Ashtanga Yoga Intensive Training

March 20-26, 2023

Immersive Ashtanga Yoga course
includes your stay + meals

Can’t make it in person?
The course will also be streamed online. You’ll have lifetime access and up to 3-months to submit your homework

About this course:

A traditional approach

This is an intensive Ashtanga yoga deep dive for students and yoga teachers!

Go deeper into your own practice and own study with this traditional yoga approach. Ashtanga Yoga is a progressive, athletic style of yoga that is guaranteed to have you feeling stronger and more supple. This Ashtanga Yoga intensive at our home base in Playa Maderas will include Mysore style practice, led practices, philosophy seminars, posture workshops and so much more!

Tina Bock and Lauren Rudick will guide you through Ashtanga Yoga, Yoga Sutra, Meditation and so much more.

This intensive is also one of the elective modules of our advanced 500hr yoga teaching certification. In taking this training you will gain 60hrs toward your 500hr certification registered with the international yoga alliance.

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I STILL CAN’T HELP BUT BE FILLED WITH SO MUCH GRATITUDE, LOVE AND HAPPINESS. LAUREN RUDICK BROUGHT TOGETHER A NEW FAMILY THROUGH HER YOGA TEACHINGS AND JOYOUS LIGHT AND OPENNESS AS A PERSON. I’M SO GLAD TO HAVE MET AND LEARNED FROM HER. I’M SO GLAD TO HAVE LEARNED FROM EVERY SINGLE PERSON I MET THERE. SO MANY LAUGHS AND GOOD TIMES. WHAT AN AMAZING WEEK. I LEFT WITH A NEW OUTLOOK. I FEEL REFRESHED AND FOCUSED ON WHAT I WANT IN LIFE. -CHELSEA HORVAT

Chelsea Horvath

USA

What's included?

Your Ashtanga yoga intensive includes:

6 nights at our private, oceanfront retreat center
Brunch & Dinner daily
Daily supervised Mysore classes
Daily workshops posture breakdown, adjusting and philosophy
Jounaling workshops, Kirtan and more!
Full access to our retreat centre including hiking trails, beaches, pools, jungle gym and hiking trails!
A safe, sacred space for you to grow and connect with other like-minded travellers
Mentorship and personalized guidance

Sample daily schedule:

7:00 – 8:30am morning Mysore practice supervised by Tina Bock
8:30 – 9am beach meditation and mindfulness exercises
9 – 10:30am Breakfast break
10:30am – Sutras and workshops
1pm – 4:30pm Lunch Break (surf, beach, relax, massage…)
5:30pm – 6:30pm evening satsang
7pm dinner
7pm – 8:30pm evening satsang (Q&A, philosophy chats, dance parties)

The price of this training is $1275USD

Can’t make it in person? Join us online. Course price online only is $550

Your course instructors:

Tina Bock

Tina Bock has taught workshops, retreats, trainings, and private lessons all over the world, in countries including the US, Canada, UAE, Lebanon, Kuwait, Germany, Italy, Greece, Nicaragua, Thailand, The Netherlands, and Bali. Tina’s yoga journey began over a decade ago while being (happily) dragged by her father to local Jersey Shore classes. Yoga didn’t become a constant until after graduating from College. Tina quickly fell in love with Hot Vinyasa mostly in the style of Dharma Mittra. In 2012 at age 23, she took her first of now seven trips to India to study and discover real yoga. She enrolled in a “Multi-Style” course at Trimurti Yoga and received her first 200-hour teacher certificate. In 2014 Tina and her husband relocated to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, where she continued to teach, but found a real need to develop a self-practice because of her lack of teachers. Tina felt a burning desire to learn more about Mysore, Ashtanga, and the eight limbs of yoga, so she enrolled for one month studying with Saraswathi Jois at the K. Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute in February of 2015. She has since been back every year to study with Sharath Jois who has now become her teacher and guru. Tina will continue to return study with Sarath for as long as possible, because she firmly believes that a teacher should never stop being a student. Tina is currently practicing Intermediate series under KPJAYI and is an Authorized Level II teacher.

Lauren Rudick

Founder of Yoga Academy International, Lauren is a globally celebrated yoga instructor, travel blogger and photographer. She has been teaching yoga for over a decade and comes from a variety of lineages and traditions.

Lauren has lead yoga retreats and workshops in over 2-dozen countries and continues to study with world-class instructors whenever possible. Lauren has been featured in Women’s health Magazine, YogiTimes, Optymyz and get out there to name a few as well as on countless podcasts and newspaper articles.

Lauren is passionate about sharing yoga from an authentic and soulful point of view. She incorporates personal experience, story telling and lots of laughter into her teaching.

Location

A week in paradise...

Maderas Beach is a world famous surf spot. Known for it’s beauty and peaceful environment. It is located 20-minutes outside of the lively beach town of San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua. Nicaragua is currently THE SAFEST country in Central America. Our retreat centre is private, gorgeous, secure and truly an experience of paradise! You’ll get sunset views every evening from your private pool and our yoga shala boasts a 180 degree view of the ocean. We also have a jungle gym, meditation deck and 82 acres of hiking trails on this private property to explore. Every morning you can meditate on the cliffs of this dramatic coastline that gives way to perfect beaches for walking and some world-class waves for surfing. This place is serene and stunning. GETTING HERE: We are 2.5 hours from the Costa Rica (LIR) airport as well as 2.5 hours from Managua (MGA) airport. Fly in to either and we can have your private transfer arranged!

It's our tropical heaven!

Pricing & more:

The price of this training is $1275USD

What’s not included:

Travel to us
Tips for the local staff
Food other than listed
Alcohol
PCR or Antigen tests if required
Souvenirs

Useful information:

You will have access to a kitchen at all times and there are several inexpensive restaurant options nearby for snacks.

Because of the high demand for our programs, you will have to put down a non-refundable deposit in order to save your spot. Please note, we are not offering refunds if students test positive for COVID-19 or required to isolate because of exposure to the virus. If your travel plans are altered or delayed because of your own exposure to the virus, we are not offering refunds.

We WILL offer full refunds if your country’s airport is locked down BEFORE the retreat start date or if flights from your country or to the MGA or LIR airports are grounded due to the pandemic.

Use code “earlybird” to get $150 off this retreat when you sign up before January 31st!

Words cannot express the gratitude I have for this amazing learning experience with the most wonderful humans!I leaped out of my introverted comfort zone, into this adventure - fresh out of surgery, with no experience in acro or yoga! Lauren always made me feel comfortable & at peace; James made me feel safe, learn to trust, & believed in me when I didn't even believe in myself.. Forever indebted to you both!Can't wait for the next adventure! ❣️ ~Elena

Elena Marie C.

Germany

This was the first opportunity I had to come from a small town and meet so many like minded individuals. The set up flowed so well, no struggles and everything exceeded all of our expectations!

Randall Weiss

USA

NOT JUST AN AVERAGE YOGA TRAINING; IT WAS AN ENRICHING LIFE EXPERIENCE. I LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT THE MANY ASPECTS OF YOGA AND MEDITATION. AS WELL AS MORE ABOUT MYSELF. I RECEIVED THE TOOLS TO LEAD A MORE EMPOWERED AND CONSCIOUS LIFE. THE GENUINE LOVE, GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT FROM THE SKILLED INSTRUCTORS AND MY FELLOW STUDENTS WAS APPARENT ON A DAILY BASIS AND SO APPRECIATED. I ENJOYED EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS COMPREHENSIVE AND WELL-PLANNED PROGRAM. GREAT VARIETY OF KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE, AND LASTING FRIENDSHIPS. I’M FOREVER GRATEFUL.

Sweden

WHAT AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE! THE QUALITY OF THE TEACHING AND EDUCATION WAS TRULY FANTASTIC. THE STAFF ALONG WITH ALL OF THE EXPERT GUEST SPEAKERS WERE SUPER SUPPORTIVE AND KNOWLEDGEABLE. I FEEL WELL EQUIPPED AND EXCITED TO GO OUT INTO THE WORLD AND SHARE WHAT I HAVE LEARNED. I ESPECIALLY LOVED THAT WE WERE ENCOURAGED TO EMBRACE OUR OWN STYLE OF TEACHING. THE STUNNING AND MAGICAL LOCATION WAS THE CHERRY ON TOP!

Sonya H

Australia

I feel very lucky to have stumbled on to the gift of this practice, and I love that now I get to introduce it to others. I get to encourage the uncovering and discovering that inevitably comes along with it, not only during the asanas, but during those unexpected quiet moments of stillness…those golden moments where you find yourself going inward, and you find yourself. I’m SO excited to continue being a student of yoga…to continue being a teacher of yoga…to keep moving on this path

JulieAnn Delude

USA

Refund policy:

A non-refundable deposit is required to reserve your space in this program. Your initial deposit is not refundable under any circumstances.

Payment plans are available. The full remaining balance owing of the course is due 21-days prior to the start date of the program.

A full refund, minus the deposit fee will be offered for cancellations made more than 60-days prior to the start date of the program.

Refunds will not be offered on cancellations made less than 60-days in advance. Refunds will not be given to students who fail to show up for the program for any reason. Refunds are not offered more than 60-days in advance for any reason.

Once a Participant arrives to our program location, your space in the program has been accounted for and therefore we cannot offer a refund for any reason. There will be no refunds offered for participants who leave our program after arrival.

At Yoga Academy International we adhere to a Code of Conduct that we ask our students to follow in order to maintain a safe and loving environment. If a yoga student is in violation of our Code of Conduct and being particularly disruptive during our program (i.e. being rude to other students and staff, inviting guests in to his or her room from outside of the training, bringing drugs or alcohol on to our teacher training property, sexual harassment or sexual violence of any kind) that student may be asked to leave our program. If a yoga teacher training student is asked to leave our program that student will not be offered a refund.

If a yoga participant leaves our program after arrival for any reason, the yoga teacher training participant is responsible for all arrangements and costs associated with travel and accommodation for their departure from our program.