50-Hour Ashtanga Yoga Teacher Training in Goa
This one-week, advanced-level yoga teacher training in Goa is created for yoga teachers, seasoned practitioners, and movement educators ready to refine their practice and elevate their teaching with integrity. Focusing on the Ashtanga system, pranayama, and yogic philosophy, this CPD-certified immersion provides a rare opportunity to return to the roots of yoga in an in-person, highly supportive format.
Led by Tribe Yoga, a training school with over 17 years of international experience, this continuing education program is ideal for those seeking to reconnect with hands-on learning, evolve their sequencing and adjustment skills, and study the Eight Limbs through lived experience.
Set at Nalanda Retreat, a peaceful, beachfront learning environment, this training offers high-quality teaching, deep personal inquiry, and the unique inspiration that comes from practicing in one of the best beach resorts in Goa. You’ll leave renewed, recalibrated, and ready to share yoga with more skill, confidence, and presence.
What’s Covered and What’s Not
- Accommodation: Thoughtfully appointed beachside rooms with daily housekeeping
- Meals: Three nourishing, sattvic vegetarian meals daily
- Study Materials: Printed Tribe YTT manual and curated course content
- Certification: Yoga Alliance 50-hour CPD certificate
- Mentoring: One-on-one interview and feedback session with a senior teacher
- Amenities: Access to pools, tropical gardens, dedicated yoga shalas, and private beach
- Atmosphere: Focused, smoke-free space ideal for immersive, embodied learning
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- Travel insurance
- Transfers
- Flights to and from the location
- Extra nights before or after the training
Contact Details
About the Teacher
Gaia Ceccarelli is a dedicated yoga teacher and senior facilitator with Tribe Yoga, known for her grounded presence and intelligent, body-aware teaching style. Born in Tuscany, her journey began in dance before she earned a degree in Communications and discovered yoga in 2008 as a healing practice. Trained in Vinyasa, Hatha, and Acro Yoga, Gaia joined Tribe in 2011 and has since grown into a lead teacher, guiding students and teachers across Europe and Asia.
Scarlett Dee is an experienced yoga teacher and spiritual guide with over 30 years dedicated to conscious living and personal transformation. Her path has taken her from Asia to India and Ibiza, deeply shaping her practice and teaching style. A certified E-RYT and trainer for 200hr and 300hr programs, she integrates Hatha, Ashtanga, and Tantra with breathwork, Yoga Nidra, sound healing, and ceremony. Scarlett’s heart-led approach creates transformative spaces where yoga becomes a lived experience—on and beyond the mat.
Gaia Ceccarelli
Gaia Ceccarelli is a dedicated yoga teacher and senior facilitator with Tribe Yoga, known for her grounded presence and intelligent, body-aware teaching style. Born in Tuscany, her journey began in dance before she earned a degree in Communications and discovered yoga in 2008 as a healing practice. Trained in Vinyasa, Hatha, and Acro Yoga, Gaia joined Tribe in 2011 and has since grown into a lead teacher, guiding students and teachers across Europe and Asia.
Scarlett Dee
Scarlett Dee is an experienced yoga teacher and spiritual guide with over 30 years dedicated to conscious living and personal transformation. Her path has taken her from Asia to India and Ibiza, deeply shaping her practice and teaching style. A certified E-RYT and trainer for 200hr and 300hr programs, she integrates Hatha, Ashtanga, and Tantra with breathwork, Yoga Nidra, sound healing, and ceremony. Scarlett’s heart-led approach creates transformative spaces where yoga becomes a lived experience—on and beyond the mat.
Course Overview
Key Components
Yoga Techniques & Practice
- Modified Ashtanga Primary Series
- Core activation, breath integrity, and bandha awareness
- Mindful alignment and safe movement mechanics
- Daily integration of pranayama and seated meditation
Teaching Skills
- Verbal cueing with clarity and nuance
- Touch-based adjustments and conscious assisting
- Practice teaching and sequencing labs
- One-on-one mentorship and teaching reflections
Key Components
Philosophy & Ethics
- Practical application of Patanjali’s Eight Limbs
- Personal inquiry through yamas and niyamas
- Reflective journaling and ethical teaching discussions
Anatomy & Physiology
- Movement intelligence and joint safety
- Nervous system awareness and regulation
- Injury prevention and trauma-informed practice principles
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this immersive yoga instructor training in Goa, you will:
- Earn a 50-hour Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Certificate
- Refine your physical practice in a mindful, breath-led approach
- Deepen your understanding of classical yogic philosophy and ethics
- Strengthen your teaching technique—both in form and presence
- Gain confidence in verbal cueing, sequencing, and intelligent touch
- Reconnect with your purpose in a supportive, beachside retreat setting
This course is part of Nalanda’s expanding portfolio of yoga teacher trainings, meditation retreats, and professional development programs designed for conscious evolution and community connection.
This training is ideal for certified yoga teachers, experienced practitioners, and movement educators seeking a focused, in-person yoga instructor training in Goa. It’s designed for those who value depth, precision, and embodied learning—and want to refine their teaching with confidence, clarity, and authenticity.
FAQ's
Yes. This training is designed specifically as a continuing education program for teachers and experienced practitioners. It’s perfect if you want to refine your Ashtanga skills, deepen your teaching technique, or return to in-person mentorship after online learning.
You’ll receive a Yoga Alliance-accredited 50-hour CPD certificate, which counts toward your continuing education hours and enhances your professional credentials as a yoga teacher.
Tribe Yoga’s methodology is non-dogmatic and practitioner-focused. You’ll learn to modify and embody the Ashtanga series through awareness, breath, and personal inquiry—allowing you to teach and practice with sensitivity and intelligence.
Absolutely. This isn’t just about teaching—it’s about returning to your own sadhana with depth, discipline, and joy. Many participants experience renewed clarity and inspiration in both practice and life.
Nalanda Retreat offers one of the most trusted environments for yoga teacher training in India Goa. With world-class faculty, peaceful surroundings, and beachside accommodation, it’s an ideal setting to reset, refine, and reconnect through yoga.
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