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200hr Hatha Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training with Tanya Savitri Popovich
- June 27 - July 11 2026
- South Crete, Greece
Our teacher training is based on Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga, so that upon completion of this program the trainees can include any kind of audience and adopt the teachings according to the student’s needs.
This is a deeply transformational experience of self-development and a golden standard in professional training. Directed by Tanya Savitri Popovich, E-RYT500 and Yoga Acharya with a 20-year international teaching experience, this teacher training course is a combination of thousands of hours of training and experience in various classical and modern yoga systems, concentrated into a 21 day intensive education.
We are a Yoga Alliance registered school at a 200-hr &500-hr level, and YACEP
Curriculum
Training is based on tradition and classical Yoga in its core as it draws from ancient yogic texts such as the Yoga Sutras, Bhagavad Gita, Vedanta, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Tantric Yoga, and other. At the same time modern teachings are incorporated into the methodology such as the biomechanics of the body, therapeutic alignment and intelligent sequencing. This ancient tradition and modern science is embodied in daily practice, on and off the mat.
Accommodation
Our training venue is an eco-cottage retreat and seminar centre located between Paleochora and Anydri village in the south of Crete island. Set in the most beautiful landscape, our venue is only a few minutes away by car (or about 20 minutes trekking down a canyon) to some of the most pristine beaches and graphic Paleochora village. Accommodation is based on a triple and double occupancy, and single rooms may be available upon request. There are two fully equipped kitchens for students’ use, as well as a small third kitchen in the yoga room. There are two yoga spaces for our use: an outdoor and an indoor space.
Location
The course will take place in Paleochora, South Crete, Greece. Crete Island is the biggest and the extreme southern island of Greece. Paleochora is Crete’s gateway to the Libyan Sea. It is one of the most beautiful towns in the prefecture of Chania with extremely good weather where the summer lasts for over five months! Here, you will feel at home through the kindness and friendliness of the people, you will taste the delicious local cuisine while the beauty of the sea and scenery will literally sweep you away.
The picturesque village is located on a small northern peninsula surrounded by two exquisite beaches with sand and pebbles. The distance between Chania and Paleochora is a 75 kilometre drive enriched with the wild beauty that the Cretan scenery has to offer.
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*Please note that you don’t need to be a Certified Yoga Teacher to participate in any of the Levels or the Full Training. A certification of completion will be given to all participants.
**Accommodation Options Avaialable!
The training program is directed by Tanya Savitri Popovich, founder of Shri Gaia Institute and the creator and director of its training programs, Certified Yoga Teacher with a 20-year yoga experience and Leadership Coach with a 10-year corporate coaching experience.
Tanya is a certified Yoga and Meditation teacher with a 20-year teaching experience, a certified Hypnotherapist specializing in trauma release and a Sound Healer. She is the founder of Shri Gaia Institute and the creator and director of its training programs. Tanya has been teaching 200hr and 500hr Hatha Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training programs across Asia and Europe for the past 14 years in over 20 countries, and more recently Yin Resonance®, Metta Ecstatic Dance, Pranayama Teacher Training, Vital Wheels – yoga psychology through the chakric system, and other continuing education programs. Tanya has also been invited to direct other schools’ training programs in Finland, Taiwan, Singapore, and Malaysia. Her experience in Yoga, Hypnotherapy, and Leadership through mind and body practices has led her to be a sought-after Leadership Coach in numerous international companies, including Airbus and Thales Group.
As a teenager and young adult, Tanya studied Fine Art, Dance and practised Transcendental Meditation, travelled extensively through India and trained in various classical and modern styles of Yoga. She is a lover of yoga philosophy and can take her students effortlessly down the rabbit hole of amusing yogic thought. More recently Tanya has completed her MA in Indigenous Studies, with a focus on Myth, Storytelling and Dance. Her experience in all these modalities has culminated in a plethora of rich training programs of the highest calibre, where she gives her students selflessly all her knowledge and experience in hope to preserve the old traditions and the way communities came together in the past.
Lena Michael will be facilitating the sound healing sessions throughout the whole training.
Lena is a trained Reiki Master Teacher, Sound & Frequency Healer, Ceremonial Cacao Practioner & Crystal Therapist. She has trained in various other healing arts including SCHH Quantum Hypnotherapy & has found that combining a fusion of healing modalities together with intention & visualisation can have powerful & deeply transformative effects on our journey back to wholeness.
She is the creator of White Lotus Crystal, a space in Nicosia, Cyprus where she offers Cacao Ceremonies, Sound & Frequency Healing, Meditation Journeys, Tibetan Bowl Vibrational Body Therapy, Solfeggio Frequency Tuning Forks, Crystal Therapy, Reiki Initiations, Munay-Ki Rite of the Womb & Women’s Circles. Her offerings are in group settings, personal 1:1 sessions, couples sessions, private groups & online sessions.
She uses a combination of Crystal Singing Bowls, Tibetan Bowls, Ocean Drum, Rain Stick, Shamanic Drum, Gongs, Chimes, Rattles, Koshi Chimes, Tinza Bells, Rav Pans, Monochord, Angelic Therapy Harp & Frequency Tuning Forks. Sound & Vibrational healing is an ancient healing technique that uses tonal frequencies to help you to clear energetic blockages & thus facilitate healing on a physical & mental level. The frequency of the sound synchronises with the brainwaves, slowing them down to a deeply restorative state of vibrational balance, coherence & harmony.
Her vision is to combine energy healing modalities, sounds, frequencies, vibrations & movement that assist us on our inner healing journey. When reconnecting with Mother Earth we are raising our own personal frequency & by co-creating with each other, we assist in raising the frequency of the collective.
Connect with Lena at
FB: WhiteLotusCrystalCy
IG: @whitelotuscrystal.cy
Email: whitelotuscrystal@gmail.com
Tel: (00357) 99355006
