The Pure Living Yoga Method 200hr Teacher Training
Pure Living Yoga has developed an in-depth, nervous system based,
physical and philosophical yoga teacher training course.
This course blends the physical practices within the 8 Limbs of Yoga, Mobility Training, and Meditation Training — while offering guidance on
how to integrate and teach these sacred practices.
Through this 200-hour course, you’ll learn how to:
- Share informed approaches to the asanas and meditation, based in yoga philosophy, modern science, and the nervous system.
- Eembody your confidence and refine your communication style
- Confidently assess and guide others towards physical, energetic, emotional, mental, and spiritual wellbeing.
If you are eager to deepen your practice, expand your awareness of the nervous system from a Modern and Eastern lens, and refine your teaching skills
Here is what's included:
- Teacher training tuition
- 3 meals per day (incl coffee, tea and fresh juices)
- Group share, twin or private rooms (each person has their own bed, rooms have AC, fans and hot water)
- Pool, large hardwood shala, multiple balconies, fire pir, fruit orchard, fiber optic WIFI
- The beach! It's only 200 m away - barefoot walking distance
Itinerary
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Day 1 (Airport to Playa Marsella)
Most people choose to fly into Liberia, Costa Rica. We can arrange transfer for you where our driver will meet you and whisk you away for a 1-hour drive and a quick border hop into Nicaragua. Our next driver will be there to drive you one more hour straight to the piece of paradise that will be the setting for your training - Playa Marsella!
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Day 1-22 (Daily Schedule)
Sample itinerary:
6:30am - 9:00am: Pranayama, Asana & Meditation Practice
9:00am - 10:00am: Breakfast & Relaxation
10:00am - 1:00pm: Study Modules & Practice Teaching
1:00pm - 3:00pm: Lunch & Relaxation
3:00pm - 6:00pm: Study Modules & Practice Teaching
6:00pm - 7:00pm: Supper & Relaxation
7:00pm - 9:00pm: Pranayama, Asana & Meditation Practice
* Training runs in 5 day increments with 3 days off throughout. Schedule may vary slightly from week to week
More Information
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Included
- Teacher training tuition
- 3 meals per day (incl coffee, tea and fresh juices)
- Group share, twin or private rooms (each person has their own bed, rooms have AC, fans and hot water)
- Pool, large hardwood shala, multiple balconies, fire pir, fruit orchard, fiber optic WIFI
- The beach! It's only 200 m away - barefoot walking distance
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CURRICULUM
Curriculum Breakdown
The Pure Living Yoga Method curriculum is what we are MOST excited to share with you. Understanding the depths of the practice, the anatomy, the philosophy, and how to translate that into a class, requires students to fully embody the information. Without feeling the material, it can be challenging to understand it and share that in a class setting. For this reason, our trainees start teaching on day one, to develop the confidence and freedom to share this ancient practice from the heart.
Here are some of the highlights of the curriculum:
TECHNIQUES, TRAINING, & PRACTICE:
- Hands on assists for the asanas
- Practice teaching
- Full Practice Breakdown: heat building practices (vinyasa, ashtanga, rocket, & hatha), cooling practices (passive release yin, active release yin, & restorative), meditation practices (how to guide and where to start with students)
- Different styles of Pranayama’s, Breathwork, & their benefits
- Asana alignment points breakdown
- Modifications for common contraindications
- Inversions
- Sequencing for heat building & cooling practices: for beginners, level 1, level 2, & all levels classes
- How to use props
- Adaptations for Pre & Post Natal students
TEACHING METHODOLOGY:
- Teaching on & off the mat
- Theming your classes
- Increasing & decreasing difficulty in all levels classes
- Mirroring
- Determining you unique teaching style
- Communication: refining public speaking skills, vocal activation, anti-fragility and nuance development
ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY:
- Dissecting the universal language of anatomy
- Misalignments & contraindications
- Physiology of postures & sequences
- Scientific approach to increasing strength & flexibility
- Anatomy of pranayama
- Nervous system & the brain
- Functional Range Conditioning strategies with Kinstretch certified instructors
PHILOSOPHY, LIFESTYLE & ETHICS:
- Breakdown of foundational yoga literature & dissecting misinterpretations
- History of yoga and how is it relevant in the modern world
- Understanding & applying yamas & niyamas into the modern world
- Understanding & applying dharma & karma into the modern world
- Breakdown of chakras
- Dissecting the ego - according to Yoga Philosophies
- How to protect one's energy, share energy, & holding space on & off the mat
- How to identify with our inner philosophy
- Ceremonial practices
PSYCHOLOGICAL & EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
- Deconstructing our inner shadows & the steps to heal them
- Transformational breathwork & meditation practices
- Deconstructing the mind: default thinking patterns, creating new & healthy neural pathways, understanding mental & emotional triggers, psychosomatics, the science of happiness & much more.
- Meditation techniques & practices for releasing & letting go of past trauma
- The Science of Connection & Belonging: breakdown of the fundamentals, tools to deepen our connection with ourselves & others, understanding what emotions mean, and much more.
BUSINESS OF YOGA:
- How to’s of teaching public classes, private classes, and workshops
- Creating pricing
- Creating communities & collaborating
- Business planning basics
- Marketing basics
AYURVEDA & OTHER NATURAL MEDICINAL PRACTICES:
- Breakdown of basic Ayurvedic practices into daily life
- Sequencing for the doshas
- Self care practices for the body & Kriyas
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Retreat Centre
The ViVarte Boutique Hotel & Retreat Centre is the perfect spot to tran and practice in paradise. Stay in either private or shared rooms with AC, complete with a private pool and fibre optic WIFI.
Practice and train in the stunning hardwood yoga shala and movement studi, fully eqipped with mats and props.
With modern comfort in a natural setting, just steps away from Playa Marsella in Nicaragua, it's the perfect spot to explore the many limbs and layers of yoga.