300 Hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training in Thailand

Searching for a 300 Hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training in Thailand? Ananda Yoga and Detox provides a 5-week intensive practice-based program on the beautiful island of Koh Phangan. Join us to elevate your practice and embody your teaching. Our 300-hour multi-style advanced program will offer challenging asana practices and deep philosophical and personal explorations. Our pedagogical workshops will increase your dexterity as a teacher and yoga professional. If you are serious about your growth this is the program for you.

In a Partnership with Yama Yoga Studios

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Dates

DatesEarly Bird Discount if deposited by:
March 31 – May 5, 2024February 17
10% discount for Alumni and 15% discount for Thai nationals and residents

Program Description

Yama Yoga’s Advanced Multi-Style 300 hour Yoga Teacher Training program at Ananda Yoga and Detox Center is perfect for practitioners and teachers seeking the time, space and reflection for transformative personal and professional growth

Led by Valerie Jeremijenko (PhD, EYRT500) our 5-week immersive program uses the concept of Svadhayaya (self-study) as a way to build upon our current asana and teaching practices.

Our rigorous asana curriculum will explore a variety of modalities, including vinyasa, ashtanga, hatha, alignment-based, and kundalini yoga while our teaching units will provide the opportunity to develop advanced asana classes in addition to exploring the needs of unique populations through personal research projects and workshop development. Take your teaching and practice to the next level and professionalize your unique contribution to the yoga world and community.

Love the practice. Enjoy the practice.

Hear about the Program (Video)

Ananda Yoga and Detox Center offers premier yoga and detox services at affordable prices. Our detox program is considered the best in Koh Phangan, our yoga retreats and workshops provide relaxing holidays while deepening your practice and our all-inclusive Yoga Teacher Training programs have produced incredible teachers all over the world. Watch the video below.

Pricing

  • Starts at $3,300, and depends on the type of accommodation (see the table below).
  • Our early bird discount for the 300 Hour Program is $350 off all of our plans if your deposit is paid at least 6 weeks in advance or advertised date.
Type ofPrice (US $)Early Bird Price
No Accommodation$3,300$2,950
Dorm Accommodation (Shared)$3,600$3,250
Garden Room (Private)$4,350$4,000

What’s Included

  • 35 nights of accommodation.
  • 5 weeks of comprehensive training with manuals and workbooks for each unit.
  • Over 270 hours of contact hours with lead teacher trainers.
  • Three healthy vegan / vegetarian meals.
  • Access to salt water pool, steam room, relaxation areas.
  • Sunsets and beach walks.
  • Unlimited herbal tea and filter water.
  • Three massages over the duration of the training.
  • Welcome package and graduation party.
  • 15% Discount off a yoga or detox retreat within a year of the completion of your training.
  • Free Wi-Fi
Daily meditation practices.

Schedule

TimeActivity
7 – 9 amPractice – Ashtanga Focused
9 – 10:00 amBreakfast & Break
10 – 11.30Alternating Yoga Anatomy and Practical Yoga Philosophy
11.45 – 1.45 pmPractice – Vinyasa, Hatha, and other forms
2:00 – 3:00 pmLunch
3:00 – 5.30 pmTeaching Clinics and Elective hours
5:45 – 6:45 pmMeditation and related forms
7:00 pmDinner

We are a Yoga Alliance accredited Registered Yoga School (RYS)

Program Details

Upon successful completion of this training course you will be equipped with:

  • The ability to sequence and teach advanced vinyasa style asana class
  • The ability to offer specialised workshops and trainings
  • The interpersonal skills needed for successful teaching practices
  • Your own personalised asana practice
  • Your own personalised meditation practice
  • An understanding of yoga anatomy, both subtle and contemporary
  • An understanding of the greater context of Yoga including its textual basis and modern interpretations
  • A personal and experiential understanding of yoga philosophy
  • Business of Yoga skills
  • A 300-hour Yoga Alliance certificate that is internationally recognised

Our program meets and exceeds all yoga alliance requirements. Your 200 hour program features the following

  • Comprehensive asana instruction
  • Daily pose clinics and workshops
  • Practical yoga anatomy curriculum
  • Practical yoga philosophy curriculum
  • Dynamic and very hands on teaching curriculum
  • Basic Sanskrit
  • Ethics of teaching and scope of practice
  • Yoga for self care and self healing
  • The yoga lifestyle
  • All instruction in English so you must be able to speak and read English at conversational level
  • You must be able to participate in a group learning experience and be willing to accept and provide feedback in an objective and constructive way.
  • Some yoga experience but you do not have to be advanced
  • Prior completion of a 200 hour level certification program

Program Instructors

Valerie Jeremijenko (ERYT 500 since 2006, YACPE, PhD, MFA.)

With over 30 years of practice and teaching experience and 15 years of leading teacher training programs Valerie invests in the personal and professional development of students using the tools of asana, practical philosophy, anatomical inquiry, and the simple joy of practice. She infuses her classes with warmth, humour and compassion focusing on self-study and self-nurture for the duration of the program.

Raj Palsingh

Raj has been involved in Yoga in one form or the other since injuring his spine in 2009. He is a KRI Certified Kundalini Yoga instructor, a Founding Member of Yoga Unify (www.yogaunify.org), from where he is certified both as a Founding Member as well as having served in their
Governing Body for community investment from July 2021 till July 2022. He is a Sikh, born and raised in Thailand and has from young been involved in the Dharmic practices of the Sikh and Buddhist faith. In 2016, he founded the School of Kundalini Yoga in Bangkok, Thailand. Combining the love of Hatha and Kundalini Yoga, practicing yoga with Raj is both familiar and different.
With his unique and varied backgrounds, Raj embodies the principles of Yoga, the Yoga philosophy is embedded in the way he chooses to live and is apparent within any of his yoga
classes. Raj brings his knowledge and experience to the Teacher Training team at Yama Yoga, sharing yoga philosophy with depth, practicality, and wide range of perspective.

Amanda Capobianco (E-RYT® 200, RYT® 500, YACEP®)

Amanda joins the Yama Yoga team at Ananda Yoga and Detox Center to share meditative and mantra practices. When sharing these various practices Amanda’s intention is to create a contemplative and permissive space where students can learn and practice tools that engender awareness, compassion and gratitude in a place and time often marked with chaos, stress and disorder. Amanda’s honesty and depth often inspire great changes in personal growth and transformation within her students. Having committed to a path of discipline and self study for over two decades, she is a living example of how to weave the ancient yogic teachings into our everyday lives. Her aim is to make the practices accessible, practical and magical.

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Accommodation Types

Our mixed gender dorm rooms can accommodate up to 4 people. They are simple yet comfortable and include the basics of what you will need. Just steps from the studio.

We have both private and shared garden rooms. All feature balconies overlooking our lovely garden. Sea breezes will keep you cool.

We have dorm rooms and both private and shared garden rooms. The Garden Rooms feature lovely balconies looking out at the sunset.

Useful Information

We have created a resource page to help you arrive here by air, land, and sea: https://anandayogadetox.com/getting-here.html

Prior to Covid 19 most people from western countries can receive a 30 day visa exemption when you arrive to the Kingdom of Thailand by air. We strongly recommend that you check with your own country’s embassy or consulate to verify your exact requirements.

The 30 day visa exemption can typically be extended for an additional 30 days with a quick visit to the immigration office on Koh Samui.

We except that these visa regulations will be reinstated after the Covid 19 crisis has passed.

Any deposit paid will be fully refundable if Covid 19 restrictions causes a change in plans.

The CDC and WHO recommend the following vaccines for Thailand: typhoid, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, cholera, rabies, Japanese encephalitis, and influenza. However, none of these vaccines are required.

The risk for Zika virus on Koh Phangan is moderate. Reports of malaria are rare.

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/traveler/none/thailand

Cash in the form of Thai Baht is the most convenient form of currency in Thailand.

ATMs are easily accessible in most areas, and allow you to withdraw money with a Visa enabled debit or credit card.

We do accept Visa and Mastercard at the resort. You can pay your balance with credit card (+3% fee), PayPal (+5% fee), or Thai Baht.

About our Center

Our lovely center has exceptional amenities and is directly across the road from a beautiful beach and bay. Read More

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Testimonials

Quotation Marks

The Yama YTT was brilliant. Valerie is a wonderful teacher and the group at Yama is like a family where everyone can learn and grow in a loving environment. Strengths of this program are Valerie’s extensive knowledge and experience and great practices.

— Federica, 300 hr Yoga Teacher Training

Quotation Marks

Valerie is a great yoga teacher who infuses her passion for yoga into every thing she does. Over the years I have encouraged many students to take yoga teacher trainings with Yama Yoga AND would still highly recommend it to anyone.

— Natalie, 300 hr Yoga Teacher Training

Quotation Marks

Yama Yoga not only provides profound, excellent training based on experience and passion, but also offers a loving community to teach, learn, and grow together. I would always recommend this studio and fully support their approach of teaching.

— Nicola, 300 hr Yoga Teacher Training