7 Day 50-Hr Aerial Yoga Teacher Training in Bali

Facilities

Sunday

• 12:00 - 14:00 Check in
• 14:00 - 16:00 Orientation
• 16:00 - 18:00 Intro yoga
• 18:00 - 19:00 Dinner

Monday - Saturday

• 07:00 - 09:00 Morning yoga
• 09:00 - 10:00 Breakfast
• 10:00 - 11:00 Lecture
• 11:00 - 13:00 Asana studies
• 13:00 - 15:30 Lunch
• 15:30 - 17:00 Workshops
• 17:00 - 18:30 Evening yoga
• 18:30 - 19:30 Dinner

Saturday (day 7)

• 06:30 - 09:00 Morning yoga
• 09:00 - 10:00 Breakfast
• 10:00 - 12:00 Closing ceremony

Guided Practice

Each morning you will practice aerial hatha yoga, which focuses on holding traditional yoga poses adapted for aerial. In the evening you will practice aerial vinyasa, which connects poses with breath and movement to create a dynamic flow. Also included is a short meditation and pranayama to focus the mind, warm up the body and awaken the spirit. (daily)

Analytical Training

Receive detailed analytic instruction of traditional aerial yoga asanas and techniques along with their classical hatha yoga counterparts. Learn correct alignment, cueing, sequencing, adjustments, mistakes and modifications for various levels. Analytics are detailed with a course manual, which includes scripted sequences and over 50 pictures. (daily)

Aerial Acro

Use swings to support flyers and bases with balance and alignment to achieve creative poses mixing aerial with partner and acro yoga. You will learn to trust and communicate with each other in fun and challenging new ways plus try some therapeutic thai massage techniques for spinal decompression and pain relief. (1x)

Aerial Choreography

Learn to synchronize simple aerial sequences in pairs then coordinate as a group to choreograph an artistic performance mixing aerial with regular yoga, acro yoga and dance. Create a theme with music and record an amazing video. (1x)

Aerial Tripod

Learn to make bamboo a tripod to do aerial outdoors for promotion, special events and class demos. Take amazing photos in nature flying in the sky. (1x)

Anatomy

Receive a brief overview of the body as a holistic system, biomechanics of movement and the health benefits of various poses with special regard to spinal construction, compression and decompression, stretching safely to avoid hyperextension, working with injuries and techniques to reduce pain.

Yoga Philosophy

Receive a brief overview of yoga history and philosophy and learn to create an authentic yogic lifestyle by integrating the ethical guidelines of the yamas and niyamas from Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras.

Teaching Practice

A key feature of this course is immersive teaching practice and critical evaluation to become a skilled and confident instructor. You will practice teaching everyday and learn hands on adjustments plus design teach a complete class. These techniques have proven to be exceptionally effective and many students get great jobs right away after the course.

Teaching Methodology

Receive a brief overview of teaching styles, communication skills, principles of demonstration, observation, time management, student learning process, group dynamics, fulfilling individual needs, working in various group settings and establishment of priorities and boundaries.

Self Study

Participants must complete 5 hours of pre-course work. ULU Yoga has online videos to practice some basic poses and pranayama to prepare the body and mind for intensive training. During the course there is daily self-study, group work and assignments such as designing original classes.

Level

This course is open to all levels and students are recommended to take rest and modify as needed. Each week there is group sharing to give feedback and ensure your personal and academic needs are met and your time is truly enjoyable and nurturing on all levels to create a holistic balance. You should practice yoga at least twice a week for 2 months and consult a doctor before taking this course. You don’t need a high level of flexibility or skill at advanced poses.

Style

You will master the principles of alignment and technique of various asanas along with their anatomic, energetic and philosophical counterparts. What's different about Ulu Yoga is the variety of styles, creative workshops and emphasis on teaching practice. The focus is not perfecting advanced asanas, but learning to practice correctly and teach others skillfully. All subjects are balanced equally and presented with true depth and expertise so that even experienced practitioners will gain valuable insight and confidence.

ULU yoga swing

ULU Yoga is famous for their cushioned aerial swings. The ULU Yoga Swing has special padding and polythread fabric, which provide greater comfort and support so you don’t slip or bruise the skin like with regular silk hammocks. $159 including straps and carabiners. Students get 10% off.

Are you ULU?

• ULU Yoga strives to be creative and unique while still honoring the sacred wisdom of traditional yoga as a means to health, happiness and spiritual liberation. The key to ULU Yoga’s success has been open communication with students to both serve their specific needs, maintain group harmony, and reflect upon feedback to develop and grow.
• We originally chose the name ULU simply because it sounded nice and had no meaning in English. It’s just a good vibration similar to AUM. After getting into aerial we surprisingly learned it meant owl in Hindi. The owl is like an aerial yogi who sits in quiet meditation, peering through the darkness to dispel ignorance and illuminate the true nature of reality before suddenly flying into action.
• ULU also means whirlwind and is slang for crazy in arabic languages, where they say “Are you ULU?”. Over time we chose to define ULU as Universal Love and Understanding. All together this summarizes perfectly ULU Yoga’s love for traditional yoga and crazy styles like aerial, which unite students by helping beginners to achieve advanced poses and fly.

Instructors

Kehkashan Nadeem

Kehkashan (Pakistan) has 20 years of yoga experience. She completed a 500-hour Advanced YTT in Nepal, plus several other courses including a 6 month long intensive training at the Institute of Classical Yoga Pakistan. She has additional certifications in Hot Yoga TT from Absolute Yoga Academy, Advance Teaching Skills at the Yoga Expert Academy, Aerial Yoga TT at ULU Yoga & Sky Yoga Level 2 TT in Bali. Kehkeh’s commitment to practice allowed her to be the first to bring Aerial Yoga in Pakistan, which soon gained popularity.

Since then she became lead instructor for ULU Yoga teacher training courses in Bali and Thailand. Kehkeh’s’ passion for improving oneself through yoga is infectious. She is a master at taking you through the paces, drawing connections between poses, giving you the confidence to try tricky things & get into advanced poses eventually. She is tough when one needs to be challenged, & compassionate as she tailors poses to suit one’s capabilities, taking time to discuss students’ health & introduce them to pranayama & meditation, determined to take one deeper into the sublime joyride that is yoga.

“I found yoga back in 1999. I was looking for light supple practice to heal my body after two difficult childbirths. There was only one yoga school in Pakistan at that time and I became a dedicated student. In 2000 My teacher asked me to join their yoga training. I refused as I didn’t want to be just a yoga teacher, but he insisted that you don’t have to teach and it’s also good for your own practice, so I changed my mind. Thank God for that!”

“My first yoga training was more than 1,000 hours long over a 6 month period followed by 3 months of volunteer teaching. I really loved it and so I began to teach professionally. Since 2001 I have taught, practiced and studied every single day despite a busy family life with two kids. Each year I attend more trainings to improve my skills in various styles and will continue for the rest of my life. Thanks to yoga for giving me such amazing meaningful life and thanks to my instructors and students for allowing me to share what I love.”

Edward J. Pawlak (USA)

Edward has over 6,000 hours experience as lead instructor and coordinator for over 100 yoga teacher trainings and retreats from 2007-2019. In 2014 Edward created ULU Yoga, which is now an international success offering monthly yoga courses around the world. Edward is RYT 200 in Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga as well as certified in Aerial Yoga, Thai Massage, TEFL, CELTA. He has completed several Buddhist meditation courses, volunteered at organic farms and retreat centers, did graduate studies in International Education, taught as a university instructor, plus worked in music theatre production and performance. (Teaching in 2019: April, June, September, December)

Saskia B. Mahler (Germany)

Shashi is certified RYT 500h Hatha Yoga & 500h Aerial Yoga plus manager and lead instructor at ULU Yoga. After law school Shashi did several years of intensive trainings and retreats in the deserts of India, Himalayan mountains and Thailand jungles to study yoga, metaphysics, energetics and philosophy with acclaimed psychologists, famous gurus and even the Dalai Lama himself. Shashi unfolds her passions for the life changing power of Yoga with the

One morning you will walk down in to the luscious jungle nature. river gorge behind the Ubud Yoga Center and take beautiful pictures in aerial pics in nature flying above the water on bamboo tripods.

Bali is known as The Island of the Gods and is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. Ubud is a vibrant city full of boutique shops, temples and healthy cuisine. This course takes place at the Ubud Yoga Centre's new retreat house, which has massive shala surrounded by luscious green nature. The main centre has a stunning outdoor cafe overlooking a deep river gorge.

Packages include a healthy ayurvedic breakfast, lunch and dinner to promote a transformative eating routine. Breakfast is fresh tropical fruit and tea, lunch is an exquisite vegan buffet and dinner is a hearty grounding soup. Breakfast and dinner are light meals to encourage a healthy diet.

The retreat house a large communal kitchen and often students cook extra dishes together or go out. The main yoga centre has a stunning open air cafe, Budhi Ayu has a nice restaurant, plus nearby are many cheap local markets and superb restaurants including Sage, Bohemian, Eat Co, Bali Budha and Sayuri.

Ubud is regarded as the cultural center of Bali. It is famous as an arts and crafts hub, and much of the town and nearby villages seems to consist of artists' workshops and galleries. There are some remarkable architectural and other sights to be found, and a general feeling of well being to be enjoyed, all thanks to the spirit, surroundings, and climate of the place. A big variety of different yoga styles can be practiced here with popular teachers from all over the world in a multitude of different yoga studios and retreat centers.

Bali spirit festival

This festival takes place from March 29 until April 3, and is one of the world's most inspiring celebrations of global community, world music and wellbeing! It summons yoga enthusiasts, dancers, musicians and spirituality seekers from all corners of the globe, joining together to inspire one another and nourish each individual's potential within. ULU Yoga can arrange group discounts for everybody who would like to join.

Arts and culture

The town and area has a number of art museums, such as the Blanco Renaissance Museum, the Puri Lukisan Museum, Neka Art Museum, and the Agung Rai Museum of Art. Nearby is the Museum Rudana in Peliatan. The Tek Tok is a traditional Balinese dance that is accompanied by musical sound of mouth 'Tek Tok' altogether with various combinations of body movement and other sounds. Many performances of traditional Balinese dance are happening all around Ubud.

Nature

The Ubud Monkey Forest is a sacred nature reserve located near the southern end of Jalan Monkey Forest. It houses the temple of death, and approximately 340 crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis) monkeys live there.

The Campuhan ridge walk is a hill from where one can see two rivers - Tukad Yeh Wos Kiwa and Tukad Yeh Wos Tengen - merge. There is one-meter wide of paving block track about two kilometers to the top of the hill.

Surfing

Kuta and Seminyak Beach are Bali's most famous surfing hot spots stretching for about three kilometers on the south coast of Bali. Blessed by great waves, it has become a famous tourist attraction with a big choice of hotels, bars, restaurants, night club, souvenir shops, shopping centers, entertainments, etc. The beauty of this beach is complemented by the spectacular sunrise that creates the romantic nuance.

Diving

Bali is Indonesia's most popular dive holiday destination. Many visitors find the attraction of good shore-based resort diving set against a stunning backdrop of huge, magnificent volcanoes and picturesque rice paddy terraces, simply irresistible.

The Gili Islands

Gili Islands are a great destination if you are looking for a remote island experience with excellent snorkelling and diving possibilities. Each island has several small resorts, usually consisting of a collection of huts for tourists, a small pool and restaurant. Automobiles and motorized traffic is prohibited on the islands by local ordinance, so the preferred method of transportation is by foot and bicycle or the horse-drawn carriage called a cidomo. Diving in and around the Gilis is also popular due to the abundance of marine life and attractive coral formations. From Ubud, take a transport to Padang Bai (e.g. Perama bus or taxi) - about an hour's drive. There you can catch all sorts of fast boats to the Gili Islands (1.5 hours on the boat).

Free traditional Balinese massage. Balinese massage was developed in the Indonesian province of Bali, with influence from the traditional medicine systems of India, China, and Southeast Asia. Balinese massage techniques include acupressure, skin rolling and flicking, firm and gentle stroking, percussion, and application of essential oils.

• Yoga Alliance aerial training certificate
• Printed course manuals and online videos
• Personal interviews to fulfill your needs
• Quality accommodation at a lovely resort
• Healing vegetarian food to nourish your body
• Free traditional Balinese full body massage
• Daily breakfast lunch dinner
• 6 nights accommodation

• Airfare

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• A reservation requires a deposit of 14% of the total price.
• The deposit is fully refundable if the booking is cancelled up to 21 days before the arrival date.
• The rest of the payment should be paid 7 days before arrival.