The cost of the Teacher Training Course is £3,355 for the 2-year course. This includes:

• The cost of the 13 weekends and the 2 residential weekends.
• Insurance to teach from Year 1.
• Membership of Yoga Scotland.

Student teachers are asked to undertake Emergency First Aid Training in Year 1.  This is available though Yoga Scotland’s On-going Training Programme at a cost of £55.

Students who are offered a place on the course will be required to pay a non-returnable deposit on acceptance of their place as well as an annual course fee. All monies paid are non-refundable. Each year’s fee must be paid before the year commences. The student will be responsible for their own travel and buying any books (although each course has an extensive library of books from which to borrow).

Bursaries are available under certain criteria, including low waged or in receipt of certain benefits. Students can request a bursary application form on being accepted on the course, please contact us for more details.

Download our forms and prospectus at the bottom of the page. Please note that the start date for the Stonehaven Teacher Training Course has been postponed until Sept 2021.

Cathy Swan (lead tutor), Elizabeth Roberts (philosophy tutor), Amy Hanlon (anatomy & physiology tutor) plus visiting tutors

Cathy initially qualified as a yoga teacher in 1985 and has continued to learn and study with many styles and schools of yoga and her teaching reflects her varied yoga background.  

She teaches regular weekly classes, monthly workshops and has several 1:1 yoga therapy clients.  She is particularly inspired by the therapeutic benefits of yoga and in keeping updated with the latest research in support of yoga and health.   Her strong commitment to a life-long personal practice has been the most important aspect of her learning and growth to date with a particular focus on the subtle aspects of yoga.

Cathy  has been a tutor on the Yoga Scotland Teacher Training Course since the 1990s and is passionate about training student teachers in all aspects of yoga, providing a strong and supportive environment for the learning and self-growth that occur during the Teacher Training Course.  

Judy Cameron (lead tutor), Elizabeth Roberts (philosophy tutor), Amy Hanlon (anatomy & physiology tutor) plus visiting tutors

Judy has practised yoga for many years and has been teaching since 1995. She trained initially in South India at the Sivananda Vedanta Ashram in Kerala. She subsequently went on to train for a further 2 years with Janet Balaskas, Lolly Stirk and Yvonne Moore at the Active Birth Centre in London. It was at this time that she came to understand how a more intuitive approach to Yoga, based on the teachings of Vanda Scaravelli, could allow something more beautiful to evolve in her practice.

Judy spent 6 years living in Bhutan and while there met her spiritual teacher. Meditation became an important part of her life from this point – not as a way of fixing her life but more as an attitude to life in general.

Judy gained her Diploma in Teaching Yoga with the British Wheel of Yoga in the late 1990’s and also holds teaching certificates in Baby Yoga, and Yoga for the Special Child. She is a qualified midwife and has a strong interest in the use of hypnosis in childbirth and teach HypnoBirthing and Hypnosis for Childbirth.

Judy teaches a mixture of classes in Perth, Crieff and the Scottish Highlands. Her classes include Mixed Ability, Chair Based, Pregnancy, Postnatal Mother and Baby, and Special Yoga for Children. As Co-Director of the YogaBirth Teacher Training and Tutor for both the BWY Pregnancy Module and the Postnatal Module, she has a deep interest in passing on her knowledge to other teachers.

Judy continues to live and explore her yoga by working with the ground, the breath and the spine. Her current teachers, from whom she draws great inspiration, include Diane Long, Sandra Sabatini, Gary Carter and Christine Borg.

As well as teaching regular yoga classes, running various workshops, weekend Wellbeing Retreats and the occasional yoga journey to India, she supports fundraising and raising awareness for various charities and in particular SAMH the Scottish Association for Mental Health. Lindsey is a Signatory of the Mental Health Charter for physical activity and sport. She co-produces a free international podcast series – Voices of Yoga (voicesofyoga.com) – sharing inspiring stories from yogis around the world which is listened to in over 70 countries. She writes wellbeing based articles and publications include the Huffington Post, OM Yoga magazine, YOGA magazine and our own Yoga Scotland magazine. Lindsey’s first book, ‘Whirlpools, yoga and the balance of life’ was published in December 2018 by Book Reality Experience.

Lindsey has previous experience of working for 20 years in the Financial Services sector, in project management for banks around the world. She is the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors for CVS Falkirk & District – her local third sector interface organisation.

Yvonne Austen (lead tutor), Dr Graham Burns (philosophy tutor), anatomy and physiology tutor to be confirmed plus visiting tutors.

Yvonne is a Yoga teacher/therapist. 

She has been practising yoga formally since she was 9 years old, before that it was an informal and natural practice that seemed to be an innate enquiry into what it means to Be.  The journey has been the one constant throughout her life – a sutra leading her towards a sense of Self.  More formal study has been varied and Yvonne has learnt much from many people. The most enduring teaching has been from Dr Shrikrishna Bhushan Tengshe, who truly teaches from his presence and to whom she will always and forever remain grateful for such depth of knowledge and inspiration.  

Yvonne’s 50 year daily practice, however, has been the main resource for opening a universe and universal wonder of discovery that continues to inspire and enlighten, and to which she feels truly thankful. Her own teaching will always stress the invaluable lessons to be learnt from checking in on a daily basis with Self.