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200hs Multi-Style YTTC Galapagos
This holistic experience of Yoga comes in a retreat format. What makes this course extra special is the deep immersion in nature's greatest experiment: The Galapagos Islands, in Ecuador.
This transformational adventure is open to all sentient beings without age limits or previous experience requirements.
It’s happening – are you ready to be a part of it?
Our time together on this adventure is an opportunity to expand and thrive together and to remember what is essential in life. Not only to find tranquility and happiness, but we will raise the well-being of our homes, bodies, and planet!
Vinyasa Radja Yoga School follows a lineage of secular spirituality, free of dogmas, to spread and teach Yoga to achieve health and explore other human dimensions aimed at self-improvement.
Our School is part of Latin America's most extensive Yoga instructors and practitioners network. Our Training is a specialty of the RA Yoga Integral® curriculum and gives access to the 200, 300, or 500 hours of the higher diploma endorsed by Yoga Alliance USA.
PROGRAM
We start every day with yogic practices and a delicious breakfast at the lodge and end it with intuitive movement, meditation, or a relaxing Yin Yoga practice. We will have 2 workshops, one in the morning, other in the afternoon, some of the activities are excursions included in the schedule. We will have enough time to go on adventures, connect with each other at the workshops, and enjoy nature.
Please note the program includes one day off to Travel/Adventure during the week, normally on Tuesdays.
DATES:
06th October - 2nd November
Syllabus
Teacher Training Program Modules:
1. Ghahasta Yoga
2. Hatha Yoga
3. Raja Yoga
I Module: Ghahasta
Ghatastha Yoga (Biomechanics) is the proper use of the body based on elements from modern anatomy and physiology.
To-do:
- Body techniques: principles of alignment, anatomy and physiology, risk management, methodological elements for safe practices, ways to enter and exit postures, and use of props such as YogaSwings, Bolsters, and blocks to achieve progressive exercises and adapt them to individual conditions.
- The origins and philosophy of Yoga.
- The historical and philosophical framework that shaped the development of modern Yoga.
- The classical texts of Yoga: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Gheranda Samhita, The Bhagavad Gita, and The Hatha Yoga Pradipika.
- The Art of Teaching Yoga: Didactics and Methodology to teach Yoga.
- Shatkarma: (purification, physical and energetic cleansing)
- Introduction to Ayurveda and Nutrition
II Module: Hatha Yoga
Hatha is Energetic Yoga. Its technologies aim at exploring the body-mind relationship.
To-do:
- The yoga postures (âsanas): sequencing, their meaning, execution, benefits;
- Prānāyāma (breathing technology)
- Pratyahara (The management of emotions)
- The use of mental techniques: Bandhas, Mudras & Kriyas.
- Didactics for teaching Hatha Yoga applied.
- Air yoga workshop
- Inversions
- Partner Yoga & acroyoga workshop
III Module: Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga, or Mental Yoga, is the study and practice of concentration and meditation techniques.
Its objective is to experience the technology of higher Yoga.
To-do:
- The vision and methodologies for developing balance and emotional health through Yoga.
- Prathyāhāra, the management of emotions; practice various relaxation and meditation techniques.
- Tantra Yoga
- Yoga Nidra workshop
- Kaula Tantra Yoga workshop
- Restorative Yoga Workshop
- The Mantra or use of sound as a door to meditation.
- Meditative techniques according to the Tibetan, Hindu, Japanese, and American traditions.
- Exploration of silence
Arival & Departure
It would help if you took the earliest flight possible on the first training day or, ideally, arrived one day before.
Drop off at Baltras Airport will be around 10 am on the last training day, so make sure you have a flight booked at least 2 hours later.
After such an experience in Galapagos, you might not want to leave. It's okay; you don't have to! We can help you arrange to stay longer or visit other enchanted locations in other Islands, the Amazon, and the Ecuadorian Andes, before or after the retreat.
INSTRUCTION LANGUAJE
English
ENROLMENT APPLICATIONS
The central point for admission acceptance of the students to this Training is their formal commitment to participate in a process that requires perseverance, self-discipline, and study.
The recommended age to participate in this course is 18 years old and over.
A few weeks before starting we will open a virtual platform where you will find books and necessary readings
INCLUDES
- 300 RYA Training (Yoga Alliance)
- Training Manuals
- Accommodation
- 3 daily delicious and nutritious meals
- Transportation
- Assistance from a local agent
- Entrance fees and guides to the excursions included in the Itinerary
- Rides on Paddle Boards or Kayaks, bicycles, and walks (with the option of mobilization in cars or boats)
- Snorkel equipment
- Water, tea, and coffee served throughout the day
- Fruit and snacks are available all-day
- Specialized workshops
- Group excursions/activities
- Nature hikes with a trusted guide
- Free excursions to sites of interest
- Pre and post-retreat support from our team
- Teacher training course and certification
- Certificate upon successful completion
- Registration with Yoga Alliance/Professionals/International/etc
- Yoga mats, blocks, straps, and bolsters
- Evening activities/kirtan/movie night
NOT INCLUDED
- $100 Galapagos National Park entrance fee
- $20 immigration card
- National and International flights
- Personal travel insurance
- Additional activities not included in the itinerary
- Free day activities
- Gratuities/Tips
NUTRITION
Most of the meals will be prepared with fresh, locally sourced products from agroecological farms. This includes freshly roasted coffee, herbal teas, and fruit juices.
We believe and encourage a plant base diet so the meals at the lodge will be vegetarian and vegan versions of traditional Ecuadorian dishes.
Some meals will be in town, where you can try the local seafood or stick with the veggie options.
Water, tea, are always available.
MOBILITY PLAN
Getting here is half the adventure... so enjoy the ride(s)!
You will initially arrive on the desolate island of Baltra, where only iguanas, cactus, the military base, and the airport live. You might use every possible and impossible vehicle that day...After the plane, bus, ferry, pick-up truck, and speedboat, you will arrive at the TTC location.
Experience the Galapagos Islands at their most natural. Our peaceful and magical waterfront location is in Punta Estrada, a privileged natural area outside of busy Puerto Rico Ayora Town. So lets Kayak/Paddleboard around the Bay, breath-work, and snorkel. You will have direct access from a private dock.
We are located 5 min a walk from "Playa de Alemanes" and "Las Grietas," one of the most charming places in the Galapagos Islands. This is a place to relax, walk the beautiful oceanside, turn your gaze to the beautiful heavens, and admire nature.
HOW TO GET HERE (FLIGHTS, AIRPORT TRANSFERS, BOATS)
To get to the Galapagos Islands, fly into Ecuador through Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO) in Quito or through José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport(GYE) in Guayaquil.
From there, you can take connecting flights to the Galapagos islands.
We recommend you book your flights to Galapagos and a hotel near these airports since there is usually an overnight layover. We will provide the transfer to the lodge from the Ferry dock near Seymour Airport (GPS) on Baltra Island.
Suppose you'd like to explore more of mainland Ecuador. In that case, we can set you up with tours of colonial cities, hikes to volcano lagoons, colorful artisan markets, the Amazon rainforest, and much more.
PACKING LIST
- Symbolic offering to share with the group
- Refillable water Bottle
- Light clothing for hot weather
- Biodegradable sunscreen, non-toxic repellent, and personal care products
- Flashlight
- Beach towel / Sarong
- Rain jacket
- Swimwear
- Hat, sunglasses, protective clothing (the sun is powerful at the equator)
- Laptop to work on the essay/thesis project (Optional)
- Yoga Mat (Optional)
- Camera (Optional)
Instructors
Nelson Pacheco
Nelson is a pioneer in the practice of Yoga in Ecuador. He started practicing yoga more than 30 years ago, although throughout his experience he have explored different methods and styles with different masters. Hatha Yoga, Restorative, Kundalini, Raja, Vinyasa Iyengar and more. He started the Kundalini Yoga School in Ecuador. Nelson directed the NY Yoga Center for some years, and worked on the continuous training of teachers of NY, and Chicago. Nelson also opened an holistic center in Quito, Ecuador. He had also shared hundreds of courses and teacher trainings in different cities. Throughout his life as a teacher and student, yoga became not only a personal or physical practice, but more and holistic way of life.
Juliana Franco
Her path in yoga began nine years ago. In this process, she has come to understand yoga as a path for self exploration, expansion and rediscovering of the essence of the being. A deep, constant path that integrates the care of life in all of its dimensions. Juliana has trained with various teachers. She share different Asana practices (hatha, hatha vinyasa, restorative, yin, aerial, acroyoga, yoga nidra); Pranayama; Yoga Philosophy, Raja Yoga and meditation.
Juliana also shares sound as a teraphy, vibrations and frequencies that help to harmonize the body, mind and soul. She acomppanies her sessions and sound baths with gong, cuencos, kalimbas, rain sticks, guitar and more instruments.
Juliana Vera
Juliana began her path of connection with her body through contemporary dance and hatha yoga. Thus she became aware of the importance of movement and body care for well-being. This led her to study Biodecoding. Later she connected with shamanism and the power of nature to heal the body and mind. Her curiosity for self-healing made her study Ayurveda and Ayurvedic Body Therapies.
Juliana has practiced different types of yoga such as ashtanga yoga, hatha-vinyasa, kundalini yoga and Kaula Trantra yoga. In her classes you will learn about the power of the mind, how to regulate your nervous system through the practice and breathing.
Mangroove House
The wooden cabin is the perfect space for nature lovers. It is cozy and wild at the same time, fully surrounded by mangroves and an infinite sea. So be prepared to find marine iguanas and sea lions parking next by. It enjoys a private bathroom, kitchenette, fridge, and a magical terrace next to our private waterfront in Punta Estrada.
Whale Room
This single room has a spacious and comfortable double bed. It has a private bathroom, and a beautiful view to the sea.
TRAVEL INSURANCE
We recommend you book travel insurance so you can book and travel worry-free.
Here are a few options, but there are many more:
- World Nomads
- InsureMyTrip
- TravelGuard
- Just ensure they include emergency flight transportation to adequate hospitals because the hospitals in the Amazon are very limited.
EXPERIENTAL PROGRAM
Galapagos Islands - Ecuador
(593) 987611533
International Certification
We are part of Latin America's most extensive Yoga instructors and practitioners network. Our training is a specialty of the RA Yoga Integral® curriculum and gives access to the 300, or 500 hours of the higher diploma endorsed by Yoga Alliance USA.
