July 2024.
Epic teacher training in Spain with Kat and lots of warm, inspiring and expert, guest teachers too!
Grounded & Graceful is a beloved yoga school and community based in northern Spain, founded by Kat - from the depths of her heart.
Passionate, course Director Kat, is on a Life Mission to help others find their inner spark and purpose. After leaving London in 2012, with ten years of intense spiritual and yogic immersion, she subsequently launched her first teacher training program in 2022.
With the help of an incredible team, she has successfully co-trained many students from around the globe. Many of whom, have accredited the experience as helping them to find their truth, their voice, new levels of confidence and a strong sense of direction.
Her first book Finding my Light, now published on Amazon, shares the most authentic expression of who she is and what she intends to share with her students.
Her deeper intention is to help you: Find your Light, and become an intelligent, skilfull teacher, while allowing more love and joy into your life.
What does it mean to be a yoga teacher?
Training to become a yoga teacher is a beautiful, transformational journey that will shine a guiding light on your life forever. Many of us often have a misconception about being a yoga teacher, perhaps worrying about our ability to perform difficult asanas, the ideal body shape or extreme flexibility. But alongside a great respect and love of asana / dedicated personal practice, it is very important to understand that yoga is a holistic, non-stop learning process that requires a caring heart, a strong will and the desire to learn and absorb the teachings.
Alongside these inner qualities, you need positive and loving energy, an open mind, humility, and the desire to learn how to motivate and lead a class with confidence, offering variations and corrections in the right way. A 200-hour yoga teacher training is just the first door we open to deepening this knowledge, and while everyone has their personal limitations to reach certain postures, the higher aim of becoming a yoga teacher is to create community by giving knowledge, guidance, friendship and kindness.
200-hours Teacher Training
About the course & frequently asked questions
The Teacher Training Course is an intensive 3-week course in Spain.
At Kat’s Grounded & Graceful house in the neighbourhood of Neguri, in the town of Getxo, city of Bilbao, Spain. This is where you will eat and enjoy a variety of lectures.
And at her studio space, La Casa del Yoga studio in the neighbourhood of Las Arenas, Getxo, Bilbao in northern Spain. This is where you will meet for practice and asana clinics every morning and every afternoon.
The house and studio are either two metro stops away from each other or a very picturesque, 25 minute walk along the harbour.
The course will be fully accredited with Yoga Alliance and this certificate will allow you to teach worldwide.
Is the course intensive?
Yes. Very. Embrace it! The intensive nature of the course will help you to dive into a yogic attitude with a contemporary mindset, build up a strong connection to the teachers and other trainees, and have a strong focus on the training itself. This will offer you a unique opportunity to grow and pursue a personal learning experience. It’s a magical experience and you will create lifelong friendships and beautiful connections, although it is very important to understand it is really not like a yoga retreat or a holiday; it is a very intensive course with extremely high standards.
July 2024
July 1st - July 21st Inclusive.
Course hours for March 2023
3 weeks in person
Plus
70 hours of online training, pre-recorded material you can keep for life.
TOTAL = 200 HOURS.
Please arrive and leave at a time that enables you to complete all the included days. There will be a welcome meal the night before your course begins, you are required to attend the welcome meal the evening before.
Course overview
• 200 hours in-person in the Basque Country, Spain and online, in your own time.
• We will provide you with a professional and complete foundation to become a yoga teacher.
• You will deepen your own practice and develop your ability to communicate clearly with the use of polite vocabulary, calm tonality, coordination of students with variations and adjustments.
• We explain the alignment, benefits and contraindications of each asana.
• Learn how to structure Vinyasa Yoga Classes for all levels.
• Guide, correct and assist.
• How to adapt the practice to your student's individual needs.
• How to promote, market and run your yoga career.
Photos. All the photos on this page have either been taken during our 2022 teacher training courses or at the Grounded & Graceful house. We hope they convey the community spirit, love and beauty we want to share with YOU too!
Sample Schedule Subject to Changes
Monday–Friday
07.30 Homemade energy balls, fruit and warm drinks available for you.
08.00 Nobel Silence is observed in the mornings. Nobel silence ends after the first class and begins again at 22.30, Monday-Thursday. You will walk to the studio in silence.
08.30-10.30 Vinyasa Guided & Self Practice (changes from day to day, schedule given at course) at La Casa del Yoga studio
11.00-12.00 Brunch at the house
12:30–13.30 Lecture at the house with Kat
13.30–14.30 Lecture at the house with Kat
15.30-18.00 Asana Lab at the studio with Ines
18.00-20.00 Yoga class with Kat
20.30 Dinner at the house
22.30 We kindly ask that all student say goodnight and return to silence while Self Study is expected every evening before bedtime with homework set most days.
Please note this is just a sample schedule and is subject to refinements and all students must remain open and flexible to changes as the nature of the course unfolds organically in the moment.
Weekend Schedule subject to changes
16.00-20.00 At the studio.
Additional information
– All our courses are held in English.
– A minimum of 5 years of yoga or meditation practice is required.
– The course is an intense experience; you'll spend long days working together with the other trainees, so be prepared to be fully immersed in a group dynamic, forging strong connections, but without a lot of me-time.
Price
All tuition and 2 simple/vegetarian meals with healthy snacks Mon-Friday included €1700.
Early-bird price €1000 if you book three months before any course.
Accommodation
Accommodation is not included in the above price but we do offer extremely economical solutions.
1. If you need somewhere to stay during the quieter months, we can offer you economical rooms in Kat’s husband’s guest house in Bilbao; talk to Kat about these rooms.
2. During the seasonal summer, we are happy to offer you a pleasant and economical room on the lower ground floor of our family's Grounded & Graceful home (the white and green house in the photos!) Please note Kat´s two children and the dog will be running around upstairs, it’s a family home with lots of family vibes, but you will have your own living space downstairs with beds, windows to the garden and a shared bathroom. If you want something more private please check out air bnb for more options!
Below you can see photos of the lower ground apartment at the house, the rates are:
1 week in your own private room with a shared bathroom €45 per night.
1 week in a shared room with up to 2 other same-sex students €20 per night.
Payment & Cancellation Policy
A strictly non-refundable deposit of €500 is required to finalise a booking with the school. If you can’t attend the course for any reason, you can transfer the deposit to any other course within 1 year of the original course date, providing you inform us at least 8 weeks before the course begins. The remainder of the payment must be completed 2 weeks before the course commences.
Once you have arrived at the school the course fee is non-refundable.