A foundational 200+-hour Yoga, Somatics and Ecology Teacher Training

With two of our incredible teachers Chelan Freeman and Eduardo Terzidis! You will also get the chance to practice and learn through online modules from our founder Satu Tuomela, Evy Ferraro and Fanny Olsson. You do not want to miss this !

  • An exclusive 200h+ Foundational Teacher Training in Authentic Flow with more of a mentoring approach than classic yoga training.

  • For approximately 90h, there will be 3 pre-recorded modules. 5 Live online weekends. You are welcome to join this training any time before March 2025 ! We will complete the training with a 10 day IN PERSON immersion 11 - 20th October 2025 in Portugal.

  • The foundation of the training will be inspired by the Authentic Flow method developed by Satu Tuomela

  • The study of yoga and Tantrik philosophy will be woven with the principles of ecology and permaculture.

  • This training is for those who are looking for a new approach to life. We will weave principles of non-dual Tantra philosophy, Authentic Flow, Permaculture and Ecology to provide you with more than just a certificate. Our meeting in Portugal will be an opportunity to experiment living in community, close to the land and in tune with it's rhythms.

  • This is definitely something else than a “normal yoga teacher training”. We will go deeply into ourselves. You do not need previous experience to join this training, and everyone is welcome. However, it is also a great training for anyone who has attended a 200h training before but feels the pull for a more somatic and eco-centred approach in yoga.

  • Also included in this training: Our pre-recorded Embodied Yin 50h Teacher Training (valued at 699€)

  • Yes, we are yoga alliance registered school since over 10 years.

SCHEDULE

YOU CAN JOIN THIS TRAINING ANY TIME BEFORE beginning December 2024 ! Some material (embodied yin) can be done after the in person immersion. 

Pre-recorded Modules 1 to 3:  Anatomy with Evy and Satu

Module 4: APRIL 11th-13th 2025 with Satu & Fanny

Module 5: JUNE 27th-29th 2025 with Satu & Fanny

Module 6: JULY 11th-13th 2025 with Chelan and Edu

Module 7:  AUGUST 22nd-24th 2025 with Chelan and Edu 

Module 8: SEPTEMBER 12th-14th 2025 with Chelan and Edu 

ALL WEEKENDS 8am-3pm CET with a lunch break

 (LIVE participation is not mandatory during online modules)

OCTOBER 11th - 20th 2025  IN PERSON in South West PORTUGAL (scroll down to see where)


"From the first day I felt a weight had been lifted that I didn’t know I had been carrying. I didn’t need to worry about the asanas and correcting myself, they were only a container. A container for exploring. I explored my heart, bones, fascia and muscles in ways I didn’t know existed."

— Roslyn Gray, Ireland

What is Authentic Flow?

- Where Infinite becomes Intimate

Authentic flow is a somatic approach to movement through which we listen, taste, see, feel, inquire and learn to embody our bodies as a living, feeling and exploring creative process of becoming.

This is an ongoing conversation between the inner and the outer, your body and it’s interconnectedness to the environment, between every part of your bodyheartmind, and as a whole. It seeks to clarify tools and pathways for sensing and recognizing Truth, ‘Here-ness’, safety & home, as well as rapture. 

The goal is where you are. It is a direct sensory experience of the Now/You, rising as You/Now.

When you move everything moves. We are movement and the movement we are will inform the movement we do; on and off the mat. As we consciously find this arising movement of Truth, we also support more complex, self-regulatory and healing processes in the body-mind. This brings a sense of relief and emotional clarity, a sense of agency and tranquility, nourishment, connection and love. 

To be/do this, we use breath, sounding, soundscape, fluid-state activation and recognition, a receptive, sensory state of attention, Yoga asana, mantra, intuitive movement, elemental embodiment and more, all informed by non-dual Tantrik philosophy. 

This allows us to go with what truly is and not what we want/try there to be. We get out of our own way and learn to, not necessarily feel better, but to get better at feeling. 

We shift our rational and more conventional orientation from linear thinking to a more multi-directional and sensing, feeling Embodied Awakening of the BodyHeartMindSpirit.

We are mirrors of everything that is around us

The Location

Monte das Casolas, South West Portugal

At Monte das Casolas there are 8 Houses, 5 in wood, scattered throughout the Montado. Minimising the impact of construction and preserving this paradise untouched by Man, returning to nature in the last 40 years. The owbers recovered the Casas do Monte, maintaining their typical Alentejo structure, with the wood oven and an animal corral converted into an annex. There is also a Casa do Alpendre near the Pool and the common area. "At Monte das Casolas, we are in balance and harmony with what surrounds us. We believe in a more sustainable future perspective, with a focus on waste reduction, reuse and recycling. We also seek a healthier life, with the availability of organic products planted on the farm, probiotic products, among others."
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Meet Your Instructors.

Chelan Freeman

There's always been a fierce presence calling me home, guiding me towards wholeness, an ember enclosed flickering with aliveness, strengthening my inner gaze. A desire to be inside the present moment guided me to find sanctuary in both deliberate silence & vibrant noise. I have continually received refuge laying my belly on our moist Earth & been deeply inspired by ethereal mystery, stories & ancient echoes. It's here in these spaces that I have encountered ways to listen more deeply & been enchanted by the reveal & the complexities hidden in the layers of existence. My body is my temple, a vessel for awakening, a dear friend & a lover, she my alter, a place of devotion & the Earth, our great Mother, my place of worship. I found my voice, its wisdom & its ability to speak, through coming back to the body over & over again in motion, in dance & formless form, expanding my thresholds & meeting the edges of death with softness. I offer myself as a guide to this undoing, to this sensual meeting of mystery & matter. Acting as a body of water, responding to the current, offering spaces for nature's call & untamed wisdom, I hold dance rituals, intuitive movement, somatic practices, yoga classes & soul spaces. I am one of those people that will always be uncovering, expanding & diversifying pathways within as it's the only way for this vessel & embodiment of mine to collide in union. I facilitate & guide from this nectar for healing in all ways, knowing my heart has always known love, for that I bow daily in devotion for the artist within. It is through the laboratory of discovery we meet unknown places of aliveness, awakening us to newness, pulling us to the light. It's here in this passage of life we get to taste the devastating rapture, the enchantment of all things & we get to sing & dance with mysticism & empty to the joy of existence. I am here as a guide & a bridge for unearthing true expression, within the container of body & elemental wisdom.

Founder and Senior teacher Satu Tuomela

Satu Tuomela, ERYT500, Reiki Master, Embodied Flow™senior teacher, creator of Embodied Yin ™ & Authentic Flow. Satu has been teaching yoga and movement for over 24 years and is known for her very unique, otherworldly and authentic transmission, goddess vibe, singing and playing the harmonium. Satu is specialized in Somatics and Embodiment practices. She is an experienced yoga and somatics teacher with more than 12000 teaching hours under her belt & is soon to be a BMC teacher & movement therapist.

Eduardo Terzidis

My work stems out from the understanding that we humans have co-evolved with plants, animals and all living and non-living beings in this Universe. We are mirrors of everything that is around us, thus it is in our perceived disconnection from the natural world that resides the very source of our environmental and spiritual crises. For this reason, I aim at creating whole-istic solutions to re-connect to that lost sense of belonging this magnificent web of life. I offer solutions and experiences that sustain that nourish every individual and the connections between us all for many generations to come. I have gathered extensive knowledge as a Permaculture Designer and transformed my life by engaging with spiritual practices like yoga, meditation, somatics and surfing. In the last years, I have facilitated the creation of many regenerative projects including, regenerative homesteads, intentional communities, educational projects, institutes and agricultural organisations. I have also supported individuals find their mission and purpose by integrating the design principles of permaculture with the tools I have gathered from my spiritual practices. Today, I am dedicated to offering transformative experiences for people to reconnect to a deep sense of belonging to Life.

Senior teacher Evy Ferraro

Through the path of Yoga and various healing modalities, I have dedicated this lifetime to healing the patterns to which my own mental and physical struggles existed within. This path has now become one of devotion to facilitate others to do the same. As my own inner quest for wholeness has continued on its infinite journey, with its ebbs and flows, I have learnt to trust and follow its many tributaries into different modalities including various forms of Yoga, Pilates, Myofascial Release, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda, Release technique, Contact Improvisation, Shamanism, Somatic education incl: Thomas Hanna Somatics, Feldenkrais, Mind-Body Centering and Franklin method and others. The marriage of these movement practices with non-dual Saiva Tantra has created infinitely creative recipes for truth. The embodied path of Tantra brings us nowhere but here. The goal is, and has always been exactly we are. It is through the vessel of the body, through its miraculous pathways of connectivity and exploration that we can awaken to the intimacy of presence.

Fanny Olsson

Yoga has been a growing part of Fanny's life for 14 years, and she has been a teacher for five years. She has a keen interest in the transformative processes of awareness, and her passion in teaching is to facilitate people towards an ever freer experience, both in the body, and in life as a whole. As a former medical biologist, Fanny is something of "body nerd"; though, today, her primarily focus is to know the body through the felt sense of the various layers and systems - something that she shares in her classes. With her deep love for Kashmir Shaivism and it's non-dualistic worldview, she also often weaves philosophy and tantric practices into her teaching, in an easily accessible manner.

PRICING OPTIONS

Prices include all training, manual, food and accommodation. 600€ Deposit to secure your spot. Payment plans are available! Please email [email protected] for payment details.

  • Single Room 4500€

  • Twin Room 3400€

  • Early Bird Price 500€ less - first 10 bookings

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