Align & Flow 50HR CPD Teacher Development Program

with Yamuna Devi & Prashant Tewatia

22^nd Sep 2024 to 29^th Sep 2024 in Brasil (1 week)

50 hours Continued Professional Development / Deep Dive Immersion.
Open to all!

This is your opportunity to enhance and rejuvenate your personal practice, refine your teaching skills, elevate your confidence as an instructor, and accrue 50 hours of Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

Your daily itinerary will encompass 6 to 7 hours of group sessions, allowing ample time to immerse yourself in the splendid surroundings and take advantage of the venue amenities, including enchanting nature walks, and more. Each morning will commence with a 2.5-hour session of asana and pranayama, followed by a wholesome and nourishing breakfast. Subsequently, there will be a group reflection on the morning practice, an opportunity for questions, constructive feedback, posture breakdown, and discussions on fundamental teaching skills. Following this, you'll have some free time before lunch to unwind and explore the magical locale. Afternoons will be filled with the excitement of learning and practicing adjustments or sequencing. The day will conclude with either meditation or chanting, followed by a delightful group dinner. In this immersive experience, you'll acquire valuable knowledge and skills amidst picturesque surroundings. 

Enhance your teaching proficiency by delving into:

• Critical Alignments
• The Art of Adjustments
• Sequencing - Flow
• Effective Use of Props
• Cueing & language tips
• Personalised Feedback
• Demonstrating Techniques
• Inversions
• Somatics
• Chi Gong
• Free flow movements - animal flow / ecstatic dance
• Self practice development

OUR Align & flow TEACHER TRAINING WILL COVER:

• Alignment Yoga classes
• Movement exploration - Somatic arts
• Vinyasa flow sequences - Alignment Classes - Specialised workshops
• Time for you to create your own sequences with inspiration & guidance from experienced teachers
• Personalised feedback and support in your Yoga practice & teaching
• One to one mentorship & coaching.

Sample of daily schedule:

*Silence: until 10:30 the next morning

About Your Guides

Yamuna Devi

Yamuna Devi grew up in a Yogi family with an Indian father and an English mother. Her mother was a yoga teacher who studied with Iyengar and spent many years in India. Raising her with Yogic philosophy and principles, she was Yamuna's first teacher.

Yamuna has been a part of the Ashiyana family since 2008, and has been a core member of the Ashiyana Teacher Trainings since 2010, teaching on 20 trainings thus far.

She has been sharing yoga and working in studios and retreat centres internationally over the past number of years. She recently continued to deepen her studies by completing her AcroYoga Level 2 and the deep tissue treatment modality, Alchemy of Touch.

In her sessions, she draws upon her experiences of healing arts & yoga and loves to blend Qi Gong & dance into her yoga classes. She is deeply passionate about her work and being a part of the healing journey of her students.

Her soft and gentle approach will guide you through your practice so that you can flow with love, devotion and surrender. The style of her classes is mainly Hatha Vinyasa & Vinyasa flow, or Yin but she may also include Acroyoga elements which are circle ceremonies, partner flow, therapeutic flying and Thai massage.

She teaches many 200 hour teacher trainings & Hosts yoga retreats with ashiyana and various venues every year, she also runs Ayurveda Yoga retreats. She mentors Yoga teachers & also guides Cacao ceremonies & is a certified SUP Yoga teacher too.

Prashant Tewatia

"Focus on the process of self-discovery rather than the goal of perfecting poses“

In my teaching, my mission is to bridge somatics, circular movement, new understandings in anatomy with Yoga Asana, and the roots of the Alignment Yoga method in a playful way, to create an optimised and individual way of practicing Asana and other modalities of Movement.

I was initiated into Yoga at an early age, watching my grandfather in a headstand every morning, having consistent Yoga practice throughout High School and finally became a facilitator upon teaching friends during my studies in Ireland.


As it often goes, I had to go to the West to realise my passion for the wisdom of Eastern Practices and Yoga, and made my way back to India to learn the science and arts of this ancient practice.

Twelve years on, I am still hungry to share, learn and engage in the bliss of Yoga as well as other somatic forms of Martial Arts, Qi Gung, and Primal Movements, as well as science-based knowledge to compliment each individual body.

Pricing and accommodation

Early Bird:  €1250 in a shared room* / €1700 for single occupancy
Full price: €1450 in a shared room* / €1900 for single occupancy; €350 supplement for a luxury suite

*two people sharing a twin/double room; all our rooms have en-suite bathrooms.

Extra €100 Discount for Ashiyana 200 hour TTC Graduates.