300HR ADVANCED YOGA TEACHER TRAINING
Esoteric Yogic practices & Advanced Hatha Vinyasa Yoga
Advanced Yoga Teacher Training is a necessary step for all 200hr certified yoga teachers, as well as practitioners who want to advance their practice and career. In a world full of yoga teachers with a basic 200hr education that serves as a foundation and a starting point, it is important to advance one’s studies in this enormous tradition that has so much to teach. In this Advanced Yoga Teacher Training course, we delve deeper into the esoteric yogic practices such as advanced Pranayama, Bandha, Chakra Sadhana and Mantra, as well as advanced Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga methodology, Yoga Psychology, teacher student relationship, importance of ritual, ceremony and creating sacred spaces, and integrating philosophy into movement practices. This course will move one through the true scope of asana and physical into an esoteric integrated practice that fosters a life with more alignment and peace. The teachings cultivate action that utilizes power versus force in the way we approach both our practice on the mat as well as life off the mat and provide one with the leadership skills necessary to stand out as a Yoga teacher with excellence and integrity.
The program is directed by Tanya Savitri Popovich, a senior teacher and Yoga Acharya (Master of Yoga) with a 20-year international teaching experience, MA in Indigenous Studies, certified Hypnotherapist, and a Leadership Coach.
We are a Yoga Alliance Registered School. Graduates will be able to register with Yoga Alliance at the RYT-500 Level upon completion of the program.
July 28 – August 24, 2025
Crete, Greece
* This training is 300 hour Advanced training and will qualify you to receive 500 hour certification with Yoga Alliance.
* Prerequisites: 200 hour teacher training, interview with Tanya Savitri Popovich – training director, discipline, dedicated personal practice and studentship.
Curriculum
Esoteric Yogic practices
- Advanced Pranayama – daily progressive pranayama practice.
- Bandha – daily practice of Mula, Jalandhara and Uddiyana bandhas both on their own and as a part of an advanced pranayama practice as they were originally practiced to manipulate and direct one’s energy system.
- Chakra Sadhana – daily practice on energy centers, or chakras, approached both from a psychological as well as an esoteric and energetic perspective to remove blockages, open energy channels and heal imbalances. Mantra Sadhana – daily Japa Meditation and Mantra chanting for transmutation of one’s vibrational field.
- Pratyahara, Dharana and Dhyana meditation techniques.
Advanced Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga practices:
- Daily Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga classes with focus on advanced sequencing.
Advanced Teaching Methodology:
- Pose-by-pose biomechanics and alignment
- Pose sequence symbiosis
- Advanced yoga hands on assists
- Advanced yoga class sequencing or “Vinyasa Krama” integrating physical anatomy, energy transmutation, and philosophical theme for a “Sattvic Effect” – a state of complete calm and full focus, the “flow state”
- Teaching basic and intermediate Pranayama techniques
- Teaching meditation techniques, Yoga Nidra and guided relaxation
- Developing progressive sequences for workshops, courses or retreats
- Teaching, assisting, taking, and observing peer yoga classes
- Creating sacred spaces: Altar, Ritual, and the Art of Ceremony
- Leadership Coaching, Public Speaking and Lecture Presentations
Philosophy, Ethics and Psychology:
- Esoteric Psychology and Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
- Vedanta Philosophy and The Bhagavad Gita
- Psychology and Ethics of teacher – student relationship
- Esoteric Psychology of Kundalini Yoga and Chakra Sadhana
Location
The course will take place in Paleochora, South Crete, Greece. Crete Island is the biggest and the extreme southern island of Greece. Paleochora is Crete’s gateway to the Libyan Sea. It is one of the most beautiful towns in the prefecture of Chania with extremely good weather where the summer lasts for over five months. Here, you will feel at home through the kindness and friendliness of the people, delicious local cuisine and the beauty of the sea and scenery. The picturesque village is located on a small peninsula surrounded by two exquisite beaches with sand and pebbles. The distance between Chania and Paleochora is a 75 kilometre drive enriched with the wild beauty that the Cretan scenery has to offer.
Accommodation and Food
Our training venue is an eco-cottage retreat and seminar centre located between Paleochora and Anydri village. Set in a beautiful landscape, our venue is a short drive to some of the most pristine beaches and graphic Paleochora village. Accommodation is based on double and triple occupancy, while single rooms as well as tent space may be available upon request. Lectures take place in an indoor shala, equipped with ceiling fans and air-conditioning, or in an outdoor space with ceiling fans. While there is no restaurant on site, there is a fully equipped kitchen for every three rooms where trainees store and prepare their meals. Every second day a group trip to the village is provided during the afternoon break where trainees pick up groceries or grab early dinner in one of the many taverns on the beach.
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