BECOME A YOGA TEACHER

200hr Basic teacher training program designed around a tradition of Hatha and Vinyasa yoga

200hr Yoga Teacher Training

Here at Flying Elephant Yoga, 200hr Basic teacher training program, we value transformation through self-inquiry. Though our teacher training program is designed around a tradition of Hatha and Vinyasa yoga, we do not teach one style of yoga. Instead, we choose to learn from benefits of all lineages.

Come to your yoga mat to feel

We believe in understanding and familiarizing self on physical, mental, emotional and societal levels so that we can be of benefit to the world around us. We believe that the real practice is off the mat in our family, friends, schools, work, traffic jams and good conversations over coffee, in other words, the real life.

“Come to your yoga mat to feel; not to accomplish. Shift your focus and your heart will grow.”

~ Rachel Brathen

That’s why our program is divided into two parts:

First half is to learn how to become a student of yoga, then the next half is to learn how to step up to the plate of a yoga teacher. We re-examine first what it means to be a student of yoga, what it means to embody this practice in a way our body, mind and spirit is expressed and trained fully.

The latter half uses the first half of our experiences as inspirations to share our love for this ancient practice so as to become the instigator for human revolution. FEY training is NOT for EVERYONE. We consider self-inquiry as our top priority, transformation, inevitable quest for happier, more fulfilled life.

Flying Elephant Yoga

Yoga Immersion like no other.

Our teacher training is unique in that we believe in social change and leadership. Whether you are the CEO of your family or the tribal leader amongst your friends, we believe in stepping up and be the light in the world.

Our 200HR Yoga Teacher Training is an intensive immersion designed to go deeper into your practice, share yogic teachings and for those who would like to complete our 200hr Yoga Alliance certified teacher training program to become a registered teacher.

If you already have a 200HR YTT certificate, you can take either module. If you do not have a 200HR YTT, you must complete Module 1 before taking Module 2.

Our immersion will give you a deeper understanding of:

Your own personal practice and yoga asana poses
Vinyasa yoga sequencing
Yogic philosophy based on traditional and modern teachings
Pranayama, meditation and basic anatomy
The art of assisting and teaching methods
Basic Assisting skills
Basic knowledge of pre/postnatal yoga

Instructor

Tomomi is the owner of Flying Elephant Yoga in Pulau Weh, Sumatra, Indonesia. She started practicing yoga when she first moved to Canada as a teenager in 2000. She then became a certified yoga teacher in 2008 and has been an integral part of extensive yoga teacher training programs both at a 200hr and 500hr level. After teaching and traveling in North America, Mexico, Australia, and Bali, Indonesia, she established her own independent yoga school in 2014. Her classes are based on vinyasa or flow mixed with her own personality and experience, and various styles of yoga she studied along her journey. With the background of vinyasa, power vinyasa, yin, pre- and post-natal yoga, she encourages her students to observe their minds while nurturing their own individuality. Her classes are about honoring both the traditional and the modern, physical and mental aspects of yoga.

As her friend Luna put it, Tomomi is a “hopeless beach bum” who loves spending her time with her husband and her baby by the b

"The 6 week Yoga Teacher Training Course in Gapang with Tomomi contributed as an immense gift and blessing to my development journey. As a self-taught, I have been practicing yoga for about 3 years. And the reading and studying about eastern philosophy had passionated me. Tomomi has deep knowledge on yoga philosophy, as its asana practice. When this conjugates with her teaching skills and compassion towards each student, learning become way and pleasant. I got to learn so much more than just asana alignment, foundations and cues. Tomomi facilitated connection with other students; and it was a wonderful time learning how to relate with oneself and our environment creating harmony and peace in yoga class as in our life. Gapang beach is simply a dream place. White sand beach, transparent sea, simple and welcoming local people, healthy local food, yoga room in front of the ocean with ocean waves as a background sound. What do you want to ask more?"

Paola Valenti

Italy

"My 200h-YTT was very personalized and enabled me to deepen every aspect of both yoga practice and yoga teaching. Also, I had the opportunity to start teaching, under her supervision, within the program, which gave me the opportunity to feel more and more confident about teaching a class. Tomomi Kojima, the studio owner and my teacher, is an amazing teacher who helped me grow as a practitioner, a teacher and a human being. I definitely recommend this great program, in an amazing setting (Indonesian island, off the beaten tracks, with batts and monkeys visits), with a very personalized approach, and time for self-studies and self-inquiries."

Maxime Furst

France