Yoga teacher training is the most amazing life changing journey.

Deepen your own yoga practice and learn how to share what you love with others.

Join this full accredited yoga alliance teacher training and gain an internally recognised Yoga teaching qualification.

• Guaranteed small numbers so you get all the support you need
• Live online and in person training
• Integrated clear simple approach to anatomy and philosophy
• Lots of fun practical discussions and practices
• You are not doing this alone, small study groups and individual mentor meetings
• Sample lesson plans, though you won’t need them
• Support in designing and teaching your own first six-week course
• Comprehensive teacher training manual posted out to you
• On going graduate support

Length of course (hours): 200 hours

Open Day – learn more about the course, enjoy a free yoga session and meet your tutor 2nd September 2023.

Entry requirements

Essential – a love of yoga is required for this to work and a willingness to make time in your week, in your day to do the practice.

At least a year of yoga classes or consistent practice is desirable.

Course content/modules:

Module 1 Yoga Asana, pranayama, meditation and yoga nidra

40 Classical asanas, alignment and variations, establishing your self-practice (tailored yoga for you), pranayama, meditation and mindfulness practices, mantra and mudras, yoga nidra.

Module 2 Teaching skills 

Being the teacher, ethics of teaching,  instructions, lesson planning and sequencing, students’ needs, observing and adjusting, teaching practice, self reflection and self care, creative course planning.

Module 3 Integrated anatomy and physiology 

Structural alignment, bones and joints, the respiratory system, safe movement and modifications

Module 4 Philosophy and wisdom teachings

The history of yoga, Patanjali’s eight limbs, yamas and niyamas, prana and the subtle energy body, the chakras, the ethics of yoga,  self reflective journaling.

Module 5 Being a Yoga professional – ethical business

Pricing your classes, booking a venue or teaching online, karma yoga and core values, getting your message clear, picking your platform and sharing your message to attract students, insurance and accreditation, record keeping and tax, continued professional education.

Guest tutors: TBC

Assignments and assessment 

Assessment is continuous and formative, that means assessments and assignments that are designed to help you learn and remember what you learn as well as grow in confidence with your new skills.

1. Keeping a journal
2. Anatomy quiz
3. Project work
4. Teaching practice
5. Self practice

On successful completion of the course candidates will receive an internationally recognised  diploma in yoga teaching accredited by Yoga Alliance Professionals UK (highest standards in the industry)

What trainees say about Clare

I met Clare as one of the Tutors on the Teacher Training Yoga course that I attended 2019/2020.  I signed up for this course full of fear and full of I can’t do this, the Imposter syndrome was rife in me. I had woke up 7yrs previously and had wanted to do the yoga training but had been held back by my negative  thinking. I had learnt the Sun Salutation and the 5Tibetan Rites many years before and that was the extent of my yoga knowledge, so in terms of yoga or Asana terminology I was a beginner, so I was scared that I had jumped in . Clare is a very knowledgeable and nurturing yoga teacher who takes you through the pose bit by bit, over and over so that you know what your body can and can’t do . Clare takes care to explain how to adapt postures so that you do not injure or further aggravate existing problems. Clare is a well of knowledge on Yoga Philosophy adding this into the experience,  bringing home the idea that yoga is more than the Asanas.

At one point I was full of fear that I wasn’t good enough and I was uptight and nervous and Clare calmly said ,”Ann so what if you get it wrong, you can do it again”, I just needed that reassurance that “if at first you don’t succeed you try, try and try again”, that’s the essence of yoga in a nutshell. Clare teaches that is not a competition, it’s at your pace, at your level, at your ability and that it’s a gift to have the space on the mat for yourself.

Thank you Clare for reminding me that “I am worth it and to keep coming back to the mat, even to sit and just be with me”. I hope that you will stay long enough to experience the calm you will find through attending Clare’s classes and how the body with gentle care releases tension and moves easier into position’s. Enjoy discovering you.

Ann Herkes, Yoga teacher

 I count myself lucky to have had Clare Bassett as my trainer on a number of Yoga and Meditation trainings I’ve completed.

Clare is a generous and accomplished teacher, warm, supportive, grounded, inclusive and inspiring. She is passionate about Yoga and Meditation and her deep knowledge and experience shine through in her teaching. Clare teaches with crystal clarity and makes everything really accessible and understandable. Her training style places strong emphasis on making Yoga & Meditation accessible, safe and enjoyable for her trainees and their students.

I’ve trained with many great teachers from around the world and Clare is up there as one of my favourite and most respected. You’ll come awake from her courses with a smile on your face, joy in your heart, and feeling competent and confident in the skills she has taught you. More than that, you’ll come away knowing you’ve made a new friend and trusted mentor.

Thank you Clare

Yvonne Lucas, Yoga teacher, Wicklow

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Price  €2500

Early Bird: €2,250 if paid in full by August 14th 2023

Payment plan option to support you to spread the cost.

Non-refundable deposit of €300 required to book your place.

Dates

• September 9th, 10th
• October 7th, 8th
• November 4th, 5th
• December  9th, 10th
• January 6th, 7th
• February 3rd, 4th
• March 2nd, 3rd
• April 6th, 7th
• May 11th, 12th
• June 5th, 6th

Plus 3rd Monday of each month live on zoom. Recordings can be made available but attendance is required.