MyYoga 200-Hour Teacher Training - A Deep Dive into Bikram Yoga (D'Alijo Retreat Center, Portugal)

The MyYoga 200-Hour Teacher Training is a Bikram yoga teacher training for people who want to learn to teach the Hot 26+2 series with confidence. It is held at D'Alijo Yoga Retreat Center in Casal, Vila Real, in Northern Portugal. Now in its fourth edition, it is also open to dedicated practitioners who want a deeper understanding of the series, whether or not they plan to teach.

What to Expect

This is a 200-hour program that pairs an intensive residential training with follow-up practice teaching and assignments. The residential part runs a little over two weeks at the retreat center. The work continues afterward, so what you learn in the room is carried into real teaching practice rather than ending when you leave Portugal.

The focus is Bikram Yoga, also known as Hot 26+2, and the training is framed as a deep dive into the series. Participants study it closely enough to teach it, and those who come as committed practitioners can use the same material to understand the postures and the sequence more fully.

The Setting

D'Alijo Yoga Retreat Center is a retreat space in the mountains of Northern Portugal, near the town of Alijó and the Douro and Vinho Verde region. The center hosts a range of retreats and teacher trainings run by visiting facilitators and yoga studios, including other hot yoga programs. A residential training here means living and studying in one place, away from daily routines.

Before You Go

The training welcomes aspiring teachers of Bikram Yoga and dedicated practitioners who want to go further into the series. Because the course includes practice teaching and assignments after the residential portion, plan for some work beyond the time spent at the center. Places are reserved directly with the teacher running the training, which is how D'Alijo Retreat Center arranges all of its events.