50HR YACEP "Living" Meditation Teacher Training in Phu Quoc, Vietnam: November 19-25, 2025

Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider | 50-Hour Certification

This is not a retreat from life. It is an arrival into life as it truly is, vivid, spontaneous, and utterly ungraspable. The "Living" Meditation 50-Hour Teacher Training is not an escape, but a homecoming. Set upon the western shore of Phu Quoc Island, where the ocean breathes with the sky, you are invited not to seek, but to see. Not to do, but to be.

Each morning is an unfolding of silence. As the sun stirs the horizon and the sea carries in its breath, you begin with Yin, a soft surrender into stillness. There is no ambition here. The body opens not to achieve, but to remember.

As midday arrives, the sun’s presence intensifies. Bring your long sleeves, your wide-brimmed hat, and sun protection. We don’t shelter from the elements, we bow to them. The wind, the warmth, the sound, they are not obstacles to presence. They are invitations. Between sessions, you’re welcome to refresh in the swimming pool, clear, cool, and open to the sky.

Throughout the day, awareness is explored through silent sitting, walking meditation, and sound. You will be guided in the art of Awareness Meditation, not as a technique, but as a way of being. In these sessions, thoughts are not enemies; they are clouds in a sky that never moves.

In the evenings, the smooth tones of the Native Flute invite you into deep listening. Each note dissolves the boundary between sound and silence, self and space. This is not performance, it is presence, expressed in vibration. The sound becomes your guide, and your listening becomes the meditation.

This training will not teach you to meditate. It will remind you that you already are. Awareness is not a goal. It is your nature. Meditation is not an act. It is life, lived without resistance. And as a small gesture to honor your path, each participant will receive a special gift, your own yoga mat, to ground your practice, here and wherever life takes you next.

Type: YACEP 50HR Meditation Teacher Training

Duration: 6 Nights / 7 Days

Location: Phu Quoc, Vietnam

Styles: Awareness Meditation, Yin Yoga

Skill Level: Open to all

Awareness Meditation
Sit not to reach, but to return. This is not a technique, but a remembrance. Thought may arise like ripples, but beneath them: stillness. You need not chase peace. Let it find you in the space you no longer guard.

Sound Meditation with Native Flute
Breath becomes tone. Tone becomes silence. Let the sound of the Native Flute carry you into listening so deep, the self dissolves. The music does not entertain, it reveals.

Yin Yoga
Long-held postures soften the veil. No effort. No goal. Just a returning to the sacred simplicity of being.

Meditation Through Life

Living Meditation is not about a method, it’s about surrender. Every breath, every ocean wave, every barefoot walk along the shoreline is part of your practice. We won’t ask you to leave life behind; we’ll invite you to welcome it all in.

You’ll learn how to turn the distractions of life into the very fuel for awareness. Every moment, from the lapping tide to the buzz of scooters, becomes your teacher.

Spontaneity as the Teacher

This isn’t about silence or stillness in a vacuum, it’s about presence in motion. Whether swimming in the sea, journaling under palm trees, or sipping tea as the sun drops into the water, you’ll learn to trust the unfolding moment as your meditation. Life becomes the curriculum.

True Meditation as Living

You won’t just sit, you’ll walk, move, speak, and teach from presence. Whether you’re watching the sunrise or immersed in a conversation, your practice lives through you.

• Embodied Presence: Meditation isn’t about escaping to some mental state. It’s about bringing full presence into every moment. Through surrendering to life as it comes, you’ll discover peace, not as some distant goal, but as something that you live in each breath, each step.

• Art of Flow: Stop trying to control everything. Let go. This training will show you how to stop “trying” to meditate and start living your practice. Life is flowing, and when you learn to let go and ride it, you tap into something deeper, an awareness that has no limits.

• Teaching From the Heart: As your own practice deepens, teaching meditation will become less about techniques and more about your presence. When you share from your heart, you’re not teaching a method, you’re embodying a way of life. True meditation teaching comes from being, not from knowing.

Living in the Moment

This training is an invitation into life’s raw beauty, not its curated highlights. You’ll face yourself, not in isolation, but through full connection with everything around you. Life becomes your temple.

Personalized Attention

Small groups ensure intimate, personalized guidance. Daily sharing circles foster community and depth. You won’t just gain knowledge, you’ll be seen, heard, and supported.

Phu Quoc as Your Teacher

The island’s tropical rhythms become part of the path. The sunset ocean, the island’s slow pulse, and the vivid colors of the natural world pull you into the present. This is meditation in motion, guided by the elements.

• 6 Nights Private Room Accommodation

• Daily Breakfast

• YACEP 50-Hour Meditation Teacher Certification

• Role-Play & Practice Teaching

• Experiential Wisdom & Sharing Circles

• Guided Meditation Practices

• Sound Meditation with Native Flute

• Special Gift: Yoga Mat

• Reliable WiFi

• Creative Flow Sessions

• Personal Guidance in Living Meditation

• Exploration of Phu Quoc as Practice

• Full Access to the On-site Swimming Pool

• Lunch & Dinner: While not provided, a wide variety of local and international cuisine is available just steps away. Meals typically range from $4–$8 USD. Tropical fruit bowls, steaming noodle soups, grilled seafood, and vibrant vegan options await your discovery

• Flights and Airport Transfers

• That sense of urgency (we left that back in the city)

Sample Daily Schedule (Subject to the island’s natural flow)

• 05:30 AM – Sunrise Yin & Meditation on the Beach
  Begin the day in soft surrender. Flow through gentle Yin postures as the first light warms the horizon, then settle into stillness. Let the rhythm of the waves guide your breath, body, and awareness into harmony with the rising sun.
   
• 07:30 AM – Meditation Techniques and Creative Flow
  Guided practices by the sea or under the trees.
   
• 09:30 AM – Breakfast
  Provided daily. Local food.
   
• 10:30 AM – Sharing Circle (Café or shaded garden)
  A chance to reflect, connect, and explore.
   
• 01:00 PM – Lunch Break
  Discover local seafood, fresh smoothies, or flavorful noodle bowls nearby.
   
• 02:00 PM – Practice Teaching / Interpersonal Exploration
  Role-play and experiential learning in shaded pavilions or beachfront spots.
   
• 03:00 PM – Walking Meditation / Sound Meditation
  Move slowly through the natural world. Let your feet press softly into the earth or your ears open to the flute’s tone drifting on the breeze. Presence is your only destination.
   
• 05:00 PM – Dinner Break & Sunset Contemplation
  Close the day in silence or celebration. Watch the sun disappear into the sea.

Breakfast: Provided daily. Local food.

Lunch & Dinner: While not provided, a wide variety of local and international cuisine is available just steps away. Meals typically range from $4–$8 USD. Tropical fruit bowls, steaming noodle soups, grilled seafood, and vibrant vegan options await your discovery.

In 2004, Wolf Kinsmen began practicing meditation, breathwork, and yoga, eventually guiding international teacher trainings, certifying 73 teachers, and founding Tree Yoga, a Yoga Alliance-certified school.

His nomadic lifestyle led him to study with global masters. He trained directly with Wim Hof, became a certified freediver and Native American flute instructor, and studied coaching at the Tony Robbins Coaching School.

Wolf explored shamanism with Don Howard and the Shipibo tribe in Peru, led ceremonies, and studied Dzogchen meditation at a Tibetan monastery in Nepal.

Wolf’s message: Let go of what you think reality is and feel the flow of reality as it is.

Your private room includes:

• Comfortable double bed
• Private bathroom
• Reliable WiFi
• Steps away from the beach and sunsets

Located on Vietnam’s southwestern coast, Phu Quoc is famed for crystal-clear waters, palm-lined beaches, and golden sunsets. The hotel sits near Duong Dong’s markets, cafés, and tranquil shores, ideal for both solitude and exploration.

Tree Yoga
Founded in presence, rooted in the real. Tree Yoga has hosted 17 trainings across 5 continents, guiding students not to become something, but to remember what they already are.

All international visitors (foreign nationals and overseas Vietnamese with foreign passports) can enter visa-free for up to 30 days, only if:

1. You arrive directly at Phú Quốc via international flight or sea route (e.g. Phú Quốc International Airport or Dương Đông Port), or
2. You transit through a Vietnamese international airport (e.g. Ho Chi Minh, Hanoi) but remain in the international/transit area, and then connect to Phú Quốc on the same calendar day

From Phu Quoc International Airport (PQC) to 602 Waterfront, Marina, Dương Tơ, Phú Quốc, Kiên Giang 29000:
Taxi or Grab: 20–30 minutes | $10–$15 USD

Generally, check-in time is 2 PM, and check-out time is 12 PM

Anyone ready to drop expectations and live meditation as a way of being. Whether you’re a seasoned teacher or a complete beginner, if you’re ready to meet life with honesty and awareness, this is for you.