15 Day 100-Hour Yoga and Astrology Yoga Teacher Training in Gythio, Greece

Certifications

Students who complete their training are eligible to apply for Yoga Alliance International certification.

Overview

This 2-week course teaches the fundamentals of Yoga and Astrology as elements, planets, energy, and psychology relate to both disciplines, which are intimately linked in Indian philosophy. Together, Yoga and Astrology provide great tools for understanding and working on the microcosm, which is the human level.

Yoga Asana classes are based on working with the chakras. Furthermore, the course teaches breathing exercises or pranayama, meditation, restorative exercises, meridian stretching, and relaxation, which are all profoundly therapeutic tools.

The Astrology program teaches all the fundamental principles necessary to start interpreting your natal chart, including:

• Signs of the Zodiac
• Elements
• Qualities and polarities
• Planets
• Houses
• Aspects
• Rulership and piecing it all together

Yoga and Astrology are ancient disciplines that focus on personal development and awareness, improving physical, emotional, and mental health. The elements, chakras, planets, and zodiacal signs are energy fields linking the psyche to the body and are at play all the time as energetic forces.

The course includes:

• Pranayama
• Restorative asana
• Relaxation (Savasana)
• Meditation
• Yoga philosophy
• Psychology
• Astrology

Astrology is taught separately, 2 and a half hours per day. Yogic theory, anatomy, and physiology take up 1 and a half hours per day. Sequences taught are designed to improve both strength and flexibility, as well as bring awareness to the flow of subtle energy or Prana.

Emphasis is on safety, the use of props, correct breathing and alignment, sequencing, restorative asana, relaxation, and meditation, as well as dynamic asanas to improve strength, endurance, and willpower. The spiritual notions of Yoga and Astrology are taught in the theory section of the course.

Focus of yoga and astrology training

• Astrology focuses on understanding and interpreting the natal chart. You explore the signs of the zodiac, elements, polarity, planets, houses, and aspects.
• Asana practice is based on Hatha and Yin Yoga, with a focus on steadiness, alignment, and recuperative poses (reclining postures and relaxation).
• Asana practise also includes the exploration of the Chakras and the Chinese acupuncture meridians.
• Pranayama are breathing exercises to stimulate the diaphragm, vitalise the body-mind, and regulate the flow of energy.
• Yoga philosophy and psychology are based on the Yoga Sutras and the Chakras
• Relaxation: Physical, emotional, and mental relaxation are essential to recover from stress, fatigue, anxiety, and disease.
• Mediation is an essential tool for calming the mind and creating stillness and inner peace.

This 100-hour course is divided into 80 contact hours (with teachers) and 20 hours of individual or group study.

-The course includes :

• Astrology
• Basic anatomy and physiology
• Physiological and energetic effects of asanas, pranayama, meditation, and relaxation.
• Benefits and contraindications for all asanas (poses).
• Effects of structural and postural alignment on health and well-being.
• Stress and stress management
• The Chakras (energy centres).
• The 4 Elements and the 5 Elements
• The 5 Koshas (Bodies)

Practical information:

Dress code

Please wear comf/ortable plain white, yellow, or blue clothes, no logos. Students are encouraged to wear positive, happy colours which facilitate learning and energy work. Colour therapy and its association with the chakras will be discussed further during the course.

Attendance

Trainees should attend a minimum of 90% of the course.

Example of daily schedule

• 08:00 - 10:00 Main yoga class
• 10:00 - 10:45 Break
• 10:45 - 12:30 Yoga theory; the Chakras, Astrology
• 12:30 - 15:00 Lunch break and individual study time
• 15:00 - 17:00 Astrology
• 17:30 - 18:30 Yin yoga
• 18.30 Dinner / free time / study time / meditation

The daily schedule may change slightly depending on the course or season.