Where you stand right now, is where many curious + devoted students have stood before.
ON THE EDGE OF A DECISION THAT WILL CHANGE THEIR LIVES FOREVER.
WELCOME TO THE JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME..
THE INITIATION YOGA TEACHER TRAINING BALI.🌴
NOVEMBER 11 - DECEMBER 5TH 2025.
If you’re here..
Yoga is something you cannot imagine your life without..
It’s given you glimpses into how you really feel and what it is that you really want, beyond everyone else’s Ideas…
It’s offered you a portal into who you really are outside of your responsibilities, roles, and busy day to day life..
It’s unearthed a curiosity and gratitude for an ancient system, that you once didn’t even know existed beyond postures + meditations…
It’s offered you both a great adventure + and a pathway back home, every single time you step on the mat and come into connection..
And yet…
You don’t want this to be a fleeting feeling that you only get when you step on the mat…
Instead… you have this insatiable, yearning for more…
You want this to be a way of life, a personal connection to this ancient history and rich philosophy that you can access any time, any where.
You wanna deepen and find mastery in your own personal practise, and further enrich the way you see yourself, and the world around you..
You wanna revel in the feelings of peace and power, that come from revelling in the meaning of Yogic Asanas, Meditations, Mantras, and Meditations…
And maybe even, you’re ready to embody this work so deeply that you too can facilitate the transformations, and experiences that your Teachers have so expertly crafted for you - both on the mat, and in your day to day life..
Where you stand right now, is where many curious + devoted Yoga students have stood before.
On the edge of a decision that will change their lives forever.
Nervous, yet excited to walk the path that passionate students have walked for 1000’s of years.
Hungry to turn their side hobby, into a practice that stays with them for life.
Becoming a Teacher of Yoga, isn’t just a skill or a career change.
It’s a way of life… and to this way of life, you are about to be Initiated.
The Initiation is a 26 day immersion that will transform every crevice of your being.
A life changing opportunity for you to soak up, and drink down Yogas enriching philosophy, revolutionary energetics, and shape shifting physical practice, from the some of worlds most integrated teachers.
A deep Initiation into a practice, a philosophy, and a community, that will hold you, expand you, and call you forward into your most powerful and embodied self.
A deeply nurturing and supportive experience, that’ll reveal how capable, and divine you really are.
We’re not here just to make you a Yoga Teacher.
We’re here to unearth the gifted, powerful, and embodied leader that’s been within you all along.
LEAD TEACHER: HELEN WILKES
I started my Yoga journey 13 years ago.
Yoga came into my life at a time where I was unsure of my direction in life, riddled with self doubt and entirely disconnected from my body.
The path that the Teachings & the practice have taken me on has transformed my relationship with myself, my purpose and the world around me, in ways that I could honestly never have imagined, and in ways that no other experience has been able to do since.
I opened The Collaborative Maroubra in Sydney in 2016 to share this love and passion with fellow yoga students. Eight years on I couldn’t feel more privileged to now be sharing it, plus my years of experience, with future yoga teachers.
I have grown a rich community, an incredibly successful business, and a meaningful movement that has impacted 1000’s of people.
I credit this personal and professional success to my Teaching. You couldn’t pay me to give it up! It humbles me, it brings me back to my body, it keeps me fiercely connected to the truth.
Part of my life’s work is to teach people how to use these practices, so they can remember who they really are, what they came here for, and how to make it all transpire.
THE FIVE PILLARS THAT’ll SUPPORT YOUR INITIATION.
ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY + ORIGINAL ENERGETICS.
With a Teaching faculty that holds over 20 years of experience studying, and Teaching the Tradition of Yoga. Our approach offers you a deep immersion into the history of Yoga, Ancient scriptures, Sanskrit + Mantra, Chakras + the subtle energetic body.
👉 This will not only revolutionise + contextualise why these practices are so effective, and what they originally set out do, it will reveal the science of Yoga, and help you apply it’s Teachings to even more areas of your everyday life.
SELF EXPRESSION + ARTISTRY OF TEACHING.
We take you on a deep exploration into the ingredients of what makes an embodied + authentic leader.
Immersing ourselves into the craft of using our voices, by unpacking the likes of pace, tone, and language. Diving into the energetics of space holding and how we influence every single room we walk into, by unpacking the likes of Trauma aware practice, communication, and the space holding. Stepping up into integration, practise, and regulating our nervous systems to a whole new level of leadership, by standing up and applying all of this in our Teaching.
👉This will not only give you the capacity + the confidence to walk into any room and authentically use your voice. It will give you the skills to influence the room, and regulate your nervous system to a whole new frequency of leadership.
TIMELESS TEACHINGS + PERSONAL PRACTICE
We revel in pulling apart and exploring each group of Asanas, the meaning behind and within the Mantras, and the benefits of the Pranayama’s. Connecting you to the science, energetics, and history of these modalities, so you further understand their purpose, their power, and their potency.
👉This will not only strengthen your personal practice, giving you the specific tools and insights to support yourself. It will also give you the skills, and the confidence, to share them with anyone who is seeking Yoga’s medicine.
SACRED SYSTEMS + KRAMIC METHODOLOGY.
We resource you with ways you can take the wisdom + practices you are learning, and intelligently sequence them in ways anybody can access. Allowing you to understand the method behind Yoga classes, workshops, retreats, and 1-1’s, so that you can confidently + Kramically create your own.
👉This will not only resource you with the skills needed to create Yoga practices, classes, workshops, retreats, etc.. It will give you the skills to take all of the pieces you have learnt, and sequence them into rich, meaningful experiences.
EMBODIED EXPERIENCE.
With daily morning classes, where you’ll be guided through Asana, Pranayama, and Mantra practices.
With twice daily mentoring sessions, where you are personally supported through any challenges + questions, by a mentor who has already been through the Training.
With twice daily Teaching practice sessions, where you are offered individualised feedback and support on your unique journey of growth.
With an onsite spa, salt water pool, homecooked food, and a centre nestled deeply in nature..
👉This Training will not just intellectually enrich you, it will give you a lived and embodied experience of these Teachings, your gifts, and what it feels like to be wholly supported.
TEACHERS
Rachel Nokes
Ancient Philosophy | Sanskrit | Yogic Texts | Chanting
Yoga first came into my life in the late 1990’s and a transformational experience ensued. I felt in awe of the serenity I experienced during in the yoga practice, and wanted more of it. My love for the practice led me to explore its roots in a trip to India, further igniting my love affair with the chaos, and the love for the history, ancient teachings and culture.
I’ve continued to deepen my study, practice, and teaching with annual trips to India to study with My teacher. Dr N.C. Infusing my love for classical yoga by the teachings of TVK Desikachar and Krishnamacharya, with bhakti, chanting and ayurveda.
I am honoured to be guiding you all through the subjects of Yoga philosophy, chanting, and Sanskrit.
Felicity Rollo
Anatomy & Physiology | The Nervous System | Practical Application
I graduated from my masters in chiropractic 14 years ago, with a desire to revolutionise peoples health with these incredible tools.
I teach and treat people to understand their physical bodies, nervous systems, and how everything is intrinsically linked to achieve whole body health.
My love for how my wealth of knowledge lends so beautifully to the yogic practice on a deeply scientific level, is something I love to share.
I feel honoured to part of this training and to teach you a deeply integrated anatomy and philosophy module to support your journey as a teacher.
Bachelor of Chiropractic Science
Masters of Chiropractic
Kinesiology practitioner
Certificate of Musculoskeletal Acupuncture
Mia gilmour
Support Mentor.
I participated in The Initiation back in 2023, and it truly transitioned from a girl, into an embodied woman. Where I once felt fragile, incapable, and unable to truly hold the life i wanted. I now feel strong, powerful, and am creating a life rich of passion and excitement.
I now Teach at The Collaborative and other Sydney studios, bringing my passion for supporting people to realise how much brilliance, range and capability they truly have.
You can expect to see throughout 80% of the sessions, and in the twice daily mentoring sessions where you’ll be practising Teaching, and diving into self study.
My presence on The Initiation is to hold you when you feel wobbly, have fun when things get to serious, and continuously mirror back to you have capable you truly are.
what you’ll gain.
IF YOU’RE COACH, this Training is going to revolutionise your ability to support yourself, and the transformation of your clients. You'll leave resourced with simple somatic practices to shift any kind of state, rich philosophical perspectives to expand the way you + your clients see, and a plethora of new facilitation skills to become an even more masterful + confident space holder.
IF YOU’RE A LEADER, this is going to transform the way you hold yourself, and lead your team. You'll leave resourced with the ability to regulate yourself in high pressure situations, communicate with your team in a compassionate yet effective manner, and show up in your leadership with power, originality, and steadiness.
IF YOU’RE A PARENT, this is going to deeply support your ability to hold, regulate, and connect with your children. You'll leave with simple practices that you can both use, and lead your children through, when feelings of anxiety, over stimulation, or overwhelm hit. Resourcing you and your children with lifelong skills, and restoring connection in moments it usually gets lost.
IF YOU'RE A BREATHWORK TEACHER, MEDITATION TEACHER, OR PREVIOUSLY TRAINED YOGA TEACHER, this Training is going to deepen + diversify your skillset, and offer you invaluable facilitation skills. You'll leave with invaluable insight and experience in space holding, facilitation, and masterful communication skills. Deepening your knowledge around the science, + philosophy of this ancient practice, and your ability to express it in an embodied way.
IF YOU’RE WANTING TO BECOME A FORMAL YOGA TEACHER, and start your own business, this Training is going to gift you practical skills, insights, and acumen to become a really fking successful one. You'll leave having spend 26 days in the presence of a Teachers that's been doing this work soulfully and successfully for over a decade, who will impart the down to earth, practical, and real life skills and experience of how to go about it.
IF YOU’RE WANTING TO DEVELOP YOUR PERSONAL PRACTICE, and skills to enrich your life, this Training is going to offer you these Teachings in a way that is deeply relevant to everyday life. You'll leave with an integrated personal practice, and inner toolkit of practices, that will support you through every single feeling, headspace, and life chapter.
MEET MEG : 2021 graduate.
When Meg first walked into our Yoga Teacher Training her presence was quiet, like she could sneak into any room, and you would have no idea she had arrived.
In this same ninja like fashion, Meg snuck into The Initiation YTT, just 7 days before we started.
Meg didn’t arrive into the YTT with any public speaking experience, she told me she had always struggled to express herself or use her voice, and the thought of standing up and commanding a whole room as a ‘Teacher’ absolutely terrified her.
However, by the time she left, her presence that once was so discreet, kept her unique style of softness, but allowed everyone in the room to know that she had arrived.
Her public sharing + speaking shifted from someone who shrunk down + tried to hide a way, to someone who sat up and spoke some of her most honest + vulnerable truths.
This woman who had snuck into my YTT just 7 days before it began, claimed a complete and utter internal transformation, that felt like it was always destined to be.
MEET CAROLINE | 2021 graduate.
The Vedic Meditator, turned Yoga Teacher, who has doubled her income, and stepped into her most unapologetic self expression, all in just 3 months.
Caroline had been Teaching meditation classes, workshops and retreats for years, but felt like she was lacking in skills as a Teacher / space holder, and lacking in confidence to creating new offerings and selling them. Then she found The Initiation Yoga Teacher Training.
Caroline spent 80% of the Training in complete shock and awe at how thoroughly we taught her how to Teach, deeply understand ‘how’ to create powerful trauma informed spaces, and empowered her to shout from the rooftops about the services she wanted to sell / share.
👉 She now feels resourced and confident in her ability to create, lead and hold a huge range of powerful spaces.
👉 She has doubled her income, and is now offering Yoga + Mediation is a plethora of exciting new ways.
👉She feels more unapologetic, and connected to her body and her power than ever before.
OUR CURRICULUM
The Initiation covers the following subjects:
YOGIC HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY & YOGIC TEXTS: Uncover the 5000 year old science of Yoga through the Teachings of Patanjali + The Yoga Sutras, Sanskrit + Ancient Mantra, and the exact history that forms its lineage.
ASANA, PRANAYAMA, MEDITATION TECHNIQUES & PRACTICE: Understand the functionality, purpose, and different ways of accessing the modalities you love to practice.
THE ART OF TEACHING: CREATING YOUR OWN UNIQUE EXPERIENCE, HOLDING SPACE, VOICE, TONE, SEQUENCING AND THEMING: Become resourced + deeply equipped in both writing simple yet transformative Yogic experiences, and leading them in safe, embodied, and accessible way.
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY: Deepen your understanding of how Yoga influence our internal systems, and how you can keep yourself and your students safe when practices.
TRAUMA AWARE PRACTICE:Learn how you can skilfully use your communication + space holding, to safely and compassionately support the many kinds of people you'll meet, and the plethora of experiences they may have been through.
THE ART OF TOUCH: HANDS ON ASSISTS: Give your Teaching a unique and supportive edge, by learning how to offer simple, grounding hands on adjustments.
YOGA ENERGETICS: KOSHAS, CHAKRAS, EASTERN ENERGETICS: Marvel in the subtle energetics of the Yogic practice, realising the energetic component of every single practice, and how we can use them to support or change the way that we feel.
50+ HOURS OF TEACHING PRACTICE & ASSISTING: Take all of the above and learn how to actually integrate it, embody it, and Teach it, in our twice daily Teaching practices. Expect bespoke feedback, and loving yet constructive support, as you level up in your leadership.
AUTHENTICITY IN BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP: HOW TO START A SUSTAINABLE & SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS: Receive an unparalleled insight into how you can create and sustain a purposeful, yet profitable business with Yoga. From a Teacher who has been doing it successfully for a decade, in a magnitude of different ways (Yoga studio, corporate, retreats, 1-1s, courses, independent classes, Teaching at studios)
INTRO TO RESTORATIVE, YIN & PREGNANCY YOGA:Learn the non negotiable when it comes to keeping pregnant women safe inside of your classes, and how you can transition into Teaching the powerful practices of Yin + Restorative Yoga.
THE COLLABORATIVES 224 PAGE YOGA TEACHER TRAINING BIBLE.
KIND WORDS.
From our YTT graduates of
2021 / 2022 / 2023 / 2024.
“To be under your wing along the way has given me strength I already had but you untapped and unleashed with me.
I'm truly so fucking grateful.”
“I'm always here to learn and grow and shout my love for you from the rooftops. YTT and you are the BIGGEST part of my yoga lineage.”
“Thank you for creating it and creating and holding such a safe space where everyone could grow.
I knew I was here to learn yoga but on top of that, I discovered a group of incredible souls and the path I need to be on.”
“You have given us all so much, I will always be grateful.”
I had so much doubt and fear about embarking on this journey, even the thought of filling out the application felt scary as fck. However, now my words will never do the depth of this experience justice. You feel so seen, so heard and in such a safe space, and the way Helen holds the container is just magical. Embarking on The Initiation feels like coming home to yourself, your true self, who you are at your core, not what society expects or wants you to be. I urge everyone who feels called to follow their flicker, I have personally left with so many different tools, but mostly I am so much more comfortable in my own skin and at home in who I am.
My YTT with Helen, the team and the women I embarked on the journey with was PROFOUND. I have done other teacher trainings in different fields and embodiment courses so I had an understanding of what I was getting myself into. I was sold through Helen’s Instagram stories, I didn’t even read what she had written on the website. It was her energy, the power in which she was expressing.
I knew I was going to be held in a safe container as I went deeper into my self-love because she was embodied and was so honest about where she was in her journey and where she’d been.
I continue to learn about myself well after the container had closed because I have a deeper knowledge of how to hold space for myself. The experience was priceless and was everything I needed for where I am on my journey.
I have done many Trainings, and I have never ever received this level of support. We are in a group, but I feel like I’m in a private container.
I came here so uncertain and unsure, I’m leaving here finally feeling myself again. Thank you.
Follow your desires - they are yours for a reason. If you’re feeling the flicker, that is your soul trying to get your attention! Please don’t let your mind talk you out of it and keep you small and in your comfort zone. The world needs you and your light. This experience is absolutely life changing. Saying yes is the first step in the magical unfolding and transformation you are seeking. You will gain so much. Helen’s energy and wisdom will hold you and lift you up on this journey, and you’ll uncover your own innate gifts and wisdom in the process.
‘The deliberate nature of the planning is incredible, there hasn’t been one moment where i’ve thought ‘ why are we learning this?’ everything makes sense. Everything is so rich.’
Helen, i came here knowing there was a power inside of me. You have taught how to use it. That it is not dependant on anything outside of me. Thank you.
Day 1 of your YTT (actually I think even hour 1) I KNEW I had made the right decision. I fucking felt it, whole body sensation, my energy shifted/aligned/lit up. It was like all pieces of me (my koshas!) came home and had a big group hug and a dance party, celebrating the fact that I’d arrived. It was magic.
I want to encourage every person on the planet to follow that spark, that desire, because everyone deserves to experience this feeling. I will be following my spark forever️. Overcoming all of my bullshit excuses, landing in your YTT, being surrounded by my sisters, and having this whole self confirmation, was the first of many lessons and gifts that I will carry with me forever
And that was just hour 1…
‘ The difference between this Training, and my first YTT, is pure EMBODIMENT.
My last Training it was just learning a lot of information, in this Training you learn something and the instantly you go into embodiment and intergration. I feel so powerful, I feel so confident, I feel so excited about Teaching’
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF TEACHER TRAINING 🕉️
Nestled in the untouched paradise of Northern Bali, our retreat centre can only be described as complete and utter paradise. Boasting a private spa + salt water pool, ocean facing Shala + a comfy Cabanas, an organic garden + an onsite Temple. It is completed surrounded by Palm trees, Frangipanis, and, native flowers that grow in wild abundance. Your shared Villas come with day beds, fridges, water filters, desks, gardens, and an outdoor shower that has you bathing in the sun by morning, and the moon by night. Lovingly known as the ‘womb’, both the land and the exceptional team will nurture you through your journey, holding you every single step of the way.
7am - 8.15am: You move through an energising Vinyasa practice, listening to the ‘whooshing’ of the forest beside you, and watching the sun rising over the water.
8.15am: - 9am Breakfast fit for a Queen (ahem, you) fresh fruit, GF banana pancakes, scrambled eggs, tropical smoothies, fresh milk lattes, are but a few of the choices that have been picked from the organic garden.
9.45am - 1pm: Session one of the day begins in the main Shala, and you're ready to soak up the ancient teachings of the day. You close the session with the a self study session, where your mentor is on hand for questions / support, and you may choose to practice Teaching on your peers.
1pm - 2.45pm: It's lunchtime, and after nourishing yourself with yet another delicious organic spread, you decide to either head for a swim, a nap in the cabana, or a treatment in the private spa. Choices, choices, choices.
2.45pm - 6.15pm: Session two kicks off in the main Shala, and you're either building on the mornings content, or exploring yet another fascinating topic on the practice. You close session with a Teaching practice. This time you're Teaching the group the segment you've been working on over the last few days, and receiving bespoke feedback from Helen.
6pm: DINNER (drool)
7pm: It's either free time to read + relax, or the option to go to an evening session of rest, Yoga Nidra, or guided journalling.
MEET NATTY | 2022 graduate.
The Yoga Teacher + Sydney Studio Owner.
After moving through our Yoga Teacher Training in early 2022, Natty now Teaches and owns a Yoga studio in one of the most popular Yogic cities in the world: Sydney.
When Natty first reached out to me about embarking on our Teacher Training, she was deeply questioning whether it was going to be worthwhile investment of time and money. She had completed many Yoga courses, and even dropped out of an online Teacher Training (because it sucked balls), but nothing so far had fully resourced her to start a meaningful career Teaching Yoga.
Now, 2 years since she graduated The Initiation Yoga Teacher Training, Natty owns, manages, and Teaches in her very own studio in Sydney.
She is fulfilling the dream she once thought wasn’t possible.
She Teaches Yoga.
She owns a studio.
She has a meaningful career sharing her passion, and helping people live better lives.
All in 15 months of completing our YTT.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Will I leave the Training a certified Teacher?
Yes! should you fulfil the full Training, you’ll leave with a Collaborative Certification and should you want to go and Teach Yoga formally, you’ll be able to gain your insurance and first aid (which is whats required).
How do I apply?
Scroll down to the application form below, make sure you book in a call with Helen at the end.
How will the Training be laid out?
Scroll up to see a sample schedule :)
The training is intense, it’s an immersion, not a retreat :) However we have designed it so intentionally and deliberately that you will get time to rest, play and enjoy the incredible surroundings.
I highly recommend reading our ‘Assumptions V Reality’ page, where we bust SO many
myths. Click here.
THE NITTY GRITTY DETAILS.
DATES: November 11 - December 5th 2025.
INVESTMENT: Earlybird is $9,500 AUD pay in full.
This investment increases to $10,500 on Jan 11th.
Earlybird payment plan: $3000 upfront deposit, and 4 further payments of $1862.
This investment increases on Jan 11th to: $3000 deposit and 4 further payments of $2125. We are happy to cater your payment plan, all payments just must be made by October 10th.
INCLUDES:
This includes the whole Teacher Training,
Twin accomodation in a Villa.
All meals (Veggie + Pescatarian)
1 massage treatment.
1 cleansing water ceremony.
1 one sunrise boat trip.
It does not include flights, insurance or transfers (these will be around $30 each way)
No refunds.
THE LOCATION: Tejakula, Northern Bali. You’ll arrive the night before the training begins and travel 1.5 hours to Ubud. On the morning of the Training we will collect you, and travel together 2 hours to the North coast.
APPLICATIONS + EXPLORATORY CALL.
To apply, please fill in the application form below + book in a 15 minute call with Helen to answer any questions, via the link at the end of the application.