- With British Wheel of Yoga Diploma Teacher Trainer Susie Dennis
- This is a British Wheel of Yoga Qualification Level 4 Ofqual regulated certificate
- By the end of the course you will be a 500 Hour Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT)
- The course is all-embracing is over a minimum of two years.
By the end of the course you will have obtained:
Intellectual knowledge
- Have extensive knowledge of anatomy
- In-depth asana knowledge
- Sequence a class
- Provide a quality guided relaxation session to your students
- Develop a guided meditation confidently
- Write and create a beginners yoga course as well as teach intermediate and advance
- Understand how to provide alternatives seamlessly
- Be able to provide modifications with the use of props
- Provide adaptions suitable for injury or for students range of movement
- Able to apply the philosophy of yoga to a a yoga class or course
Sense of community
- Have made friends, join a WhatsApp of like minded yogis (and option to join the private Facebook group).
- Make friend on the course and at BritishWheel of Yoga supplementary workshops and retreats
- Recording will be provided for you to practice outside the set learning time
Financial knowledge
- Understand how to advertise a class including social media
- Have the ability to work for yourself, we cover how to do a tax return
- You will be taught how to publicise your course via British Wheel of Yoga resources
Personal Growth
- Have the confidence to speak publicly to a group of students
- Have the knowledge to act ethically as a yoga teacher
- Understand codes of conduct, professionalism and safe-guarding of vulnerable adults and children
- Developed your proficient own self practice and self- care routine so you don’t burn out as a yoga teacher
- Share your passion for yoga and feel fantastic about it!
- Susie offers lifetime of support so you don’t feel like you are alone when you finish the course
If you would like to join this course starting in 2024 you will ideally meet the below criteria:
- Already have a regular yoga practice
- Not compulsory but you may have already completed either level 1 or level 2 British Wheel of Yoga Foundation courses
Expectations of the course
Everyone comes with expectations of a course, this course truly gives added extra value, in the form of self-confidence, increase self-esteem, rigorous thinking skills, analysis, creativity of lesson planning, and activity planning.
You will learn how to teach yoga, not to instruct yoga.
You will learn business skills and marketing skills. How to run your business as a yoga teacher. Evaluation skills, how to give feedback to your peers. All these skills are transferable to other areas of life.
Meet the course tutor: Susie Dennis
I have been practicing for over 35 years, teaching for 13. Having experienced different styles of yoga, the first being Ashtanga, moving to Forrest Yoga, I am a Forrest Yoga teaching, Yoga Alliance Accredited, Yin, Hot Yoga, Iyengar, Sivananda, I am also a Yoga Therapist, (Yogacampus), Yoga Nidra Teacher, Yoga for Pregnancy and Womans Yoga (Uma Dinsmore-Tuli).
My first degree was in Chemistry (University of Leeds), where I also obtained my P.G.C.E, I collected my M.B.A along the way.
I have worked in research and development, electronic wearables in sportswear, and for the military. I am also a director in a training company servicing the construction industry.
Acting consultant for Coach-Mentoring Ltd.
I continue to enjoy learning, and sharing what I have learnt. I bring light-heartedness to all my classes, the students who come to me are my best tutors.
What will I bring to you as a tutor, I bring my joy of yoga, my delight in seeing others ‘light turn on’ when the spark of knowledge is lit. I bring my ability to mentor students, over a long period of time, supporting them, encouraging them, allowing them to find their own voice.
I bring the knowledge I have of the vast subject of yoga, anatomy, physiology, psychology, philosophy, history, and the styles of yoga. I bring my experience of business, growing a business, or indeed negotiating teaching for others.
I have two grown up children, one of which is also a British Wheel of Yoga Diploma Teacher, the other who stopped practicing in his late teens, but continues to follow other disciplines that are a kin to yoga.
More about the course content
The course is accredited by BWYQ which in turn is Ofqual accredited, this means that it is within the national framework of qualifications, Level 4 being equivalent to a Foundation Level Degree. Giving you the assurance that quality of teaching is maintained.
A National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) means that assessments take place. These assessments are formal and informal, in the form of teaching assessments, presentations, and written assignments.
Unlike a traditional route to teaching, whereby we learn our core subject, then take an additional teaching qualification, the BWY teacher training incorporates laying down the core knowledge of yoga, and then learning how to teach it, incorporating the deeper teachings into a weekly class.
The diploma course is over 255 guided learning hours, in addition to self-study, and your own asana practice. Over nearly three years, meeting one Sunday per month, with two retreat weekends.
Cost of the Course
£3,990 Including a retreat of two nights, full board.
Deposit £399.00 payable one month prior to course commencing, non refundable. Monthly payments £123.83 per month 29 payments
If you decided to withdraw from the course, or decide to end at the certificate level, you do not get a refund, however, you do not have to continue with payments. There are additional costs for books and assessments which will provided with the application form.
Dates of the course
The course entails 30 in person full yoga days, and some zoom hours plus access to dropbox resources as well on demand videos. Susie’s time to attend the assessment during the week. Books are an additional cost.
Start date 29th September, end date 28th February 2027
Specific dates provided during application.
For further information please send me an email Susie@ilkleyyogacentre.uk and I will send the application form.