105F 26+2 Original Hot Yoga Teacher Training led by Gianna Purcell (D'Alijo Retreat Center, Portugal)

If you want to certify to teach the Original Hot Yoga 26+2 series, this 105F teacher training is led by Gianna Purcell at D'Alijo Yoga Retreat Center in Casal, in the Vila Real district of Northern Portugal. It is a residential hot yoga teacher training for people ready to continue their yoga journey and step into teaching the 26+2, the original hot yoga sequence of 26 postures and two breathing exercises.

The training runs for four weeks, a long, immersive stretch of time away from regular life. That length gives future hot yoga teachers room to settle into the series, study it closely and explore what the organizers call their limitless self, rather than rushing through a certification.

What to Expect

The training is organized by 105F and led by Gianna Purcell, and its purpose is clear: to prepare you to teach the 26+2 and to certify you in it. It is designed as a deepening of your own practice as much as a course in how to teach. Anyone who already loves the series and has wondered what it would be like to guide others through it will find the premise straightforward.

The Setting

D'Alijo Retreat Center hosts renowned facilitators and yoga studios in the mountains of Northern Portugal, a quiet region well suited to focused study. The center runs a calendar of retreats and teacher trainings through the year, including other hot yoga, Yin and meditation programs, so the space is used to residential practice. Other 105F gatherings held here describe the surroundings as a place to leave the stresses of daily life behind, which suits a month-long training.

Before You Go

This is a certification program for the 26+2 series, so it is best suited to people with a committed interest in hot yoga and in teaching it. Places are reserved directly with the teacher leading the training, so questions about prerequisites, what is included and daily schedules are best put to her before you commit. Plan for a full month away, and for a training that asks for steady attention from the first day to the last.