Living Yolates Teacher Training
Kerala, India | February 3 - 28, 2025
EMBARK ON A JOURNEY OF LEARNING AND GROWTH, CONNECTION, REJUVENATION, AND RE-INSPIRATION.
This one-month long, immersive Living Yolates Teacher Training will take you on a transformative journey of body, mind, and spirit. Connect deeply to the Method and Philosophy of Living Yolates taught by founder, Mikkala Marilyn Kissi. Get ready to embark on an unforgetable adventure that will completely rejuvenate, restore, reinspire, and renew your connection to yourself, your essence, nature and to others.
Living Yolates’ Teacher Trainings provides a holistic and extensive understanding of how your body moves, flows, and works throughout the year and everyday. Unlike our other LY Academy offerings, this intensive and immersive month-long opportunity is for those looking to fully dive into the process of learning and transformation alongside us.
The benefits of an immersive experience is to set aside outside responsibilities for a few weeks, to press pause on your daily demands, to go deep within yourself without the noise of our lives. If you are looking for a sign to make a change in your life, consider this it. We can’t wait to welcome you.
Are you interested in joining us in India in 2025?
Meet us at Lumŭma
We will welcome you to Lumŭma. Located in the divine town of Varkala in a secret tropical garden, just a short stroll from the beach.
This location holds a unique caring energy within the incredible region of South India. A truly healing, transformative and exciting place to stay and learn, you will leave with unforgettable memories, connections, and wisdom.
It was in Kerala that the science of Ayurveda was born more than 5,000 years ago, and it’s here that we’ll dive deep into the Method and Philosophy of Living Yolates, inspired by some of these ancient practices and teachings.
A Letter to You from Tine & Prashanta - a Danish/Indian married couple, and the creators of Lumŭma.
Our aim is to help you connect deeper with your own true essence and find peace of mind.
Coming from India and Denmark we wish to give you the best from both worlds; Authentic India combined with a comfortable stay. Our souls, earnings and hard work have been devoted to this concept. A dream constantly evolving, just like this precious life.
We are humble in our pursuit of joy; we wish to share our knowledge, wisdom and good intention to you when you stay with us. - and we hope one day soon you will come and smell, feel, touch, enjoy, look and realise the true nature of this contribution to making the world a better place. 💛
The Training
Our one-month intensive training will require that you are on-site at Lumŭma from February 3 - 28, 2025. We will train each weekday (Mon - Fri) and have off on the weekends for integration, recovery, relaxation, and exploration.
You will learn the entire Living Yolates Method and Philosophy including:
Yoga
Dance
Pilates
Energy work
Meditation
Traditional Chinese Medicine and reflexology basics
And so much more
You can expect:
2 months of self-paced online preparation (40 hours) and 2 livestreams before meeting in India.
1 month immersive Teacher Training together in India
2 months of self-paced integration and practice prior to your Teacher’s exam*
*The exam is not required to join the retreat. Those who do not wish you teach and just want to experience the immersive month of training with us are not required to pay the add’l exam fee of 3500 DKK.
The Accommodation
Our month will be spent in individual Indian eco-huts that can be booked as private getaways or shared rooms with a friend, or family member.
The huts are made with natural materials such as mud and clay, ensuring natural air flow, harmony and peace. Relax at the spacious verandah and shelter from the heat of the day.
Furnished with handmade wooden king size bed, coconut mattress, cotton bedsheets, wooden desk and storage, Air condition and/or ceiling fan, bathroom with shower and a large furnished private veranda decorated with charming tribal art.
The huts have been created by locals and aligned using ancient measurements, sciences and tools; VaastuShastra' ensuring a good sleep, ambience and peace.
The retreat space also includes:
Plant-based cafe where we will eat our meals
Pool with lounging beds to relax
An Ayurvedic spa for any treatments you wish to have
A Tropical Garden
Eco shop
Note: Those who wish to book shared rooms and share a king-sized bed must let us know you intend to share. You will both receive at 2500 DKK discount on your tuition for sharing a room.
The Food
All your meals will be provided during our month-long teacher training. We will have weekends off to explore or relax and those meals will be subject to an additional fee, but your Monday - Friday meals are provided for you within the cost of the Teacher Training.
At Lumŭma cafe you will enjoy a menu full of plant-based dishes, made fresh daily from quality ingredients that are nutritious, loaded with vitamins, minerals and antioxidants for good health and disease prevention.
We are constantly improvising and creating - to amaze you as you take each bite and sip each liquid. Our food is based on plant based alternatives, such as soya milk, tofu and tempeh giving you a yummy tasting experience.
Consciously prepared with love and experience, we are here to serve you food that is purifying and in tune with living a life closer to your pure nature.
The Teacher Training
will support you to:
Learn everything you need to know to be able to practice and teach the Living Yolates philosophy and training method
Learn how to listen to the language of your body
Learn how to integrate yoga and pilates into your daily life
Learn how to use dance as a tool for liberation and healing
Learn about acupressure, and emotional links to organs and muscles / meridians
Integrate music, sound, touch and aromatherapy in your teachings to stimulate all senses
Learn how to release tensions, worries, and fears
Balance yourself through life’s ups and downs
Practice self-compassion and self-love
Step into your light and stand in your power
Become your own leader and inner guide
Take responsibility for your own health and happiness.
Connect with your passion and purpose
Learn how to contribute to a brighter future for all
Be part of a loving and supportive community
FIND BALANCE, CONNECT, GROW, AND TRANSFORM INTO A CERTIFIED LIVING YOLATES TEACHERS
Are you interested in the Teacher Training in India?
Thoughts from Teacher Training Graduates
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Maria Vinther
LY & Yoga Teacher, Studio owner of Yoga By Mikenta, Albertslund
“Mikkala taught me one of the most important life lessons, to focus on all the things I love. Why play small, when I can dance, think, and move in the highest vibration, outside of the box, in a self-loving way. Mikkala is one of my most inspiring teachers, who I still look up to after so many years. Mikkala is tapped into the most beautiful channel with a frequency that never gets old and is always full of love. An angel on earth with the most beautiful mission, Mikkala is full of feminine power, grace and love!”
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Katrine Rau
Managing Director, Accenture Song Design
“In a hectic day-to-day Living Yolates has for several years been a breathing space and way to self nourish for me. When I started the Living Yolates Teacher Training it was with the intention of going deeper to understand the depth in the practice and be able to connect even further with myself.
I love the flow and combination of practices that Living Yolates contains as well as the philosophy behind. The LY Teacher Training has strengthened and grown my love for Living Yolates. “
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Erla Súsanna Þórisdóttir
LY & Yoga Teacher, Founder of Töfrakistan & Author of an Icelandic gratitude journal.
“The LYTT is one of the best things I have ever done for myself. The program gave me the strength and tools to follow my dreams and live in harmony with my essence. The Living Yolates education was the springboard for me to start realizing what lives inside me. I am extremely grateful for the journey I experienced and it's only just begun.”
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Karina Porse Rasmussen
Body Therapist, Copenhagen
"Living Yolates is for me a way to be alive. I feel calm, and strong in my body. I feel abundant and joyful. Through the LY modules I have gained so many tools - many more than I had expected! They help me to make contact with myself again and I now stand much stronger in myself, as a happier person. Living Yolates is for me self-care and self-love at the highest level! So if I have to do something good for myself or I miss a connection to myself, then I practice Living Yolates"
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Celine Klint
Journalist and Podcast Producer & LY Teacher, Copenhagen
“The Living Yolates Teacher Training has been a great way for me to deepen my own yoga practice and take my teaching to a new level. I have especially enjoyed exploring the liberating potential of dance with others in a community. It works really well that the training is spread over many months, so that you can work continuously with the themes that come up and integrate the practice into your everyday life. Mikkala and Isa are two wonderfully present and passionate teachers who have so much to offer and I have been very happy to learn from them.”
THE TIME IS NOW TO START LIVING AND LEADING WITH OUR HEARTS FORWARD
Your Investment
41.250 DKK for a Single
38.500 DKK for a Double*
A 10.000 DKK non-refundable deposit is required to book.
Your second payment of 10.000 DKK is required by September 1, also non-refundable.
Your remaining balance will be due by December 1.
Additional payment plans are available upon request.
Registration CLOSES JUNE 1st, 2024
*Must be booked as a double, please let us know who you’re rooming with.
**The exam is not required to join the retreat. Those who do not wish you teach and just want to experience the immersive month of training with us are not required to pay the add’l exam fee of 3500 DKK.
Your investment includes:
2 months of virtual connection and support before we meet
1 month accommodation and meals in India
2 months of virtual connection and support after our training
The Living Yolates Teacher Training Manual
Your investment does NOT include:
Exam Fee (3500 DKK) if you wish to become a certificated LY Teacher
Airfare / transportation
Transfer to the Retreatplace
Travel insurance
Weekend trips / explorations
Select weekend meals
Travel insurance
Spa treatments
Lodging before the 3rd or after the 28th
Are you ready to take a leap?
Have questions first?
There is a minimum of 12 participants for this Teacher Training. If the minimum is not met, you will receive any investments back in full.