15 Day 200-Hour Therapeutic Greece Yoga Teacher Training
15 Day 200-Hour Therapeutic Greece Yoga Teacher Training
Evia Silence, Boúfalon, Greece
Up to 22 in group
August 9 - 23, 2026
Retreat Highlights
- Magical, oceanside location, sunrise beach meditations, views, and a yoga studio with an infinity pool
- Train with a world-class faculty and C-IAYT Yoga Therapists with over 25 years of teaching experience
- Learn a biomechanically sound and anatomy-informed alignment framework to avoid repetitive strain and injuries
- Explore a therapeutic perspective explores yoga as a vehicle for vibrant health, personal empowerment, and total well-being
- Mindful Vinyasa, Hatha, Therapeutic and Restorative practices with variations for ALL bodies
- Explore breath work, mantra and meditation as tools to create vibrant health and wellbeing in your life
- Variations for ALL Bodies - Learn to share the practices with others in a safe and powerful way
- Fine-tune your asana through a deeper understanding of anatomy informed alignment principles
- Build self-confidence and tap into your amazing potential in a supportive, nurturing environment
- Gain insights into your (true) nature through the wisdom of Yoga and its philosophy
- Learn to teach from “eyes of love” and help the world heal one mindful breath at a time
- Eligible to register with Yoga Alliance as an RYT-200 upon completion
- Train at at top rated Yoga Alliance school
About this Retreat
Liz Heffernan, MA, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT is a gifted international yoga teacher, a certified Yoga Therapist and long-term practitioner. She combines her in-depth knowledge of anatomy and bio-mechanically safe alignment principles with insights and practical wisdom gained from over 26 years of yoga teaching & immersive study.
She is the Founder and Director of Soma Yoga Institute, a world-wide yoga teacher training school that embraces a therapeutically-oriented, heart-centered approach. These programs, heralded by many as truly inspirational, combine modern day biomechanics and research driven science with ancient teachings and serve to teach adaptive Yoga for all BODIES as a practice for vibrant health, self-transformation and personal empowerment.
Liz's dynamic teaching style is influenced by many, many wonderful yoga teachers. These include Ashtanga Yoga’s Shri K. Pattabhi Jois, Tim Miller, Nancy Gilgoff and Bhavani Maki; Anusara Yoga’s Desiree Rumbaugh, Jenny Otto, Noah Maze, and Jim & Ruthie Bernaert; Integrative Yoga Therapy’s Joseph Le Page; and yoga philosophers Ram Das, Douglas Brooks, and Carlos Pomeda.
Liz is known is for her ability to bridge the gap between the ancient perspectives of yoga and contemporary daily life. In her work as a yoga therapist, Liz specializes in helping seniors age gracefully and is highly skilled in adapting practices to meet the complex health challenges associated with aging. In collaborative partnership with Yoga 4 Brain Health she has co-founded the Memory Maintenance Yoga Teacher Training program that certifies Yoga teachers to help their communities delay the onset of memory loss related diseases through Yoga. Liz also serves as a faculty-mentor for the Kripalu School of Integrative Yoga Therapy supporting professionals on their journey to become yoga therapists.
Liz believes that the path of Yoga brings greater ease, not just to the individual, but to all beings everywhere, and ultimately uplifts planetary consciousness one conscious breath at a time.
Christine, a seasoned yoga instructor and founder of the international school Om Shree Om, began her yoga journey in 1990, driven by a desire for emotional balance and mental clarity from her stressful teaching career. Renowned for her expertise in therapeutic yoga, Christine excels in teaching alignment, biomechanics, and fascial health, integrating these into a holistic approach that promotes healing and well-being. As a teacher trainer, she imparts this deep knowledge to aspiring yoga teachers, enhancing their practices with her fun-spirited and engaging teaching style. Her methodology not only addresses individual needs but also emphasizes the importance of fascia and miofascial lines in supporting effective and safe yoga practices.
Details of this retreat
This teacher training offers students in-depth skills to explore Yoga as a vehicle for holistic health, self-transformation, and personal empowerment.
Our curriculum includes a unique blend of alignment-based vinyasa flow yoga, a solid foundation in Hatha Yoga, and 200 hours of instruction offered within a therapeutic framework.
The instruction will cover a wide range of Yoga techniques including yoga postures, yoga anatomy, relaxation, breath awareness, pranayama, meditations to calm the mind, contemplations to transform limiting tendencies into life-affirming thought patterns, and the application of clear, anatomy-informed principles of alignment to create safety, balance, and freedom in Yoga poses.
Students explore yoga's ancient teachings and concepts from yogic philosophy including Ayurveda, Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, and the Chakra System as frameworks for the application of Yoga as a journey towards radiant health and well-being.
The physical practice emphasis includes hatha and vinyasa yoga offered through a lens of biomechanically sound and anatomy-informed alignment. Expect both mindful vinyasa flow sequencing as well as gentler and restorative variations. You will practice physical postures from all categories of poses including standing poses, hip openers, forward bends, backward bends, twists, inversions, balancing, supine, seated, and prone.
Variations for all levels of practitioners will be provided in yoga practice, all abilities and ALL bodies are welcome to attend.
Rather than offer standard sequencing or rigid methodologies, students are exposed to frameworks that inspire each yoga teacher to adopt the practices, awaken their creativity, and find their own authentic voice as a yoga teacher.
Graduates of this program feel empowered to teach a variety of yoga class types, including all levels vinyasa flow yoga, alignment-based classes, yoga foundations, senior, gentle, and restorative.
Our curriculum includes a unique blend of alignment-based vinyasa flow yoga, a solid foundation in Hatha Yoga, and 200 hours of instruction offered within a therapeutic framework.
The instruction will cover a wide range of Yoga techniques including yoga postures, yoga anatomy, relaxation, breath awareness, pranayama, meditations to calm the mind, contemplations to transform limiting tendencies into life-affirming thought patterns, and the application of clear, anatomy-informed principles of alignment to create safety, balance, and freedom in Yoga poses.
Students explore yoga's ancient teachings and concepts from yogic philosophy including Ayurveda, Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, and the Chakra System as frameworks for the application of Yoga as a journey towards radiant health and well-being.
The physical practice emphasis includes hatha and vinyasa yoga offered through a lens of biomechanically sound and anatomy-informed alignment. Expect both mindful vinyasa flow sequencing as well as gentler and restorative variations. You will practice physical postures from all categories of poses including standing poses, hip openers, forward bends, backward bends, twists, inversions, balancing, supine, seated, and prone.
Variations for all levels of practitioners will be provided in yoga practice, all abilities and ALL bodies are welcome to attend.
Rather than offer standard sequencing or rigid methodologies, students are exposed to frameworks that inspire each yoga teacher to adopt the practices, awaken their creativity, and find their own authentic voice as a yoga teacher.
Graduates of this program feel empowered to teach a variety of yoga class types, including all levels vinyasa flow yoga, alignment-based classes, yoga foundations, senior, gentle, and restorative.
Schedule
The Greece 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training is scheduled as an intensive program. While the program days are full, the activities are kept diverse and active. The days really are a wonderful mix of digesting concepts intellectually, applying the concepts experientially and diving into the practices of yoga. Care is taken within the program schedule to ensure that students have a healthy experience both physically and mentally. We promise not to keep you sedentary for too long. There is physical activity and deep relaxation built into the program every day. You will be provided one full day off for rest or to explore the local area.
Sample Daily Schedule
06:30 Sunrise meditation practice, pranayama, and gentle movement
07:30 Breakfast
08:30 Yoga asana practice plus techniques or teaching methodology
10:30 Brunch and swimming in the sea
12:30 Techniques and teaching methodology includes sequencing and/or pose study with alignment
15:30 Philosophy, anatomy and/or practice teach
17:00 Dinner and sunset at the beach
19:00 Restorative, therapeutic practice, Yoga Nidra, individual study and/or group work
Sample Daily Schedule
06:30 Sunrise meditation practice, pranayama, and gentle movement
07:30 Breakfast
08:30 Yoga asana practice plus techniques or teaching methodology
10:30 Brunch and swimming in the sea
12:30 Techniques and teaching methodology includes sequencing and/or pose study with alignment
15:30 Philosophy, anatomy and/or practice teach
17:00 Dinner and sunset at the beach
19:00 Restorative, therapeutic practice, Yoga Nidra, individual study and/or group work
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change
Getting Here
Soma Yoga Institute, Evia Silence, Boúfalon, Greece
Directions
We make it EASY & SAFE for You!
Transfer from Athens International Airport to the hotel and return by group shuttle.
A group shuttle will be arranged from Athens Airport to Evia Silence. The shuttle will leave Athen's Airport at 1:00 pm on 6/25/25. For return on July 12, the shuttle will depart Evia Silence retreat in time for flights leaving after 12:00pm. Cost of the group shuttle is 60 Euros each way per person. Shuttle times will be adjusted accordingly to accommodate student's departure times. Private taxi can be arranged for 180 Euros each way. The shuttle ride is 2.5 hours long.
Transfer from Athens International Airport to the hotel and return by group shuttle.
A group shuttle will be arranged from Athens Airport to Evia Silence. The shuttle will leave Athen's Airport at 1:00 pm on 6/25/25. For return on July 12, the shuttle will depart Evia Silence retreat in time for flights leaving after 12:00pm. Cost of the group shuttle is 60 Euros each way per person. Shuttle times will be adjusted accordingly to accommodate student's departure times. Private taxi can be arranged for 180 Euros each way. The shuttle ride is 2.5 hours long.
Accommodation
Evia Silence Yoga Retreat Hotel combines natural beauty, comfortable accommodations, and delectable cuisine. Rooms are spacious and each features a balcony with stunning views of the neighboring sea. For your convenience, each room is equipped with a refrigerator and coffee pot, so you can make a light snack or enjoy a cup of coffee or tea in the comfort of your own room.
Shared Quadruple Room
Shared Triple Room
Double Room
Single Room
Venue & Amenities
A/C in Rooms
Free Wifi
Spa
Sauna
Pool
Towels
Free Parking
Kitchen
Tour Assistance
Hot Tub
Coffee/Tea
Cafe
Restaurant
Fitness Center
Yoga Studio
Housekeeping
Bicycles For Rent
Welcome to Evia Silence Retreat, a sanctuary of tranquility on the enchanting Greek Island of Evia. Immerse yourself in reflective practices surrounded by crystal-clear azure waters and the radiant Mediterranean sun. This seaside retreat offers the perfect space to reconnect with mind, body, spirit, and nature.
Nestled in an area of extraordinary natural beauty, overlooking the mesmerizing blue waters of the Aegean Sea, you'll fall in love with its serene and magical charm.
Nestled in an area of extraordinary natural beauty, overlooking the mesmerizing blue waters of the Aegean Sea, you'll fall in love with its serene and magical charm.
Meals
Menu Types
Vegan
Vegetarian
Pescetarian
Ayurvedic
Includes Meat
Organic
Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Nut Free
The chef at Evia Silence Retreat prepares delicious, high-quality meals using only the finest local produce and ingredients. The cuisine is Vegetarian Mediterranean–Greek, with a plentiful variety of
What's Included
- 14 nights accommodation
- Three healthy and delicious meals per day - breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
- Daily afternoon smoothies
- Full yoga teacher training tuition
- A comprehensive 250-page YTT manual
- Ability to study with experienced teachers/yoga therapists who are passionate about their craft
- Daily morning beach side meditation pranayama (breathing), and gentle movement practices
- Active hatha and vinyasa flow classes with alignment with options for all levels
- Restorative yoga and deep relaxation to nourish your nervous system
- Oceanside meditation practices and beach yoga
- Eligibility to register with Yoga Alliance upon completion of the course
- 6-month access to the 200-hour online YTT content (An essential resource to support you as you move out into the world teaching yoga)
- The study of yoga philosophy to gain insights into your (true) nature through the wisdom of Yoga
- Chakras, yoga history, Ayurveda and so much more
- As-needed mentoring after the program ends
- Use of the hotel facilities including pool
- Daily room cleaning
- One load of laundry per week
- Day off to explore the surrounding area
What's Not Included
- Airfare, cost of discounted group airport shuttles
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