Yoga Professionals
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Welcome
2016, our year in pictures.....click below
2018 Prospectus
Courses, dates and regions
The Complete Guide To Yoga For Fitness Professionals - Out now!
by Conrad Paul and Debbie Lawrence
The book is based around the knowledge needed to teach yoga classes and practices to meet the National Occupational Standards of the Level 3 Diploma in Teaching Yoga. It also incorporates a lot of Conrad Paul's teaching, self practice experiences and knowledge. This is a fantastic body of work for the modern day Yogi who wishes to understand ancient and present day practices. The Complete Guide has special themed asana sequences included for digestion, balance, strength and meditation posture preparation. Recommended reading pre-course.
Yoga a home practice DVD
All new Sanskrit page
You said, we did! Student's asked for Sanskrit singular posture and mantras in audio format, we give you the all new Sanskrit audio page.
The speaking of Sanskrit names and seed sounds (bija mantras) during a yoga asana class is considered to enhance the energy and overall yoga experience. Yoga Professionals teach modern practices from ancient wisdom which includes the use of Sanskrit for authenticity of the original yoga path.
Click below to listen to the popular poses in Sanskrit and English, a vital tool for all Yoga teachers to embed the essence of Yoga from the subtle level into the physical.
Namaste
Conrad.....
Yoga stickman of the Belly Twist.
Congratulations to all our students who just passed their assessments to become yoga teachers! 4 days of assessing nearly 40 candidates and the quality of teaching was outstanding. Well done, go out and shine the light of Yoga!
The Side Crow, from The Complete Guide to Yoga for Fitness Professionals
Mantras are a very easy way to attain a deeper Yoga practice and are taught throughout the Yoga Professionals practical training days. Two of the Yoga Professionals tutors have released mantra c.d.s and below you can hear Renu Singh chant Asato Ma.
Renu Singh, Yoga Professionals lecturer, releases first mantra and Yoga Nidra c.d.
Asato Ma - Renu Singh
Click above to hear 'Asato Ma' from this beautiful double album from Renu Singh.
To buy this wonderful double c.d. contact Renu at: www.mamasteyogacentre.com
Sharda 24.09.14
"Big big big Congrats everyone! I have had the best time of my life EVER
on this course. I am so happy to have met so many like minded people. I
wish i could take you all and go live in a little yogi village together
and do sun salutes every day and bliss out. If i could go back and do it
all over again I WOULD tomorrow! i have done something i never thought i
would have the confidence to do in a million years.
I held my 1st real real class tonight with 100% of the people being
people i didn't at all know. I loved it, i wasn't scared or nervous or
anything. They all kind of looked worried doing the class and i was like
'crap' in my mind. But at the end they were like 'oh my gosh so good we
loved it'.
Ohhh its true yoga does bring you pure bliss. I've been dancing round my house like an idiot! Not cried yet but its coming.
Thank you everyone.
i hope you're all as blissed out and excited as i am. dream come true.
love love love"
Marj 24.09.14
Once
again a huge thank you for the 9 wonderful days we spent on our Yoga
course. I enjoyed it so much and it was a real pleasure to meet you and
absorb all your brilliant teachings. It was also a great pleasure to
study alongside my lovely fellow students and share my yoga journey with
you all.
I hope we can all stay in touch and it would be lovely if we could come together again at some point in the future.
Namaste,
Marj"
Recent student testimonials ....
Ann 13.10.14
"I cannot believe I am a fully qualified level 3 Yoga Teacher although I appreciate that my learning really only starts here as I begin my journey to become the best Yoga teacher I can be. The type of teacher I become is all up to me now but through the Level 3 Diploma you provided me with the full toolbox and a solid foundation on which I can credibly and solidly build. Without doubt the course was challenging on many levels and I needed to be disciplined and committed throughout but it was so worth it and I am still aghast at how much I learned from you, the depth of the knowledge I've acquired even as a novice, and the fact that I'm now actually teaching Yoga myself.
Through completion of the diploma I significantly improved my own yoga practice and although I had previously felt uncomfortable with chanting and some pranayama, by the end of the course you had given me the confidence not just to practice competently but also to teach others with confidence. So thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience, for your guidance, numerous tips, book recommendations and much more, and for your Northern sense of humour which was much appreciated especially on the intense days!
Yoga sequence for digestion. 01.03.15 Manchester, Cheadle Teachers in Training Course
Assistant course director Jonathan Thompson lectures on self evaluation and the reason for reflection, 15.03.15.
Final relaxation clip
Day 9 of our London course, beautiful yogis!
Birmingham course Level 3 Diploma in Teaching Yoga course with their tutor Clare Whitehouse.
Students practice the Hatha Yoga Pradipika version of Bramhari.
Student presentation on 'lateral extension' poses, 24.01.16.
Change your life and the lives of others. Make 2018 the year you action your dreams and inner calling! Teach Yoga!
Yoga Professionals in association with YMCA Fitness Industry Training are proud to offer the YMCA Awards (formerly CYQ) Level 3 Diploma in Teaching Yoga. The award attempts to bring the ancient teachings and the modern understandings of yoga together.
The course will give you the skills to teach asana, pranayama, mudra, bandha and other Hatha Yoga practices. You will learn how yoga practices can offer various results, ranging from good health and well being to inner peace, happiness and more. The main aim of Hatha Yoga practice is to prepare us for deeper yoga, a subject also covered on the course. Hatha Yoga is the physical practice translated as 'forced' where the practitioner uses postures, breathing, cleansing and energy locks as part of their transformation in health of mind, body and spiritual self.
Meditation, chanting, Classical Yoga, and the four different paths of Yoga are also covered on the course. Both householder and renunciation practice's are explored along with the different stages of a yoga practitioners personal journey. Yoga lineages and variations of many styles are embraced from ancient to modern times.
Level 3 Diploma in Teaching Yoga - 230 guided learning hours plus 270 practice hours.
Yoga Professionals training course train teachers to teach yoga practices such as asana (postures), pranayama (breathing techniques to direct energy), meditation, kriyas (cleansing techniques to speed up the practice and maintain health), mudras (seals) and bandhas (locks) as well as introducing them to the deeper dimensions of yoga practices to include philosophy and stages of yogic development.
One element of the coursework is to build a portfolio of evidence to show how you plan to teach a week 1/5/10 yoga session and the interim stages. Below is an example week 5 main phase session plan with preparatory, full and counter versions offered for the 'standing/balance' pose Vrkshasana (the tree).
Try the lung cleansing, energising pranayama exercise
24+ Advanced Learning Loans for
The Level 3 Diploma in Teaching Yoga, now available!
Take advantage of the Government's offer to loan the amount of your Yoga Diploma Training course with repayments typical of student loans for degree courses. Click here for more information
26.01.16
Thanks
for another great weekend I learned loads. However, I really wanted to drop you line
before I forgot to say, I love, love, love the Yoga Professionals website.
I am writing this from my bed full of cold but still able to watch your great
and informative videos. That said I love the 'stickman' illustrations so
helpful for one who cannot draw, and the Sanskrit sounding out of the asanas.
Great revision aids!
See you Saturday.
Kind wishes
Frederika x
When booking the course I had no idea what to expect. Having not studied for a few years it was a little daunting.
Phillip, London
Dear Yoga Professionals,
I have been so lucky to be able to secure myself a lovely little studio in Stoke. Today it has been three months since I opened my doors and I was overwhelmed last night that I physically couldn't fit anyone else into the class. I'm so pleased that I'm now having to take bookings, as classes are getting so full. I've also had the honour of working at a local school with 2-4 year olds. Teaching those little dots is the most exhilarating (and tiring) thing that I have ever done! I even made it on to our local BBC radio on Sunday to talk about Yoga and how it is seen by the Christian church.
Espi, Stoke.
Dear Yoga Professionals,
Made it! Thanks so much of your teaching and support. I
can't believe I am now a fully qualified yoga teacher! The teacher didn't
show up in my gym last Thursday and I took the class, it felt amazing
afterwards, I am covering for another teacher in a couple of weeks and
now working on my CV.
05.02.2014
I realise how much knowledge I have gained on your course - the Yoga Professionals course is so structured and comprehensive it has given me so much more than I realised. THANK YOU THANK YOU.
Thanks a million for everything!!!!
Love,
Samantha
Student testimonial 04.06.14
"Dear Yoga Professionals,
Thank
you so much for preparing me for the big wide world of yoga teaching.
Your induction into all aspects of yoga was at the perfect pitch and
pace for my learning needs. I
enjoyed all the theoretical and practical aspects of the training you
provided too. I felt encouraged and supported throughout the course.
Thank you for helping me prepare for teaching. I especially like the course tutors depth of knowledge on the subject of yoga, and their warmth and empathy. I would and have recommended your course to others that are interested in yoga teacher training.
Thank you again.
Yours"
Charles
Student testimonials, 15.08.14
Dear Yoga Professionals, Just wanted to thank you so much for the wonderful yoga course just completed with Yoga Professionals via YMCAfit, have thoroughly enjoyed it all, even though it was challenging and exhausting at some points. But you have both been so encouraging and supportive, while being professionally inspiring teachers. Am so thrilled to have completed it and passed, and am looking forward to a whole new chapter in my life, so thank you, thank you both!
Hope to see you both soon on another of your yoga courses...
Much love and appreciation,
CarolynTry the deep relaxation technique below. Lie on your back in a comfortable warm space and spend time for yourself for peace, relaxation and healing.
Lecture (clip) on Surya Namaskara, One Kx, Kings Cross, London
Yoga Professionals in collaboration with YMCA Fitness Industry Training are increasing the number of courses delivered in 2015 and courses are booking for the below dates. Contact the sales team to discuss your dates and eligibility. Start 2015 with a whole new direction and career teaching people the joy of yoga. Scroll down for dates and student testimonials from our latest yoga teacher graduates. Teaching others the joys of the yoga practices, as well as developing our own makes being a yoga teacher the most beautiful job in the world. Start 2015 with a new direction in life and teach the light of yoga.
Final weekend of the Level 3 Diploma in Teaching Yoga course where perceptions of yoga were turned upside down, literally!
All our Manchester yogis passed their assessments..... amazing stuff!
How to teach a main phase asana
Teaching Vinyasa Certificate course was amazing fun, thank you yogis!
The supine warm up sequence from the first Yoga Professionals/YMCA collaboration of the 6 cpd certificate SkillsActive REPs accredited course of Teaching Vinyasa, 27/28 June 2015.
Course director: Conrad Paul, founder and director of Yoga Professionals.
Venue: One KX, Kings Cross, London.
Teaching Vinyasa 2 day workshop. Practice and create challenging new sequences for your classes.
A 6 cpd course which teaches you to be your own teacher and to be creative with your yoga sequences. Add all new sequences and ideas to your class repertoire and shine the light of yoga.
Teaching Vinyasa Yoga workshop students selfie with course director Jonathan Thompson, far left.
L3 Yoga Diploma students practice teaching samprajnata (with seed) meditation - here they are using AUM to focus and concentrate the mind, 23.01.16.
Side Crow girl power style!
News and courses
London, L3 Diploma in Teaching Yoga - March - Start your new year with a new career!
Venue: One KX, Kings Cross, London. N.B. you will need to bring 2 helpers for your chosen practical assessment date. Please see Terms and Agreements.
London intensive - due to popular demand!
One week on course, a one week break for study and practice, then one week on course. One month later you will take a practical assessment on teaching yoga and you could be a certified instructor by May 2018. Venue: Southbank Club
N.B. you will need to bring 2 helpers for the whole day on weekdays 14 or 15 May. Please see terms and Agreements here
Brighton, L3 Diploma in Teaching Yoga - March 2018 - Start your new year with a new career!
Bristol, L3 Diploma in Teaching Yoga - March 2018 - Start your new year with a new career!
Bristol, L3 Diploma in Teaching Yoga - March 2018 - be qualified by June!
Venue: Village Hotel Walsall (Birmingham).
N.B. you will need to bring 2 helpers for the whole day on your chosen practical assessments. Please see terms and Agreements.
Leicester, L3 Diploma in Teaching Yoga - March 2018 - be qualified and teaching by July 2018!
Venue: Bannatynes, Leicester.
Please note, you will need to bring 2 helpers for the whole day on your chosen assessment days. Please see Terms and Arrangements
Practice and learn how to teach Kriyas on the L3 Diploma in Teaching Yoga course
Level 3 Diploma in Teaching Yoga course, One KX, Kings Cross, London.
Video: Nauli Kriya performed by one of our students. Pics: Top to bottom: Group photo, Scorpion pose, Handstands, Headstand with Garudasana legs, Jonathan Thompson and Smita Raja, Yoga Professionals Course Directors.
Learn to chant and bless your class on the Level 3 Diploma in Teaching Yoga Course.
It isn't easy when you first start chanting. Sanskrit can be hard to pronounce when you're new to the practice. In time, it gets easier. Namaste!
Current courses - London, Birmingham and Brighton, 05.03.17
Krisna Darshan, 25.02.17.
'Yoga stay' with Shiva/Josh Lipscombe at Casa Ananda, Spain, click here for more........
Experience yoga at its very core, simple and beautiful, With Shiva/Josh Lipscombe, at his Yoga House/mini ashram in Spain. Click above for more details.
Level 3 Diploma in Teaching Yoga, Manchester, 21.01.17.
Yoga Nidra - session 1 audio, free to try here............
CPD course dates for 2017
Yoga Nidra - 6 CPD points
Teaching Vinyasa - 6 CPD points
Our recent Birmingham course
Birmingham yoga teachers in training. Amazing students ready to shine the light!
Our recent London course pictures, namaste!
Final day for our London based L3 Diploma in Teaching Yoga course. 4 weeks from now they will take their practical assessments to become qualified teachers of yoga and be ready to go out and shine the light! Salutations to your dedication, Hari Om Tat Sat!
Top pic: Level 3 Diploma in Teaching Yoga student's practicing the Rhudrasana (Lord Shiva in his destruction phase) posture.
Bottom pic: Adho Mukha Svanasana (downward facing dog pose) group asana practice.
Blessings from Radha and Krisna! Darshan received on behalf by Smita Raja, Yoga Professionals course director, at the Crawley Hindu Temple. Hari Krisna, Hari Bol!
Our weekend in pictures/video
This past weekend ran 2 Level 3 Diploma in Teaching Yoga practical weekends as well as 2 practical assessments. See pics below of London and Manchester practical courses. All students are shining the light of yoga with respect and commitment to the ancient practices. Hari Om Tat Sat!
Krisna and Radha. Darshan received by Yoga Professionals course director Smita Raja for all current Yoga Professionals students.
Rama, Sita and Lakshmi. Notice they are all wearing outfits speckled with different coloured paint in celebration of the Hindu holiday Holi (the festival of colours, or the festival of sharing love).
Recent course photos
Bristol Level 3 Diploma in Teaching Yoga students group photo. Beautiful Rudrasana postures here (Lord Shiva in his destruction phase).
Top pic: Birmingham Level 3 Diploma in Teaching Yoga students practice 'chidakasha dharana' (concentration on the inner space). Above pic: Students practice acro yoga. N.B. this is not part of the course!
Manchester teachers in training
