Courses

Shantarasa Yoga Darshana delivers deep and comprehensive trainings in yoga education.

The senior teachers Sadhana and Keval draw from their extensive experience and interface with traditional forms of Yoga extending over decades. They have been fortunate to have received personal guidance from exceptional masters from a long line of Siddhas. As a consequence their way of teaching is unique in the worldwide culture of yoga as it exists today.

The instruction is in traditional forms of practice and study. This is a step away from contemporary forms of ‘postural yoga’. Postural yoga tends to stop at muscles and bones and features of human anatomy in very specific forms of yoga architecture. Traditional Yoga seeks an inner alignment to the currents of energy that sustain, animate and heal the body/mind from within. The subtle energy (prana) is amplified through conscious forms of practice that free up the channels through which it flows, increasing the space in which it moves. The physical and subtle functions of the human form are empowered and refined for greater integration of all body systems.

Traditional forms of practice harness the scattered and busy energies of the mind to a point of focus and presence. The mind can then become a powerful instrument enhancing the qualities of discernment, perception, joyous calm and stillness. Stillness in asana with conscious breath gives entry to the liminal spaces of our subtle being. The physical practices of traditional yoga purify the form and open us to our depths beyond the dominance of external orientation and image.

The Shantarasa aim is to equip ‘teachers’ with all the requisite skills to safely guide and inspire others. The skills gained far exceed the study of physical postures, extending into the practices and foundational knowledge that inspire a more balanced mind and approach to life.  The physical postures are also given deeper value and meaning. The philosophy of asana enables students to better understand and communicate the unique benefits the asanas generate, placing them in a more wholistic context.

The trainings are a combination of study and practice. The study components include lively discussions that invariably touch on all things life related in meaningful and provocative ways. The practices engage an integration of body, breath, mind and awareness,  facilitating change and expansion. Students find ways to re-contextualise their lives ascribing deeper value and meaning to their choices, directions and purpose.

We invite you to join us in exploring the rich experiential levels and practical wisdom Yoga has to offer.

The trainings on offer through 2025-2026 are:

Yoga Teacher Training 200-hour certificate (11 weekend intensives commencing in January 2025)

Yoga Teacher Training 300-hour certificate (15 weekend Intensives commencing in September 2025)

Yoga Teacher Training 500-hour certificate (both 200-hour and 300-Hour together accross 26 weekend intensives)

YTT 300-hour plus or 500-hour plus- Foundations of Yoga Chikitsa (Therapy), offering extended curriculum over 4 weekend intensives

The YTT 200-hour will give you a well rounded skill base to teach all the basic asanas, breathwork, entry point pranayama, yoga nidra, mantra and meditation and a superb exposure to the practical wisdom unique to the yogic traditions. The study of the philosophical principles is also a practice called swadhyaya. Grow also a ever evolving personal practice. Access to online support materials for review and ongoing study.

The YTT 300-hour has a unique focus on a more therapeutic approach to practice to facilitate change, healing and transformation at the level of body, breath, energy, heart, mind and consciousness. More and more teachers today reach out for mentorship to guide the individual needs of students. In this course we equip teachers to meet individual needs in the context of a group class or in private one on one teaching . Every practice can be adapted to work with the unique constitution and predisposition of the student. Training teachers must learn to first apply this method to their own needs and then extend to others. The rich depth of the philosophical subjects including yoga psychology will open the heart and mind in ways perhaps never experienced. This course will bring your personal practice, you teaching skills and life experience to a whole new level of direct interface with the intentions of the yogic path.

The YTT 500-hour will create a seemless body of study that includes both 200 and 300 hour from you will emerge as a radically changed version of yourSelf. There are a few months between to give time for integration and practice.

The Foundations for Yoga Chikitsa (yoga as therapy) is an exposure to the tools, practices, principles of a healing and awakening form of traditional yoga therapy. It is not a form of yogapathy which remains focused on symtomolgy and treatment, it is a holistic means to find the root causes of suffering. Once identified forever changed and healing can begin and unfold to ever increasing experiences of freedom and fullness. The methods are unique in our contemporary environment and mindsets. The results can be exceptional and irrevocable.

All courses include online support material and access to ongoing mentorship.

We would love to join us for for the experience of a lifetime!!:)

** You are welcome to download our training guide which details the curriculum for each course.

Shantarasa offers all levels of training.

Foundations of Yoga Chikitsa

70-hour post grad training.

Commencing April 2026 taught over 4 x 2 day weekend intensives

Shantarasa 300-hour | 500-hour plus Foundations in Yoga Chikitsa - extra curriculum (70-hours) at special rate

OR Take this post graduate study as a Stand Alone Course of study if you have 350 hours of teacher training from any other training organisation.

Offering a view of traditional yoga chikitsa (yoga as therapy). as a holistic method of assisting people through phases of being unwell, dealing with injury, illness and disease of body and mind. This is a profound method of teaching and guiding others with significant differences in methods of practice from the more general approaches to yoga practice. This training offers various levels of adaptation incorporating skill sets unique to traditional yoga chikitsa. Shantarasa specializes in this form of practice and orientation. This Training will suit those with a 350 hours or 500 hours of previous training. In some cases a 200 hour plus additional professional development will be sufficient. This training will add a whole new range of skills for teachers with a genuine call to meet the peoples individual needs and capacities.

apply for our full teacher training guide to view details of this additional post graduate training.