For teaching
How you theme a class, choose and sequence postures, set the room, and shape an elemental journey with a clear intention.
Events/Teacher training
Teacher training · 15 March to 2 April 2027Three weeks at The Sanctuary with Five Elements Wisdom Academy. Yin practice, Five Elements teaching and Chinese Medicine studied as educational content, not as medical treatment.
Five Elements Wisdom Academy runs this training on our bay. You live and learn here with about 15 to 20 students. No roads, no cars. Practice halls sit in the jungle above the beach.
The course joins Yin Yoga with the Five Elements and Chinese Medicine. Chinese Medicine here is taught as a traditional educational framework for practice and teaching. It is not a medical course and we are not a medical facility.
Marcela leads Yin Yoga and teaching method. Tobias leads Chinese Medicine and Five Elements work. Guest teachers join for specific sessions.
Marcela and Tobias built this method over years of teaching. The Elements are treated as a living system you learn to feel and apply, not a list of meridians to memorise.
How you theme a class, choose and sequence postures, set the room, and shape an elemental journey with a clear intention.
Tools to build a Yin practice that answers what is happening in your life, a change of season, grief, overload or a big transition.
A distinctive thread in the course. Observation of elemental patterns in the face, taught in the lineage of Lillian Pearl Bridges. Tobias trained with her in person.
Yin Yoga, meditation, Qi Gong, breathwork and somatic work sit beside the theory, so the Elements are felt as well as studied.
The full training runs Level 1 and Level 2 back to back. You can also take each level on its own. Level 1 with this academy is required before Level 2.
Level 1 · 100 hours
Yin Yoga, Chinese Medicine foundations and the Five Elements. Yin and Yang, Qi, meridians, asana and posture clinics, teaching method, meditation, pranayama, Medical Qi Gong, Chinese Face Reading and embodied practice.
A core focus is how to work with the Five Elements inside Yin Yoga so you can build intentional practices, not only follow a set sequence.
IncludesYin Yoga · Chinese Medicine · Five Elements · Yin & Yang · Meridians · Asana & posture clinics · Teaching methodology · Meditation · Pranayama · Medical Qi Gong · Chinese Face Reading · Embodied practice
Level 2 · 50 hours
More complex Five Element applications, trauma-informed practice, nervous system awareness, somatic tools, advanced sequencing, Feng Shui, Medical Qi Gong and self-inquiry.
Sequencing moves from arranging poses to working with the energetic arc of a whole class, Yin to Yang or Yang back to Yin, in service of a clear intention.
IncludesAdvanced Five Element applications · Trauma-informed practice · Nervous system awareness · Somatic practices · Advanced sequencing · Feng Shui · Medical Qi Gong · Self-inquiry & embodied practice
Taking both levels in one stay lets the material settle over three weeks. Some students do one level first and return later for the other.
Not one fixed way to teach Yin. A set of practices and choices you can shape yourself.
Five Elements Wisdom Academy. Guest teachers also join for their specialist sessions.
Lead trainer · Yoga and embodied practice
More than 15 years of international teaching and more than 40 teacher trainings. She leads Yin Yoga and teaching methodology, weaving yin and yang practices, Taoist philosophy, nervous system awareness and intuitive work.
Chinese Medicine and Five Elements
Chinese Medicine practitioner and acupuncturist with more than 25 years of clinical and teaching experience. Daoist Master Face Reader. He teaches Chinese Medicine and Five Elements wisdom.
Students arrive from different paths. What they share is a wish to go deeper into Yin Yoga, the Five Elements and Chinese Medicine.
Build a foundation in Yin Yoga, Chinese Medicine and the Five Elements, with practical teaching skills.
Widen your toolkit: Elements, sequencing, theming and embodied practices.
No plan to teach. Come to understand your own practice and everyday life more clearly.
Acupuncturists, osteopaths, doctors and others who work with the body. Explore Yin Yoga and Five Elements as a complementary educational lens, not as clinical medical training.
Times come from Five Elements Wisdom Academy and may shift slightly on the ground.
Booking for the training itself is with Five Elements Wisdom Academy. Private rooms at The Sanctuary are booked with us separately.
150 hours · Level 1 + Level 2
Level 1 · 100 hours
Level 2 · 50 hours
Included in the training fee: teaching, course manuals, yoga mats and props, breakfast, shared dorm.
Not included: travel, travel insurance, private rooms, lunch and dinner.
Private rooms from €20 a night: email holidayasiabookings@gmail.com. Travel insurance is strongly recommended.
Figures below are in euro (EUR), set by the academy. Early Bird needs full payment by 1 December 2026. All payments are non-refundable. Confirm current places and payment steps with them before you book flights.
150 hours · Level 1 + Level 2
Level 1 · 100 hours
Level 2 · 50 hours
Refresh: if you already completed a level with them, repeats are 50% of full price (Level 1 €1,090 · Level 2 €595 · both €1,580).
Level 1 with this academy is required before Level 2.
Enrolment, deposits and course questions go to the academy. Every application is read by a teacher. For a private room at The Sanctuary during the training, email holidayasiabookings@gmail.com.
Boat access only. Going fully solar powered, so no more generator.
Course details summarised from the academy page for guests staying at The Sanctuary. Confirm dates, prices and places with them before you travel.