17 Day – Yoga Teacher Training and Forest Retreat in Sweden

Yandara’s 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training in Europe takes place at an intimate retreat center nestled in the heart of Sweden’s idyllic forest. Surrounded by calm lakes and fields of wild blueberries, you’ll spend 17 transformative days immersed in heartfelt yoga and meditation. Each day includes delicious vegetarian meals, relaxing evenings in the floating sauna, and enriching yogic philosophy sessions around the campfire.

Throughout the program, you will receive all the tools needed to create inspiring yoga classes and establish a personal yoga and meditation practice. Whether or not you plan to teach professionally, completing this training will deepen your physical, mental, and spiritual practice. We warmly welcome students of all ages and ability levels.

Why Choose Yandara for Your Yoga Teacher Training?

Since 2004, Yandara has proudly guided over 5,000 graduates on their yoga journeys. As one of Yoga Alliance’s most successful and highest-rated schools, we’re deeply committed to nurturing each student’s unique path. Throughout the year, we offer more than twenty heartfelt trainings in a variety of focused areas—giving you the chance to grow, connect, and transform both on and off the mat.

Upcoming Yoga Teacher Trainings in Europe

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*Please note, the travel days are the first and last day of the posted training dates. Please schedule your arrival/departure accordingly.

Your Teacher Training Instructors

The teachers for the Sweden Yoga Teacher Training are: Christopher Perkins and Kari Schein. Read more about the teachers on our Teacher Faculty page. Occasionally the teachers change for a specific course, please contact us if you have any questions about the teachers.

Kari Schein is a Katonah Yoga® teacher, sound artist, and longtime educator. She discovered yoga over thirty years ago as an athlete seeking relief from physical strain and the demands of work and family life. What began as support for the body became a lifelong path of study, exploring breath, structure, and sound as gateways to resilience and clarity. After more than three decades in Montessori education—mentoring and training teachers—Kari brings depth and warmth to her teaching. With over 500 hours of training in Katonah Yoga®, nidra, breathwork, and sound medicine, she offers geometry-based, longevity-focused classes that integrate seasonal awareness and nervous-system regulation, supporting meaningful transformation within a heart-centered community.

Christopher is the co-founder of Yandara Yoga Institute and has been practicing meditation and yoga since childhood. His dynamic, intuitive teaching style blends creative movement with a strong asana practice, encouraging students to connect to their hearts and fullest potential. Deeply inspired by yoga philosophy and psychology, Christopher weaves these teachings naturally into his classes. Raised in a meditation community in Virginia, he began his spiritual journey at an early age and later trained in Sacred Passage wilderness meditation, Vipassana, and Tibetan Buddhist practices. Since founding Yandara in 2003, he has guided thousands of students worldwide and continues to share his passion for yoga and personal transformation.

Yoga Teacher Training in Europe – Cost

Total All-Inclusive Cost for our Sweden Program: $4,100

This price includes tuition, manuals, meals, and accommodation (in a twin room).

Sweden Program:

Deposit: A $550 deposit is required to reserve your spot.
Balance Due: The remaining balance is due 60 days prior to the program start date.

Cancellation Policy:

Full Refund: Cancellations made up to 60 days before the program’s start date are eligible for a full refund.
Cancellations Within 60 Days:
If your spot is filled by another participant, we will refund all payments made, excluding the non-refundable deposit. The deposit can in this case be applied towards any future Yandara program.
If we cannot fill your spot, you are eligible to receive:
- A 50% refund of any payments made, excluding the non-refundable deposit.
- The remaining 50% will be credited towards any future Yandara YTT program, valid for two years from the date of your cancellation.

Please ensure that you are aware of these terms to facilitate a smooth process for your participation. We look forward to welcoming you to our programs!

Space is limited to 21 students. Spots may well fill in advance. After submitting the deposit, you will receive an email with full details. If you have any questions at any time, please email us at yoga@yandara.com.

Daily Schedule (subject to changes)

7:00 AM to 9:00 AM: Practice and Instruction of yoga flow and walking and sitting meditation.
9:00 AM: Herbal tea and house prepared wholesome breakfast with local fruit and berries, homemade hot cereal and granola, raw and cooked alternatives – a new experience every morning!
10:30 AM to 1:30 PM: Yoga Class: Teacher Training Practice and Instruction.
1:30 PM: Lunch: Delicious vegetarian and gluten-free meals are served buffet style.
3:00 PM 6:30 PM: Student teaching time, Individual and group instruction.
6:30 PM: Dinner: Delicious vegetarian meals are served buffet style.
8:00 PM to 9:30 PM: Satsang: meditation, music and kirtan, yoga philosophy and discussion.

What You’ll Learn at Yandara

At Yandara, you’ll gain more than just yoga techniques—you’ll learn how to embody the heart of yoga in every aspect of your life. Our trainings cover essential teaching skills, alignment and anatomy, yogic philosophy, meditation, and mindfulness practices. You’ll also develop confidence in sequencing and guiding classes that inspire and empower. Above all, you’ll cultivate a deeper connection to yourself and others, preparing you to teach with authenticity, compassion, and joy.

Graduates of Yandara Yoga Teacher Training are eligible for Yoga Alliance 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Certification.

Yandara’s Yoga Teacher Training Europe, Location – Sweden

The Sweden training is hosted at the intimate Shambala Gatherings Community and Retreat Center, two hours north of Stockholm. Shambala Gatherings Retreat Center has 2 yoga shalas, 15 twin guests rooms, treatment room, art studio, WiFi (available on days off), library, sauna and dining room all set in an idyllic space surrounded by pristine lakes and gorgeous deep forests.

Accomodations

In Sweden, the program is held at Shambala Gatherings near Skinnskatteberg, 2 hours north of Stockholm.

Testimonial

Ever since the conclusion of my yoga teacher training at Yandara a little over two months ago, I’ve been searching for ways to describe the profoundly moving beauty and genuineness of the course and of the people conducting it. I left enriched with such an abundance of life transforming experiences and powerful practical skills that truly even the most gifted of poets would be lost for words to express. However, despite not knowing what to say, my endless gratitude towards the teachers together with an innermost desire for more people to find out about this exceptional school is making it impossible for me to not constantly talk about it.

Madeleine Rahm

Sweden, November 2016

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