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Portugal is full of great options to do your yoga teacher training. Most of the yoga schools are teaching traditional Hatha and vinyasa yoga in an intensive 2-4 week format and most of them are offering fresh, organic, local food on site. You have many options to find a course near the beach or in nature, so go ahead and check out the top schools in Portugal below.
Sundari Integral Yoga School – Lisbon
This 200-hour yoga teacher training has an intensive schedule that aims to develop the physical and mental capacities of all participants so that after three weeks of intense practice and learning, you will be able to transmit and teach valuable Integral yoga techniques to your future students.
This yoga teacher training integrates various types of yoga, which will give you the ability to teach techniques from various types of traditional forms of yoga like Hatha, Jnana, Kundalini, Kriya, Karma, Bhakti, Mantra yoga, and more. The course is completed after a final four-hour written exam and will give you an internationally recognized Yoga Alliance certificate.
You will deepen your knowledge of yoga and enhance your personal development in the beautiful Costa de Caparica while being surrounded by the beauty of a natural park. You will be accommodated in a hotel only a five-minute walk away from the beach.
- Price: €2000 – €3000 depending on the type of accommodation you choose and the time of payment
- Duration: 21 residential days
- Website: http://www.sundari-center.com/integral-yoga-teacher-training-course/
- Yoga Style: Hatha
5 Elements Yoga – Algarve
With 5 Elements Yoga, you`ll have the opportunity to avail of authentic Indian yoga mentoring with an Indian teacher and receive a certificate from the Yoga Alliance upon completion of your course. 5 Elements Yoga believes in experiential learning of all taught concepts and techniques of traditional yoga so expect to practice a lot and get hands-on from the first day.
The theory and philosophy of yoga are carefully selected to deepen your own practice and help you form your own opinion about some key modern concepts and debates in yoga. During the course, you`ll be accommodated in a private villa in Monte Gordo, Algarve, only 50 meters from a sandy beach. There`s no meal plan included in the course fee!
- Price: €2300 – €2800, doesn`t include food
- Duration: 25 days residential
- Website: https://www.yoga5elements.com/
- Yoga Style: Hatha, Vinyasa
The Yogologist – Algarve
The Yogologist yoga teacher training aspires to help each student find their unique voice in teaching yoga by combining a highly spiritual approach to yoga with the strong scientific tradition of Hatha yoga. The course is held in two 10-day sessions and is divided into eight modules following the lines of the eight limbs of yoga by The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.
During the training, students and teachers will share a home together in the hills of the Algarve, surrounded by natural beauty. The accommodation is a spacious, private and peaceful house, set in almost two-hectares of land with an outdoor swimming pool and terraces where you can relax and take in the sea and countryside views. Upon completion, students will be qualified as a 220hr yoga teacher accredited by Yoga Alliance Professionals.
- Price: £2750 (in GBP!)
- Duration: 2 x 10 residential days over 6 months
- Website: http://theyogologist.co.uk/pilamaya/
- Yoga Style: Hatha
The True North Vinyasa – Columbeira and Ericeira
The True North Vinyasa`s teacher training is a course true to the essence of yoga with a fresh and open-minded perspective. You will be immersed in a transformational personal physical practice. You`ll gain a tool kit that will help you find your voice and your calling as a yoga teacher.
Throughout the course, you will focus on the foundational knowledge you need in order to create your own sequences so instead of learning set sequences you`ll learn how to be creative and intuitive with your flows. Upon completing the course, you will earn a 200-hour Yoga Alliance approved RYT Certificate.
The training is held at two locations, the first two weeks are in Columbia, a small village with lots of garden space and a pool. For the last week, you`ll move locations and go closer to the ocean to the beaches of Ericeira. Friends, watch out, you get a discounted price if you apply together!
- Price: $4400 – $4900
- Duration: 22 residential days
- Website: https://www.truenorthvinyasa.com/
- Yoga Style: Vinyasa Flow
Indiv Yoga – Carvoeiro
Indiv Yoga offers comprehensive training on Hatha and Vinyasa yoga in South Portugal several times a year. The15-day residential trainings have a strict schedule so the syllabus can be completed in these two weeks. Before applying for the course you`ll have to have at least one year of consistent yoga practice and you`ll have to complete a reading list.
Maintaining the integrity of the yoga traditions and philosophy, this yoga teacher training explores the science behind the body-mind connection, it’s a relation to yoga and meditation in the modern world and adapting yoga for the individual.
The location is in the breathtaking Carvoeiro in the south of Portugal on the beach and the accommodation will be in a villa. Once you attended every class on the course, passed your final exam and successfully led a 75-minute yoga class, you`ll gain your Yoga Alliance approved certification.
- Price: $3700 – $4100
- Duration: 15 residential days
- Website: https://indivyoga.com/200hr-training-algarve-portugal-01/
- Yoga Style: Hatha, Vinyasa