Ashtanga Mandala
200-hour Teacher Training Course
Linear to Multidimensional
Traditional & Contemporary Yoga
Hybrid Course: London + Goa
3rd Feb - 21st Mar 2026
Online: Tuesdays from 18:00 - 21:00 (3rd, 10th, 17th Feb)
London or Online: 3 Weekends from 9:00 - 18:30 (7th, 8th, 14th, 15th, 21st & 22nd Feb)
Goa Intensive: 15 days with 2 days off (5th - 21st March)
Faculty: Dulce Mandala, Jamie Clarke, Carlos Mundalah, Nicholas Menard, Lizaan Joubert & Nicola Glenn
Deposit £550 (included in the price)
Includes: Tuition, Materials & Certificate, Daily Breakfast in Goa & Two Sweat Lodges
BONUS: a comprehensive 20-hour Anatomy Course to be completed before your time in Goa.
Not Included: Flights, Transfers, Accommodation & Meals.
India EVisa is available for most countries, apply online and receive it within days.
Limited to 18 Spaces
Extra Love included
*Online Thursday Class with Dulce during February & March 6:30 - 7:45pm UK time
* 5 Day Pre-Recorded Resume of the Course
* Two 121 integration Sessions with Lizaan
* One hour 121 Private Teaching Assessment
* Two integration Sessions after the Course

The overarching goal is integration.
An immersive journey into Vinyasa, expertly designed by Dulce Mandala. Honoring our bodies as the gateway to other levels of connection, serving as the bridge to other realms.
Prana is Vinyasa = Movement + Breath
Our Yoga Practices foster physical awareness, while Breathwork & Shamanism facilitate energy activation and release of subtle blockages. These practices help us cultivate greater self-awareness, paradoxically leading to an understanding of our interconnectedness with the greater whole.
What is the Ashtanga Philosophy?
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A way of living aimed at reaching wholeness through ethics, guidelines, and exercises.
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Focuses on releasing attachment to the past or future to cultivate presence.
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Includes practices designed to calm mental fluctuations and promote contentment.
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Emphasizes inner stillness and awareness through diverse techniques.


What is the Ashtanga Vinyasa Practice?
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It is a set sequence of postures rooted in the constant synchronization of movement and breath.
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It is embedded in tradition and allows little modifications.
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The main movement is a forward fold, a very efficient way to create a calmer self.
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Its one of the oldest forms of Vinyasa, considered the ABC from which you can build more creative flows.
What is the Mandala Vinyasa Practice?
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A Mandala practice encompasses motion in all directions and perspectives.
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Based on 4 sequences, each aligned with one of the Elements and its energetic/muscular focus.
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Uses breath-synchronized motion to deepen connection to self and the Elements.
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This course uses the Mandala ONE method, integrating numerology and sacred geometry for creative guidance.

Requirements
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An open mind and kind heart
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One year minimum of frequent Vinyasa Practice
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Completion of the online training and assessments are required to begin your live journey
Dulce Mandala
Mandala, Teaching Methodology & the Art of Abundance
Dulce Mandala has hosted 100+ courses worldwide training over 3000 students in different modalities. She has designed several Yoga courses with a twist on Psychology and Shamanism.
She has been following a path of yoga, self-inquiry and shamanic tradition for more than 20 years. Her path includes Shamanic practices and influences from Rocket, Prana flow, Tripsichore & Yin Yoga. Her intention is to live in harmony leading to a freer experience with herself and others. Her approach encourages self-responsibility in the path of following your heart.
Dulce created the Mandala Vinyasa & Elements Method. The system is a blend of the Yoga styles she practiced with Shamanism and attention to intention.
By feeling the Element in the physical self, awareness in the emotional and psychological realms transpires. This creates integration.
Nicholas Menard
Elemental Breathwork, WorldBridger
Nicholas Menard is here to have a positive impact on the world, create magic in every interaction and guide people to live happier, healthier, more loving and abundant lives.
He has been diving into various healing modalities for the past 10+ years seeking to answer one question…we are advancing so quickly and learning more and more about ourselves mentally, physically, spiritually and emotionally, yet our overall health, wellbeing and sense of fulfillment continues to decline. What creates this trend and how can we shift it?
His mission is to discover and provide tools for each individual to uncover the answer to that question. He now seeks to lead and share the breath with all those who are looking to explore its wide ranging, impactful powers.

Lizaan Joubert
Yoga as Community and Journeys
Known as Lizi to her students and the yoga community, you will meet her as a practitioner. Teaching Yoga is part of her belief that the practice rests in the heart of being a Student. She remains dedicated to Tibetan Buddhist studies at Tara Mandala and has been influenced by Ashtanga, Mandala, Tripsichore and Yin Yoga,
She grew up on a farm during the apartheid era in South Africa with unconventional parents, played college tennis in the US during her 20's and embarked in a deep inquiry when she took a sabbatical turning 30 it was here where she was introduced to the Patanjali System living in Thailand through practices of Ashtanga Vinyasa she stumbled upon.
She teaches a functional approach, with focus on philosophy and anatomy during sessions. Retreats and classes are planned with care, both physically and energetically taught with equal motivation to empower students to grow in personal flexibility, self exploration and strength, guiding each level and layer to each student's ability. She has been teaching full time since 2012.
She started her own Retreat Company in 2015, and has taught over 50 retreats worldwide, guiding an exploration and connection with nature, the body in practice, and self awareness.

Jamie Clarke
Ashtanga, History of Yoga & Anatomy
Jamie has been teaching Yoga since 2001. Inspired by Yoga’s ability to integrate body, mind, and spirit, he has trained with pioneers of Ashtanga, Rocket, Tripsichore, Yin Yoga, and Applied Anatomy. He has led over 100 Yoga Teacher Trainings and guided more than 3000 students worldwide.
His current focus is Yin Yoga and the Tantric Chakra system, including their elements and archetypes. Jamie blends these practices with transpersonal psychology to support emotional integration and healing. His approach honours each student’s uniqueness, uses a customised ‘Functional’ approach & combines Yin & Yang, East & West. Influenced by Tantra, Buddhism, Daoism, and Shamanic traditions, he bridges ancient wisdom with modern psychology.
Since 2019, Jamie has worked as a licensed Transpersonal Psychology counsellor. He holds a BA and MSc in Consciousness, Spirituality, and Transpersonal Psychology from the University of London and is dedicated to ongoing self-inquiry and transformation.

Nicola Glenn
Transition Coordinator from Student to Teacher
Nicola is a yoga teacher and mentor who inspires self belief and authenticity.
Having taught for over ten years in West London, Nicola is currently teaching from her home studio in Sussex, UK where she offers transformative yoga and retreat experiences, for those looking to build their confidence as both students and yoga teachers.
Nicola began exploring different yoga systems around 20 years ago. Her intention was to find healing and ways to live a happier and more loving life.
The years of seeking out, studying and practicing with different teachers and learning different healing modalities has continually brought her back to the same realisations and insights: that a combination of gentle consistency of practice, self inquiry, self compassion and following the heart’s true passion are the gateways to creating a life abundant with joy and fulfillment; we are all each other's mirrors.
Nicola’s main asana practices are Mandala Vinyasa, Yin and the Rocket. She has studied for ten years with The Yoga People and has been certified by them as a 500 hours teacher.
In more recent years Nicola continues to travel and assist on many of Dulce’s teacher trainings in Goa, London and Dublin.

Carlos Mundalah
Elemental Sound, Mixing Principles & Temazcal Master
Carlos Mundalah is a medicine musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer, DJ, producer and sound therapist. He is passionate about Shamanism, ritual, voice healing, ancient traditions and philosophies, cacao, dance, dreams, plant medicines, and sustainability.
He studied Biomedical Engineering while practicing Herbal and Mexican Traditional Medicine and devotes himself to the ritual practices of ancient Mexico. He co-founded a Holistic Center in 2010, and since has learned from many different teachers in a wide array of disciplines including Nada Yoga, Pragmatic Meditation, Tantra, Movement therapy, Reiki, Permaculture, Chinese Traditional Medicine and more.
As a musician he has produced over 100 tracks ranging from meditation, reggae, cumbia, rap, native american, salsa, mantras reggaeton, electronica and more. Fusion is his thing.
He founded "Nido Encantado”, a retreat place for healing work, bringing together sustainable lifestyle of a food forest and authentic expression through Art and medicine plants. He has facilitated more than 150 ceremonies.

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