“Move, breathe, heal, learn, and get certified”
24 Day 200-Hour Multistyle Yoga Teacher Training in Knysna, South Africa
Vala House, Highway Road, Rheenendal, Knysna, 6576, South Africa
Yoga Teacher Training in South Africa
This yoga teacher training program offers a transformative experience through a comprehensive curriculum, supportive environment, personalized instruction, and the opportunity for personal growth and professional connections. Attendees will cultivate physical, mental, and spiritual well-being while gaining the skills to become confident yoga teachers and share the transformative power of yoga with others.
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Highlights
- Certificate of completion
- Breathwork and Reiki sessions
- Daily asanas and meditation sessions
- Knysna forest excursions and yoga in the forest
- Yoga philosophy and teaching methodology classes
- Shuttle pick-up and drop-off from George
- Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and drinks
- 23 nights accommodation
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
Styles
21 days with instruction in English
Group size: Maximum of 6 participants
Airport transfer available:
George Airport (US$ 64 per person)
George Airport (US$ 64 per person)
Accommodation
Check-in Time:
14:00
Check-out Time:
12:00
Facilities
- Dining area
- Kitchen
- Lounge
Vala House is a creative wellness center on the outskirts of Knysna. A beautiful garden provides the ideal backdrop for a relaxing getaway filled with yoga and a variety of creative and healing activities. Daily yoga runs three times a day, every day, and is held on a “pay what you can” basis. Booking is essential.
The retreats and training are centered on yoga and wellness bringing in elements of creativity, such as cooking lessons, poetry, art, music, dance, and much more. Leading experts in their fields are brought in to provide the most enriching experiences for all guests. Long-term retreats include a range of exciting explorations into the Garden Route and its surroundings.
Vala House is a luxurious center in a beautiful setting and the rooms are designed for comfort. All rooms have comfortable beds, ensuite bathrooms, electric blankets in the winter, and fans in the summer. Vala House wants your stay with them to be comfortable so that you can better immerse yourself in the program with heightened energy and motivation.
It is the perfect environment for you to immerse in for your yoga teacher training. All of the rooms at Vala House are luxurious and spacious and have ensuite bathrooms. Rooms can be booked as either single or double occupancy. Rooms are clean and serviced daily.
Vala House is passionate about holistic health and promote wellness through a range of creative natural therapies and activities, all in a serene natural environment, that provides the perfect setting for relaxation, rejuvenation, and healing. They believe that by harnessing the power of nature and integrating it with their therapies, they can help their clients achieve optimal physical, emotional, and spiritual health.
Program
About the training
Vala House has redefined a curriculum as per international standards coupled with its expertise in the field of yoga. The prime objective is to prepare future teachers physically and spiritually ready to practice and teach by themselves. Vala House will lay down the foundations for you to become a successful and well-rounded yoga teacher.
This teacher training course in Knysna will take you on a journey where you will find the lost connection with yourself. The yoga course is organized for one’s personal as well as professional growth. Throughout the yoga course, discipline, routine life, and healthy eating will be an essential part of the self-development of every student.
During these extraordinary 200 hours of yoga teacher training course immersion, you will build a powerful platform of anatomical, philosophical, and adjustment-based knowledge from which to elevate your yoga practice and guide others through classes that heal, inspire, and inform.
Luxury accommodation and superb food rounds off the experience as Vala House dedicates itself to ensuring its guests have a truly transformational experience. Vala House strongly believes that the journey to becoming a qualified yoga teacher is woven into personal growth, development, and transformation - the bonus is that you will be certified to teach at the end!
Benefits
- A chance to get away and step aside from all the hustle and bustle of city life
- Rediscover yourself after too long of feeling disconnected
- Peace and quiet for the mind, refreshing energy for the body
- Deepen your yoga practice and take it to the next level
- Top-notch guest speakers that have a bucket full of knowledge
- Staff that are friendly and accommodating, where nothing is too much trouble
- A supportive and encouraging environment that will leave you with wonderful friends from all over the world
- Completely change your lifestyle with the delicious healthy organic food you’ll get during the entire training
- An emphasis on some of the more Eastern practices (like pranayama, kriyas, yoga Nidra, and mantras)
- A peaceful location - the perfect setting for a yoga training
This is not just about learning yoga, but about giving yourself the opportunity to heal, grow and begin a beautiful new journey into a world of self-care and inner exploration. Yoga is not just about exercise and poses but is a life practice that leads to joy.
Let Vala House help you begin this beautiful journey. The average group size is five to 10 students only, so you get plenty of personal attention!
Asana
- A thorough understanding of Patanjali's 8 limbs of yoga
- Introduction to traditional practices of Ashtanga and Hatha yoga
- Full Ashtanga yoga primary series practice and learning
- Pawan Muktasana series
- Practicing vinyasa flow and the art of UN yoga
- Cleansing techniques, pranayama, and Acro yoga workshop
Pranayama
- Introduction to pranayama
- Importance of pranayama
- Yogic breathing techniques for increasing awareness
- Benefits of pranayama
- Different pranayama and general guidelines*
- Nadi shodhana pranayama
- Bhastrika pranayama
- Bhramari pranayama
- Surya bhedi and chandra bhedi pranayama
- Sheetali and sheetkari
- Ujjayi pranayama
The history of yoga
- What is yoga and its history
- Introduction to yoga texts
- Bandhas, mudras, prana, koshas, kundalini, chakra
- Skeletal system and joints
- Muscular system and its importance in asana
- Types of injuries and causes
- Endocrine, respiratory, and circulatory systems and their uses in yoga
- Nervous system and its relation to yoga
- Parts of yoga, limbs of yoga, etc
- Stories of ancient yogis
Alignment and adjustments
- Sun salutation classical, sun salutations a and sun salutations b
- Alignment of standing poses, seating poses
- Learn to align the body in forward bends, back bends, inversions, balancing, hip openers, etc
- Adjustments on one another
Teaching theory
- Basics of teaching yoga class
- Learning the terms and key points for the asana teaching classes*
- Confidence building
- Teaching practice
Meditation
- Introduction to meditation and concentration
- Breathing awareness meditation
- Tips for developing concentration
- Bahir and antar trataka
- Dynamic meditation (osho meditation)
- Nada meditation (sound meditation)
- Ajapajapa
- Antarmouna (silence practice)
- Chakra meditation
- Third-eye meditation
- Mantra meditation
- Yoga Nidra
- Inner visualization
Ayurveda
- Introduction to Ayurveda
- Learning tri doshas and their relation with the body
- Yogic diet and nutrition
Schedule
- 06:30-08:30 Asana / kriya / beach class
- 08:30-09:30 Breakfast
- 10:30-11:30 Anatomy and physiology
- 11:30-12:30 Alignment and methodology class
- 12:30-15:00 Lunch and reflection
- 15:00-16:00 Philosophy
- 17:00-18:30 Asana
- 18:30-19:00 Meditation
- 19:00-20:00 Dinner
- 20:00-21:00 Discussions
Instructors
Peter Townshend
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Peter is the founder of Vala House and a registered 500RYT with Yoga Alliance. Peter teaches Classical yoga using the Vinyasa Krama system and Hatha yoga principles for all levels from beginners to advanced yogis. His teaching is rooted in both the lineage of Krishnamacharya and Swami Sivananda. His specific concentration is on yoga Nidra as taught by by Swami Satyananda Saraswati. Peter is also a registered RTT therapist, breathwork counsellor and life coach.
Marine Charlotte Charlotte
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Trained in Hatha and Ashtanga Yoga in Nepal, at Shivalaya Ashram, certified Yoga alliance. I follow the lineage of BKS Iyengar Hatha yoga with respect and intuition. Since childhood, I have enjoyed gymnastics, dance and music. I was introduced to this ancient wisdom during a university exchange in China; an intensive approach that is far from the pure essence of this ancient art.
Hendrik Burger
The wisdom of yoga was introduced to me through sacred Indian texts, for years I practiced only the first steps in yoga, which is the Yama and Niyama principles together with meditation, pranayama and the use of cold water.With this strong foundation, my yoga journey continued to unfold, revealing more practices and wisdom along the way, daily practice and experience being the key ingredient to development.In recent years I have completed a variety of workshops, a 200 hour YTT with Jim Harrington at Reunion Yoga in Cape Town and a 100 hour advanced YTT with Tamsin Sheehy at the Shala studio.
Vishal Dubey
Vi sessions are a combination of Hatha Yoga, Vedanta & Tantra, according to him, these three paths complement one another, leading the seeker systematically along the path of self-realization. They were not meant to be treated separately nor looked upon as different paths. The aspirant first clears the mind through the practice of Hatha Yoga, does self-enquiry through Vedanta, and then breaks through the final barrier with Tantra experiencing the heights of inner awakening. He invites anyone and everyone irrespective of their experience in Yoga to join his sessions to experience higher levels
Location
The location features the beautiful Knysna forest, the pristine beaches, the Outeniqua mountains, and the jewel of the Garden Route. The place has a spectacular view. It is set in beautiful farmlands on the edge of the Knysna forest, 20 minutes from pristine beaches and all the splendor that the Garden Route offers. Knysna is the heart of the Garden Route and is the perfect base for exploring this magical area.
This centre in Rheenendal is the ideal place for an immersive natural experience. The gorgeous expansive lawn is ideal for outdoor practice and between classes you will venture inti the Knysna forest, canoe on the local rivers, explore nearby beaches and perhaps even take to the sky paragliding.
Distances
- Knysna - 25 minutes
Food
All meals are included in this retreat and you can expect plentiful, healthy, and tasty vegan food. All of the food is prepared from fresh ingredients by the local chef. Vala House provides three nutritious plant-based meals (daily breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks) a day, packed with both flavor and all you need to keep you healthy and strong.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Snacks
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Coffee
- Tea
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegan
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation
What's included
- Certificate of completion
- Course fee
- Daily yoga classes
- Daily meditation classes
- Daily pranayama classes
- Welcome drink
- Group excursions/activities
- Nature hikes with a trusted guide
- Free excursions to sites of interest
- Wi-Fi connection
- Luggage storage
- Parking
- 23 nights accommodation
- 3 vegan meals per day and all drinks (Sunday excluded)
- Water, tea, and coffee served throughout the day
- Fruit and snacks available all day
- Course material
- Cold exposure therapy
- One-on-one coaching
- Soap
- School t-shirt
- Weekend / day-off excursions
- Pre and post retreat support from the team
What's not included
- Airfare
- Airport transfer
How to get there
Recommended Airports
GRJ
George Airport
55 km
Transfer available for additional US$ 64 per person
Arrival by airplane
Please book your flight to arrive at George Airport (GRJ). Transfer from and to the airport is not included in the price. Please contact Vala House for more details.
Airport: George Airport
Airport transfer available:
George Airport (US$ 64 per person)
Additional charges may apply. You can request this in the next step.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 20% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid 14 days before arrival.
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