200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training and Wellness Retreat in Alicante, Spain

The training itself is built around Yoga Alliance's 200-hour curriculum, split across technique (75 hours), anatomy and physiology (30 hours), humanities (30 hours), and professional essentials (50 hours). The teaching team is international—Alicia Ruiz, who trained in India and studied with Dr. Gabor Maté; Giulia Bambolin, a 600-RYT who runs Beyoga in Alicante; and Marcia Valene, a Sivananda-trained yoga therapist, plus several more. Each brings a different lineage, so you get exposed to vinyasa, hatha, yin, and restorative approaches over the 18 days.

What makes this one different is the setting. Biovives is a 9,500 m² estate that took over a hundred people a decade to rebuild. It runs on permaculture, grows its own produce in organic gardens, and has an orchard you can wander through between sessions. The yoga shala is spacious, and the group is capped at 23 people, so you get a lot of individual attention—plenty of room to ask questions and practice teaching in front of a small, supportive group.

The days are full. You'll be in training roughly 9:00 to 18:00 with meal breaks, and there are two days off mid-course to rest and explore. Evenings are often lighter—meditation, workshops on things like arm balances or inversions, or time to study the manual. The schedule is sent out about two weeks before the start, so you know exactly what's coming.

Alicante itself is an easy place to get to—you fly into Alicante-Elche airport and they pick you up for free around noon on arrival day. The venue is in Santa Fe, close enough to the coast that you can head to Postiguet Beach on your days off, but far enough out that you're surrounded by countryside and quiet.

What's included

- Airport pickup - 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training Program - 30-hour Pre-TTC Online Preparation Course - 50% off for Yin Yoga Teacher Training Online - Accommodation for 17 nights - Access to The Shambala Sangha Online Community - Free pickup from Alicante airport around noon on arrival day - Delicious and nutritious meals (arrival day dinner, three meals per day on class days and departure day breakfast) - Specialized workshops (inversion, arm balance, various other yoga styles and more!) - WiFi connection - Course Manual (Printed and Digital) - Pre and post retreat support from our team - Full RYT200 course and certification upon completion - Eligibility to register with Yoga Alliance/Professionals/International/etc - Yoga mats, blocks, straps, and bolsters

What's not included

- Travel insurance - Visa fee (if any) - Additional activities not included in the itinerary - Additional treatments - Meals on 2 days off - Transfer on departure