Yoga Teacher Training in Lithuania

A transformative 4-week intensive course

Sivananda Yoga Teachers' Training Course

31 May - 29 June 2025
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  • A life-transforming 4-week intensive course
  • Longest running yoga teacher training course in the West, since 1969
  • Over 50,000 graduates worldwide
  • A certificate from the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers (ISYVC)
  • Recognised by the Yoga Alliance for the 200 hours standard required by Registered yoga schools (RYS)

Course languages: English, Polish, Lithuanian, Russian

Course description

TTC Lithuania
  • Four-week theoretical and practical training in all aspects of yoga composed of 401 training units of 45 minutes’ duration
  • Certificate from the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre organisation (ISYVC) is awarded on successful completion of the course. The diploma is entitled “Yoga Siromani” and recognised by Yoga Alliance for the 200 hours Registered Yoga School Standards
  • This course was established in 1969 by Swami Vishnudevananda as the first yoga teachers’ training course taught to Western students and now has over 50,000 graduates.
  • A sincere desire to learn and openness to yogic techniques is required – a basic knowledge of yoga postures and philosophy is preferred, but not essential. Students will develop the skills to teach yoga asanas and improve their own personal practice.

Venue

Recreation Center "AŽVINTIS"
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The course will take place at the “Ažvintis” holiday home in Švedriškė, Ignalina district.

The resort is situated on the shore of a lake, on a small peninsula, surrounded by greenery and natural forest. The atmosphere is created by the slender pines and other trees towering above the ground. The whole area is a safe oasis of peace and an ideal place for meditation and other yoga practices.

Spaces for yoga

The farmhouse has several halls – the main hall is spacious for yoga practice and lectures, and there is a smaller but cosy room with wooden floors. There are also three covered wooden terraces for outdoor asana practice. Outside, there is a sports court for basketball or other outdoor sports games.

Accommodation

All rooms are located in one house, on two floors. Accommodation options range from a 6-8 bed dormitory to double, triple and quadruple rooms). The rooms have modern, renovated showers and toilets. There is also the option of living in your own tent.

More about the farmhouse here

Food

Two wholefood, lacto-vegetarian meals are served daily according to yogic principles. Meals are usually taken outdoors; if it is raining, in the dining room. The food is prepared by professional cooks who practice yoga.

Sauna

Once a week, on the day off, sauna is available.

Arrival/departure

Arrival: May 31 from 2 pm

Departure: June 29 before 2 pm 

  • A yoga mat, a meditation cushion (also available in our shop at the course), a blanket or a meditation shawl.
  • Loose, comfortable clothes, pens and paper, flashlight, comfortable shoes for walking.
  • Personal hygiene products, swim suit and a towel.
  • Tools for kriyas (can be purchased in the shop).
  • Masks and hand sanitizer.

Once a week you will have a day off. No lectures or asana classes are held on that day.

It will be possible to join an excursion organized by us.

Course teachers

TTC Lithuania
Swami Vidyananda

Swami Vidyananda

Swami Vidyananda has several decades of teaching experience. Her classes and lectures convey the universal message of yoga with depth and empathy.

Atmaram

Atmaram

Atmaram is a direct disciple of Swami Vishnudevananda for over thirty years and currently co-director of the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Camp in Val Morin, near Montreal, Canada. He has been sharing his dedication and enthusiasm for all aspects of Yoga in the Sivananda Yoga Teachers’ Training Courses worldwide, and specially in Eastern Europe.

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Durga Chaitanya

Durga Chaitanya is the head of the Sivananda Yoga Centre in Vilnius. She has been a yoga teacher since 2003, and has taught yoga, meditation and philosophy at many international courses for Sivananda yoga teachers.

Kailas

Kailas Chaitanya

Kailas Chaitanya is an enthuastic yoga practitioner and an engaging teacher. With perseverance and humour his classes can take you a step further in the practice.

As well as other experienced yoga teachers from the Sivananda Yoga Centre in Vilnius and other countries.

Rates

Valid until 25 May 2023

For Eastern European nationals currently living and working in Eastern Europe:

Tent:1850 €
Shared (6-8 beds):1850 €
4 beds room:2050 €
Triple room:2250  €
Doubleroom:2650 €

For all others residing in the West:

Tent:2050 €
Shared (6-8 beds):2250 €
4 beds room:2550 €
Triple room:3800 €
Double room3100 €

Special rates

10% DISCOUNT ON PRE-REGISTRATION
For those who have registered and paid the full course fee
By 31 March.

PARTIAL SCHOLARSHIP 200 € for students and the unemployed. Only for the “tent and dormitory” category.
A student ID or labor exchange ID is required. The number of places is limited.
For more information, call +370 (648) 72 864

What is included in the price?

Accommodation, meals, course and examination fee, Training manual, two yoga pants, two t-shirts.

Not included: travel, excursion, kriya materials (cleansing exercises), any other additional services.

Important information

for the TTC

Registration is still open.

Please do not purchase tickets for the trip or transfer any funds until you receive confirmation of your registration from us.

Certificate from the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre organisation (ISYVC) is awarded on successful completion of the course. The diploma is entitled “Yoga Siromani”.

The International Sivananda Yoga Teachers’ Training Courses consist of three levels:

Teachers’ Training Course (TTC)401 units of 45 min or 301 units of 60 min
Advanced Teachers’ Training Course (ATTC)437 units of 45 min or 328 units of 60 min
Sadhana Intensive173 units of 45 min or 130 units of 60 min

The Yoga Alliance recognises the TTC for the 200 hours Registered Yoga School Standards and the TTC plus ATTC for the 500 hours Registered Yoga School Standards.  School standartą.

The courses will be taught in English, Lithuanian, Polish and, if necessary, Russian. The lectures and meditation sessions will be  in English and translated into the various languages. A modern wireless translation system and headphones will be used for translations (you can bring your own or buy them in our shop at the course).

  • The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga by Swami Vishnudevananda, Three Rivers Press
  • Bhagavad Gita with a commentary by Swami Sivananda, the Divine Life Trust Society
  • Yoga: Your Home Practice Companion by the Sivananda Yoga Centres (Dorling Kindersley)

Please note: These books are not included in the course fee. They can be purchased at the Sivananda Yoga Centres, via the online shop, or in our on-site shop.

There may be occasional changes to the daily schedule.
5:30 amWake up
6:00 amMeditation, mantra chanting and lecture
8:00 amAsanas and pranayama
10:00 amBrunch
11:00 amKarma Yoga (helping out with chores)
12:00 pmBhagavad Gita or Kirtan
2:00 pmMain lecture in philosophy or anatomy
4:00 pmAsanas and pranayama
6:00 pmDinner
8:00 pmMeditation, mantra chanting and lecture
10:00 pmLights out

The curriculum is based on the five points of yoga which can be understood as the practical application of the four traditional yoga paths:

  1. Proper exercise (Asanas)
  2. Proper breathing (Pranayama)
  3. Proper relaxation (Savasana)
  4. Proper diet (vegetarian)
  5. Positive thinking and meditation (Vedanta and Dhyana)

Daily: two meditation sessions, two yoga classes, two lectures, one hour of service to the ashram community. One day a week is lecture-free.

Asanas (yoga postures)

The daily in-depth practice with individual corrections comprises:

  • Sun salutation
  • 12 basic yoga postures
  • 100 asana variations, from intermediate level to advanced
  • Postural alignment
  • Deep relaxation with autosuggestion
  • Release of blocked energy
  • Training sessions for all age groups

Benefits of asanas:

  • Control emotions
  • Improve power of concentration
  • Rid the body of excess fat
  • Enhance physical fitness
  • Relieve chronic ailments such as constipation, rheumatism, stomach complaints
  • Stimulate circulation
  • Stabilise thyroid functions
  • Keep muscles youthful and supple into old age

Pranayama

  • Expands capacity of the lungs
  • Relaxes the nervous system
  • Balances the two hemispheres of the brain
  • Purifies the nadis (subtle energy channels)
  • Awakens the inner spiritual energy
  • Kapalabhati (lung cleansing exercise)
  • Anuloma Viloma (alternate nostril breathing)
  • Samanu (mental cleansing of the nadis)
  • The 8 main pranayamas: Ujjayi, Surya Bheda, Bhastrika, Plavini, Moorcha, Sitali, Sitkari, Bhramari

Kriyas

  • Tratak, Neti, Kapalabhati, Dhauti, Nauli and Basti: six classical purification exercises for the eyes, nose, air passages, oesophagus and stomach, abdominal organs and large intestine. Explanation and demonstration of the exercises and their effects. Individual instruction

Yoga anatomy and physiology

  • Introduction to the major body systems
  • The effects of asanas and pranayama on: the cardiovascular system, respiration, digestion, skeletal and muscular systems, endocrine system

Teaching practice

  • How to teach the 12 basic postures and breathing exercises to beginners and intermediate students
  • Detailed correction workshops
  • In the second half of the training course, participants will teach each other under the guidance of an experienced instructor 

Yoga nutrition

  • Vegetarianism – for ethical, spiritual and health reasons
  • How diet affects the mind
  • Proper balance of the main nutrients
  • Ayurvedic principles of nutrition
  • Healing effects of fasting

Meditation

  • Physical and mental meditation
  • 12-step daily practice
  • Effects of and experiences in meditation
  • Mantras – spiritual energy in sound
  • Mantra initiation (if desired)

Hatha Yoga

  • Ethical and moral principles
  • Body – prana (life energy) – mind
  • From control over the body to control over the mind and meditation 

Raja Yoga

  • Ashtanga – the 8 steps of yoga
  • Antahkarana – functions of the mind
  • Concentration and meditation

Kundalini Yoga

  • The Absolute and how it manifests itself in nature
  • Macrocosmos & microcosmos
  • The 7 Chakras
  • The awakening of cosmic energy

Bhakti Yoga

  • Kirtan: chanting of classical Sanskrit mantras
  • Indian gods and their cosmic meaning
  • Arati and Pujas (traditional Indian rituals) 

Karma Yoga

  • The law of cause and effect
  • Samsara – the wheel of birth and death
  • Karma Yoga – selfless service: one hour daily in the ashram community

Jnana Yoga

  • Basic concepts of Vedanta philosophy
  • The 7 Bhoomikas or planes of consciousness
  • Space, time, causation
  • The 3 bodies
  • The 3 levels of the mind
  • Conquest of death

Bhagavad Gita

  • Study of both the text and the commentary of this classical yoga scripture

How to get there

132 KM from vilnius

By car

Train and bus:
Vilnius-Ignalina by train (Timetable)
Ignalina-Swedishke by bus

By bus:
Ignalina – Ignalina-Švedriškė (Lithuania)

GPS coordinates of the resort:

55.49462
26.068196

Registration

CLICK THE BUTTON TO REGISTER

Please contact us if you have any questions:

Phone: +370 (648) 72 864

ttc-lithuania@sivananda.net

Participating in this yoga teacher training course requires inner openness and sincere acceptance and respect for the instructions given by the teachers.

Before registering, please meet or talk on the phone with Durga Devi (Sivananda Yoga Centre in Vilnius). She can answer your questions and help you to better understand the spiritual nature of the course.

The registration is confirmed upon receipt of a EUR 300 deposit.
Account for transfer:
Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center
LUMINOR
LT114010049500729689

Full payment must be made no later than 4 weeks before the course begins.

Exceptional conditions due to COVID-19: In case of cancellation of the course due to force majeure reasons related to the pandemic, the amount paid for the course will be refunded 100%. Cancellation before the course starts. Within 14 days after receiving the confirmation of registration: You have the right to cancel your participation in the Yoga Teacher Course without giving a reason within 14 days after the confirmation of registration for the course has been sent. Cancellation of courses must be submitted in writing or verbally to the organizers of the yoga teacher training course in Lithuania: by e-mail: ttc-lithuania@sivananda.net, or by phone +370 (648) 72 864. It is not necessary, but you can submit a completed WITHDRAWAL APPLICATION (attached to the electronic notification letter). The cancellation is considered timely if it is made within the specified period. If you canceled the reservation, we will immediately, or no later than within 14 days upon receipt of the cancellation notice, refund the money paid. Cancellation more than 14 days after the registration confirmation has been sent: We will refund you the amount paid minus an administration fee of EUR 50. If you register within 14 days before the start of the course, you must waive your cancellation rights. The waiver of the right of cancellation will be signed upon arrival at the course location. In the event that you do not show up and do not contact us, no refund will be issued. In case you want to re-register for other courses: an administrative fee of 50 euros will be deducted. You can re-enroll to any other Sivananda Yoga Teachers’ Training Course held in Europe or Rudraprayag (India). Early departure from the TTC in Lithuania: Within the first three days: we will return your payment minus 300 euros. After 3 days: No refund. If you depart the course early, the course textbook and the TTC uniform (2 pairs of trousers/2 T-shirts) must be returned before leaving.

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