Mindfulness yoga

200 hours Certification Mindfulness Yoga Teacher Training course

Sadhita and Sudaka have been practicing and teaching yoga and meditation for 25 years. We have run dozens of retreats together and are now offering our 9th edition of the Mindfulness Yoga teacher training.

Next course;

11 September - 2 October 2020

Our 200 hour teacher training establishes you in a clear and firm grounding in Mindfulness yoga. Sign up now!

You will gain a working knowledge of:-

How to teach a comprehensive range of yoga postures empahsizing dynamic mobilizing and stregthening posture work
How to assess and analyse postures; the benefits, risks and key teachign and practice points
Teaching and incorporating Restorative (Yin) yoga into your classes
Class sequencing; the principle of "vinyasa krama"
Structural alignment - how to assess your students bodies
Anatomy and physiology and how an intelignet anatomy influences how to teach poses to unique and individual bodies
Basic kriyas, breath-work and pranayamas
Explore various teaching methods and settings
How to apply Mindfulness to yoga postures
Develop and teach basic mindfulness meditations
Studies of key Buddhist texts on Mindfulness and Loving-kindness (Metta)
Setting up as a teacher

Bodhiyoga also offers a 500 hours training here in Suryavana Retreat Centre, open to any 200 hour trained teacher, forming part of your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) as a yoga teacher.

Other one week retreats and courses are organised here as well as at Dhanakosa in Scotland, and other venues like Abhayaloka in Finland, Dharmagiri in Sweden or workshops in London, Brighton and elsewhere.

Splitting the 200 hour teacher training in two part

For various reasons some students find it difficult to get away for three weeks continuously. To make our course accesible we offer the course as two weeks training, combined with the third week of Teaching Practice the following year.

The teacher training is spread over a year with coursework happening between trainings.

Part One 11 - 25 September 2020 (14 days)

Part Two 24 Septmber - 1 October 2021 (7 days)

Video call

If you want to train with us we offer a 45 minute video call (Zoom, Skype, Facetime) to talk over any questions and details regards our training.

Please contact Sudaka or Sadhita at info@bodhiyoga.es

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About the 21 day training course

The 200 hour 21 day immersion training forms the heart of the Bodhiyoga teacher teaching programme and we establish a steady rhythm of study, classes, practice and rest over the course of the three weeks. For a fully comprehensive presentation of the teaching programme look at the detailed syllabus link. The Foundation course is designed to establish any serious practitioner and teacher in the Bodhiyoga principles and practices of mindfulness meditation, hatha yoga and study of some key Buddhist teachings.

The course unfolds in three phases.

The first week, establishing students in their meditation and yoga pracitice,
Second, we explore the key teachings around lovingkindness (metta) and develop teaching skills in the posture work
Third, exploring teachings around Satipatthana (Mindfulness) and refine our teaching skills.

Sudaka and Sadhita alternate leading the morning sessions, taking students through a variety of posture practice sequences; dividing postures into 11 major groups;

Group 0. Gentle supine floor postures / leg stretches
Group 1. Surya Namaskar - Sun salutations, heat building dynamic sequences
Group 2. Standing postures
Group 3. Forward bends / folds
Group 4. Supine core strengthening,
Group 5. Rotations, twists
Group 6. Back-bends
Group 7. Inversions, shoulder stand and headstand
Group 8. Savasana - relaxation techniques
Group 9. Lateral movements
Group 10. Arm, shoulder and upper body-work

Each week includes a Restorative/Yin/Slow yoga session.

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In the second and third week there is directed study and practical application of the key mindfulness and lovingkindness teachings of Buddhism, which underpin the spiritual orientation of Bodhiyoga teacher training. We use "Living with Awareness" and "Living with Kindness" texts by Sangharakshita to draw out these teachings. We discuss the relation of yoga and Buddhism.

We lead a comprehensive introduction to Anatomy and Physiology useful to yoga practitioners and teachers over six sessions.

Every afternoon, time is dedicated to analyses and teaching methodology of the poses practiced in the morning sequence, clarifying and beginning to master the core postures of the Bodhiyoga repertoire and how to communicate them to others.

The evening sessions are based around meditation, poetry and mantra and talks of a more inspirational nature exploring the yoga tradition and yogic lifestyle as well as some open Question & Answer time.

More about Suryavana...How to get there? What to bring? Accomodation and food

Background to Mindfulness yoga

The 200 hours training is based around the Satipatthana teachings of the Buddha, one of the earliest presentations of the Buddha’s teaching. During the course, we delve into this subject both practically, experimentally and theoretically.

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Ultimately yoga practice in the form of postures and breathing exercises cannot fully alleviate our existential situation as human beings. Nor can it satisfy the deeper urges within the human psyche for a sense of spiritual freedom. Whether Buddhist or not, one can utilise these teachings in order gain greater meaning and purpose, to overcome negative mental states, difficulties in relation to our bodies, as well as gain a perspective on our lives to live a life more fully and more abundantly.

Bodhiyoga Mindfulness Yoga teacher training programmes are our response to these essential questions.

Course Programme

7.00 Rise
7.30 Meditation & yoga practice
10.00 Breakfast
11.30 Classes 1 & 2
14.30 Lunch
17.00 Student study time (posture practice analysis)
17.30 Class 3
20.00 Evening meal
21.15 Evening session

Time off

Each morning after breakfast there is an hour and a half to do domestic jobs, take a dip in our swimming pool, read or simply hang out and enjoy the beautiful landscape.

Every afternoon there are three hours to eat, to take a rest or walk in the local area exploring the forest and valleys and abandoned houses and fields. We finish the last evening activity around 21.30 leading to the practice of silence overnight till the end of breakfast to allow time to rest the mind and process the activity of the day.

Two days off are programmed over the 3 weeks. These are completely free days with no obligations. Students can take time out from the studies and organise trips out to nearby villages.

200 hours Certification Mindfulness Yoga Teacher Training course

11 September - 2 October 2020

Splitting the 200 hour teacher training in two part

Video call

About the 21 day training course

More about Suryavana...How to get there? What to bring? Accomodation and food

Background to Mindfulness yoga

Course Programme

Time off

The team for 2019 (8º Edition of the 200 hour training)

Booking and payment

Contact us at info@bodhiyoga.es

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200 hours Certification Mindfulness Yoga Teacher Training course

11 September - 2 October 2020

Splitting the 200 hour teacher training in two part

Video call

About the 21 day training course

Background to Mindfulness yoga

Course Programme

Time off

Contact us at info@bodhiyoga.es