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the "Five Elements" Practitioner Immersion

(10 day retreat: March 27 - April 5 2026)

Tuition starts at $2700
- Tuition includes:
  - One fully immersive 10-day retreat, facilitated by Grant Ifflander and his mentors Megan & Agustín at their sanctuary in La Chispa, Costa Rica: the home of Keepers of the Earth
  - A copy of "The Five Elements of Tantrik Hatha Yoga" book
  - One free month of membership to the Inner Sanctum and a discounted rate for one year.
  - Three singing nights
  - All meals and lodging during the retreat
Application Deadline: November 1, 2025
Non-refundable deposit of $1000: due by December 1 2026
Remaining balance: due upon arrival
LOCATION: Extremely private and secluded hermitage high in Costa Rican mountains, details released upon inquiry

Why train with Bhūta Yoga?

Watch our intro video to understand more about our school of Tantrik Hatha Yoga and our approach with working with the Five Elements.

What have our students said?

We can only say so much.

Hear what prior graduates have said about our trainings. (Bhūta Yoga is the Method behind the framework of the Keepers of the Earth "KotE" YTT)

What to expect....

A retreat like "The Five Elements Practitioner Immersion" is meant only for those sincere seekers who are ready to seriously transform themselves and their lives. In this program, Grant Ifflander, founder of the Bhūta Yoga Academy, and Keepers of the Earth School of Yoga & Mystical Arts, guides you deep into the heart of traditional Tantrik Hatha Yoga and the core practice of Bhūta Śuddhi -- the revered Tantrik ritual of Elemental Purification and Inner Alchemy.

This isn't just another "Yoga Retreat"

...We are popping the hood to look at what is actually underneath "modern" Yoga and establishing a firm foundation to stand on: first as practitioners, and then as transmitters of this sacred wisdom.

The curriculum of our retreat and what we will be learning, studying and practicing is based on the Five Mahābhūtas -- Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Space -- and how they live within your body, mind and breath.

The difference between this retreat and others is that you will be introduced to material and practices that you can work with over time, and you will have a co-hort of practitioners with which to remain inspired and connected, even as the retreat itself ends.

During our retreats, we address each area of your development systematically and progressively.

If you apply yourself, you will receive tools that you can take with you for a very long time to completely transform on all levels: from the physical, to the energetic, to the emotional, to the mental, to the spiritual.

During the retreat, we cover:

The Yogic and Tantrik science of Bhūta Śuddhi
Elemental Meditations, Chakra mantras, Prānāyāma & Kriyā techniques, intelligent āsana sequencing & vinyāsa krama, guidance for personal sādhana
How to align your practice with Nature's rhythm and the subtle body
Direct teachings from scripture such as: the Yoga Sūtras, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, and other Tantrik and Hatha Yoga texts
The challenges and pitfalls to the path and how to overcome them
Facilitation techniques, circling, and holding space
Ayurveda & Vedic astrology
The Art & Science of Ritual Technology
The Science of Sound & Mantra
Traditional fire ritual (yagña)
... and much more! (each program is partially tailored to the needs & level of the co-hort)

"What's it like to experience Grant as a teacher & guide on the path of yoga?"

About your Facilitator

Grant Ifflander is a yogi, student, teacher, and friend. Founder of the Bhūta Yoga Academy and Keepers of the Earth School of Yoga & Mystical Arts, he has over 10 years of dedicated teaching experience on the path of Yoga and students who've graduated from his programs -- both online and in-person -- spread all over the world. Grant lives in Costa Rica where he infuses his study, practice, and teaching with principles of the natural world & cosmos. Having graduated 36 students from his programs, his mission is to continue to guide others toward direct, embodied experience of the Sacred through the wisdom of the Elements and traditional methods of spiritual transformation.

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