200-hour Integral Yoga Teacher Training - Spring
200-hour Integral Yoga Teacher Training - Spring
April 13 - May 11, 2025
Retreat Highlights
- Comprehensive Yoga Training: A month-long residential program covering asanas, pranayama, deep relaxation, chanting, and meditation.
- Foundational Yoga Philosophy: Explore Raja Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, and Karma Yoga to deepen your understanding of yogic principles.
- Practical Skill Development: Learn anatomy, physiology, vegetarian diet benefits, and class management techniques to enhance teaching readiness.
- Experienced Instructors: Receive guidance from compassionate, knowledgeable teachers with a deep understanding of body mechanics and yoga principles.
- Certification and Recognition: Graduates earn a diploma certifying them to teach Integral Yoga Level 1 classes with 220 Yoga Alliance hours.
About this Retreat
Saci Murphy, E-RYT 500, Saci has been teaching all levels and branches of Integral Yoga since 2009. Previously, she enjoyed an eclectic career as a professional dancer, teacher, and choreographer for 25 years. She owned and operated a successful performing arts center and ballet company and developed a software company that pioneered interactive multimedia and training programs internationally.
Stepping into the LOTUS temple, the Light Of Truth Universal Shrine at Satchidananda Ashram – Yogaville, was a turning point for Saci. Sri Swami Satchidananda’s universal teaching that there is only one Truth within the many spiritual traditions and practices resonated deeply within her. All traditions create in us the opportunity to be present, awake and fully alive.
While living at Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville, she directed the Living Yoga Training (LYT) residential immersion program, sharing the teachings of Raja, Bhakti, Karma and Jnana Yoga with others. In 2017 she became director of programming at the San Francisco IY Institute. Within the Bay Area, Saci had opportunities to serve those experiencing homelessness in various shelters and communities.
In 2021 Saci relocated to Arizona where she managed the Diamond Mountain Retreat Center, a Buddhist meditation center in the mountains, serving aspirants and the local Native American community.
Today, Saci continues her lighthearted and inspirational teaching at Yogaville and around the US, sharing her love of the practice. Through proper alignment of the body, breath, and movement, she also focuses on the subtle yet powerful practices of chanting, deep relaxation, pranayama, and meditation.
Swami Priyaananda is a senior disciple of Swami Satchidananda with thirty years of experience in the practice of Integral Yoga. She served in the Integral Yoga Health Services division and the Distribution Department at Satchidananda Ashram in Connecticut, as well as Executive Secretary and Coordinator of the Living Yoga Training program at the Ashram in Virginia. Currently, she is Vice President of the Office of Spiritual Development and Manager of Satchidananda Archives.
Daya, also known as Amy Eberhardt, MPH, LMT, blends compassion and expertise in her yoga teachings. With a multifaceted background as an Integral Yoga teacher, reiki practitioner, retired massage therapist and hospital integrative health specialist, and Duke-trained health & wellbeing coach, and astrologer, Daya draws upon more than 20 years of health and wellness experience. Certified in Integral Hatha Yoga Levels I & II, Adaptive Yoga, and Therapeutic Restorative Yoga, she teaches the Anatomy and Physiology section for IYINY's Level I and Adaptive Yoga teachers in training. Daya's devotion to integrative health and embodied practices motivates her to guide students on an illuminating journey of discovery, exploring the anatomy of yoga through an embodied, integrative approach that connects primary body systems with asanas and introspective, kinesthetic exploration of asana, pranayama, yoga nidra and meditation, fostering a truly transformative and holistic practice.
Swami Divyananda Ma, E-RYT 500, has had a wealth of experience teaching Integral Yoga around the world since 1973. She has taught at corporations, universities, the Commonwealth Cancer Center, and for the Dr. Dean Ornish Reversing Heart Disease programs. She has also served as one of Integral Yoga’s Basic Hatha teacher trainers.
Swami Divyananda Ma took monastic vows in 1975 from the great saint and yogi, Sri Swami Satchidananda. Over the years she has served as the director of the Integral Yoga Institutes in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and as Ashram Manager at Yogaville. She also served for ten years as the director of the Integral Yoga Institute in Coimbatore, India; this immersion into the South Indian culture has given depth to her understanding and practice of Yoga.
Now an itinerant monk, Swami Divyananda is constantly “on the road.” She leads the annual Sacred India Tours to sacred sites in India in addition to international Yoga retreats and trainings.
See more at sacredindiatours.org
Details of this retreat
The Integral Yoga 200-hour Teacher Training is a comprehensive, month-long residential program where you will learn to teach asanas (Yoga poses), deep relaxation, pranayama (breathing practices), chanting, and meditation.
Gain a strong foundation for personal and spiritual development, a space for nurturing your own Yoga practice, and the skills necessary to become a knowledgeable Integral Yoga teacher.
This comprehensive, 200-hr Yoga teacher certification is a month-long residential program where you will learn to teach each portion of the Integral Yoga Level I class, including asanas (Yoga poses), deep relaxation, pranayama (breathing practices), chanting, and meditation.
Additionally, you will explore:
Instruction in anatomy and physiology
Raja Yoga (the science of the mind and yogic lifestyle)
Jnana Yoga (the study of Self-inquiry)
Bhakti Yoga (the path of devotion; including chanting, worship, and self-surrender)
Karma Yoga (the practice of selfless service)
Chanting instruction—for personal practice and class settings
Classes about the benefits of a vegetarian diet
Conducting and publicizing classes
Prerequisites
Applicants should be regular practitioners of Hatha Yoga for six months. Applicants should be familiar with the Integral Yoga style of Hatha practice.
If you have any questions, please contact Saci Murphy at saci@yogaville.org or (434) 969-3121 x106 before submitting your application and non-refundable application fee.
Certification
Graduates receive a diploma certifying them to teach Integral Yoga Level 1 classes and are awarded 220 Yoga Alliance hours.
Testimonials:
Saci is a naturally gifted teacher whose warmth and encouragement creates an uplifting and inclusive environment. Her years as a dancer give her a strong foundation in body mechanics and healthy alignment, and her many years as a devoted Yogi give her a deep understanding into the more subtle levels of being, which she readily and easily imparts to her students. Her classes are accessible and fun, and you'll leave feeling refreshed, balanced and supported. — Claire B.
The Integral Yoga teacher training came at a magical time to help me connect with my true self and to set me on a path in alignment with my heart. A greater purpose was revealed during the teacher training, rerouting me to help others heal through Yoga. The program was demanding and challenging with loving guidance from compassionate, dedicated, and wise instructors. We were required to practice what we were learning to teach. Through daily meditation, hatha yoga, breathing practices, and the study of the yoga sutras, yoga principles, and yoga history, we experienced the direct benefits of a devoted practice and blossomed into well-prepared and disciplined Integral Yoga teachers. — Paula Lucas
Tentative Schedule
All activities at the Satchidananda Ashram in Yogaville, Virginia Ashram are structured around the daily schedule of the ashram which includes meditation and Hatha Yoga each morning and evening prior to breakfast and dinner, as well as noon meditation held in Guru Bhavahan and Lotus prior to lunch.
Time
Activity
5:30 AM
Wake up
6:00 – 6:30 AM
Meditation
6:40 – 8:10 AM
Hatha Yoga
8:15 – 9:15 AM
Breakfast
9:30 – 11:20 AM
Morning Session
11:20 – 11:30 AM
Announcements
11:45 AM
Van leaves for LOTUS (behind VV dorms)
12:00 – 12:30 PM
Noon Meditation
12:45 – 1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 – 3:00 PM
Study/Free Time
3:00 – 5:45 PM
Afternoon Session
6:00 – 6:30 PM
Yoga Nidra or Meditation
6:35 – 7:15 PM
Dinner
7:30 – 9:00 PM
Evening Session
9:30 PM
Academy building closes
10:00 PM
Lights Out
Gain a strong foundation for personal and spiritual development, a space for nurturing your own Yoga practice, and the skills necessary to become a knowledgeable Integral Yoga teacher.
This comprehensive, 200-hr Yoga teacher certification is a month-long residential program where you will learn to teach each portion of the Integral Yoga Level I class, including asanas (Yoga poses), deep relaxation, pranayama (breathing practices), chanting, and meditation.
Additionally, you will explore:
Instruction in anatomy and physiology
Raja Yoga (the science of the mind and yogic lifestyle)
Jnana Yoga (the study of Self-inquiry)
Bhakti Yoga (the path of devotion; including chanting, worship, and self-surrender)
Karma Yoga (the practice of selfless service)
Chanting instruction—for personal practice and class settings
Classes about the benefits of a vegetarian diet
Conducting and publicizing classes
Prerequisites
Applicants should be regular practitioners of Hatha Yoga for six months. Applicants should be familiar with the Integral Yoga style of Hatha practice.
If you have any questions, please contact Saci Murphy at saci@yogaville.org or (434) 969-3121 x106 before submitting your application and non-refundable application fee.
Certification
Graduates receive a diploma certifying them to teach Integral Yoga Level 1 classes and are awarded 220 Yoga Alliance hours.
Testimonials:
Saci is a naturally gifted teacher whose warmth and encouragement creates an uplifting and inclusive environment. Her years as a dancer give her a strong foundation in body mechanics and healthy alignment, and her many years as a devoted Yogi give her a deep understanding into the more subtle levels of being, which she readily and easily imparts to her students. Her classes are accessible and fun, and you'll leave feeling refreshed, balanced and supported. — Claire B.
The Integral Yoga teacher training came at a magical time to help me connect with my true self and to set me on a path in alignment with my heart. A greater purpose was revealed during the teacher training, rerouting me to help others heal through Yoga. The program was demanding and challenging with loving guidance from compassionate, dedicated, and wise instructors. We were required to practice what we were learning to teach. Through daily meditation, hatha yoga, breathing practices, and the study of the yoga sutras, yoga principles, and yoga history, we experienced the direct benefits of a devoted practice and blossomed into well-prepared and disciplined Integral Yoga teachers. — Paula Lucas
Tentative Schedule
All activities at the Satchidananda Ashram in Yogaville, Virginia Ashram are structured around the daily schedule of the ashram which includes meditation and Hatha Yoga each morning and evening prior to breakfast and dinner, as well as noon meditation held in Guru Bhavahan and Lotus prior to lunch.
Time
Activity
5:30 AM
Wake up
6:00 – 6:30 AM
Meditation
6:40 – 8:10 AM
Hatha Yoga
8:15 – 9:15 AM
Breakfast
9:30 – 11:20 AM
Morning Session
11:20 – 11:30 AM
Announcements
11:45 AM
Van leaves for LOTUS (behind VV dorms)
12:00 – 12:30 PM
Noon Meditation
12:45 – 1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 – 3:00 PM
Study/Free Time
3:00 – 5:45 PM
Afternoon Session
6:00 – 6:30 PM
Yoga Nidra or Meditation
6:35 – 7:15 PM
Dinner
7:30 – 9:00 PM
Evening Session
9:30 PM
Academy building closes
10:00 PM
Lights Out
Getting Here
Accommodation
Shared Dormitory: Bottom Bunk
Bottom bunk in a shared dorm room.
Dorm rooms contain 4-8 beds.
Shared bathroom
Dorm rooms are not coed
Availability is Gender Specific
Shared Dormitory
Bottom or Top bunk in a shared dorm room.
Dorm rooms contain 4-8 beds.
Shared bathroom
Dorm rooms are not coed
Availability is Gender Specific
Private Dormitory
This is a private room with a shared bathroom in our Ramalinga Nilayam Dorm - Females Only
LOTUS Guest House
A Private Room with a Private Bath. All rooms come with a desk and chair.
Camp-Site
Set off in a quiet, wooded area adjacent to the Lotus Guest Houses are Eighteen campsites. Campers have use of the nearby bathhouse as well as laundry facilities at the LGH Building 3. Also, all camp-sites have tent platforms for a more comfortable and dry tenting experience. Price is per person per night.
Please bring your own tent, tie downs, tarp (weather protection). bedding and towels.
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