300-Hour YTT - Tantra and Elemental

Established 2026

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School Yoga Institute

Pioneer Rd, Oregon, USA

Marion County, OR

Program Instances

Hybrid

Dates: TBD

300 hours • TBD

Marion County, OR, US

Led by

Keri Nelson Pennell

CYT-L3

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Purpose

This course is carefully crafted to weave together time-honored traditions, creating a living mandala of compassion, devotion, and wisdom. It offers a unique opportunity to absorb these rich teachings, fully integrate them, and embody them, leading to a transformation that permeates every aspect of your life.

This training invites you into the true essence of Tantra—an experience of personal and spiritual enlightenment, fueled by the loving devotion of Bhakti.

Nestled on spacious grounds with fruit gardens, a 25-meter natural pool, and panoramic ocean views, People Ocean provides an inspiring sanctuary for your yoga studies. Every corner of this eco-conscious retreat is designed to nurture your body, open your heart, and awaken your spirit. It’s more than a training; it’s a rejuvenating escape into presence, community, and authentic living.

What to expect

Our advanced program course outline:

The Path of Devotion: Bhakti as the Heart of Tantra

In the Tantrik tradition, we find the key to making the whole spiritual path cohesive: the loving awareness of what is, deeply rooted in the heart. Bhakti, the path of devotion, opens the heart to a direct connection with the divine, using the power of mantra, prayer, and surrender.

Through Bhakti, you will lean into the divine with an open heart, using mantra as a vessel to purify the mind and align the soul with the highest truth. The sacred sounds of mantra resonate deeply within, activating the energy body and creating a profound connection with the divine presence within and around you.

Somatic Experiential Learning: Understanding the Anatomy of Energy

This course incorporates a deep dive into the anatomy of the body through a somatic experiential learning approach. By understanding the body’s structures—muscles, bones, fascia, and the energetic pathways of the subtle body—you will learn how to move with awareness and intention. This body-focused learning fosters a deep integration of anatomical knowledge with energy flow, creating a more grounded, embodied practice. Key elements include:

Anatomy of the Energy Body: Learn how to activate and balance the energy centers (chakras) through physical movement, breath, and sound.

Somatic Awareness: Tune into the sensations of your body in real time, creating space for deep self-awareness and integration of physical and energetic practices.

Body Mapping: Discover how to align your body to support the free flow of Prana through anatomical understanding, optimizing your asana practice and energy movement.

Embodied Transformation: A Holistic Journey of Yoga, Tantra, Bhakti, and Anatomy

This 300-hour Yoga Teacher Training offers a transformative journey that integrates the wisdom of Vajrayana non-dualism, classical Hatha Yoga, Tantra, Goddess worship, and the path of Bhakti.

Style/Lineage

A journey of embodied transformation, devotion and elemental alchemy

This Classical Tantra Training initiates somatic awareness, empowering you to take responsibility for your energy and alleviate suffering. Through experiential learning, self-reflection, and transformative practices, you will gain personal empowerment and a deeper understanding of energetic alignment—shaping your practice, motivation, and philosophy.

Embarking on this training marks the beginning of a profound journey, where you will refine your personal practice through asana, somatic techniques, meditation, pranayama, and the sacred path of devotion.

As you dive into the ancient wisdom of Tantra, classical Hatha Yoga, Buddhist practices, and explore the anatomy of the body, you will also immerse yourself in the heart-opening practices of Bhakti—where the energy of devotion and mantra become an integral part of your transformative journey.

Additional Information

Core competencies

By the end of this program, graduates will be able to…

Teaching Skills	Design a full class sequence that applies multiple sequencing principles together, formulating a progression that builds safely toward a peak and closes with integration. Construct a pose reference card covering risk factors, alignment cues, and hands-on assists for a chosen posture, formulating clear guidance for each category. Construct a private session plan for a partner with specific goals, formulating a structure that incorporates their intake information throughout.
Business Skills	Develop a personal vision and mission statement for a teaching practice, formulating language that reflects genuine intention. Construct a complete brand identity for a personal teaching practice, formulating a value proposition, personality description, and essence statement together. Develop a basic self-employment plan for a teaching practice, formulating a simple approach to insurance, taxes, and marketing.
Anatomy, Physiology, Biomechanics	Evaluate a described practice for which layer of the pancamaya model it most directly addresses, justifying the choice with specific reasoning. Develop a themed practice built around a chakra and its associated prana vayu, formulating breath and movement choices that reflect both. Evaluate a proposed pose modification for its effect on a specific joint, justifying whether it respects that joint's natural range of motion. Design a short sequence that trains a specific muscle action pattern, formulating pose choices that build strength or awareness in that pattern. Develop a sequence aimed at supporting spinal health for a student with a described postural pattern, formulating pose choices that address the specific imbalance. Assess a facilitated stretching technique for proper sequencing, evaluating whether the contract-relax steps are being applied correctly.
Lifestyle & Ethics	Develop a personal mindfulness routine for everyday activities, formulating specific practices for at least two daily activities. Evaluate a personal practice of connecting to lineage, assessing whether it deepens a sense of identity and belonging. Develop a personal commitment statement grounded in ahimsa, formulating specific practice choices that reflect non-harming. Evaluate a personal practice pattern for its sustainability, assessing whether it supports gradual, lasting change.
Practice Skills	Develop a short yin or restorative sequence for releasing a specific area of the body, formulating pose choices and hold times suited to that intention. Construct a full yoga nidra script for a stated intention, formulating a sequence of stages that builds toward deep relaxation. Develop a personal practice sequence combining advanced pranayama with a sound-based technique, formulating an order that moves safely from gentler to more advanced elements. Construct a personal meditation routine that draws on more than one type of meditation, formulating a structure suited to ongoing practice.
Yoga History & Theory	Evaluate a claim about the origins of a modern yoga practice, assessing whether it is well supported by the historical record presented. Evaluate a personal practice against a chosen teaching from these wisdom texts, assessing how closely it reflects that teaching. Evaluate a personal practice for how it reflects a Tantric view of embodiment, assessing whether it treats the body as an obstacle or as sacred. Design a themed practice built around a chosen element, formulating breath, movement, and reflection choices that reflect its qualities.