250-hour TEACHER TRAINING
Start your evolving and ongoing yoga education with our contemporary methodology
Our 250-hour Teacher Training Course is for future thinking yoga practitioners who want the opportunity to embrace a more authentic and creative approach to teaching yoga. We believe in a pioneering approach to yoga that celebrates individuals for their diverse needs and abilities. Unlike some trainings that teach you one particular brand or style, the Contemporary School of Yoga both encourages and inspires you to explore and embrace multiple approaches to help better understand why you are teaching what you are teaching, to whom you are teaching. In other words;
In order to achieve this, we take you on a journey from the traditions and philosophy of yoga towards a transformational personal inquiry of your own. We help you to explore anatomy (both physical, and energetic) in your own unique body, encouraging you to share your experience with others to embrace the full spectrum of diversity that makes us human beings.
Our new and improved hybrid + in person online 250hr teacher training
Our school blends perfectly the highest standards of online education and essential in person practical applications of teaching yoga in a classroom setting.
Over the last few years, we have seen a huge shift from yoga classes being taught in studios and halls, to streaming classes from home. As a present-day yoga teacher, we believe you need the skills and confidence to do both. Helping you to explore the right environment and platform for your success.
Your course tutor Richard George (teaching yoga for over 15 years) has run multiple in person yoga teacher trainings, and has also been exploring and fine tuning the online learning experience. Now we are bringing these together to create the most efficient and effective combination, as we know students crave hands on learning with the leisure and convenience of at-home study. In this course you now get the benefits of both!
We believe that yoga is an ongoing journey and your first 250 hours should leave you feeling confident and equipped to teach a wide variety of styles to a diverse range of body types and abilities, setting you on your pathway to create your own unique approach.
Throughout your training we offer unique mentoring, group inquiry, support and education, which has a great emphasis on providing you with practical teaching experiences and the skills to teach both online and in person classes.
This is the perfect foundation Teacher Training for anyone wishing to start on their journey as a yoga teacher, or can also serve as an additional training to those who have already completed a 200hr teacher training but feel that they require greater knowledge and confidence to become an amazing yoga facilitator.
WHAT MAKES OUR TRAINING UNIQUE?
WHO IS THIS TRAINING FOR?
Everyone has their own unique skills – our training is designed to help you uncover those and to set you on the road of inquiry. Don’t worry you don’t have to know everything there is to know about yoga at the end of the course – we will still be here afterwards and offer ongoing supervision to ensure a sustainable future both for you as a teacher and for your student’s welfare and wellbeing.
If you have any doubts – please talk to Richard, he’s always happy to chat things through. This is why we have also included our Roots of Yoga – pre foundation course, so that we can help you to make the right choice for you.
This is not just a yoga teacher training, it’s an education programme and personal transformational experience. We offer a course that changes the way you view yoga and challenges your approach to how you relate to yourself.
This part of the training sets the foundations for the rest of the course. It’s like reading a summary of multiple yoga books. It’s a way of introducing you to areas that you may wish to explore more at a later date. The main bulk of this content is delivered online so that it’s more accessible for home and work life balance. It also means that you can re-watch parts that you find interesting and it’s also paper-free - so kinder to the environment.
Here's a taste of what is covered:
For details of ROOTS OF YOGA our 6-week pre-foundation course please click below
FORMAT
6-week online pre-foundation course (includes 4 x live online group coaching sessions)
3 x 3hour (6pm-9pm) live online webinars
1 x 90-minute live online yoga class
“The course gave me a great understanding of just how wide ’yoga’ is beyond the physical practice’ – Stephen (Roots of Yoga graduate)
“I have learnt so much about myself from this course, you have allowed us all to share our ideas and brought so much self-reflection to the teachings’ – Reza (Roots of Yoga graduate)
This part of the course is for you and often our graduate’s favourite part of the training. We include this Intensive, in-person transformation for you to really delve deep into self-inquiry - whilst creatively learning about anatomy and what it means to be a spiritual being having a human experience. We take you on a journey that helps you to view yoga as a transformational tool – not someone that needs to be fixed, or more than you are, but embraced as you are. In doing so you will notice that your unique light begins to shine naturally.
FORMAT: 6 day in-person intensive Mon-Sat 9am-5pm
“I had time for me, to enquire within both physically and emotionally. The information was pitched at the right level for me at that time. I particularly loved the subtle body discussions we had”
LEARN AS YOU TEACH
Modules 3 and 4 are a hybrid of online teaching theory and methodology, combined with hands on in- person experience of teaching. A lot of people finish yoga teacher training programs lacking in confidence as to how to physically teach a class. With our training, you get to make all the bloopers during the course and have lots of fun whilst doing it. We believe that we grow more from sharing each other’s trials and successes. Bring it on!
Learning to teach yoga is not always easy and is sometimes overwhelming, which is why we have extended this part of the course over a longer period of time, allowing more digestion time and keeping your life in balance.
Through a combination of in-person classes, live online webinars, monthly group coaching sessions and homework, you will sail through the work. In addition to this you will also receive 2 x personal mentoring sessions with Richard and be allocated a CSY teacher who knows exactly what you have been through and is there for you if you have a wobble (wobbling is always welcome)!
FORMAT: 4 Months, each month consisting of:
1 x Saturday 9am-5pm (in-person)
1 x Wednesday 6pm-9pm (live online)
1 x Physical practice (live online)
2.5 hours homework/ home practice
1.5-hour Q&A (live online)
“I was surprised how quickly I began to write my own sequences. This was very overwhelming at first when we were asked to do it, but sometimes diving into the deep end is the best way to learn.”
During this module we make sure that you have everything you need to both advertise and teach your very own sequenced class for your final assessment. We also explore teaching different styles, including Hatha, Yin, Restorative and what to do if a pregnant person arrives to class. By this point you will hopefully be feeling excited about going out there and starting to teach small groups.
Rest assured; you don’t need to remember absolutely everything. You will have access to the online lessons to re-watch and we save some of the nuances of becoming a teacher for our post graduate education and group mentoring courses.
FORMAT: 4 Months, each month consisting of:
1 x Saturday 9am-5pm (in-person)
1 x Wednesday 6pm-9pm (live online)
1 x Physical practice (live online)
2.5 hours homework/ home practice
1.5-hour Q&A (live online)
“I didn't really know what to expect, I guess I didn't expect to become more confident at the end of the course. I went into the course thinking I would teach a few people at a time and 121's and ended up teaching classes as soon as I qualified.” - Amanda
In addition to this your final assessment and graduation weekend will consist of:
1 x Full day of assessments and evaluating peers 9am-5pm
1x half day Graduation Fire Ceremony
Throughout the course the Senior Teacher. Mentors and your peers will assess you honestly for the following;
The emphasis of this course is to make you confident in communicating, observing, assessing and evaluating. We believe these are all essential qualities needed to become an amazing teacher!
Format: Ongoing homework and teaching experience throughout the duration of the course
Any additional assignments must be completed before the final graduation weekend. Certificates will only be issued to those successfully completing all assessment criteria.
*Additional assessments can be arranged with the course tutor within 2 months of the training end date at an additional cost if agreed before. This has not happened yet, but we don’t want you to feel pressured. We are here for you.
“I felt a huge relief and sense of achievement. I'd worked so hard and come a very long way during the training” - Sharon
“ I loved the teacher training and feel that I had a much better preparatory experience than many of my contemporaries who trained on other programmes. I also appreciate the fact that as graduates of CSY we have ongoing support and training available to us.” - Harriet
POST GRADUATE TRAINING AND SUPPORT
After you have successfully graduated, you will probably leave the course with more questions than answers. We therefore invite you to be a part of our growing community of teachers, that have a unique supportive relationship. We continue the development of our graduates by offering more in-depth training days and group coaching sessions where you will continue to grow, share and learn whilst you teach. We believe it is important to keep you updated with current information on teaching, and support your further learning and study of yoga. There is always so much more to learn.
INVESTMENT
We really want to make sure that our training is right for you as much as you are a perfect match for what we are offering and want to achieve with our graduates.
We appreciate that deciding which teacher training to do can be daunting, and it can be confusing as to whether or not a teacher training is the right path for you. This is perfectly ok, and we want you to be 100% sure that our training is for you.
We will always value quality over quantity – There is a maximum number of 12 students per enrolment to ensure you get the best experience, build better relationships, and Richard ensures that he knows all of his graduates on an individual level.
Standard Teacher Training investment = £2750 (includes £500 deposit)
ROOTS OF YOGA GRADUATE OFFER
We encourage all of our applicants to take our ROOTS OF YOGA pre-foundation course, to ensure that this is the right teacher training course for you. To thank you for starting your yoga journey with Contemporary School of Yoga, we offer a wonderful incentive to all our Roots of Yoga graduates.
If you decide to enrol in our 250-hour Teacher Training you will benefit from significantly lower tuition fees, our way of expressing our gratitude and incentivising you to make that leap…. You can do this!!
CSY Standard Teacher Training Tuition investment £2750
ROOTS OF YOGA Graduate Tuition investment £2250
Sign up today for our Pre-Foundation Course ROOTS OF YOGA at only £150, If you successfully complete this course and sign up for our teacher training course, we will take £500 off the regular teacher training investment.
Yes – £500 will be deducted from your teacher training!!
WHAT ARE YOU INVESTING IN?
Payment plan is available for those who need it.
Contact us for more information.
TESTIMONIALS
“I have nothing but praise for this course! Within 6 months we covered ancient yogic spirituality, in-depth anatomy, vinyasa, hatha, hot yoga, yin, restorative, pranayama, meditation, and the fundamental tools you need to become a yoga teacher including; designing sequences, having confidence and promoting your business. So much care had been taken when putting together our manuals and reading lists, both of which I will keep and treasure.
The course tutor, Richard George, plays an enormous part in making this course so magical. His experience, wisdom and yoga teaching are unique, profound and challenging. He takes care of his students and is always there to support us when needed. The camaraderie nurtured between students was so beautiful, we all remain firm friends.”
Harriet
“I was nervous about not being able to get into each pose and worried about how I would teach if I couldn’t get into the poses. As I started the teacher training, I realised that yoga was deeper than getting into the poses. Since the training I have been able to acknowledge and incorporate the body in my therapeutic work and have started to think about how to support others to apply yogic philosophy on and off the mat.”
Sunil
“Richard is an amazing teacher trainer, down to earth, fun, caring, with great wisdom and experience in many styles of yoga, He has the unique ability to enable people to shine, creating a safe, supportive and vibrant environment, a perfect cradle for creativity and self-expression. Richard’s approach to yoga is fresh, non-dogmatic and inclusive. His vast knowledge, combined with his unique sensitivity and experience, enables him to combine a best between ancient wisdom and new scientific approach in anatomy and movement. His shamanic background also adds further depth to the yoga practice. Contemporary, experiential, somatic, whole, modern…. No label can really pin down what Richard transmits. To me it is the essence of yoga, the discovery of the whole and union with your true self, whoever you are.”
Severine
“Richard has this power to make people feel the space around them and fill that space with their personality. He has an ability to make people rise and shine. He transfers his knowledge without restraining himself. He does not impose his views ever, but creates a safe space to share, learn from each other, grow from each other and learn self-compassion and compassion for others. I would recommend this training to anyone who is passionate about yoga, its philosophy and the power of its impact on people’s life, behaviour and mindset.”
Emilie
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