About the Doron Yoga & Zen Center

Both versions of the program will include time spent at The Doron Yoga & Zen Center. A home away from home for many of our students, you will be able to enjoy a stunning natural setting as the backdrop to your yoga explorations. Life here moves in accordance with the principles that Doron describes in The Yoga Lifestyle. We eat three beautiful vegetarian meals a day (included in your tuition price) and uphold a harmonious relationship with both nature and the surrounding community. Built in 2016 in accordance with ecologically conscious construction principles and quality, it is a hidden gem nestled in the mountain valley town of Tzununa.
You will likely experience a Temscal cleanse once, a Zen Dance, and some hammock time. On your free-days, immerse yourself in local Maya culture, go kayaking, paragliding, or wake up early to hike the Indian Nose!

Asana Technique & Teaching Methods: We will cover all major poses taught in yoga classes, their alignment principles, correct breathing, drsti, and transitioning, as well as modifications, adjustments, physical risks, emotional and energetic effects, counter poses, and assists. We will cover the warm-ups, sun salutations, standing poses, balancing poses, core strengthening, arm balancing, hip openers, back bends, forward folds, inversions, twists, and savasana.

Practical Yoga History & Philosophy: Learn the select important sutras from the yoga sutras of Patanjali. We will cover spiritual psychology as well as what is preventing us from achieving enlightenment. We will look at the different types of yoga that the Bhagavad Gita teaches us, as well as how to use them in classes and life. We’ll understand how Patanjali teaches us morality and how to make better choices. We practice bhakti yoga, celebrating together.

Practical Yoga Anatomy: Learn the correct and safe alignment for all the main poses. Understand the spine movements in various poses, the importance of the hips and how they affect the rest of the body, the functioning of the entire core area, and the relationship between the different body parts. Understand improved alignment for a sustainable practice.

Advanced Class Planning & Sequencing: Learn to sequence for different level classes, from beginners to advanced. Understand the logic behind the sequencing and leave ready to teach a great 60-minute class.

Pranayama, Practice & Teaching:Dive deeper into the practice of pranayama. Learn the basics of the breathing practices for yourself as well as how to teach it to others. Learn to create full pranayama practices and how to sequence them.

Subtle Energy & Anatomy: Understand the chakras and their practical implementations as tools for assessing our body and mind. Go deeper into the subtleties of our body and how it relates to outer energies. Understand the koshas, chakras, nadis, vayus, and gunas.

Meditation Practices: Learn advanced meditation practices, and investigate how to create quicker results. Explore solutions for the Citta vrttis. Learn how to deal with resistance. Zen vs yoga vs Tibetan, what to choose?

Ayurveda & The Yoga Lifestyle: Yoga beyond the mat. Learn how to set practical systems in order to keep the practice alive. Learn about tongue scraping and oil pulling, about the use of neti pot. Refine your knowledge of yourself, your body and mind, using the Ayurvedic health system. Learn how to use this system to work with other friends and family. Create systems for them, and understand how to offer them diet and lifestyle improvements.

Ethics & Relating to Students: Yoga ethics goes beyond sexual conduct. There are implications to how we speak to students, how we sell our classes, and how we use language and touch. Establishing of priorities and boundaries. Understand your dharma and set new standards for you as a teacher.

Observation & Critical Thinking: Observe classes as well as other teachers in the program, and learn to understand both the students as well as the teachers. Learn observation techniques in order to read bodies and know how to adjust and modify accordingly.

Demonstration and Proper Language: Learn how to demonstrate correctly, how to explain and teach poses while demonstrating, and how to choose the right language to make it crystal clear to the student how to achieve what you are explaining. Learn how to incorporate humor in class, and do it in a non-offensive way. It is an art to explain poses in a way that the student actually gets it, and this may be one of the greatest secrets (after sequencing, humor and hands on) why students will follow you.

Hands on Assists & Verbal Cues: Learn precise hand on assists, when to use them and how. Learn a variety of verbal cues, how and when to use them, and how to combine them with Hands on assists.

Teaching Practice: Share your experience teaching, and get direct mentoring to understand the little differences that make or break a class. Get insight on how to improve your classes, use better language or demonstration.

The Business of Yoga: You are a teacher and you need to make a living. Learn how to teach privates, how to plan and lead a retreat or a workshop, how to get classes and how to manage online media, from web to YouTube.

“I found the Doron Yoga Teacher Training to be a great holistic education for my body, mind and spirit as well as a transformative life experience. It gave me the tools and support to practice more self-care, and supported the development of my own home practice, which helped me to build more strength and confidence. This, in turn, helped me become more willing to challenge my self limiting beliefs and break down some barriers that I place on myself”

– Annetta McCarty Redwood City, CA. USA

Optional Topics for Your Thesis

Philosophy & History: Buddhist philosophy, koans, meditations and practices, The Bhagavad Gita, The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Tantra philosophy as it was in the East and West. Hatha yoga origins and development.

Advanced Anatomy & Physiology: Anatomy of the spine and shoulder girdle, anatomy of the pelvic girdle. Anatomy and physiology of respiration. Subtle anatomy (koshas, prana, nadis, chakras) and how they apply to a yoga class. Pranayama; the practice and teaching.

Specialized Teaching:Pre- and postnatal teachings, teaching seniors, and privates, and understanding how to approach the special needs of students. Teaching yoga to reduce anxiety, stress, and depression.

The art of Sequencing: Traditional energetics of sequencing, including koshas, nadis, chakras, doshas, and seasons. Specific sequencing: injuries, athletes, workshops, themes, and specific groups of students, privates, and different energetic effects. Sequencing for your dosha and yin yoga classes.

Chanting, mantra, meditation & other traditional yoga techniques: Bhakti yoga, tradition and today. Meditation practices in specific traditions, techniques, and solutions for specific issues. Kriyas and other hatha yoga practices.

Business of yoga: How to build specific aspects of the business of yoga. Marketing, website, social media, etc.

Pre-Requisites

• 200-Hour yoga teacher certification from a credible source
• Minimum of 2 years of practice
• Read The Yoga Lifestyle by Doron Hanoch
• Have an open mind and heart
• Be coachable and willing to learn

If you’re interested in completing a 200-hour Teacher Training with us prior to this advanced training, Click Here for more information on our 200-hour program. This program is open to both graduates of Doron’s trainings, and those who did their certification elsewhere.

2 Paths for The 300hr Doron Yoga™ TTC

Doron Yoga offers two unique versions of the program. In both, you first complete a 3-week intensive program offered along our In-Depth 200-hour program.
In the first, you complete the additional 100 hours remotely, according to a task sheet, and do a thesis. (writing 5 articles, or editing yoga texts, etc.)
The second option is more like an internship. You stay 3 more weeks at our beautiful center, get to assist and teach, and do a few hours of work daily.
includes you staying at the center for 3 additional weeks, allowing you to teach, assist, and work at our gorgeous retreat center at Lake Atitlan in Guatemala.

You can find the details of each of these individual programs below.

 Three Weeks + Remote Study

200hrs will be conducted at the center: You will participate in one of our 200hrs TTC.
Since the Doron Yoga 200hr is in-depth and all-encompassing. You refine your sequencing and master the Doron Yoga system, study Ashtanga, get special instruction from Doron according to your needs, and, if you are ready, also practice assisting in classes.

Your final 100 hours are to be completed remotely as a self-study and with 2 hours of online sessions with Doron and his team. This will allow you to connect with other teachers and reflect on your relationship with teaching and your practice. The breakdown of the final 100 hours is as follows:

• Practice hours (20 classes – 30-40 hours)
• Mentored Teaching: You are required to be teaching your classes. In doing so, you will be mentored through monthly exchanges with Doron and faculty via email exchanges regarding any questions or issues that may arise in your teaching.
• Apprenticing: Observing and assisting classes, Doron or other teachers. Includes review with the teacher.
• Thesis – In Depth Study: The +300/500-hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training Guatemala program offers you an opportunity to go deeper and master an area of yoga that is especially interesting for you as a teacher. You will choose a topic for research, in-depth study, and thesis.

Doron and faculty will help you design a 5-article series that will take you into a deeper understanding of your interest in yoga. It is a system made to build you a business niece.

In addition to daily instruction in meditation, pranayama, yoga, and philosophy, you can enjoy playful activities at the center when offered, such as fire nights, massages, Temazcal (sweat lodge) ceremonies, and Zen Dance. On your free days, immerse yourself in local Maya culture, try your hand at stand-up paddle boarding, or wake up early to hike a volcano!

Cost:

• $4697 – shared dorm accommodation
• 3 delicious vegetarian (vegan option) meals daily
• Study, certification, some extra activities at the Center

Six Weeks at the Center

This program is intended for those who want to get the experience of living in a Yoga Center, have daily practice, study, work, live in an eco-village, be immersed in nature, and learn more about the business of yoga.

200hrs will be conducted at the center: You will participate in one of our 200hrs TTC.
Since the Doron Yoga 200hr is in-depth and all-encompassing. You refine your sequencing and master the Doron Yoga system, study Ashtanga, get special instruction from Doron according to your needs, and, if you are ready, also practice assisting in classes.

After completing the 200hrs, you will have another 3 weeks for your 100hrs to practice teaching, write a thesis and articles, and participate in programs when available ( fire circle, Temazcal, hikes, workshops, etc.)

This program includes a work practice of 4 hours a day, 6 days a week. We seek to help you grow even within the work environment, seeking karmic work such as editing/writing/marketing – depending on your needs and skills. However, we cannot guarantee what you will be doing.

Cost:

• $5997 – shared dorm accommodation
• 3 delicious vegetarian (vegan option) meals daily
• study, certification, extra activities at the Center    

“Doron is a teacher I can easily approach and ask anything about yoga, Buddhism, meditation, pranayama and much more (even “silly” questions are taken “seriously”). His deep respect and long practice in Ashtanga yoga and zen tradition is transmitted to his students. Doron helped me to find lightness and smile in my practice, as well as feeling of compassion towards myself, my practice and people around me.

–Annie Rainio, Finland