The highly respected and challenging Yoga Scotland Teacher Training is a part-time course, consisting of 500 hours running over two years. The current Edinburgh Teacher Training course started in September 2020 and the next courses to start will be Glasgow and Stonehaven both beginning in September 2021. Student teachers will explore a practical and theoretical syllabus that covers anatomy and physiology (including common medical conditions), the practice and teaching of asanas, pranayama, the history and philosophy of yoga, and class management.
Graduates are awarded the Yoga Scotland Teaching Diploma.
Course Information
Prerequisites
- You should have been practising for a minimum of two years.
- You should have taken our Foundation Course. Experienced applicants who have not taken the Foundation Course will be seriously considered. However, because of the challenging nature of this training, if you have practised for less than three years, your application for a place on this course is very unlikely to be successful.
Duration
500 hours running over two years. This includes 13 weekends and two residential weekends.
Cost
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.
How To Apply
Download our forms and prospectus at the bottom of the page.
If you would like more information on any of our courses please contact the Training Administrator.
Glasgow Teacher Training 2019-21
Venue:
In The Moment Centre for Movement, Yoga and Wellbeing, Glasgow.
Course Dates:
Edinburgh Teacher Training 2020-22
Venue:
To be confirmed.
Course Dates:
Stonehaven Teacher Training 2021-23
Venue:
The Haven in Stonehaven
Course Dates:
Glasgow Teacher Training 2021-23
Venue:
In The Moment Centre for Movement, Yoga and Wellbeing, Glasgow.
Course Dates:
Course Tutors
Glasgow Teacher Training
Lead tutor to be confirmed, Elizabeth Roberts (philosophy tutor), plus visiting tutors.
Judy Cameron - Edinburgh Teacher Training
Judy Cameron (lead tutor), Elizabeth Roberts (philosophy 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.
Stonehaven Teacher Training
Lead tutor to be confirmed, Dr Graham Burns (philosophy tutor), plus visiting tutors.
