What to expect
An exciting 18 days of yoga teacher training at the beautiful Shangri-La awaits! This space, situated at the edge of The Alcornocales natural park, is devoted to the search of spirituality, creativity and personal growth. Embark on a journey of truth and acceptance while deepening your knowledge and practice of Hatha and Vinyasa yoga, pranayama, meditation, health and more. Find peace in letting go and reconnect with your inner self.
Become a part of our global La Casa Shambala family and share and receive the gifts of love, knowledge, energy and acceptance, all while becoming a fully certified yoga teacher.
Dates
- January 10 – January 27, 2025
- February 3 – February 20. 2025
- March 1 – March 18, 2025
- April 12 – April 29, 2025
- May 12 – May 29, 2025
- July 14 – July 31, 2025
- August 7 – August 24, 2025
- September 22 – October 9, 2025
- October 23 – November 9, 2025
- December 1 – December 18, 2025
Program Details
If you are longing to take the first step into a deeper journey of inner discovery, this course is a leap into that journey. Our program is truly special, not only for its content and practice but also for the loving intention that we put into every part of it. Our curriculum and philosophy are focused on traditional Hatha yoga. As you will learn during the course, Hatha yoga is a way of approaching life, and the asana practice is only one of the eight limbs of the Hatha philosophy. You will learn how to integrate the empathetic and spiritual practice of Hatha into your life, learning how to exist in the spiritual world and the modern-day world we are all accustomed to. Vinyasa is a more modern form of yoga that comes from the Hatha Asana practice. Vinyasa focuses on using breath with movement, harmonizing each movement in the yoga flow with an inhale or an exhale. No two vinyasa classes are the same and we will teach you how to sequence beautiful Vinyasa flows that will embody your unique teaching style.
Besides teaching the Hatha philosophy: this course also puts a focus on teaching traditional Ayurveda; the ayurvedic diet, learning about your Ayurvedic profile (the doshas), using Ayurveda for preventative health and wellness. As a yoga teacher, it’s important to understand human anatomy and how yoga influences our bodies on an anatomical level. Our course teaches anatomy from its more traditional biological standpoint as well as the conjunction between yogic philosophy and biological principles. This is so that our students can understand on a biological level, why a yoga asana practice makes us feel better. Our yoga asana classes are traditional Hatha, yin/restorative yoga, and Vinyasa. Students will finish our TTC with knowledge in teaching all three varieties of yoga classes.
Venue Details
SHANGRI-LA, CADIZ, SPAIN
Somewhere in between The Alcornocales natural park, turquoise waters of the “Coast of Light” and bustling city of Seville, is the charming farm of Shangri-La, inspired by the novel “Lost Horizons”, with a mission to provide a safe space for spiritual growth and self-discovery all year around. The venue offers four single private ensuite bedrooms, one double private ensuite bedroom, five twin ensuite bedrooms (2 person sharing) and one double private bedroom with a shared bathroom. The design of this venue incorporates a lot of wooden tones, which not only makes it a part of nature, but also brings a warm, homey and cosy feel to the space, creating a place of comfort and safety. It holds two shalas, a simple yet sophisticated indoor space for silent practice (with A/C) and an outdoor open-air deck nestled in the crowns of many trees. All around the property there are comfortable spaces in nature where you can reconnect with yourself and the Mother Earth or connect with others and share the fruits of your growth and transformation.
Exact location:
Shangri-La
672 62 45 15
Accommodation Details
This venue provides modern and neutral rooms, with wooden tones and homey feel. Basic yet comfortable.
For any additional requests, please contact our team directly at [email protected]
Accommodation / Package Options
Food
La Casa Shambala will offer you a healthy vegetarian/vegan diet for this training. Our menus are created to promote spiritual, mental, and physical health that aligns with the philosophy we practice . The yogic diet is based on the yoga principles of purity (sattva), nonviolence (ahimsa), and balanced living.
Based in the concept of “Ahimsa” which carries the principle of not causing harm to any living being, we offer a diet that is vegetarian, following the main concept of Macrobiotic and Ayurveda (tridoshic dishes) diet, with a balance of pure fresh fruit, vegetables, cooked whole grains, legumes, nuts and seeds, using a combination of both raw and cooked foods.
Day by day, we offer a menu that is designed in such a way that you receive the necessary amount of protein, minerals and carbohydrates that accompanies your nutritional needs during training. Making food our medicine, and thinking of our medicine as our food.
You will receive 3 delicious meals per day (not included on the days off) to nourish and increase physical and mental vitality making it easier to experience clarity, lightness and peace of mind. The quality of the diet you receive while training is of vital importance to us, which is why we acquire true and locally sourced ingredients combined in very carefully thought-out recipes cooked with love and care, so that you can detoxify the body in a paced manner during the Yttc process and with that peel another layer back to our true-selfs .
Allergies , intolerances or special diet? Let us know , we will be happy to cater the perfect food for you.
What’s Included:
Daily Schedule:
- 08:00 – 09:00 Kriya / Chanting / Meditation / Pranayama
- 09:00 – 10:30 Asana Practice - Hatha / Vinyasa
- 10:30 – 11:30 Breakfast
- 11:30 – 13:00 Philosophy / Anatomy / Teaching Methodology
- 13:00 – 15:00 Lunch & Rest
- 15:00 – 18:00 Asana Clinic
- 18:00 – 19:30 Yin / Restorative Yoga
- 19:30 – 20:30 Dinner
- 20:30 – 21:30 Self-Study
Please note that this schedule is an example only and is subject to change.
What's Not Included:
- Visa, flights, excursions, spa treatments, meals on days off (2 days), transportation on departure, covid test.
Location info
general info about the area
The remote location of our venue offers peacefulness and stillness, allowing the creation of true connection with nature during the training. The nature of the Cadiz region can be appreciated by walking down the many country roads around the area or joining the hiking trails. It truly is a place, among beautiful olive trees, where one can fully unwind, disconnect from the external world and reconnect with their inner self.
Shangri-La is situated in between the towns of Chiclana and Medina Sidonia, in El Berrueco (approx. 12 mins drive to each one). These towns are the closest places to the venue where you can find numerous supermarkets, many restaurants and some tourist attractions. The venue is a 35 mins drive away from the closest airport in Jerez de la Frontera and 30 mins drive away from Cadiz town.
A 25 mins drive away is the famous “Coast of Light”, a stretch of sandy white beaches with glorious sunlight shining down all year around, reflected in the breath-taking turquoise waters of the Atlantic Ocean. There, you can spend the day sunbathing, shopping and dining with incredible ocean-views.
How to get there (incl pickup info)
The best way to get to Shangri-La is by flying directly into Jerez de la Frontera. One-way transfer from Jerez de la Frontera airport and Cadiz train station is included on arrival day at 12pm.
If you come on your own, the most convenient way to get to Shangri-La is by taxi: from the airport (€50-70), or from Cadiz train station (€35-50). The cheapest option is to split the journey between a bus and taxi:
From Jerez de la Frontera airport:
Bus from the airport to Medina (€3-4) and a taxi from Medina to Shangri-La (€30-40).
From Cadiz train station:
Bus M-020 from Cadiz Plaza De Espana to Chiclana de la Frontera Los Esteros (€3-4). From there, a taxi directly to Shangri-La (€15-20).
Nearby airports also include Seville and Malaga.
Meet our team
Susana
Susanna likes to define herself a practitioner before anything else and approaches the art of teaching as a channel to share what she’s learned over almost 10 years of studies and regular practice. She started studying yoga in India in 2014 with the Hatha yoga teacher Surinder Singh and the well known Iyengar yoga teacher Usha Devi. She then decided to take a one year long 200 hours teacher training at the school Yoga & Yoga Barcelona in 2015. Since then she integrated yoga as part of her daily life and started to look for ways to expand the boundaries of her practice exploring other forms of movement to get an even deeper understanding of the incredible potentials of the human body. She firmly believes that the body is the entry point for self discovery and self development and that the best thing we can do as human beings is to try and learn something new every single day.
Marina
World-traveller (India, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Peru, Spain, Italy, Greece, France, Croatia), teaching people from 4 years old to over 80 with 15 years’ experience. Started in 2007 on Sports Science and Physical Education whilst teaching dance alongside her degree studies. Continued with an MSc in Human Nutrition and moved to the UK where she started her yoga journey in 2014. She began to teach yoga in 2016 alongside teaching dance, personal training, and other fitness classes. After she was awarded a PhD in Physiology of Exercise in 2018, decided to study the mind and emotions becoming a Life Coach and MSc in Neurolinguistic Programming in 2019. Based in Tenerife offers Hatha, Vinyasa Flow, Power Yoga, Yin Yoga, and other physical disciplines. Specialist in guiding individuals to reach their highest potential by understanding, aligning and reconnecting with their mind, soul and body.
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Embark on a journey of self-discovery and ancient wisdom through the powerful path of yoga. Find your power and guide others to ignite their fires so we can brighten up our world in unity.
