300-HOUR ALCHEMY YOGA TEACHER TRAINING
In-Depth Program Overview
This page exists to offer clarity about the methodology, the structure, and the level of responsibility the 300-Hour Alchemy Yoga Teacher Training asks of you.
Please take your time to read it through. Discernment is part of the path.
WHAT MAKES ALCHEMY YTT SO UNIQUE?
At the heart of Alchemy Yoga's approach is the cultivation of awareness, presence, and connection. The program is designed to nurture body, mind, and spirit while honoring the wisdom of yoga in a modern context. This balance of ancient knowledge and contemporary relevance is what makes Alchemy YTT a truly transformative journey.
Alchemy Yoga Teacher Training empowers students to step into teaching with authenticity, grounded in a strong methodology that blends the tradition with practical application and offering a path that integrates:
Study
(Adhyayana)
Practice
(Sādhanā)
Community
(Kula)
In the 300-hour Alchemy YTT, this approach moves beyond foundation into refinement, mentorship, and responsibility.
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the alchemical path
The 300-Hour Alchemy Yoga Teacher Training is a central pillar of The Alchemical Path — a long-form, 1000-hour curriculum developed by Alchemy Yoga & Meditation Center.
This path is rooted in:
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Non-dual Shaiva & Shakta Tantra
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Classical yogic philosophy
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Wisdom of the body and conscious exploration
Rather than offering a fixed style or rigid system, the Alchemical Path provides a coherent methodology that helps teachers understand why they teach the way they do and how to teach from presence rather than habit.
This training deepens your relationship to that methodology.
THE ALCHEMY METHODOLOGY:
TEACHING THROUGH THE ELEMENTS
At the heart of Alchemy Yoga is an element-based teaching framework.
The five elements — Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Ether — serve as containers for practice, study, and teaching.
Each element offers a lens through which you explore:
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Movement and stability in the body.
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Breath, rhythm, and sensation.
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Psychological and emotional patterns.
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Energetic flow and subtle anatomy.
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The art of sequencing as a journey, not a formul.
Rather than prescribing how a class should look, the elemental framework supports teachers in:
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Designing classes with intention and coherence.
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Reading the room and responding skillfully.
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Weaving philosophy, myth, and mantra into lived experience.
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Holding transformational space with clarity and care.
This methodology allows your teaching to remain structured yet alive.
HOW THE 300-HOUR TRAINING IS STRUCTURED
Duration:
4 weeks
Locations:
Ubud, Bali
Certification:
Yoga Alliance
DAILY SCHEDULE
(subject to changes)
Monday - Saturday
7:00 AM - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Morning Practice
Lecture
Lunch
Lecture
Evening Practice
Sunday
Rest Day
THE CURRICULUM IS ORGANIZED INTO INTEGRATED PILLARS:
advanced asana and biomechanics
We spend time every day in posture clinics that explore each pose from the inside out. You will learn how to see and understand alignment, explore intelligent modifications, and offer safe and effective adjustments. This is about truly understanding how bodies move and how yoga works in the living form.
teaching methodology and skills
We deepen the actual skills of teaching: communication, sequencing, cueing, theming, and space-holding. You’ll learn how to translate philosophy into felt experience and how to create classes that are coherent, intentional, and alive. Teaching is a skill and in this training we refine it. You will learn how to speak clearly, sequence with intelligence, and teach what you see in front of you. This is about learning how to guide with confidence and authenticity.
the art of language and teaching presence
The way we speak shapes how students experience yoga. In the 300-hour training, we refine the craft of language even more. You’ll learn to teach with precision and poetry, to say less while meaning more, and to use your voice as a tool for connection and transformation. We’ll explore tone, pacing, rhythm, and silence as ways of guiding awareness, so that teaching becomes less about instruction and more about communication and connection.
body reading and assessment
You will expand your ability to see your students clearly and understand how to support them more effectively. We will continue to grow our understanding of how to read posture, patterning, breath, and compensation through both observation and assessment, so you can serve your students more skillfully and support them on the physical level. Growing these skills translates powerfully into how we view students in postures and how we can actually teach the students in front of us, rather than just teach memorized cues of postures.
embodiment and somatic intelligence
Alchemy Yoga has always been about direct experience. In this training, we go deeper into what it means to feel the practice. You’ll refine your ability to sense and read the body, not simply as a mechanical system, but as a living expression of consciousness. Through somatic mapping, breath awareness, and subtle body study, you’ll learn to recognize patterns of holding, release, and awakening in yourself and in your students. Teaching then becomes less about performance and more about presence.
tantric philosophy and mythic storytelling
We go deeper into the heart of non-dual Shaiva and Shakta Tantra through texts like the Shiva Sutras, Spanda Karikas, Svabodhodaya-mañjarī and others. You will learn to share these teachings not as abstract ideas, but as living experiences that awaken something real in the people you teach. Through the mythic stories of the gods and goddesses, we find mirrors for and invitations into our own lives. In this training, you’ll learn how to tell these stories in a way that awakens the body, mind and heart of your students. We’ll explore archetypes as living energies: Durga’s courage, Saraswati’s creativity, Shiva’s presence. And we’ll learn how to weave these symbols into theming and sequencing so that every class becomes both a story and an initiation.
the elemental containers
Alchemy Yoga uses the five elements as teaching and practice containers. In this training, you will refine how to use Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Ether as intentional frameworks to craft transformational experiences. These elements are the building blocks of both practice and life, and when you understand how to work with them, your classes become journeys through the full spectrum of body, breath, and consciousness.
ritual and holding the sacred container of transformational space
Every class has the potential to become a ritual, an offering. In this training, we explore how to hold space with intention and how to create environments that open students to the deeper dimensions of practice. You’ll learn how to structure classes as sacred journeys using sound, story, mantra, and deep intentionality. Ritual here is not about religion; it’s about honoring the potency of each moment and inviting the sacred into everyday experience. You will discover what it means to create a class that is a true container for transformation. Where students are seen, held, and guided through an alchemical process that changes how they relate to themselves and the world.
mentorship and leadership
Teaching yoga is an act of service. We are here to serve our students and meet them where they are. Leadership is about embodiment. It’s about living what you teach and teaching from a place of honesty and humility. It is teaching from the heart. Throughout this training, you’ll be supported through mentorship, feedback, and community. You’ll learn how to mentor others, facilitate groups and share yoga in various diverse settings like workshops, retreats and trainings. The goal is not just to make you a better teacher, but a more integrated human being capable of holding space for others grounded in presence and connection.
Each module builds progressively, allowing understanding to deepen through repetition and embodiment.
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meet your lead teacher
ASHTON SZABO
Principal Teacher and Co-Owner at Alchemy Yoga & Meditation Center.
Strongly grounded in the present moment, Ashton's classes are open to the fullness of our human experience as spiritual beings. He teaches from the heart to the individual; whether you're in a class or private session - he inspires everyone to discover their practice and your unique connection within.
Ashton will be joined by a team of experienced supporting teachers during the training.
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mentorship & learning environment
The 300-Hour Alchemy Yoga Teacher Training is guided by experienced Alchemy faculty and senior teachers.
You will receive:
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Ongoing guidance and mentorship.
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Structured feedback on your teaching.
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Support in integrating what you learn into your own voice.
This is a collaborative learning environment.
Your presence contributes to the depth of the container.
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commitment & responsibility
This training asks for more than attendance.
By joining, you commit to:
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Showing up fully for the duration of the program.
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Participating in practices, inquiry, and discussion.
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Receiving feedback with openness and responsibility.
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Respecting the group and the learning space.
Your commitment to engage is fundamental.
CERTIFICATION
Upon successful completion, you will receive:
300-Hour Alchemy Yoga Teacher Training Certificate.
Eligibility to apply hours toward RYT 500 (Yoga Alliance).
Completion Requires:
Full participation in the training.
Engagement with practices and teaching labs.
Meeting Alchemy’s standards of professionalism and integrity.
SUSTAINAIBLE CONCEPT
At the AYMC we believe in the importance of living in harmony with nature through a balanced spiritual and social life, combined with healthy living and eating. We aim to work with nature by using sustainable building materials and through maintaining a permaculture food forest that helps to supply organic food to the nearby Alchemy Restaurant. In addition to managing our ecological footprint, through our work with the local community, we hope to positively impact the people and culture that inhabit this beautiful Island of the Gods.
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WHAT’S INCLUDED
Yoga Alliance–accredited 300hr certification.
Daily practice, study & teaching labs.
Comprehensive training manuals.
Lunch from Alchemy during training days.
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Access to recovery facilities - Uluwatu.
Access to the full Online 200hr Alchemy YTT course on Alchemy-Align.
Accommodation, flights, and visa are not included.
Exclusive during-training extra benefits in total worth of USD 880 at Alchemy-Align, Alchemy Restaurant & AYMC - plus lifetime privileges at Alchemy Wellness, Alchemy Yoga Shop & AYMC. See the full list below.
ENJOY A VARIETY OF BENEFITS
By enrolling as our 200hr YTT Student, you'll also get benefits from Alchemy-Align, Alchemy Wellness, Alchemy Restaurant, Alchemy Yoga Shop & AYMC
RECOVERY AREA
ULUWATU
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Free Daily Sauna, Ice & Hot Bath Sessions (Uluwatu & Ubud YTT students)
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10% OFF Sauna, Ice & Hot Bath Sessions for Ubud & Uluwatu YTT Graduates
*Reservation in advance is required, Subject to availability.
ALCHEMY YOGA & MEDITATION CENTER
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10% OFF Events & Workshops (Ubud & Uluwatu)
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10% OFF Juice Kiosk Items (Ubud)
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15% OFF at AYMC Shop (Ubud & Uluwatu)
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25% OFF Alchemy Yoga Wear
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15% OFF Class Passes (5, 10, 20, 30 Days Unlimited)
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Free Drop-in Yoga Classes (Ubud & Uluwatu)**
* 1 week before, during, and 1 week after the end of the YTT.
* 15% OFF Drop In Classes as a YTT Graduate.
ALCHEMY
WELLNESS UBUD
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10% OFF Vit B-Complex IV
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10% OFF Colon Hydrotherapy
*Valid during the YTT and in the long term.
ALCHEMY-ALIGN
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Free 6-month access to the full Alchemy YTT Online course.
ALCHEMY
RESTAURANT
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10% OFF at Alchemy Restaurant Ubud & Uluwatu during the YTT period.
Accommodation, flights, and visa
are not included.
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