200 Hour Goddess Mandala Yoga Teacher Training
Our Goddess Mandala Yoga 200 hour yoga teacher programme runs over 8 weekends over an 11 month period, and gives you the opportunity to deepen your practice, using yoga, ayurveda and spiritual dedication to live in rhythm with the Wheel of Year, the seasons of women’s lives, and goddesses from the Sri Vidya and Celtic/Avalon traditions. You will learn and embody skills to share this knowledge, if that is your wish, from a place of confidence and deep authenticity, creating classes that are aligned with your unique life skills and soul gifts.
The in person trainings are supported with an online Yoga Anatomy course, and monthly online 2 hour discussion and practice groups, so that you can safely support your own physical body during your practice, and those of the people you hold space for.
Each weekend runs from 5pm Friday to 5:30pm on Sunday and is residential, with meals provided.
The training venue is at our beautiful home and retreat venue, a few miles from Brecon in Wales, with views of the Brecon Beacons mountains.
If you are already teaching yoga:
The modules stand alone and can be taken as individual YAP-accredited CPD units, of 23 hours each including the submission of an integration reflection paper.
You are also very welcome to attend individual weekends simply as a practitioner immersion, without the requirement for submission of the teacher training assessments.
Curriculum
MODULE & DATES
DETAILS
Module 1
Muladhara and Beginnings
9-11 Feb 2024
The Season of Imbolc (Candlemas)
Element of Earth
Fundamentals of teaching yoga and transformative ritual
Annamaya Kosha (Physical Body) - Skeleton, joints, main asana families and their purposes
Standing asana
Introduction to the Wheel of the Year (pagan, Avalonian and others) - Earth goddesses, seasonal yoga and body prayer, ayurveda, dinacharya, and ritual practices
Introduction to the Sri Vidya goddesses - Kali and Tara
The power of intention
Building your own personal supportive sadhana (practice)
Module 2
Into the Air
22 - 24 Mar 2024
The Season of Ostara (Spring Equinox)
Element of Air
The Pranamaya Kosha (Breath Body), Respiratory System, Teaching Pranayama
Anatomy of breath
The Energetic Body (Yogic/Tantric and Celtic Cauldrons)
Introduction to teaching techniques - creating practice as a group for a group
Maiden goddesses, seasonal yoga and body prayer, ayurveda, dinacharya, and ritual practices
Sri Vidya goddess Tripura Sundari / Sodasi
Module 3
Flow Like Water
10-12 May 2024
The Season of Beltane (May Day)
Element of Water
The Manomaya Kosha (Emotional Body)
Nervous system
Forward bending asana
Goddesses of Water, seasonal yoga and body prayer, ayurveda, dinacharya, and ritual practices
Vinyasa, bringing flow to your practice
Ayurveda and the moon/hormone cycle
Sri Vidya goddess Bhuvaneshwari
Menarche, menstruality and teaching womb-friendly yoga
Water ritual on the land
Module 4
Igniting the Fire
28-30 June 2024
The Season of Litha (Summer Solstice)
Element of Fire
The Vignanamaya Kosha (Discriminating Body)
Goddesses of Fire, seasonal yoga and body prayer, ayurveda, dinacharya, and ritual practices
Sri Vidya goddess Bhairavi
Creating Intelligent Sequencing with body prayer / vinyasa krama / the five stages of ritual
Inversions and arm balance asana
Fire ritual on the land
Group wildfire teaching practice
Module 5
The Light in the Heart
16-18 Aug 2024
Module 6
The Great Mother
20-22 Sep 2024
The Season of Lammas (First Harvest)
Lover archetype
Lover Goddesses, seasonal yoga and body prayer, ayurveda, dinacharya, and ritual practices
Sri Vidya goddess Kamalatmika
The Anandamaya Kosha (Bliss Body)
Back bending asana
Restorative yoga
Continuing group wildfire practices
Mudra (yoga of the hands)
Gratitude and grief Lammas Fire ritual on the land
The Season of Mabon (Autumn Equinox)
Mother archetype
Mother Goddesses, seasonal yoga and body prayer, ayurveda, dinacharya, and ritual practices
Sri Vidya goddesses Bagalamukhi and Chinnamasta
The season of balance
Accommodating pregnant and postnatal women in your classes/rituals
Ayurveda and yoga practices for menopause
Continuing group wildfire practices - beginning to bring all your resources together
Module 7
Singing Your Soul Song
8-10 Nov 2024
Sheela-Na-Gig, Kilpeck, Herefordshire
The Season of Samhain (Halloween or Second Harvest)
Crone archetype
Considerations and techniques for teaching accessibly for all
Crone goddesses, seasonal yoga and body prayer, ayurveda, dinacharya, and ritual practices
Sri Vidya Goddesses Matangi and Dhumavati
Clarity around your life skills and soul gifts
Use of your voice, music and mantra in teaching
The history of yoga
Continuing group wildfire practices
Pilgrimage to and ceremony at the Kilpeck Sheela-Na-Gig
Module 8
Stepping into Sovereignty
13-15 Dec 2024
The Season of Yule
The Centre of the Wheel - Queen archetype and goddesses
Running your yoga business
Consolidating your authentic, soul-led yoga teaching skills into your unique, authentic offering
Living your yoga and the wheel of the year
Presentation of sadhana projects and final practice project
Sri Vidya goddess Kali
Co-created graduation ceremony
Price details
As we are hosting this at our home just outside of Brecon, Wales, we able to retain course costs at 2019 levels.
EARLY BIRD: £2,895 (if paid in full before 31st Aug 2023)
We offer payment plans to help you spread the cost of training:
Full fee: £3,500
Non-refundable deposit: £750 due on acceptance to the course
Remaining balance of £2,750 can be paid in 2x instalments of £1,375
Payment plan: £3,600
Non-refundable deposit: £750 due on acceptance to the course
Remaining balance of £2,850 can be paid in 6x equal payments of £475
Modules taken individually as CPD units of 22 hours: £489
This includes: All tuition + Shared accommodation with meals from Friday dinner to Sunday lunchtime + module manual
What is included:
Our 200 hour Teacher Training price includes:
All tuition fees
Your Goddess Mandala Yoga ‘Book of Light’ - a dedicated 8 section binder, where you can file the A4 full manual content that will be provided for each module
Access to the online Yoga Anatomy course
Monthly anatomy discussion / practice Zoom calls
Certification with Yoga Alliance Professionals
Shared accommodation and vegan catering for in-person module 1-8 at the hosting venue (our home) near Brecon, Wales, UK
Shared travel to any pilgrimage sites
What is not included:
Travel to the hosting venue in Brecon, Wales, UK.
(Although we are happy to help you organise transfers - London is 150 miles away, closest airport is Bristol (50 miles), nearest railway stations are at Abergavenny (20 miles) and Builth Wells (10 miles).
Purchase of core books to support the course:
Teaching Yoga by Mark Stephens
Functional Anatomy of Yoga by David Keil
Yoni Shakti by Uma Dinsmore Tuli
A book list of other non-mandatory reading will also be provided, as an invitation to support your teaching journey.
To qualify for the full 200 hour training, students must:
Attend at least 85% of the 8 in person training modules
Complete all assigned homework to a satisfactory standard
Complete a final open-book exam to a satisfactory standard
Complete and pass the online Yoga Anatomy study module
Attend monthly Zoom Yoga Anatomy discussion / practice groups
Present a final 30 minute assessment group practice
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