Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training and Immersion in Taupo, Waikato
3 Day 25-Hour
Exploring balance in your practice and in life
Yoga Teacher Training in New Zealand
Unit 13a, 29 Totara Point, Totara Street, Taupo, 3330, New Zealand
$950
This prices includes accommodation. If you’re keen for just tutoring, email and I can send you pricing details.
3 days with instruction
Group size: 2-8 participants
Airport transfer available: Taupo Airport (NZD 20 per person)
Highlights
- Certificate of completion
- Daily practice including foundations, asana, breathwork, and meditation
- Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga is a powerful and transformative form of yoga
- The Primary Series provides a fantastic foundation for many other systems
- Learn the foundations of movement, breath, meditation, and anatomy
- LoveYoga teacher training manual
- 2 nights in boutique accommodation
Skill level
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Yoga styles
Vinyasa
Ashtanga
Mysore
Accommodation
Check-in Time: 12:00
Check-out Time: 12:00
You will be staying in one of the beautiful AirBnBs. Both properties offer a beautiful and peaceful sanctuary that exudes lightness and ease.
The studio is purpose-built, which means it’s deliciously warm in winter and cool in summer. You’ll find a real community spirit with facilities for everyone. They are located in a small shopping center just minutes from Taupo town center, so you will have easy access to local shops, cafes, parks, and more.
1. Walnut Cottage
Where open plan living spills seamlessly onto a large deck, new pergola, and a very special addition: the spa, the perfect place to unwind and take a breath.
With 3 bedrooms, 2 inside and 1 in a separate room outside, this offers shared space to prepare and eat food and connect with other students on the course. You will have your own room but share the bathroom.
2. Yogi Cottage
Once a yoga studio, and now a boutique living space, renovated and refurnished to a high standard, ensuring a relaxed and enjoyable experience for your stay in Taupo. Fully self-contained, with a brand new super comfy bed, it is a private haven to relax. You will have access to the entire studio living including a private bathroom.
- Hot tub / Jacuzzi
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Dining area
- Environmentally friendly
- Garden
- Kitchen
- Lounge
- Meditation garden
- Picnic area
- Smoke-free property
- Terrace
- Yoga deck
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Internet access
- Ironing / ironing board
- Parking lot
- Wireless internet
Program
Certifications
The course/hours count as Continuing Education hours for Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®) only.
About the training
The LoveYoga teacher training is a transformational experience that enables a rite of passage of insight, self-discovery, and growth. It is a wonderful journey to embark upon that integrates not just into your practice and teaching, but into your life. You will emerge from the experience with greater knowledge, a deeper connection to breath and movement, and experiential understanding.
Group sizes are kept small to maximize the individual focus and attention needed for something as in-depth as this. They ensure you are well equipped with effective tools and techniques to support students and to develop your own personal practice, far beyond the yoga mat.
This weekend will explore setting the scene, chanting, pranayama, more in-depth anatomy, and dealing with injuries.
This intensive weekend will teach students to:
- Hold a space and create a welcoming atmosphere
- Chant: Leading students through the different Ashtanga chants
- Pranayama (breathing exercises): square breathing, nadi shodana, sheetali, doubles, steps, and fire breathing
- Exploring more in-depth anatomy including each of the systems within the body (Endocrine, Lymphatic, Digestive, Respiration, Circulatory, and Nervous). Further, you will explore each organ, its location, function, and what it does
- Learning about different types of injury, blood pressure, and other contra-indications to be aware of as a teacher. Working with injury and creating a supportive practice greatly helped with an understanding of what injury means anatomically. You will explore how the body heals – both physically, mentally, and emotionally and what happens when you don’t give yourselves or your students the time it needs
Sample daily schedule
- 07:00 – 09:00 Daily asana / pranayama practice
- 10:00 – 12:00 Students to explore teaching the baby sequence, 5x Sun Salute A’s and 5x Sun Salute B’s – explaining movement, breath, and count in English and Sanskrit. Then onto the Primary Series – counting and adjusting Padangustasana and Pada Hastasana
- 13:00 – 15:00 Anatomy: hips. Explore the pelvis, starting with skeletal femur placement, hip socket, tail bone, sacrum, and spine. Move into rotations lateral, medial, movement extension, and flexion, and the different muscles that support / help each other through the legs, buttocks, and lower spine. Look at common injuries to the hips, hip replacements, and how to support / protect against injury
- 17:30 – 19:30 Observation of teaching Mysore, what is adjusted, who is adjusted, what is left, observe how the teacher welcomes each student, approaches them, places hands, engages, supports their breath, stays grounded, and supports the student to focus and stay focused with language and the use of the count
Instructors
Debi Hendra
2 Certificates
World Yoga Alliance RYT 200- StillPoint
World Yoga Alliance RYT 500 – John Scott Yoga
Debi is an E-RYT500, and has been teaching for twenty years (over 18,000 hours). She has studied biomechanics, energetics, philosophy, mindfulness, meditation, and yoga Nidra, with many teaches including John Scott and Sharath Jois in Mysore. In 2009 she set up The Heart Center, which expanded into LoveYoga studio in 2015. She teaches a wide range of students in Ashtanga (primary / intermediate series), gentle Hatha, Restorative, and Yin. Known for her kindness, compassion and, humor, she teaches at LoveYoga, in local colleges / schools. She also shares workshops / retreats internationally.
Retreat location
Taupo, Waikato
This program will take place in Taupo which is in the region of Waikato in the North Island of New Zealand.
About Taupo
Taupo is a stunning place to be – the heart of New Zealand, nestled on the shores of a beautiful lake, with many outdoor activities available. The training is both very accessible, scheduled to suit those with busy lives, and highly reputable, running for over 13 years, with wonderful testimonials from all who have completed it.
Food
The following meals are included:
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Coffee
- Tea
Things to do (optional)
Taupo is a tourist hotspot with so many activities available, from skydiving to bungee jumping, beautiful bush walks to jet boating, visiting the Maori carvings or Craters of the Moon, exploring Huka Falls, or visiting the Honey Hive.
There are also many cafes, restaurants, and highly recommended places to eat, as well as private spas and places to shop too.
Spa treatments
What's included
- Certificate of completion
- Daily practice including foundations, asana, breathwork, and meditation
- Comprehensive teaching covering the
- 8 limbs of Ashtanga yoga
- LoveYoga Teaching Training Manual
- The Art of Adjustments
- Learn how to teach
- 2 nights in boutique accommodation
What's not included
- Flights to New Zealand
- Transport to and from Taupo
- Meals
How to get there
Recommended Airports
TUO
Taupo Airport
6 km
Airport: Taupo Airport Airport transfer available: Taupo Airport (NZD 20 per person)
Additional charges may apply. You can request this in the next step.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 100% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
