Temple body arts® YOGA 200HR TEacher training 

Yoga & Social Justice

yoga is a powerful force of social justice

Participants will be encouraged to explore the intersections between yoga and social justice by exploring yoga’s great benefits on the soul, mind, and body, specifically in calming the nervous system and addressing some of the effects of long-held trauma in the female body due to systemic racism, sexism, ableism, and other forms of oppression. It is because of this understanding that our training is trauma-informed.

This training will empower you to use yoga as a powerful tool for transformation, both individually and for the collective; you will also be encouraged to become compassionate teachers who create inclusive and empowering spaces for diverse populations.

Scholarship Available

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Due to our desire to make this YTT more accessible and inclusive and offer genuine opportunities to those who are often excluded or underrepresented, we are offering a partial scholarship for Black, Indigenous, and Women of Color.

We will also be offering a partial scholarship to a local Costa Rican.

However, if you are in a position to be able to pay the full tuition we kindly ask that you do not apply for a scholarship, and so allow the scholarships to be allocated to those who genuinely need it.

To apply, fill out the application below and create a video answering the questions below, no more than 3 mins and email to [email protected].

1. What do you stand for and how do you live in devotion to your yogic path?

2. How do you envision using this experience to create divine impact?

We look forward to receiving your video applications. 

Are you curious about the asana practice?
 
Although dance is blended into this YTT, you will also leave with a solid understanding of Vinyasa class structure. Sun Salutations, key poses, and mini sequences will be covered extensively. You will also learn hands on assists and how to safely offer assists and adjustment to your students.

Do you feel called to move and dance, but have no dance background?
 
Movement is our birthright. No dance training or background is necessary to find your flow. It’s not about being “good at it”. We dance to get out of our heads, connect with our bodies, and find the freedom that comes with movement. 

Do you desire to deepen into the feminine mysteries and learn more about the power of your womb and your cyclical nature as a woman?

This training is for women who were born with wombs. Even if you do not have a physical womb anymore or do not bleed, you are still welcome here to learn how to align your cyclical nature with the seasons and the moon. You will leave here empowered to design a yoga flow depending on where woman are in their own cycle. 

Meals 

Farm to Table 

Food will be vegan with egg options and gluten free.  Three meals per day will be served, except on days off.

Food will made by our amazing team of Edible Alchemy chefs here on site. 

The food we prepare is sourced from local farms using organic, sustainable, biodynamic, and permaculture methods of agriculture as much possible, creating a farm to table experience to nourish the individuals creating the container. We believe that by supporting local farmers and producers who share our values, we support our eco-system, economy, community, and environment. By valuing the nourishment which put into our body, we output a higher energetic vibration, enabling the change we wish to see in the world.

We are very proud of the food we create for you and we look forward to nourishing your body and soul with delicious healthy fare!

Accommodations

ECO FRIENDLY RETREAT LODGE

There are two options for accommodations – private or shared. 

We look forward to accommodating you during the training in our eco-friendly, stylish and extremely comfortable up-cycled shipping container rooms here at Danyasa Eco-Retreat in Dominical Costa Rica. 

All rooms have AC, top quality mattresses and bedding, WiFi and private balconies.  

There are two options for accommodations –  private or shared.  Private rooms have a queen size bed and one person per room. Shared rooms have three twin beds, and are shared with one or two other participants.

We offer a variety of communal areas for studying or relaxing and a gorgeous swimming pool for cooling off between YTT sessions!

Claudia Gallo

E-RYT 500 – CO-LEAD FACILITATOR

“Yoga for me has been a journey within, a practice of remembrance to our most connected self and an exploration deeper and deeper into our true essence: all loving, at peace and at home.”

Originally from San Jose, Costa Rica, Claudia E-RYT 500 has spent over a decade traveling, living, and teaching around the world. She lived and taught mainly in Malaysia but constantly took workshops and other trainings in other parts of South East Asia and the USA, always deepening her practice and learning creative ways of sharing the yoga traditions. She moved back to Costa Rica in 2021 and has been working and collaborating with different Yoga retreat centers, studios, and communities, managing and facilitating retreats and offering her classes and special events including Danyasa Eco-Retreat. Claudia also received 60 hours from the Temple Body Arts Mystery School with Sofiah Thom in 2022.

Anya Devi

E-RYT 300 – CO-LEAD AND TEMPLE BODY ARTS FACILITATOR

The Alchemical Goddess & Cosmic Bhakti Yogini, Multidimensional Shadow Work & Emotional Clearing Practitioner, Temple Body Artist & Mentor.

Anya Devi is an Embodied Divine Feminine leader, Soulpreneur, teacher, coach, and guide in devotion to Divine guidance and in service to humanity.

She is committed to bringing healing and wholeness to all humankind through dedication to her embodied practices and to sharing her wisdom with her students, both in-person and through sacred-technology online.

Maite Onochie

e-RYT 300

Maite will be offering 10 hours of Women’s Yoga, Womb Wisdom, Prenatal Yoga, Social Justice

Maite will be joining us to share an introduction to prenatal and women’s yoga. After 15 years of working internationally as a social anthropologist specialized in early childhood development and childrearing, Maite’s deep heart-knowing took her on a profound pilgrimage, from her heart into the depths of her womb. It was here that she realized the need in these modern times to re-inhabit our bodies, and in doing so, the potentiality in ending cycles of violence.  Maite moved to Dominical in 2013 after taking Sofiah’s Yoga Teacher Training, she then went on to training in the Temple Body Arts Mystery School.  Maite has been weaving her wisdom through many of the trainings over the years at Danyasa.

Sofiah Thom

E-RYT 300 , Temple body arts® founder

Sofiah will be offering 20 hours of Temple Body Arts® Philosophy, Embodied Feminine Leadership, Off The Mat And Into The Dance

Kaitlyn Ferrel 

ANATOMY,  E-RYT 300 

Kaitlin will be offering 20 Hours of Anatomy

“I teach because I want to inspire the spark of curiosity that takes you deeper into the unknown mysteries of the practice.” 

Kaitlin Ferrell has studied with many well renowned teachers. She was fortunate enough to spend over a decade in Los Angeles, California, studying extensively with senior instructors, many of whom studied under Krishnamacharya, known to be the “Father of Modern Yoga.”

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