200-Hour 22 Day

MEDITATION & YOGA TEACHER TRAINING COURSE IN BALI

Full Accreditation and Certification by the internationally recognized Yoga Alliance

Join us in Bali and become a certified meditation and yoga teacher

 

Now more than ever, as the world becomes less predictable, we need the tools to help us master our own inner world. That is exactly what our teachings are about!

Expand your knowledge of authentic yoga beyond asana practice.

Unlock the wisdom of the heart and grow beyond your boundaries.

 

Dates & Investment

Upcoming Dates   April 2 – 23 , 2023   August 1 – 22, 2023   October 8 – 29, 2023
Tuition Fee Starting at $1999 USD  
Package Pricing
Non-residential: Course fee and 3 meals per day. $1999 USD Early Bird price – valid 6 months or more before the course begins. $2222 USD 6 months or less before the course begins   Click here for photos of onsite accommodation. Budget shared package: Single bed in a shared dorm for four, with a shared bath. $2299 Early Bird $2555   Budget Private package: Single/queen bed in a private room with shared bathroom facilities. $2499 Early Bird $2777 Standard package: Queen bed in either the villa Mezzanine room or a private cottage with bathroom and kitchenette. $2699 Early Bird $2999 Comfort package: King bed in a private room with en-suite bathroom in shared villa with pool. $2999 Early Bird $3333 Click here for photos of onsite accommodation.   A 15% deposit is required to reserve the room of your choice. Access to the online platform will become available once you have paid in full. If you want early access, please leave a $550 non-refundable deposit.
Special Discounts
Friends & Family: Sign up as a pair sharing a room/bed and both of you will get 15% off the full course price. Not applicable on early bird price. Early Bird: Find Early Bird prices above. This discount is valid up to 6 months before the course starts. Referrals: Refer someone who signs up for our TTC and receive 10% off of an online course and 5% off of an in-person course in Bali. Be sure to tell your friends to mention you when they contact us.
I’ve learned more about yoga on the first day of this course than I have in all of the classes I’ve attended! This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!
Tawny

Canada

200 HR YTT in Bali

Our Samyama 200hr Meditation and Yoga Teacher Training Course offers an opportunity for self-growth, personal development, and transformation. This experience will provide you with the tools necessary to develop your own personal practice or to step into your calling as a teacher and guide. In addition to your in-person experience, you will have access to our rich online teaching platform for 12 months. This will allow you to have ample time to practice and digest the teachings at your own pace. The gift of yoga and meditation is so profound that this intensive teacher training course may help you to:
    • Become an excellent yoga and meditation teacher
    • Feel healthier in your body and mind
    • Introduce amazing changes into your life that you didn’t dare to before
    • Forget about the world for a while and just listen to your Self
    • Discover your purpose in life
    • And more…One thing we know from experience; things will never be the same
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What’s Included

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3 meals per day
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1 airport transfer one way
9
1 steam sauna/cold plunge session
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1 deep tissue massage with our Balinese massage healer
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Yoga Alliance accredited certificate
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Access to our private Facebook group
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Access to our online platform for 12 months
9
Buddy system for extra support and practicum assignments
Interested? Reach out!
Payment policy
  • Fees for Teacher Training Courses must be paid in full at least 14 days before the start of the course. If balance remains unpaid and no response from the student before the start of course, the student’s spot may be offered to another student on the waiting list. 

Cancellation policy
  • There will be no refund of deposits or course fees paid for cancellations made less than 14 days before the start of the course. 

  • There will be no refund of deposits or course fees paid for no-shows, unless major incidents such as death or natural disaster. Force majeure incidents are at the discretion of Samyama management. 

  • If a student must cancel after paying in full, the student may use that balance to book another course at a later date that starts within 24 months, minus the deposit amount. This means, the student will need to pay another deposit to compensate for the last minute cancellation.

Deposit policy
  • A participant is eligible for 100% refund of a deposit if Samyama is notified at least 120 days prior to the event start date.
  • A participant will be eligible for 50% refund of a deposit if Samyama is notified at least 90 days prior to the start date.
  • In all circumstances, when a refund is made, transfer charges will be covered by the participant, not Samyama. This means Samyama will deduct the transfer charge from the total refund sent.
  • Date change without loss of deposit is possible if Samyama is notified at least 60 days before the event starting date. We allow one date change to save your deposit. Deposit must be used for a course or service offered within 24 months.

Other policies
  • No special discounts are applied on early bird or flash sale prices.
  • Please note that we have limited residential spots and usually no residential spots are left for last minute booking.

Our Team

Dijan
Dijan is a practitioner of yoga and meditation with many years of experience. Her work is a synthesis of yoga therapy, esoteric tantra knowledge/practices, and meditation. She has studied with several teachers and has been fully immersed in a yogic way of life for many years working as a full-time yoga teacher and therapist. Her teachings aim to provide ways to open up to life inside and out, in order to serve oneself and others. Dijan is trained in the following areas: Yoga therapy: After completing an 800h yoga therapist program, she offers private consultations and retreats on an international level relying on yogic techniques, ayurvedic knowledge, and different dietary disciplines. Meditation: She is initiated in many profound forms of meditation such as mantra, yantra, laya, uccara, vipassana, hridaya, and mindfulness. Meditation is the core of her personal practice and her teaching. Femininity: She created her holistic and mature synthesis of teachings and techniques from Tantra, Ayurveda, anthropology, and philosophy serving to understand, express, and balance the feminine nature. She is also adding her dance background into this profound work manifesting as the retreat series ‘The Feminine Way.’
Devlin
Devlin is a musician, a practitioner, and a teacher. She was first introduced to a simple Thich Nhat Hanh meditation at the age of 12 and has been on a long and winding road to the Self ever since. Devlin is passionate about the link between art and heart and worked for many years bringing performing arts and mindfulness education to under-served communities in New York City. She is a strong believer in the power of meditation for liberating ourselves from unconscious conditioned patterns. Once these no longer hold us back, we can realize the true nature of our hearts and act with kindness, compassion, and ease for the good of all beings and the planet. Devlin has been teaching since 2006 and contributes her background in pedagogy and her experience with children, special needs, and at-risk populations. After spending two years apprenticing with a reiki master, tantrika, and energy healer, she decided to dive fully into spiritual teachings. In 2016 she began focusing exclusively on teaching hatha yoga, meditation, and sacred feminine arts internationally. She is a co-owner of Samyama, currently based in Bali, and thrilled to be continuing to share the gift of meditation through this Meditation & Yoga Teacher Training Course all across the world.
Andrea
Andrea has lived on earth for some time and traveled and lived in many countries. He has navigated through business and spiritual communities, experienced bliss and depression, checked out Tantra and Advaita. Andrea believes the genuine play of life sits in living fully all of our sides while watching from the middle. He has been a student and a teacher, a clerk and a manager, and loves life for all its facets of existence. He is fascinated by people and their authentic expression of inner gifts. Andrea is the founder of Samyama and a Hridaya Meditation teacher. His intention in building Samyama was to create a home for silence and stillness amidst the movement of Ubud.
Kat
As a 500 hr certified yoga instructor, eternal student of life, digital nomad, adventure-loving soul, and mother, Katrin is forever exploring new ways of connecting to our true self and the magic of everyday life. She passes forward the lineage of Krishnamacharya that comes with a strong focus on breath, felt sense awareness, and safe structural alignment in her Hatha, Yin and Vinyasa infused yoga practices. Influenced by her own health, healing and motherhood journey, she brings a unique sense of empowerment to her teachings.

What makes this TTC special?

Outstanding teachers
Our teachers are dedicated and accomplished yogis/yoginis. They all have a solid background in yoga and meditation, and a regular personal practice. They will share their diverse gifts and skills with you from an authentic and heart-centered place of service.
A venue created by practitioners for practitioners
Our beautiful venue, Samyama Mindfulness Meditation Center, was born out of a desire for authenticity and a love of non-dual teachings. Meditation and inner work were the seeds. Love and a dedication to service helped to water this dream. Our facilities have been purposefully designed to support deep transformation, healing and integration. Our unique location is tucked away in a quiet neighborhood surrounded by jungle and rice fields in tropical paradise. We are only a 5 minute drive to town but you will feel far away from the hustle and bustle.
Amazing healthy meals
Samyama Eatery is all about wholesome, fresh, colorful, plant-based food made from scratch right here in our compassionate kitchen. It is also delicious! We offer predominantly organic, locally sourced food. We strive to create a kitchen with zero food waste. We care deeply about the planet and all life forms on it, including you!
Carefree, all inclusive packages
From the moment you step off the plane in Bali, our friendly and trustworthy drivers will be there to greet you and transport you to Samyama. You will feel supported with a plant-based diet, designed especially for this journey. Samyama’s massage therapist, steam sauna, ice bath and other Healing Center perks are available when you need some extra care. The staff and teachers take pride in the warm family vibe we create, where everyone feels well taken care of.
The Yoga capital of the world
Ubud, Bali has become one of the top destinations for yoga and spirituality. The local Balinese Hindu’s live their practice through a strong belief in karma and acts of devotion – offering to the gods on a daily basis. Ubud translates into ‘medicine’ and has always been a holy center for healing and purifying. It is hard not to feel the strong, yet nourishing energy – like a warm embrace – from mama Bali.
One-on-one attention
Everyone has their own unique journey with yoga and meditation. It’s not a one-size-fits-all kind of practice. We value the importance of one-on-one attention by keeping our group small, offering each student a teacher/mentor they can go to with questions, and creating a buddy system. Our curriculum is designed in accordance with Yoga Alliance standards. Upon completion of the course, you will receive accreditation as an RYS 200 hour teacher.

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What to Expect

Meditation initiations
Each week you will be guided into the depths of a different approach to meditation. You will be initiated into specific techniques by our empowered teachers. Daily practice of each new technique will help you discover which form of meditation works best for you, and give you the ability to guide your future students. Perhaps the most meaningful of these initiations is a 3-day silent meditation retreat based in non-dual practices and the revelation of the spiritual heart.
Styles of yoga
You will be trained in major, classical poses of hatha yoga obtaining a thorough understanding of their physical, energetic, emotional, mental and spiritual effects. Samyama MYTTC focuses primarily on tantric Hatha yoga addressing the subtle energetic and spiritual effects of our practice. In addition, we offer an introduction to vinyasa, restorative, and yin practices to round out your experience. Please note that we place more significance on the union of mind-body-spirit than we do on physical strength, and flexibility. If you are looking for a strict alignment-based approach, we may not be the right school for you.
Anatomy and physiology
We want you to have a good understanding of the anatomy and physiology of our bodies without getting overwhelmed by medical words alone. Our expert teachers will create immersions into anatomy, physiology and Ayurveda – the sister science of yoga – for you to explore yoga`s effects and functioning in our being from a scientific perspective.
Kriya techniques
We will teach and practice together selected techniques from the shat karma kriya system. This will assist our bodies in the purification processes that occur during intensive yoga and meditation practice. These techniques are gems that you will want to share with your students.
Teaching and professional skills
We love sharing our passion for this path. We want you to develop all of the required teaching skills; from making adjustments/corrections, to giving effective discourses to tuning into the needs of the individual and the group. We would also like to broaden your vision on how to make teaching yoga and meditation your profession.
Philosophy and history
Besides the core texts of yoga philosophy such as the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and the Bhagavad Gita, we will introduce tantric texts such as the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, teachings from Advaita Vedanta and more. There are so many beautiful and accessible texts that inform and inspire our meditation practice.
Horizontal elements
  • Sharing circles: We will have weekly sharing circles to support the group during this intensive journey.
  • Buddy system: Traveling solo? No worries. You’ll have a built in friend for support and sharing.
  • Mentoring system: Each participant will be assigned a teacher they can go to with questions. Your assigned teacher/mentor will schedule a one-on-one meeting for any personal issues that you would rather address in private.
  • Evening activities (optional): some fun surprises to blow off some steam, sometimes literally.

We seek a balance of practice, theory and teaching formation in our program. Our Meditation & Yoga Teacher Training Course aims to help you build a solid self-practice, give you a strong understanding of the metaphysics of yoga/meditation and provide you with the skills to deliver these teachings.

Practice Components
Initiation to the following meditation techniques
  • Concentration techniques
  • Mindfulness meditation
  • Walking meditation
  • Music meditation
  • Spiritual heart (Hridaya) meditation
  • Classical Tantra: practice with mantra (sacred sound)
  • Techniques from Kashmiri Shaivism
  • Daily yoga and meditation practice
  • Pranayama, mudra and bandha practices
  • Practical application of purification techniques
Theory Components
  • Philosophical basis of yoga: core scriptures such as the bhagavad gita and the yoga sutras of Patanjali; paths of yoga
  • Meditation: form, practice and effects of meditation, functioning of the mind from a yogic standpoint
  • Tantra: subtle energy structure of our body; pancha maya kosha, chakra system, principles of macrocosm and microcosm; energy and consciousness
  • Anatomy, physiology and ayurveda
  • Teaching formation component consists of:
    • Adjustments/corrections and adaptations as a yoga teacher
    • Soft skills: presentation skills, holding space, teaching ethics
    • Practical experience: practicum experiences with structured teacher/peer feedback
    • Professional development: set-up and marketing of a yoga business

Weekly Flows

The Samyama Meditation & Yoga 200hr Yoga Teacher Training is a 22-day journey divided into four cycles of 6 days with a day off in between each cycle.
Week I
  • Introductory yoga techniques
  • Concentration basics and mindfulness meditation
  • Philosophical basis
  • Purification techniques
  • Subtle energy system in yoga and tantra
  • Immersion into anatomy and physiology
Week II
  • Going deeper into yoga techniques and pranayama
  • Creative contemplation
  • Movement and music meditation initiations
  • Initiation to spiritual heart meditation
  • 3-day silent meditation and yoga immersion
  • Immersion into Ayurveda
Week III
  • Teaching formation and professional skills
  • Integration of all the immersions
  • Advanced techniques
  • Classical tantra initiation
  • Further techniques from Kashmiri Shaivism
  • Group study and practice sessions
Daily schedule
Please note that this is a preliminary schedule and is subject to change.
  • 07:30-09:00 Asana, prayanama, meditation practice.
  • 09:00-10:00 Breakfast break
  • 10:00-11:30 Theory
  • 11:30-12:30 Meditation initiation
  • 12:30-2:00 Lunch break
  • 2:00 – 4:00 Theory
  • 4:00-4:30 Break
  • 4:30-6:30 Asana (intro to a new technique and practice)
  • 18:30 Dinner followed by free time/optional evening activities
Occasional evening activities (optional)
  • Ice bath and steam room sessions
  • Bhajan (Devotional Singing)
  • Women’s Circles / Men’s Circles

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