TEACHER TRAINING
The Yoga Academy was founded in 2003 by Simon Low (BWY-accredited teacher, Yoga Alliance US E-RYT500). Since then, the academy has established itself as one of the world's leading yoga teacher training schools and study centres, now based at Santillán Retreat in Spain.
Our new ten-month intensive yoga and somatics teacher training course combines the best methodologies from our successful one-month and two-year trainings that we have offered over 20 years. This course is refined and updated with our ongoing research in yoga, Thomas Hanna inspired somatic movement education, chi kung, anatomy and physiology, philosophy and psychology. The course is presented with two week-long residential intensives at Santillán Retreat in Spain, with 9+ months of guided online teaching, mentoring and home study assignments. See all the course details in the pages below.
Join us to transform your practice and become a confident, authentic, knowledgeable, effective, ground-breaking and anatomically safe teacher. Enjoy and benefit from the experience of your study and practice in the best equipped studio in Europe within a glorious countryside retreat in the beautiful Andalucian hills, overlooking the sea, 35 minutes from Málaga.
Our training school has met the stringent requirements for BWY Accredited Diplomas, Yoga Alliance US 200-hour, 300-hour and 500-hour registration levels. The Yoga Academy faculty and alumni of leading international and UK teachers is renowned around the world for its breadth and depth of experience. Attracting British and international students, our courses are for teachers, trainee teachers and those who wish to significantly deepen their knowledge, understanding and practice of yoga’s multi-faceted teachings in a safe, stimulating, supportive and well structured environment.
Simon Low and The Yoga Academy also offer weekend, and 6-day residential ongoing study CPD retreats during the year.
