25 Day 200-Hour Hatha Yoga Teacher Training in Ardèche, France
France Yoga Teacher Training
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At Yogaji center, they welcome you with a well-founded teacher to reach your inner joy and become a great yoga teacher. Yogaji has over 15 years of experience and is located in the beautiful mountain in the south of France. You will learn asanas, pranayama, mediation, and mantras. More than a training, it is the chance to find the way to your heart and realize yourself as you are.
Instructions will be offered in English and/or French.
Meet the instructors
Highlights
- 2 daily Hatha yoga classes (traditional and Vinyasa)
- 2 daily yoga theory classes and 2 sound bath experiences
- Ceremony and rituals, meditation, and study of pranayama
- Eligible to register with Yoga Alliance upon completion
- Yoga study manuals
- 24 nights accommodation with daily simple vegetarian meals
- Transfer from train station included upon request
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
Types
18 days with instruction in French
Accommodation
Facilities
- Dining area
- Environmentally friendly
- Fireplace
- Garden
- Kitchen
- Meditation garden
- Multilingual staff
- Picnic area
- Smoke-free property
- Terrace
- Yoga shala
- Free parking
- Library
- Meeting room
- Outdoor shower
They always do their best to make you feel at home. You will be all here to grow in true yoga and not to have a holiday. The accommodations are comfortable and shared (apart for those who will use the tent) with a real mattress, good blankets, and a pillow. The sleeping area and the bathroom are shared.
It might be challenging for some students but it is a great way to practice detachment-aparigraha and improve your contentment capacity-santosha. Community life is the chance to grow together and have some fun. All is provided for a good sleep.
Program
Certification
Students who complete the training are eligible to register with Yoga Alliance as Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®).
Overview
To explore deeper practice or become an established yoga teacher, this retreat is for you. No matter your capacities or age, the teaching is adapted to your need as Yogaji welcome intimate groups (maximum 12). Your daily life and practice is rhythmed by community life like in an ashram. The center is comfy and homy and the teachers are available for your needs. They will encourage you to practice daily and to be light in the practice.
The teaching is traditional and modern simultaneously as the goal is to implement yoga in your daily life. Yogaji lays great emphasis on bio-mechanics and pedagogy so to feel confident into teaching. As a personal path, it relates you to personal integrity, intention, and spirituality.
May you be aware that this is not a hotel, nor a restaurant. Yogaji ask all student to do daily sevas (community life tasks, like cleaning, cooking, garden and etc). You may be in a group up to 12 and they does not require a minimum particicpants so you may also receive some individual teaching. As they offer several arrival dates, you will meet different people during your training. Yogaji do not teach commercial yoga but true yoga.
You will have an early daily yoga practice while following the rhythm of the sun. After having lunch, you will be allowed to have some rest before continuing into deep awareness. Yogaji’s program can be viewed on the Yoga Alliance page under Durga-Ji yoga. Yogaji follows the standard of Yoga Alliance and enriches it through their experience.
The teaching is traditional and adapted to your needs. You will discover a dynamic way of teaching that is well connected to the source of Yoga. They introduce you to pranayama and mantra and let contemplation and meditation experience rise in you. The teaching is spiritual but also applicable to today's life and requirements. You will look into the traditional texts such as the Yoga Sutras, Yoga Upanishads, Hatha Yoga Pradipika. They encourage you to start reading when you can, so as to get ready. All is yoga.
Program
- Yoga history and philosophy
- Ethics of a yogi and yoga lifestyle
- Energies and Ayurveda
- Anatomy
- Study of 42 asanas
- Study of pranayama
- Knowledge of the chakras, subtle bodies, and prana
- Mantras or how to open the heart
- Yoga Nidra, a way to relaxation
- Pedagogy and how to teach yoga
- Evaluation
- Heart coherence teaching will be taught during this training
Daily schedule
- 06:30 - 08:30 Sadhana
- 08:30 - 09:15 Breakfast
- 09:15 - 11:30 Theory
- 11:30 - 12:00 Seva time or Karma yoga
- 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch and break / personal work
- 14:00 - 16:00 Theory
- 16:00 - 17:30 Break / personal work
- 17:30 - 18:45 Practice
- 18:45 - 19:00 Break
- 19:00 - 20:00 Dinner
- 20:00 - 20:30 Pranayama
- 21:30 Lights off and silence
The schedule may be modified if necessary and is just a guideline. Every week, there will be one day off.
During the course, they will encourage you to read the four classical texts of Hatha yoga. You will have days off and time to read. These texts are Gheranda Samhita, Yoga Upanishads, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, and the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.
At the end of the week, you will have a written exam that will test your knowledge about teaching and is a prerequisite for certification.
Requirements
Yogaji requires their students to have attended a prior regular yoga class in a center. They also require students to read the books: Yoga Sutras, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Gheranda Samhita, and some Yoga Upanishad.
Ceremony and rituals
- On weekends, they may offer a group activity depending ton he season, such as sound bath, cold river bath, Thai massage, and heart coherence. This is not obligatory.
- Completion ceremony
Notes
- Silence is required between 21:30 - 08:30 next morning
- You have lectures and homework to complete weekly
- Saturday afternoon and Sunday are off
- Exams are on the weekend
Instructors
Julie Giacomini
Julie is the founder of Durga-Ji, Hatha Yoga Center, and of the Kids Yoga French Federation. Julie is an experienced yoga teacher. She has been running the center and conducting training courses since eight years ago. She devotes her life to yoga. After having followed the path of law, so to become a jurist, she finally chose the path of yoga to help people in perceiving consciousness. Her teaching combines true and traditional yoga with the interrogation of modern society. She welcomes you with warmth, love, joy, and presence.
Damien Dupuis
The main teacher is Damien Dupuis, he is an osteotherapist and a certified 200-hour teacher. He has been practicing heart coherence for 15 years and is an expert on how to bring action and emotion into balance. Through his unique approach, he developed a yoga therapy teaching in the same lineage as the Yoga Skyros school which initiated him to yoga therapy.
Location
You will be hosted in a small group of houses. They have a big garden where you can find upon the season fig trees, blackberries, grapes, chestnuts, and great landscape. There are two shared bathroom and 3 toilets but you can always go outside to enjoy cold shower in the garden. Sleeping in a hut in the mountain is also possible for the brave ones (no electricity, no water but great view).
The neighbors are French and are only three families. You will enjoy the peace of the mountain and the relaxed pure nature lifestyle of an ashram. Please no phone during lunch, yummy food, laugh and jokes to lift up the mood, study and practice, group discipline, and punctuality.
Food
Yogaji invites you to cook daily when you are in the food seva. They change the seva regularly so that everyone has the chance to feed their friend one day. The meals are always vegetarian (which implies no animal). Upon request, it can be exclusively vegan or gluten free if you have a specific diet.
The food is always great, tasty, and lovely. Thanks to their past experience they include more vegetables, some snacking (fruits and nuts), and let the menu being a shared plan every time the request is manageable.
You are welcome to still bring your own snacks if you wish to share with others.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Tea
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
Things to do (optional)
Students can organize themselves to discover the beautiful region, with rivers, little villages, markets, etc. You may also:
- Go down to the river
- Explore the mountain
- Go to do some cycling along the Dolce Via when renting bikes
- Going to do some aero river walk
Spa treatments
These treatments are available for an additional cost:
- Thai massage - 50 EUR
- Osteotherapie - 80 EUR
What's included
- 24 nights accommodation
- 8 hours teaching daily
- Daily meals
- Certification ceremony
- Certificate of completion to register with Yoga Alliance
- Tea & snacks
- Yoga books in PDF or paperback
- Yoga study manual
- Laundry once a week
- Transfert from train station
- Weekend group activity depending on the season, such as sound bath, cold river bath, Thai massage, and heart coherence
What's not included
- Transfer from airport to the location
- Additional activities
- Osteopathic treatment
- Thai massage
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Transfer available for additional US$ 70 per person
Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport
104 km away from your destination
Transfer available for additional US$ 70 per person
Marseille Provence Airport
162 km away from your destination
Arrival by airplane
Please book your flight to arrive at Lyon-Saint-Exupery Airport (LYS) or Marseille Provence Airport (MRS)
Arrival by bus
You can reach the location by bus with the company Les Cars de l'Eyrieux. Yogaji can always help you with more details and information. They are happy to welcome you into their family and to share with you the great life path into yoga.
Arrival by train
To arrive by train from the airport, you can take a train to Valence. Yogaji can pick you up at the bus from Duniere sur Eyrieux where Yogaji will pick you up for free to go to the center. If you arrive after the bus hours, Yogaji can pick you up from Valence ville train station (time as to be set with Yogaji) for free.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 30% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.
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