300-Hour Embodied Yoga Method with Dana Damara
January - August 2027 | Metta Yoga San Rafael
Dana Damara is bringing her 300-hour Advanced Yoga Program back to Metta San Rafael!
Modules facilitated by Dana Damara, Peter Bartesch and Gillian Confair
This advanced training is part of Dana’s independent program, Embodied Practice Academy, and is designed for teachers ready to go deeper—personally, professionally, and spiritually.
Over the course of nine months, you'll gather one weekend per month for immersive training, with time between sessions to integrate, reflect, and apply what you’ve learned. The program includes mentorship, group work, online content, and real-world teaching experience!
This is a full-spectrum training that meets you where you are and supports your continued evolution as a yoga teacher and student.
Meet your facilitators
Dana Damara
Dana Damara is a globally sought-after retreat leader, speaker, and mentor with more than 25 years of experience exploring embodied living. Blending astrology, movement, breathwork, sound, and ancient wisdom with practical tools for the body and nervous system, her work helps people navigate life, leadership, and change with greater presence, clarity, resilience, and connection.
Peter Bartesch
I teach yoga and philosophy from a place of passion, embodiment, and a lifelong love of movement, informed by years of study and my background in wrestling and bodybuilding. I believe the body is a portal to deeper states of energy and being, and that cultivating mind-body-spirit coherence through human connection is at the heart of true health and happiness.
Gillian Confair
Gillian Confair, E-RYT 500, is a yoga teacher, creator of The Average Yogi, and lifelong lover of science fiction who brings curiosity, humor, and adventure to her practice. Her challenging, creative classes invite students to get out of their heads and into their bodies, leaving them energized, uplifted, and more connected.
Training Format
One weekend per month, January 2027 through August 2027
In-person training at Metta Yoga San Rafael
Online integration between sessions
Group projects, mentorship, and public teaching
Choose the Full Training or Take Individual Modules
Dana Damara’s 300-Hour Embodied Yoga Method is offered as an 8-module training experience. Students may enroll in the full 300-hour program or sign up for individual weekend immersions based on their interests, goals, and schedule.
Each module offers meaningful stand-alone learning, while also contributing to the full 300-hour pathway for those completing the entire training. Students have up to two years to complete all 8 modules.
Click on the modules below to learn more and register for weekend immersions:
Enrollment & Payment Options
Full training cost: $4,999
Individual modules: $888 each
Save when enrolling in the full training vs. purchasing modules individually
Payment plans available! — coordinate directly with Dana
All payments are handled directly through Dana Damara’s page:
Watch the video below to hear Dana share more about the training:
Curious about the training? Join her for a FREE Info Session:
Join Dana for a FREE Info session at Metta San Rafael, where she’ll walk through what to expect from the training, answer your questions, and share more about the curriculum and experience.
About Dana
Dana Damara is a speaker, published author, Master Yoga Teacher Trainer, healer, and servant of the heart.
She is also an embodiment coach, Reiki Master, essential oil Doterra© Team Leader, Astrologist, and sound healer, offering private healing, coaching and yoga sessions, astrology readings, as part of her divination tools.
Through all these modalities, Dana Damara has been healing herself, while supporting others in realizing their worth. She believes that it is essential to contribute your gifts to the world, resonating with the truth that lives in your heart.
Offering private sessions, group classes, trainings, global workshops, corporate events, and retreats, she witnesses you in your reality and then elevates your energy to the deeper uniqueness of your soul’s calling, and shows you what you are capable of. When you are ready to transform, for real this time, Dana Damara will create the space you need and applaud you as you rise!