Aruna Essentials

The ultimate Aruna Essentials Survival Kit

The Aruna Essentials Survival Kit

The Aruna Essentials program is a transformative 5-day training that introduces the foundational principles of Aruna Yoga. It blends yoga practice with self-enquiry, emotional release, trauma-sensitive tools, and spiritual teachings. Open to all levels, it can be experienced as a personal retreat or as the gateway to the full 200-hour teacher training. Participants gain powerful tools for healing, embodiment, and inner alignment.

The Aruna Essentials program is a prerequisite course for those intending to do the Aruna Teacher Training.

There are 4 live in person or on zoom trainings in 2025, with 2 in Israel, Breda, Holland (The Netherlands) and in Portugal (in person only). There is also a five week version meeting one Friday per week in 2026

There is also the online only option to enjoy the tools and practices at your own pace! See below for more info on the online course package. (The Online version is not sufficient as a rerequisite for the Aruna teacher training and is intended for personal use only).

To register click here

Dates in person

ISRAEL

  • Sunday 16th – Thursday 20th November 2025 (in person and on zoom)

  • Fridays from 9:00-15:00 over 5 weeks: 30/1/26; 6/2/26; 13/2/26; 20/2/26; 27/2/26

THE NETHERLANDS (BREDA)

  •  Friday 16th – Tuesday 20th May 2025 (in person and on zoom)

PORTUGAL (SINTRA)

Join Nicki Forman in Sintra, Portugal in the summer of 2025 for an exclusive Aruna Experience to learn to integrate the Aruna Essential Survival Kit! This is a seperate retreat which can be used as Yoga Alliance hours (for 500 hours or continuing education).

  • Sunday 6th –  Thursday 10th July 2025 (in person only – limited spaces available)

    Daily schedule

    ISRAËL & THE NETHERLANDS

    • 10:00-13:00  Session 1
    • 13:00-14:00  Break
    • 14:00-17:00  Session 2

    PORTUGAL

    • 10:00-17:00  Full Day Session

     

     

    This training is a prerequisite for the Yoga Alliance Registered Aruna Yoga Teacher Training (200 or 500 hours). If you choose to continue to certification, you can continue with the trainings either in person or online on zoom. Please click here for more information!

    Online Course

    Receive the teachings of the Aruna essentials at your own pace!

    While this is all prerecorded practices and tools, you can enjoy the essentials at your own pace with unlimited lifetime access!

    This course offers the Aruna Essential Survival Kit! It includes Yoga poses and their explanations; Yoga classes; Theory and philosophy of yoga; Theory and practice of TRE; Breathing exercises; Mudras (gestures) to activate energy; Yoga Nidra & much more!

       

      PAYMENT PLANS:

      ISRAEL

      Investment: 750 euro/3100 NIS (IN PERSON at Beit Aruna or on zoom)

      To pay click here

      THE NETHERLANDS

      Investment: 750 euro/3100 NIS  (IN PERSON or on zoom)

      To pay click here

      To register for Israel or Breda

      PORTUGAL

      Investment: 1800 euro/7440 NIS

      Price does not include accommodation. Price includes all activities and lunch, snacks and teas from 10:00-17:00.

      To pay click here

      ONLINE

      Investment: 12 Monthly Payments of 37,50 euro  OR 1 Discounted Payment of 410 euro

       

      To register click here

      About Aruna Yoga

      Aruna Yoga draws from multiple yogic forms and philosophy, including Hatha, Vinyasa, and Kundalini, as well as spiritual traditions, such as meditation, Kabbalah, energy healing and theological philosophy.

      Aruna Yoga teaches how to welcome the present moment and suspend judgment so we can still the mind and practice presence using the body, mind and emotions as a way to cultivate inner connection.

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