Yoga & Breathwork Teacher Foundation
Sixty days to teach safely — including the students you should turn away.
Who this is for
People who want to teach rather than only practise. Weighted towards therapeutic application, which is where teaching work actually exists in India, and towards knowing who not to teach.
What you will actually be able to do
- Teach group classes and one-to-one sessions competently
- Adapt a practice for age, injury, pregnancy and restriction
- Supervised teaching hours with real students, not classmates
- Therapeutic emphasis, which is where the demand and the fees are
Modules
Asana
Forty-five postures to teaching standard.
Anatomy for movement
Joints, ranges and what actually limits them.
Pranayama
Eight techniques with contraindications.
Sequencing
Building a class that goes somewhere.
Adaptation
Age, injury, pregnancy, restriction.
Teaching practice
Forty supervised hours with real students.
Professional conduct
Boundaries, consent to touch, scope.
Day-by-day curriculum
Published in full, because you should know what you are buying before you pay for it.
Days 1–10
Asana foundation
Forty-five postures: alignment, entry, exit, common errors and modifications. You practise, then you teach each one to a partner and are corrected on the teaching, not the posture.
Days 11–18
Anatomy for movement
Joint mechanics, muscle function, and the difference between tight, weak and structurally limited. Why cueing 'push harder' is sometimes the worst instruction available.
Days 19–26
Pranayama
Eight techniques taught progressively, each with contraindications. Why breath practice is not universally safe and who must be screened out.
Days 27–34
Sequencing
Building classes with an arc: warm, build, peak, unwind, rest. Sixty-minute and thirty-minute formats. Sequencing for a stated aim rather than a pleasing shape.
Days 35–42
Adaptation
Older students, pregnancy, back pain, knee restriction, hypertension, recent surgery. What to change, what to omit, and when to decline to teach someone at all.
Days 43–52
Supervised teaching
Forty hours teaching real classes at the centre under observation. Beginners, older students, and therapeutic one-to-ones. Debriefed after every session.
Days 53–56
Professional practice
Consent to physical adjustment, boundaries, insurance, scope, and how to describe what you do without overclaiming.
Days 57–59
Teaching examination preparation
Mock assessments with faculty as difficult students. Handling the person who ignores instruction and the one who cannot do what you asked.
Day 60
Assessment
Teach a full sixty-minute class to real students, assessed by two faculty. Plus a written examination and your sequencing portfolio.
Practical exercises
- Forty-five postures taught to a partner and corrected
- Eight pranayama techniques delivered
- Forty hours teaching real classes under observation
- One-to-one therapeutic sessions
Assignments
- A portfolio of twelve complete class sequences for stated aims
- Teaching log across all forty supervised hours with self-critique
- Three adaptation case studies
How the certificate is earned
A full 60-minute class taught to real students, assessed by two faculty, plus written examination and portfolio
Pass requirement
65% teaching practical, 60% written, and 90% attendance
Weighting
- Teaching practical (50%)
- Written examination (20%)
- Portfolio (20%)
- Supervised teaching record (10%)
Certificate of Completion
What this certificate lets you do
Published because a course that does not teach its own limits is teaching you to be dangerous.
You may
- Teach general group yoga classes independently
- Deliver one-to-one sessions for general fitness and wellbeing
- Teach pranayama with appropriate screening
You may not
- Treat a diagnosed medical condition
- Teach therapeutic yoga for a specific condition without practitioner supervision
- Advise on medication or medical management
Learning outcomes
- Teach a safe, structured 60-minute group class
- Adapt any posture for age, injury, pregnancy or restriction
- Deliver eight pranayama techniques with correct screening
- Recognise who you should not teach, and say so
Career opportunities
- Yoga teacher in a studio, wellness centre or corporate programme
- Independent class teaching
- Therapeutic yoga within a clinical setting, with supervision
Apply for Yoga & Breathwork Teacher Foundation
A fifteen-minute counselling call first, with no fee and no obligation. If this is the wrong programme for you, that is what we will say.