow yoga, a solid foundation in Hatha yoga, and 200 hours of instruction offered within a therapeutic framework.

The instruction will cover a wide range of yoga techniques, including yoga postures, yoga anatomy, relaxation, breath awareness, pranayama, meditations to calm the mind, contemplations to transform limiting tendencies into life-affirming thought patterns, and the application of clear, anatomy-informed principles of alignment to create safety, balance, and freedom in yoga poses.

Students explore yoga's ancient teachings and concepts from yogic philosophy, including Ayurveda, Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, and the Chakra System as frameworks for the application of Yoga as a journey towards radiant health and well-being.

The physical practice emphasis includes Hatha and Vinyasa yoga offered through a lens of biomechanically sound and anatomy-informed alignment. Expect both mindful Vinyasa flow sequencing as well as gentler and restorative variations. You will practice physical postures from all categories of poses, including standing poses, hip openers, forward bends, backward bends, twists, inversions, balancing, supine, seated, and prone.

Variations for all levels of practitioners will be provided in yoga practice; all abilities and all bodies are welcome to attend. Rather than offer standard sequencing or rigid methodologies, students are exposed to frameworks that inspire each yoga teacher to adopt the practices, awaken their creativity, and find their authentic voice as a yoga teacher.

Graduates of this program feel empowered to teach a variety of yoga class types, including all levels of Vinyasa flow yoga, alignment-based classes, yoga foundations, senior, gentle, and restorative.

Quick view

• Yoga Styles: Mindful Vinyasa Yoga, Hatha, and Restorative through a Therapeutic Lens
• Pose Study with Adaptations for all bodies (includes standing poses, hip openers, forward bends, twists, backbends, inversions, and supine)
• Alignment: Bio-mechanically sound and anatomy-informed alignment
• Skill Level: All levels of yoga practitioners are welcome. Some come to deepen their practice and others to learn to teach.
• Class Demographics: Ages 17 – 70 and beyond, diversity welcome. The class sizes are typically between 18 - 24 students with 2 experienced instructors
• Yoga Teacher Certification: Soma Yoga Institute 200 Certification, Yoga Alliance RYT-200, Upon Successful Completion
• Instructors: Train with C-IAYT Certified Yoga Therapists and E-RYT 500 Master Teachers with 25 plus years of experience
• Learn to teach yoga with safety, skill, and confidence

Curriculum highlights:

• A solid foundation in classical Hatha yoga – including alignment-based Vinyasa flow and Restorative yoga within a therapeutic framework
• An anatomy and biomechanically informed alignment system that helps to address common misalignments and keeps your students safe
• Modifications and adaptations for all bodies, including special populations such as seniors and those with injuries
• Gain insights into your (true) nature through the wisdom of yoga and its philosophy
• Learn the art of sequencing yoga classes that honor your authentic voice and meet the needs of your student population
• Explore breath work, mantra, and meditation as tools to create vibrant health and well-being in your life
• Business of yoga and how to build your yoga community
• Learn to share the practices with others in a safe and powerful way
• Build self-confidence and tap into your amazing potential in a supportive and nurturing environment
• Train highly experienced, knowledgeable, and passionate E-RYT 500 teachers and C-IAYT yoga therapists with over 25 years of experience

Daily schedule:

• 06:30 Meditation, pranayama, and gentle movement
• 07:30 Break
• 08:15 Yoga asana practice
• 10:30 Brunch and a swim in the sea
• 12:30 Program session, includes alignment, pose study, and anatomy
• 15:00 Restorative/therapeutics, sequencin,g and practice teach
• 17:30 Dinner
• 19:00 Evening session includes group work / philosophy discussion