Yoga teachers? Can you explain how you learnt?

[dillinger]

Im keen to start attending yoga classes soon and ideally (and really looking far ahead I know) Id like to 'qualify'. Ive read about various retreats etc but its a bit difficult to understand whats appropriate for what I want, if that makes sense. I think I need to undertake a couple of years of attending classes before I could train as such but I like to have a think and have an idea of what could lie ahead. Id like to know how the grading works, etc.

Any advice?

Do you know what kind of yoga you want to do?

www.bwy.org.uk is a useful starting point

this London based teacher does teacher training

birthlight - if you want to do yoga around pg/birth etc

Hi dillinger,

I am a yoga teacher and trained with a course recognised by Yoga Alliance. I went to Byron Bay in Australia to do this as wanted to do an intense course without any distractions. I have also done further training in America and I try to do lots of workshops as there is so much to learn.

Most reputable courses will require at least 2 years experience and will ask for a reference from a teacher.

You could do a foundation course first with the British Wheel (anyone can do this). It is once a month and will help you decide if you want to take it further and do a teacher training course.

I am currently doing BWY pregnancy yoga teacher training.