Lake Atitlan, Santa Cruz la Laguna, Sololá Department, Guatemala
November 3 - 23, 2024
About this Retreat
The Founder: Doron Hanoch
Doron Hanoch is a Certified 550 hour teacher (ERYT), Director of the Doron Yoga School (RYS 200 & 500), Founder and CEO of the Doron Yoga & Zen Center at beautiful Lake Atitlan, Guatemala.
He first discovered yoga and meditation in 1992 while traveling in the Far East. Since then he has studied with amazing teachers including the Dalai Lama, Pattabhi Jois and his family, Richard Freeman (teacher training, advanced trainings and assisting), Tim Miller (3rd Series teacher training), Mark Stephens (Vinyasa teacher training, continuing studies and mentoring), Adarsh, Shashadri, Rolf and Marci, and Cidananda.
Doron loves growing food, cooking and eating. He studied cooking at The Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and the Culinary Arts in New York City. He complimented cooking with becoming a Holistic nutrition consultant from The Global College of Natural Medicine and studies permaculture at the Occidental Center for the Arts in Sonoma, CA. He worked for Pure Foods and Wine in New York City, volunteered in the kitchens of many Ashrams and Zen centers as well as worked as a cook and chef at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, CA.
He is the author of
Doron Yoga Cookbook and
The Yoga Lifestyle (Llewellyn 2016)
As a Founder of Doron Yoga, Doron’s background and skillset holistically merge together on the mat with a strong yet steady flow incorporating breathing, mind focus, alignment, and humor. Try out one of his classes for yourself on the
Doron Yoga YouTube Channel.
Cooking, eating, practicing yoga and meditating – pure bliss! 🙂
Details of this retreat
Doron Yoga 300-Hour Ashtanga and Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training at Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
Expert tip: This is one of Guatemala's most popular yoga retreats.
Doron Yoga is a comprehensive, results-oriented school focusing on mastering the body and the mind equally.
We seek excellence and work hard while staying soft within, always with humor and awareness.
We modify per the specific needs of each individual, accelerating success and maintaining safety.
Our programs are transformative. Beyond strength, flexibility, and agility, you will build a mindset of leadership, success, calm, joy, and love—less woo-woo, more truth.
If you seek the best yoga school in the world, you may have found it.
Now the question is if you are the right fit for us.
We seek motivated individuals who are interested in excellence, in deepening their practice from foundation to advanced in order to become the best version of themselves.
When you are at your peak, the teaching flows. Honest sharing, humble serving.
Expect: Radical Transformation
Requirements: Open mind, result-driven, caring, honest and curious person!
Only 2 in-person trainings coming soon:
Nov 3 - 23rd, 2024
Jan 5-12, 2025 (Hybrid version)
The Doron Yoga School 300-hour teacher training course at Lake Atitlan in Guatemala.
This may just be the greatest adventure of your life – a life-transforming experience – for your body and mind. Your soul cannot be transformed but can be realized, and we will learn practical, no-nonsense ways to tap into the source.
Three weeks of disconnect from your everyday life, surrounded by loving, like-minded people, and going through this transformation both together and alone. Eating meals designed by a chef and nutrition consultant, together with friends, learning about the yoga life and Zen mind.
The curriculum includes asana, pranayama, meditation, philosophy, Ayurveda, food/nutrition, the yoga lifestyle, subtle energy, anatomy, hands-on assisting, sequencing system, actual teaching, history of yoga, lots of practice, and guidance from Doron. This training is eligible for Yoga Alliance RYT certification.
Based on Ashtanga and Vinyasa, you will learn the Ashtanga poses and the Doron Yoga legendary system for sequencing.
Is this for you?
Are you a dedicated yogi who wants to dive deeper into the holistic realms of yoga?
Yoga Styles
-Ayurveda
-Vinyasa
-Ashtanga
-Hatha
-Flow
-Kundalini
Skill level
-Intermediate
-Advanced
Requirements
-At least six months of regular asana practice of any yoga style.
-Open mind to learn new techniques and new ways of living and thinking and non-thinking.
-Willingness to dedicate yourself to the study and practice during this intensive.
-A balance of discipline with the willingness to smile and be there with a loving group of people.
Required Reading Materials
-The Yoga Lifestyle / Doron Hanoch
-The Key Muscles of Yoga / Ray Long
-The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali / Swami Satchidanada
-Gita Wisdom /Joshua M Geecne
-Teaching Yoga / Mark Stephens
-The Heart of Yoga / TKV Desikachar
Certifications
Upon completing this yoga teacher training, students will receive certification affiliated with Yoga Alliance. Registration with Yoga Alliance provides a globally recognized credential.
Things to do (optional)
-Massage and holistic treatments: We work with fabulous massage therapists, mostly Guatemalans. Experience their magic hands and presence. Highly recommended at least once a week.
- Visit San Marcos and San Pedro: San Marcos is the closest town and can also be reached by foot along a dirt road. There, you can relax in one of the many cafes and restaurants or partake in an array of healing offerings, including shamanism, cacao ceremonies, Reiki, massage, and much more. San Pedro, a short ride to the other side of the lake, has more of a vibrant backpacker’s vibe and is a little less expensive.