PANAMA 200hr 1-week Fusion Immersion Yoga Teacher Training

Pre-requisites
Join YiA Yoga to immerse yourself in your true nature of health, joy, love, awareness, and peace amidst the abundant natural beauty of the tropical mountains of Boquete, Panama. YiA Yoga is an Internationally Certified Yoga Alliance® Yoga School offering a unique and authentic yoga teacher training experience. The YTT's are open to yogis and yoginis of all ages, physical levels, and religious, and spiritual paths.

All of YiA training are open to yogis of all levels as they empower you to work with your current design, its strengths, and weaknesses. If you can breathe, you can join!

Certification
Students who complete the training are eligible to register with Yoga Alliance as Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®).

About the training
Are you ready to transform your life by taking a journey deep within yourself? After guiding thousands of students on the path of yoga over the past 10+ years, YiA Yoga has mastered the art of sharing this transformational practice with others.

YiA believes the true power of yoga goes way beyond the physical. Yoga is a personal journey within yourself to remember and nourish your true essence of love, joy, and peace and to then see that same essence in everyone and everything around you.

It is a journey that connects you to your own personal values and beliefs, your own strengths and weaknesses. It connects you to the ancient wisdom that flows through every cell of your body.

Yoga holds the power to heal each one of you in mind, body, and spirit by reminding you that you are all interconnected and woven together as one beautiful tapestry of life. Yoga teaches you to see the magic in all that is. That this life you have been given is a blessing and is meant to be lived to the fullest. It reminds you to see the beauty all around you and to embrace the shadows cast side by side with the light.

It is a journey of fusing the light with the dark and witnessing and embracing their perfect balance. It is a journey of surrender and trust. It is a journey deep within the heart where a never-ending flame of unconditional love illuminates each and every one of you.

During the training, not only will you explore the physical aspects of a yoga practice such as alignment, adjustments, transitions, peak pose sequencing class design, and anatomy, but you will also explore the spiritual aspects of yoga and discuss ancient yoga philosophy empowering you to find your own path and truth.

This training is led by the Yoga founder, Katherine Sophia and is supported by other YiA Yoga trainers and guest teachers. A maximum of 15 participants will be accepted.

Yoga styles
The primary foundation of the course is Vinyasa Flow, but students will be encouraged to create their own unique classes that most support their authentic voice and style. YiA Yoga has produced teachers guiding students through Yin, Ashtanga, Bikram, Restorative, Power, Gentle, AcroYoga, yoga for kids, and many more.

The experience
Take your practice to the next level by immersing yourself in the exploration of yoga. Whether you are just beginning your practice or have an advanced practice, this training will surely create a beautiful shift in your life and expand you beyond measure on your journey with yoga. Upon completion, you will become an internationally recognized registered yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance, the world's largest non-profit yoga certification and training organization expanding over 160 countries. You will also leave feeling deeper in love with yourself and the world around you with a clearer vision of your future.

Personal growth
YiA Yoga will inspire you to “be the change you wish to see in this world.” During the training, you will have the opportunity to reflect and connect with your highest self, the part of you that knows the sky is the limit, the part of you that sees the beauty within yourself and others, the part of you that makes your dreams, hopes, and visions a reality.

Spiritual connection
This training is designed to be suitable for people of all religious and spiritual backgrounds. YiA Yoga fully respects and honors individual belief systems. The aim is not to “convert” you into anything. It is rather to inspire you to be the best version of yourself. If you believe in a higher power, this training will connect you more to your own higher power and your highest self. Together, we will practice the power of love and gratitude, which crosses all cultures, religions, and philosophies.

Creativity through Vinyasa
The primary style of yoga you will learn is Vinyasa yoga. It is one of the more creative types of yoga and is a perfect base for all other forms. If you can teach a Vinyasa class, expanding to teaching other forms of yoga is easy. Vinyasa can be soft and gentle or powerful and intense. It is whatever you want it to be. You as a teacher are able to express your creativity through practice and personalize your class to express who you are and what you represent.

Vinyasa is a beautiful dance that comes together through sun salutations. During the training, you will also expand your knowledge of the various forms of yoga by participating in a variety of different styles of classes.

Yoga anatomy and physiology
You will explore the relationship between yoga anatomy and physiology that will support you to guide your students in a safe and effective manner and will empower you to create well-rounded and balanced classes using peak pose sequencing. There will be an inside look at a collection of the most important foundational poses that together comprise the full range of the body’s expression to give you a better understanding of the movements involved using full-color, detailed anatomical illustrations.

Yoga adjustments
YiA Yoga believes that one key to being an exceptional yoga teacher is being able to support your students in their practice by taking their postures to their full expression safely. There will be a hands-on approach to teaching you, not only the anatomy of the posture but how to get them into proper alignment using effective adjustment techniques.

You will also develop clear and concise communication skills, learn to fully observe your students in their practice, and communicate what they need to hear in order to deepen their own experience. Lastly, you will discover the beauty and power of body awareness through various meditations, pranayamas, and exercises.

Build on your strengths as a teacher
Your ability to create change within yourself and in the world depends upon your courage, commitment, authenticity, and connection. By exploring your strengths and deeply connecting to your highest self, you will empower others to do the same. There is no greater gift you can give than allowing your light to shine as brightly as possible, as it inspires others to do the same.

Each yoga teacher has something exceptional to offer their students. Together, you will tap into examining your personal strengths and using them as a foundation for developing your individual teaching styles allowing you to fully experience the joy, art, and science of being a yoga teacher.

Meditation
The founder and director of YiA Yoga, Katherine Sophia, credits much of her focus and success - both worldly and in the spiritual realms - to the practice of meditation and visualization using the law of attraction as a strong foundation. During this training, you will have the opportunity to dive into this magnificent, life-impacting, powerful practice with her, and learn how you can incorporate meditation and visualization into your own life assisting you in fulfilling your dreams and desires. And as you develop and expand your personal meditation practice, you will be inspired to guide your students to theirs.

Yoga philosophy
The practice of yoga goes back thousands of years but has only exploded across the world just recently. You will look into the most significant historical yogic texts, giving you a deeper understanding of the foundation of yoga and flow through time to bring you to the present moment of what it means to be a yogi in the 21st century.