Join Joan Hyman and guest teacher, Anna Zorzou, with the international community of The School of Yoga for an immersive 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training at Porto Delfino in Kythera, Greece.

Porto Delfino is a hidden gem perched on a dramatic hillside overlooking Kapsali Bay and the Aegean Sea. Just a leisurely 10-minute walk from the beach, cafés, and restaurants of Kapsali, the retreat offers the perfect setting to step away from everyday life and fully immerse yourself in your practice and studies.

The beautiful, fully equipped yoga shala overlooks the Aegean, while spacious accommodations offer private terraces and plenty of space to rest and recharge.

This is more than a teacher training. It’s an opportunity to immerse yourself in the practice, deepen your understanding of yoga, connect with an international community, and create space for yourself to reset and renew.

A beautiful place to learn, practice, retreat, and begin the next chapter of your yoga journey.

This Yoga Alliance 200 Hour Teacher Training is hosted by The School of Yoga which is a continuing education teacher training school for inspiring yogis who want to deepen their understanding of the yoga practice and take their teaching to the next level.

The two hundred hour training is a foundational training focused on alignment, sequencing, anatomy (physical & subtle), and philosophy. You don't have to want to teach yoga to enroll in this training, only have desire to go deeper in your yoga practice!

The curriculum will include:

The study of Asana. (Yoga Postures).
Anatomy applied to asana.
The benefits and contraindications of asana and how to make postures accessible for everyone.
How to work with props.
The art of reading bodies and performing hands on adjustments.
How to teach beginners.
The art of sequencing a vinyasa flow class.
How to teach a private yoga session.
The history of yoga.
Yogic philosophy from the perspective of The Yoga Sutras.
The subtle body, including: the chakras, vayus, bandhas, and pranayama.
Restorative yoga.
How to be an effective teacher.
How to find your authentic voice
Practice teaching in a group.

You will leave the training with a deeper understand of the practice of yoga and understand how to create a yoga practice to meet your individual needs. . The School of Yoga offers a 300 Hour Teacher Training program which is the next step that will guide you towards teaching yoga.

This teacher training is a Yoga Alliance RYT training. If you have already completed a 200 HR YTT, please message Joanhymanyoga@gmail.com and let her know which training you have completed and to be eligible for a 100 Euro discount.

You will receive a 15 hour pre-recorded prep course to work at your own convenience before the training begins and will also receive ten free classes on both Joan's platform to help prepare for the training.

Once the training is complete, you will have access to The School of Yoga's Sequencing to Transform 25 Hour Module, to help you advance in your studies.

Please see the Itinerary page for the full day to day schedule.

In our free time, you can enjoy the island’s many hiking trails, wander through the local shops and villages, or simply relax by the sea. On our day off, Anna will take us boating and explore nearby islands and hidden coves—a beautiful way to experience the Aegean Sea and all that Kythera has to offer.

Getting to Kythera:

Although Kythira feels wonderfully secluded, reaching the island is straightforward with a little advance planning.

By Air

Kythira Island National Airport "Alexandros Aristotelous Onassis" (KIT)

● Approximately 35 minutes from Porto Delfino

● Approximately 50-minute flight from Athens International Airport (ATH)

Flights are operated by:

● Sky Express – https://www.skyexpress.gr

● Aegean Airlines / Olympic Air – https://www.aegeanair.com

Because flight schedules vary throughout the year and seat availability can become

limited—particularly when coordinating international flights—we strongly recommend booking domestic flights as early as possible.

By Ferry

Guests may also travel by ferry from:

Piraeus Port (Athens) → Kythira

● Approximately 6–7 hours, depending on the season and sailing schedule.

Ferry schedules and reservations:

Seajets – https://www.seajets.com

Early booking is recommended, particularly for retreat groups.

Driving to Kythira

Many guests choose to combine a scenic road trip through the Peloponnese with the ferry

crossing.

The most popular route is:

Athens → Neapoli (Peloponnese)

● Approximately 4.5–5 hours by car

From Neapoli, a local ferry reaches Kythira in approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes, making it an excellent option for guests wishing to travel with their own vehicle.

Airport & Ferry Transfers

The Porto Delfino team coordinates all airport and ferry transfers for retreat groups, ensuring a

smooth and stress-free arrival and departure experience for every guest.

What to Bring:

Temperatures range from 24 - 34 Celcius

Lightweight clothing, yoga attire, sandals, comfortable walking shoes, swimwear, beach

towel, hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, light sweater for evenings, reusable water bottle, day bag.

More about Joan Hyman

Joan Hyman is the founder and director of The School of Yoga™, an international teacher training and continuing education program dedicated to preserving the depth and integrity of the yoga tradition while making the practice relevant to the modern world. With more than 25 years of teaching experience, Joan is known for her grounded, intelligent, and deeply embodied approach, drawing from her studies of Ashtanga and Iyengar Yoga, as well as Ayurveda and meditation. Her teaching is both precise and intuitive, encouraging students to develop greater awareness, strength, clarity, and connection to themselves through practice. Joan’s devotion to yoga is woven into everything she teaches, creating an experience that is both transformative and deeply human.

Joan spent 15 years as a distinguished Senior Teacher at YogaWorks and in 2016 became Director of Teacher Trainings at Wanderlust. For more than 20 years, she has led teacher trainings, retreats, workshops, and immersive experiences around the world, building an international community of dedicated practitioners and teachers. Through The School of Yoga™, Joan now brings together a team of experienced educators and partners with yoga schools worldwide to develop high-quality teacher education and continuing education programs. She has been featured in Yoga Journal, Wanderlust, and other international publications and has taught at festivals, conferences, studios, and online platforms around the globe. At the heart of Joan’s work is a simple intention: to help people deepen their practice, cultivate an authentic relationship with yoga, and carry the wisdom of the practice into every aspect of their lives.

More about Anna Zorzou:

Anna Zorzou is an international yoga teacher and senior teacher trainer based in Athens, Greece, with more than 25 years of experience teaching yoga, movement, and mindfulness. A lifelong student, Anna brings together intelligent movement, precise yet accessible instruction, breath awareness, and a genuine curiosity for each student’s individual experience. Originally from Greece, her journey into yoga began after years as a competitive athlete and a basketball scholarship at the University of the Pacific in California, where injuries eventually led her from the basketball court to the yoga mat. Her early practice was deeply rooted in Ashtanga Yoga, studying with Chuck Miller and Maty Ezraty, and later shaped by her years within the YogaWorks community and the influence of teachers such as Annie Carpenter.

For more than two decades, Anna has been dedicated to yoga teacher education in Greece and internationally, educating and mentoring teachers while helping them develop technical knowledge, clarity, confidence, curiosity, and an authentic teaching voice. Her work extends beyond the studio into professional athletics, corporate wellbeing, retreats, and immersive experiences. Through continued study across different traditions and modalities, her teaching has evolved beyond any single method while remaining grounded in the discipline, intelligence, and depth of her early training. Whether working with teachers, athletes, executives, or longtime practitioners, Anna’s intention remains the same: to make yoga intelligent, relevant, accessible, and deeply connected to the way we move through life.