Set in a quiet hillside location with a panoramic view over the Mediterranean Sea, Om Guest House is just the right place for thoroughly relaxing holidays. There are double or single rooms at Om Guest House.

Monday to Friday

Saturdays are free

• 07.00: Breakfast
• 09.00: Pranayama and Hatha asanas
• 11.00: Theory
• 13.00: Lunch and free time
• 15.00: General yoga theory
• 17.00: Asana evening practice / workshops
• 19.00 Dinner

Curriculum

Practice of transformational Hatha yoga asanas

• Basic transformational Hatha yoga asana sequence includes about 80 positions
• Techniques of transformational yoga within the asanas
• Surya Namaskar and Chandra namaskar (sun and moon salutations)
• Basic preparatory joint movements to warm up and prevent injuries
• Sanskrit names of all positions

Mantras: building awareness with vibrations and chanting

• Seed sounds for chakras: relaxation, purification, and activation
• Five element mantra
• Invocation technique with mantra
• Gayatri mantra
• Sanskrit training includes: chanting mantra, asanas, pranayama, and other yoga vocabulary

Theory for transformational yoga

• Functions of 7 chakras
• 5 bodies and Koshas
• Pranic body and 5 pranas and their functions
• Impurities of the 5 bodies, effects, and purification techniques for each
• Energy mechanics of transformational yoga

History and philosophy

• The wheel of yoga
• Comparison and brief history of main branches of yoga
• Patanjalis yogic philosophy and the 8 limbs of yoga
• Intro to yoga sutras, vedas, upanishads, bhagavad gita, and the yoga tradition
• History of Hatha yoga

Pranayama - 'Control of the prana'

• Kapalabhati (cleansing breaths)
• Nadi shodana (alternate nostril breathing)
• Bhramari (humming bee breath)
• Ujjayi (victorious breath)
• Shitali and Sitkari (cooling breath)
• Discussion on bad breathing habits and correction techniques
• Conscious breathing techniques
• Kewal Kumbhanka (peaceful pause)
• Science of Swara yoga introduction
• Breathing techniques for 5 prana activation

Bandhas

• Moola bandha
• Uddiyana bandha
• Jalandhara bandha (throat lock)
• Maha bandha (the great lock)
• Mudras
• Granthis

Meditation techniques

• Various Osho meditations (Kundalini, chakra, vipassana, dynamic, etc)
• Meditations from the tantras
• Walking meditation
• Five body meditation
• Zen meditation
• Observation and awareness techniques
• Yoga nidra relaxation techniques

Teaching methodology

• Principles of demonstration and observation
• Assisting, modifications, correcting, instructing
• Finding your own teaching style
• Lesson planning
• Ethical guidelines for yoga teachers
• Classroom safety

Anatomy and physiology

• Physical anatomy and physiology - basic knowledge of body systems including respiratory, digestive, circulatory, nervous, musculoskeletal, and endocrine systems
• Psychic physiology of yoga: Ida, pingala, shushumna
• Kundalini theory
• Nadis and the nervous system
• Endocrine system and the chakras
• Health benefits of yoga techniques, contraindications, and therapeutic use
• Introduction to Ayurveda: body types and diet

Yoga teaching methodology

• Student teaching and observing
• Assisting in classes taught by others
• Basic healthy yogic lifestyle

Your retreat includes a day trip to Acropolis.

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  Michelle Kaminski

  Michelle Kaminski finished her Masters in Clinical Psychology in California, and then followed her passion for yoga by taking an Ashtanga teachers training course in Italy. Studying directly under Swami Vidyanand, the founder of Yoga Alliance International, she received the Grand Master level certification in Transformational Hatha yoga, pranayama, and meditation. She also studied prenatal yoga with Uma Dinsmore- Tuli in London, children’s yoga with Rainbow Kids, Yin yoga with Bernie Clark and Therapeutic yoga with Joseph Le Page. She blends psychology and spirituality in her own yoga way!

The yoga teacher training will take place in Lagonissi, Greece. Lagonissi is a seaside residential area in the southern part of Kalyvia Thorikou in East Attica. It is situated close to the shore and on a peninsula by the Saronic Gulf. Lagonisi is located approximately 30 km southeast of Athens and 35 km northwest of Cape Sounio.

You will be served 3 vegetarian meals a day. All meals are included in the price.

• Day trip to the Acropolis
• Walk down to the local beaches

In-house massage available upon request. Please send an inquiry for more information.

• 21 nights accommodation
• 3 vegetarian meals a day
• Airport transfer
• Class manual and required books
• Day trip to Acropolis
• Full yoga program
• Yoga Alliance International certificate

Arrival by airplane

Arrive at Athens Airport where a transfer will be waiting for you.