15/09/2026
Namaste beautiful soul,
September is my favourite month to teach here. The summer crowds have gone, the sea is still warm from August, and by late afternoon the light in the shala turns everything gold and the sky is brilliant blue. It is the softest, magical time in Portimão and it is the one I always wish more of our students got to see for themselves.
Which is why I am writing to you.
We have our 4 day in person hybrid running Thursday September 24th to Sunday the 27th, and final call for applications. You are hearing about it here first because you are already part of the Bend it like Buddha Algarve community, and it felt right that you got this.
Four days here in the Algarve, alongside the self paced online portal that some of you may already have access to. You can take it as your Yoga Alliance RYT 200 hour if you are still working toward your first certification, or as the RYT 300 hour if you are already certified or/and want to go deeper. Both run side by side in the same group, which is one of the nicest things about these weeks. There is always much to learn from each other :)
What is included:
Your Yoga Alliance certification, 200 hour or 300 hour Four days of in person teaching in the shala, three minutes from Praia da Rocha beach
Shared or Private Apartment
3x daily vegetarian meals
Only 1200-1490 euros.
A deposit of 500 euros holds your place and locks in the tuition along with the bonus workshops such as Ayurveda massage, Reiki.
Tuition will increase soon for 14 nights and the 3 nights hybrid as we get closer to autumn and reflect inflation and increasing costs.
One word about timing. There are just a few days until we begin, so the thing that will decide this for most people is flights into Faro rather than whether there is a place left. If it is calling you, look at flights first and then come and talk to me.
If you would like to talk it through, you can book a clarity call here:
https://calendly.com/benditlikebuddhayoga/consultation
Or simply DM and tell me which certification you are thinking about. I read these myself.
If you want to hear from students who have been through it, our school reviews are here: https://app.yogaalliance.org/schoolprofilereviews?id=0013g000002pkbdAAA&sid=0013g000002npt6AAA
And a few of them share their own stories here:
https://vimeo.com/1206764580
Whatever you decide, thank you for being part of this. 11 years and 1,400 trainees later, it is still the students who make it all worth doing.
Infinite Love and Gratitude,
Farrah Furtado
& your yoga pals
Bend It Like Buddha Yoga Algarve Portimão
https://benditlikebuddhayoga.com/
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