Vidya Jacqueline Heisel began teaching yoga at the age of 20 at the Shree Rajneesh Ashram in Poona, India where she had been living and studying Iyengar yoga. Since then she has studied, practiced and taught many different styles of yoga, including Ashtanga, Vinyasa Flow, Kundalini, Sivananda, Hatha and Forrest Yoga, as well as maintaining her profound love of Iyengar Yoga. In March 2002, she opened Frog Lotus Yoga studio in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts. A short time later, she began to offer teacher trainings at the request of her students, which grew into a flourishing business of.... More...

7 - 7:30 Meditation
7:30 - 9:30 Yoga Practice
9:30 - 10:30 Breakfast
10:30 - 1:30 Classroom
1:30 - 3:30 Lunch
3:30 - 6:30 Classroom
7:00 - 8:00 Dinner

All meals, housing, and tuition.

Travel expenses, books (moderately priced), and excursions.

Ananda Cottages is a gorgeous retreat center set in the rice fields just outside Ubud, Bali. They rooms are luxurious and they are famous for having the largest yoga studio in Bali. It is an open wooden platform with a thatched roof looking onto the exotic surrounding - the perfect place to go deeper in your yoga practice!

I’m not sure what forces brought me here, but words fail to describe the beautiful experience you’ve put me through. When I signed up for this course I did not realize that I had signed up for this magical journey. You are a passionate, dedicated and inspiring lady, and you have deeply motivated me to firmly ground my practice in a holistic way. You radiate such warmth and positive energy; you are soft and assertive at the same time; I’m blessed to have had you as my first Guru. Thank you for everything.
- Anjalika Bose, Eindhoven, Holland