Yoga and Relationships with Faruk Kurtuluş — 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training, 28 October – 31 January

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Yoga and Relationships with Faruk Kurtuluş — 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training, 28 October – 31 January

Price range: 9.000,00 ₺ through 37.000,00 ₺

Being Nature Itself

New term: 28 October 2026 — Yoga and Relationships

This is a 200-hour yoga training. You work in live weekend meetings, have access to weekday live classes and the training library for a year, and receive a Yoga Alliance-approved 200-hour certificate when you complete it.

As it is a teacher training, it also opens that door for those who want to go professional; but wanting to become a teacher is not a requirement. Some of those who came never intended to teach and came for their own practice.

You can complete the whole training online; those who wish can also come to the opening gathering at Stoa in Şirince on 28 October in person. Participation options, fees and accommodation are at the bottom of the page, right above the application form.

Accommodation and meals are paid separately to Stoa. See room rates

For those joining in Şirince in person, per person per night, three meals included: triple room 3.250 TL · double room 3.500 TL · single room 4.500 TL. Accommodation is paid to Stoa and is not included in the participation fee.
Go to participation options · Go to the application form

The new term of the 200-hour teacher training based on the Being Nature Itself approach begins on 28 October under the name “Yoga and Relationships”; applications are open. The focus of this term is relationships: the relationships within the body itself, the bond it makes with the breath and with the ground, and what this corresponds to in daily life.

We do the poses not as a performance or a show but by moving consciously; we support everyone in moving in harmony with their own body.

We also learn to connect with different body types: the same instruction does not do the same thing in every body, and we work thoroughly on the language of what to say to which body, and how. There is no forcing here — a real development and transformation that comes not by forcing but of its own accord.

Because it is a teacher training it opens that door for those who want to work professionally; but wanting to become a teacher is not required — some of those who came were never going to teach, they came for their own practice.

We work with the elements of earth, water, wind and fire through their somatic counterparts in the body, the ways of relating within movement, and their connections with daily life.

The training can be completed fully online. The live meetings begin on 28 October with the opening at Stoa in Şirince; however, participants who register receive immediate access to the training library. This means you can start watching the classes, studying in your own time, and joining the weekday live classes without waiting for the live weekends.

You can complete the whole training online; those who wish can also come to the opening gathering at Stoa in Şirince in person.

Live meeting dates

28 October – 1 November · Opening gathering at Stoa, Şirince (in person or online) · 28 October 18:00 opening, 29, 30 and 31 October sessions 10:00 – 16:00, 1 November 12:00 closing
14–15 November
12–13 December
9–10 January
30–31 January · graduation

If you would like to join, you can fill in the application form, or write to us with your questions about the training.

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Eğitmenlik eğitimi sayesinde bedenimle olan ilişkim köklü bir şekilde değişti. Faruk hocanın asla aceleci ve poz odaklı olmayan olmayan ele alış biçimi sayesinde, zihin-beden ilişkisi herkesin kendi hızında özümsenerek sindiriliyor. Tüm bu yaklaşım sayesinde zihin-bedene dair geliştirilen farkındalıklı hal yalnızca mat üzerinde kalmayıp hayata da yayılıyor. Çocukluğumuzda olduğu gibi bedeniyle tekrar ilişkilenmek ve onu her an fark edebilmek isteyen herkese hitap edebilecek bir eğitim. Faruk hocanın bu ve tüm eğitimlerindeki en sevdiğim özelliği kullandığı dil konusundaki hassasiyeti. Eğitim içindeki her cümle ve her anlatım özenle seçilmiş, şefkatli ve alan açan bir dille destekleniyor. Gönül rahatlığıyla bu eğitimi herkese önerebilirim.

Buse Bilginoğlu
/ İzmit

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Yogaya minicik bir çekim hissediyorsanız ve bu eğitim duyurusu karşınıza çıktıysa çok şanslısınız. Uzun yılların getirdiği tecrübesi, nezaketi ve ustaca hazırladığı eğitim içerikleriyle Faruk Kurtuluş hocamız bu alandaki en doğru kişidir. Daha önce katılmamış olsaydım bu dönemi asla kaçırmazdım. Siz de kendinize anlamlı bir hediye vermek isterseniz hemen yerinizi ayırtın.

Melek Hacıbozanoğlu
/ İstanbul

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Faruk was a very good teacher with a friendly, playful manner. During his classes, I had a sense of experiencing something special, serious and joyful. Central to his instruction of the asanas was an invitation to focus in an experiential way how to really be with our bodies. Paying homage to Patanjali, he brought yoga right back to its roots as a practice for re-establishing a union between body and mind. His emphasis was on how yoga is ultimately about gaining wisdom and truth by being in a proper relationship with one’s body.

Carol Macmillan
/ London

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Gecmiste yüzme, su topu sporlarında amatör yarışmacı olarak 10 sene sporculuğun arkasından scuba ve aikido ile ilgilendikten sonra, yogaya baslamak icin dogru kişiyi seçtiğim icin çok şanslıyım, Yıllar içindeki deneyimlerim arasında yogaya kendi kendime akis oluşturup kisisel gelişimim ve fiziksel aktivite icin başlamayı amaçlamıştım. Faruk Kurtuluş’un 2016 yılında düzenlediği 200 saatlik egitimin iceriginin akışı çok yumuşak, anlaşılır ve hayatin icinde bir deneyimdi. Şimdi ve burada olmanın farkındalığı stres ile baş etmemi çok kolaylaştırdı.

Zeynep Yükselen
/ Los Angeles

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Birlikte olduğumuz zamandan bu yana, hep en doğru yerde bulduğum için şükran duydum. Nitelik ve özenle yogayı öğreterek; tüm yönleriyle anlamama kapı açan sevgili Faruk hocama çok teşekkür ederim. Yoga, bu karışık ve kalabalık dünya yolunda artık daima benimle birlikte olacak.

Hülya Öztürk Başcı
/ İstanbul

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Bu egitim ve devamında ögrendiklerim, en zor zamanlarımda hayat kurtarıcım oldu diyebilirim. Olmadığım kişiden günbegün sıyrılıp, en gerçek halime suçluluk duymadan yaklaştıran çok kıymetli ve en güzel en yalın yoga egitimi. Ve ekstra antin kuntin ritüellere gerek bırakmadan gönül rahatlığıyla katılabileceğiniz bir eğitim.

Derya Yazıcı
/ İzmir

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Faruk’la yoga çalışması içimde şaşırtıcı bir derinlikte karşılık buldu ve bütüncül bir deneyim yaşadığımı hissettim. İlişkilendirme, bağ kurma ve ilişkiler özellikle ilgi duyduğum alanlar olduğu için yaşamla yoganın ilişkisini tutkuyla birleştirme şekli benim için özellikle anlamlı oldu. En guzel etkisi de yoga pratiğime yeni ve farklı bir katman eklenmesi oldu.

Pınar Öncel
/ Bodrum

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Yoga eğitmenliğine adım atmak isteyenler ve yoga pratiğinde derinleşmek isteyenler doğru yerdesiniz. Öncelikle online buluşmalarla mesafelerin ortadan kalktığı derslerde yoga öğrenmek büyük lüks. Hocamızın sade bir dille temelden başlayan ve derinleşen yogayı içselleştirdiğiniz bir eğitim süreci olacak. İyi ki katılmışım.

Hülya Yağmur
/ istanbul

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Faruk is excellent teacher and tailors sessions to meet the interests, abilities and needs of the student. The practice is strong and soft at the same time. Faruk makes yoga applicable and relevant to real-world experience through his personal philosophy; and interesting techniques such as the study of film.

Laura Brinker
/ New York

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Online eğitim boyunca inanılmaz detaycı bir yolla ilerledik. Hem küçük küçük bir çok detay, hem de onların hepsinin birleşmesi ve beden bulması. Eğitimden önce Faruk hocanın yaklaşım tarzını incelediğimde bunu aslında zaten sezmiştim fakat eğitim başlayıp bunu bedenen deneyimlemeye başladığımda “Ya katılmasaydım ve kaçırsaydım böyle bir keşfi” diye düşündüm.

Yeşim Tomay
/ İstanbul

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Faruk is a discrete, low profile-humble teacher who focuses a lot on the connection of body and mind, taking careful care of all the students so that all levels can adjust- especially the beginners. He included theoretical parts/philosophy of yoga which was very interesting, he made dancing free meditation classes which were very good for connecting the participants and for expressing ourselves. Furthermore, meditation was optional during the day. But Faruk is most importantly a good hearted person, curious and open minded about life.

Eleni Plaka
/ Athenes

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Faruk 200 saatlik bir zaman diliminde yogayı hayatın içine yayarak biz öğrencilerini yogayla tanıştırıyor, eğitimden neyi isterseniz onu almanızı sağlıyor. Birkaç sene önce katıldığım uzmanlık programı bana kendi yoga pratiğimi oluşturmam ve daha önemlisi sürdürebilir kılmam için gereken enformasyon ve motivasyonu kazandırdı. Programı birkaç sene önce bitirdim; o günden beri düzenli yoga yapıyorum. Kurs süresince Faruk ve katılımcılarla birlikte çok keyifli zamanlar geçirdiğimizi de eklemek isterim.

Gaye Berk
/ İstanbul

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TRAINING APPROACH

This training is based on the Being Nature Itself approach.

Regardless of your experience, age, body, or how you feel on that particular day, you practice within a safe and inclusive space.

Rather than trying to place the body into a pose, we explore how the body is felt from within, how it moves, and how it relates.

Earth, water, wind, and fire are not treated here as separate “themes,” but as states that arise together in every moment of the practice.

Just like the places in nature where we enjoy being: moist earth, open air, soft sunlight, a gentle wind. In the practice, we explore the inner climate in the body that corresponds to this.

We are not only interested in how a movement looks from the outside, but also in what it opens inside, how the breath meets the movement, and how different parts of the body relate to one another.

Fascial awareness, the breath-movement relationship, sequencing language, the philosophy of anatomy, and bodily wholeness are among the main areas of study in this training. These are not approached as abstract or heavy theories, but understood directly through practice.

Instead of filling yourself with memorized information, you learn through movement.

To truly understand a spiral can sometimes teach more than long anatomical explanations. Because the body does not grasp knowledge only in the mind; it understands it through movement.

In this training, instead of forcing fixed shapes, we practice moving, listening, feeling, and learning how to express all of this through a simple teaching language.

PROGRAM FLOW

The training takes place online through live meetings.

After registration, access to the training library opens immediately. This means you can start studying without waiting for the live meetings, watch the classes in your own time, and revisit them whenever you need.

You can join the weekday live classes, bring your questions to the live meetings, and watch any classes you miss through the recordings.

In this training, being online does not weaken the process; it offers repetition, continuity, and the possibility to study in your own time.

Details that can sometimes be missed in in-person trainings can be revisited here through video recordings and the training library. This allows you to continue your own practice not only during class hours, but throughout the whole training process.

If you wish, you can also support this process with the in-person retreats held during the year. Retreats are not mandatory; you do not need to attend a retreat to complete the online training.

LIVE MEETING DATES

CERTIFICATE

The certificate is awarded after attending the live meetings, watching the recordings, completing the assignments and quizzes, and teaching the graduation class.

Participants who complete the program become eligible to receive a Yoga Alliance approved 200-hour certificate.

TUITION AND REGISTRATION

PARTICIPATION OPTIONS

Online Participation — 29.000 TL + VAT
You join all live meetings online, including the opening gathering at Stoa, Şirince.

Online Participation with the Şirince Gathering — 37.000 TL + VAT
You join the opening gathering at Stoa, Şirince (28 October – 1 November) in person; the rest of the training is online. Accommodation and meals are paid separately to Stoa and are not included in this fee.

Şirince Gathering Only (in person) — 12.000 TL + VAT
You join the gathering at Stoa, Şirince on 28 October – 1 November in person; the evening programme is included. Accommodation and meals are paid separately to Stoa and are not included in this fee.

Graduates: Şirince Gathering (in person) — 9.000 TL + VAT
For those who have previously trained with IFEELYOGA. You join the gathering at Stoa, Şirince on 28 October – 1 November in person, refresh your knowledge and take part in the evening programme. Accommodation and meals are paid separately to Stoa and are not included in this fee.

Places are limited. Participation is confirmed in order of payment and registration.

Access to the training library opens once registration is complete.

For those coming to Şirince in person, accommodation and meals are paid separately to Stoa; room rates are listed below.

Gathering at Stoa, Şirince — 28 October – 1 November

The training opens with the gathering at Stoa in Şirince on 28 October – 1 November. The sessions of these four days are streamed online; you can complete the whole training online. Those who wish can also come to the gathering in person.

Accommodation and meals are paid separately to Stoa. Per person, per night, three meals included:
Triple room · 3.250 TL
Double room · 3.500 TL
Single room · 4.500 TL

Application Form

We take registrations by application. Tell us briefly about yourself in the form and I will get back to you as soon as possible — we get to know each other briefly and go on from there.

Participation Option	Online Participation — 29.000 TL +VAT, Online Participation with the Şirince Gathering — 37.000 TL +VAT, Şirince Gathering Only (in person) — 12.000 TL +VAT, Graduates: Şirince Gathering (in person) — 9.000 TL +VAT