Lahari is a sanskrit word that can be translated to wave or tender. Tantra is a system that at its heart is about seeing everything in life as Divine. Through this training you will not only learn how to be a proficient yoga teacher, but you will also begin to embody these ancient teachings that will help you to ride the waves of your modern life with grace, ease and purpose. 

This is not your average YTT folks. We’ve found that most yoga teacher training’s teach very in depth course’s centered around pose’s and the body, and then water down everything else. It was disappointing to hear other people’s experiences and the lack of deeper knowledge around the 7 other limbs of yoga. We are not here to reduce, we are here to EXPAND! 

Don't get it twisted, we LOVE asana and find it extremely valuable to know how to execute and teach the posture's properly and with integrity, we also want to encourage the understanding that we fall in love with movement because it's the first step in mastering energy. Asana is the doorway to having a somatic experience that opens us up for even deeper insight and revelation. We will spend a good chunk of time on posture's AND also will spend extensive time exploring the subtle energetics of yoga and the value of being a great pranayama and meditation teacher as well. 

If you ONLY want to learn fancy arm balances and inversions, this is not your training my friend. If you want to learn that AND be tied to a living tradition that explore’s how to shape your energy, understand the tantric worldview and live a spiritual life knowing that you are held by the Divine Mother…than let’s party! 

Basically what we stand by is to know the basics, but don’t be basic ; ) 

10 modules: 

1) Classical Yoga + Tradition Sri Vidya Lineage

- Samkhya Philosophy

 -Breakdown of The Seven Stages of Hatha

-The Three Sisters (Yoga, Tantra, Ayurveda) 

-Patanjali + The Yoga Sutra + The 8 Limb Path

2) Ayurveda

- The Five Elements and Three Doshas

- The Three pillars of Life: Food, Sex, Sleep.

- Dinacharya & Yogic Rituals for Your Modern Life

- Diet, Herbs and Nutrition 

3) Tantra

- Three Schools of Tantra

- Tantric World View

- Awakening Kundalini

- Kriyas: Sensing and Shaping Energy

4) Posture’s + Anatomy 

- The Six Pose Categories

- Anatomy and Alignment 

- Neuroscience and Your Brain on Yoga

- The Three Pillars of Teaching Yoga (Vinyasa Krama, Tapas & Smarana)

- How to teach well: Sequencing, Theming, Voice and Command.

5) Mind & Yoga (Chandra Sadhana)

- The Four Parts of the Mind

- Kleshas: The Five Mental Afflictions

- The Power of Meditation

6) Energy & Yoga (Surya Sadhana) 

- The Four Stages of Hatha

- Prana: Our Life Force.+ Kumbhaka and Bandha

- The Breath and Biology

- 5 Pran Vayu's

- Pancha Kosha's 

7) Soul & Yoga (Agni Sadhana)

- Awakening Kundalini

- Fire: Living a Life of Tantra

- The Five Faces of The Divine

- The Seven Stages of Kundalini

8) Chakras & Vibration

- The Seven Chakras and Their Attributes 

- Yantra Yoga and Sacred Geometry

- The Bija Mantras and Laya yoga

9) Mantra

- The Stages of Mantra

- The Five Open Mantras

- How to Use Mantra

- Kirtan and Chanting

- Sanskrit 

10) The Gods + Goddesses

- The Goddess Archetypes and Your Emotions

- The Gods and Mythology

- Ancient Stories and The Bhagavad Gita

- How to Market Yourself Like a God(dess)

- The Business of Yoga and Finding Your Niche

Through our experience of studentship we’ve found the best way to learn is both online AND in person. Online gives you the flexibility to join in from anywhere, anytime and also allows you to watch and rewatch at our convenience. In person is also vital in order to truly embody these topics and when we practice together in a remote and serene environment it build’s community like no other and gives legacy to your experience. 

For that reason, this training will be half online (+- 100hrs) and half in person (+- 100hrs). The online part of this training begins January 11th and the in person part of the training will be held March 29th 2025- April 11th 2025. For 10 weeks we will meet live virtually on Wednesday’s at 1-4pm PST and Saturday’s 9am-12pm PST with Keli and Nikki as well as guest teacher’s! Then for 2 weeks we will be immersed in beautiful Bali, at a beautiful shala just off Bingin Beach in Uluwatu.  We will create the container for you to live yoga on and off the mat.  Get ready to up-level your entire life my friend! Upon booking you will receive a list of room options that we have compiled that are close to the training. 

"Let us look at a wave on the surface of the ocean. A wave is a wave. It has a beginning and an end. It might be high or low, more or less beautiful than other waves. But a wave is, at the same time, water. Water is the ground of being of the wave. It is important that a wave knows that she is water and not just a wave.” ~Thich Nhat Hanh

Please note:

In order for Lahari to have its international gathering in Bali, we will need a minimum of 10 participants. Otherwise the trip won't be doable. For that reason, we suggest that you wait until after the 10th of January 2025 to purchase flights to Bali. If you want to purchase earlier please be aware of this situation and we highly suggest that you have some form of flight insurance for any changes.

IF we need to alter the in person portion of the training we will make price adjustments and let you know by the latest of January 10th. Thank you for your flexibility and understanding. Please know that we are doing everything in power to run this training as originally planned. If you have any questions or concerns please email aum@nikkinie.com

Keli began practicing Yoga over 12 years ago while she was living in New Zealand, and it was on that side of the world in between New Zealand & Bali where she studied & worked with the biggest Yoga studios - sharing a passion about Traditional Tantric Hatha Yoga Teachings. These teachings have guided her soul & life to live more purposefully. 

Keli has over 1000 hours of study/training and over 6000 hours of teaching experience. After assisting & teaching on multiple yoga teacher trainings in Bali, Keli is delighted to lead her very own 200hr YTT alongside her incredible friend & yoga colleague Nikki Nie! Keli is excited & honored to share the beautiful traditional teachings that guide us to ignite the shakti power of the divine feminine into our hearts and minds. 

She is a dedicated and attentive Yoga teacher, who wholeheartedly believes in the mental & physical health provided by the practice of Yoga & meditation. Keli is originally from Brazil, and is living in Austin, Texas with her husband, Eddie.

If you would like to book a free 15 minute call with Keli to answer any questions you can schedule your chat here:

https://calendly.com/kelidyoga/mentorship-restore-faith-in-your-spiritual-practice?month=2022-11

@keli.d.yoga

keliyoga.com

Nikki is a 500 Hour ERYT Registered Yoga and Meditation teacher who specializes in Tantric Hatha Yoga and Meditation. She has found a passion for Ayurveda and is now a certified Ayurvedic Wellness Coach through the Shakti School. While Nikki has found her dharma through teaching, she knows that before anything else, she is a student and seeker. Her biggest takeaway from her first yoga teacher training was the power she gained from falling in love with herself. She shares from this lens of yoga being a system that empowers you to love yourself first!

She began practicing yoga 20 years ago and used it as a way to connect more deeply to her mind, body and breath while she danced professionally in Los Angeles. The last 7 years she has really deepened her practice and amplified her connection to her spirituality through the ancient teachings of the Himalayan Tradition under the Sri Vidya lineage . Her time studying and teaching in Bali connected her to Keli, her dear friend and colleague, and is pumped to join forces and share traditional yoga in their own way to a group of devoted students on the same wavelength! 

Nikki combined her knowledge of yoga with her mastery of teaching group fitness, which has lead her to work with Oprah, Tony Robbins and Julianne Hough to help serve even more people and spread the importance of energetic wellness. Catch her teaching on virtual platforms such as KINRGY, TONAL, FABLETICS FIT, FitON, Class Fit Sugar and Core by Hyperice. Nikki is stoked to share the teachings that have radically changed her life for the better and invite's seekers of all walks of life to dive deep and invest in a training that will surely elevate their life and ripple out to every heart they touch. 

If you would like to book a free 15 minute call with Nikki to answer any questions you can schedule your chat here:

https://sutrapro.com/iframe/nikkinie/privates

More info: 

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@nikki_nie_

Karina Guthrie

Karina is a yoga teacher, teacher trainer and mentor dedicated to sharing, and supporting other teachers to share, the deeper dimensions of yoga.

With over a decade’s teaching experience, she lives in New Zealand and teaches internationally, offering classes through her online platform, continuing education programs, 200hr and 300hr yoga teacher training programs and one-on-one support for teachers.

She is passionate about the physical aspects of yoga as a means for training whole-body awareness and as a portal for experiencing the magic of our own body (and, through it, the body of the world). 

She is equally passionate about sharing yogic philosophy. She believes fully in its ability to help us ask, and answer, life’s big questions so we can live, connected to a sense of meaning and purpose. 

She is currently completing her PhD through Otago University in New Zealand, titled: ‘Negotiating Agency: Women’s participation in Indian Shakta Tantra in the West’.

Find out more: https://karinaguthrieyoga.com/

Edward Ulm

Edward Ulm is an expert manual therapist and bodywork educator.

Eddie studied kinesiology at Arizona State University and has been a bodyworker or physical rehab therapist for 15 years. He is currently in an Applied Neuroscience program at King's College London and has advanced training in Somatic Experiencing, as a trauma-informed practitioner. He created the Science of Touch brand to better connect individuals and practitioners on understanding somatic memory and trauma in the body, and for championing the use of therapeutic touch as a crucial tool in the treatment of, and recovery from, post traumatic stress. He has traveled the world with his wife, Keli, and treated many different individuals with Neurobehavioral Reflex Therapies: a high-validation treatment that tracks the body’s natural reflexes to completion. 

Traditional Tantric Hatha Yoga has transformed how he has looked at body energy systems, inspiring him to weave this into his work. Eddie and Keli call Austin Texas home base, where they live and explore.

Find out more: @scienceoftouch

Jenny Ni Ruiseil 

Jenny is an Irish yogini, musician and teacher originally from Dublin who teaches and practices traditional tantric hatha yoga & meditation. She also shares the magic of Bhakti yoga through her Kirtan sessions online and in Ireland (a devotional practice involving mantra chanting and group singing). She is committed to exploring, practicing and living a heart-based, creative life, using the traditional teachings of the Himalayan Masters combined with the deep roots of her Irish and Celtic lineage as guides and frameworks. Her fascination with all things music, sound, language and energy-based has led her to explore the connections between these ancient spiritual practices and their relation to the body, heart and mind of today's practitioner, and how rooting ourselves deeply in a practice, lineage or tradition can help to facilitate an even deeper sense of home. 

Find out more: @jennybean108

There are a lot of yoga teacher trainings out there, why should you pick ours? First off, there aren’t many teacher trainings ran by women that focus on Hatha Yoga and Tantra. We have found that signing up for a YTT is a huge investment, both of your money and time. So we believe if you are going to invest in something you should invest in a school that is part of a living lineage and is able to supply you with deep practices that will evolve your life on a physical, emotional and spiritual level. 

Meditation: 

Meditation was never meant to be separate from the word YOGA. It actually baffles us that MOST YTT’s DON’T teach meditation or how to be a skillful mediation teacher. In this training you will learn how to teach a complete practice, meaning you will be able to skillfully program and guide classes that will include asana, pranayama and meditation. No need to take an additional mediation training to learn some of the most profound Kriya’s we have to offer our students on the path. 

Keep in mind that yoga is not a work-out, it is a work-in! If you are ready to journey inward and devote your studies to a path that celebrates joy, health, power, sensuality, kindness and love, we welcome you with open arms to Lahari Yoga School. 

As practitioner's under the Himalayan Tradition and unbroken lineage of Sri Vidya, we stand by their ethos "Embrace all, exclude none."  We welcome all races, sexual preferences and religious beliefs without discrimination to our yoga school. If you have any further question's you can reach out to us directly. 

Email:

lahariyogaschool@gmail.com