Aruna Yoga Academy

A Centre of Excellence for Training and Yoga Education

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Aruna’s Yoga Teacher Training Courses

One/Two day Teacher Trainings

Certified Embodied Yoga Beach Retreat for Yoga Teachers (16 hours)

A rejuvenating experience designed for yoga teachers. This retreat offers immersive embodied yoga sessions, optional sangha, beach walks, and private en suite accommodations, providing an opportunity to relax, recharge, and find inspiration for the year ahead. Participants can earn 16 accredited continuous professional development hours, certified by Yoga Alliance Professionals, which also counts as two days towards the 40-hour Embodied Yoga Teacher Training.


Building Functional Strength Yoga Teacher Training

This short training course for yoga teachers focuses on helping students develop balanced functional strength while avoiding strain and injury. Explore somatic techniques, alignment principles, and strategies for integrating props effectively. Gain insights into building strength through the seven functional movements, releasing tension, and creating stability. You will gain skills to share the strength benefits of yoga with all students in a safe and effective manner.


Yoga nidra teacher training - short course for yoga teachers near Maynooth, Clane, Prosperous and Kilcock - Aruna Yoga

Yoga Nidra Yoga Teacher Training

Do you want to support your students with sleep and deep rest? But do you also want to go deeper and support your students with self-inquiry. Discover the transformative practise of Yoga Nidra in our Teacher Training led by Laura Wynne. Designed for yoga teachers, this certified short course delves into the science, philosophy, and practice of Yoga Nidra, teaching you how to craft practises, integrate it into classes, and even lead retreats. The course will take an experiential approach.


Restorative Yoga Teacher Training

This certified short course equips yoga teachers with the skills to guide students into deep relaxation and support your yoga students’ para-sympathetic nervous system through restorative yoga. Learn to utilize props effectively, confidently teach restorative yoga, and integrate restorative poses into classes, workshops, or retreats. Led by excellent trainers, the program emphasizes experiential learning to unlock the restorative power of rest for the body and mind.


Chair Yoga Teacher Training

Elevate your teaching with Aruna Yoga’s Chair Yoga Teacher Training, a certified short course designed for yoga teachers. This practical training explores anatomy and creative methods for chair yoga, empowering you to bring yoga's benefits to everyone. Whether you want to include chairs in your general classes or offer specific Chair yoga classes, you will leave feeling confident and capable to share your love of yoga with a wider audience. Led by experienced instructors, the program integrates hands-on practice and case studies, to expand your teaching repertoire.


Embodied Cueing

Enhance your teaching with Aruna Yoga’s Embodied Somatic Adjustments, a one-day certified course for yoga teachers. This program explores the art of hands-on and verbal adjustments, focusing on embodied practices that empower students to connect deeply with their bodies. Learn how to transition to an embodied teaching style, safely offer adjustments, and create autonomy in your classes. Led by Laura Wynne, this course emphasizes inquiry and experiential learning. Embodied Yoga is naturally trauma sensitive and inclusive. Add another tool to your yoga teaching toolkit.

40hr + Yoga Teacher Trainings

40hr Embodied Yoga Teacher Training

Somatic-informed embodied yoga is about reconnecting with what is actually present, becoming aware of patterns, and retraining ourselves so we have more choice, and more freedom in movement The speed students access areas of movement, find freedom, and strength while building balance and resistance within their bodies exceeds all other methods I have used. Do you want to offer naturally trauma sensitive classes? Learn how to effectively deal with what is in front of you in class and not what is in the books? Empower your students to take autonomy of their practise?


50hr Restorative Yoga Specialist

Enhance your teaching toolit with Aruna Yoga's 50-hour Specialist in Restorative Yoga Teacher Training. This comprehensive program combines Restorative Yoga and Yoga Nidra courses, to provide in-depth knowledge of restorative practices. By learning to guide students into deep relaxation, you'll help them achieve better sleep, improved digestion, and enhanced well-being. Elevate your teaching practice and support your students' journey to wellness with this specialized training.


60hr Advanced Anatomy Yoga Teacher Training

Advance your yoga anatomy knowledge. With online modules for international trainers Leslie Kaminoff and Amy Matthews followed by in person integration days with Laura Wynne. You will not only have a deeper understanding of the anatomy of the systems and fluids in the body but you will be able to apply this knowledge to your yoga classes and students offering them a deeper understanding of the asana and how to teach every body.


100hr Teen Yoga Teacher Training

Share your love of yoga with teens whether in schools, after school clubs, weekly classes, sports clubs, the opportunities are endless. Discover the developmental patterns of teens both physically and mentally and discover how to create a 6 week plan designed specifically to support teens of various ages from first years, to TY to leaving cert and sports clubs.

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Foundation Yoga Teacher Training

200hr Yoga & Meditation Teacher Training

Embark on a life-changing journey with Aruna Yoga’s 200-hour Yoga & Meditation Teacher Training. This immersive, certified program combines yoga philosophy, anatomy, and practical teaching skills to help you deepen your practice or start a rewarding teaching career. Ideal for yoga enthusiasts at any level, the training offers expert guidance, experiential learning, and tools to create a successful yoga business.

Advanced Yoga Teacher Training

300hr Advanced Yoga Teacher Training

Deepen your practice and teaching with Aruna Yoga’s 300-hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training. This comprehensive program blends somatic and embodied yoga, anatomy, and trauma-informed approaches to help you confidently guide students at all levels. Learn to integrate new teaching techniques and share functional anatomy with your classes. Led by expert instructors, including online modules with Leslie Kaminoff and Amy Matthews, this course helps you build a sustainable yoga career and offers tools to better connect with yourself and your students.


Other Trainings

Course for Primary School Teachers

This program emphasizes teacher well-being, offering morning sessions dedicated to personal wellness and resilience, and afternoon sessions focused on integrating movement and mindfulness into classroom teaching. This course is bookable directly through Kildare ETB and is eligible for EPV days.