Spring 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training

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Ancient techniques from a modern perspective

The intention of Avid Yogi is to bring together the study of yogic texts and physical practices with a contemporary approach to yoga teacher training.

Asana

Our approach is rooted in the study of gross and subtle body anatomy. The Advanced Training sessions take a deeper look at the Intermediate Series of Ashtanga yoga to find its softer side as well as taking you to your edge. We focus on giving and receiving adjustments, modifying for different specificities, and contextualising practice for all levels.

Philosophy

Informed by the Sāṃkhya philosophy of yoga, our instruction fits in the framework of cosmology as yoga sees the body as nothing separate from the rest of the material Universe.  Our study of yoga philosophy is focused on a juxtaposition of classical and contemporary texts to honour its history while framing the evolution of yoga in a critical context.

Community

We really DO this stuff. Yoga is our passion, our playground, and our pub. What is yoga if it doesn't make us nicer people? What sets our faculty apart as a cohort is that we bring our decades of experience as individuals together in friendship. We acknowledge each other's differences and find common ground in the sharing.

Anatomy Inspired Content


Anatomy Content is provided by Karen Kirkness via her unique online course, Anatomy Inspired. You will be automatically enrolled in this 6-module course, organised as follows:

  • Each module drips out one week at a time
  • All the content is asynchronous so you can feel free to work at your own pace
  • You can get started as soon as you are enrolled
  • You should have completed the first Anatomy Inspired module by the second weekend of your training, which means you will have plenty of time to complete the content even if you signed up for the training at the last minute
  • You will be invited to download the simple PDF worksheets for each Module to use as guides for the Module Quizzes relating to the required content
  • Most of the Modules contain opportunities to make models and engage with art-based activities - while you are encouraged to have a play, these activities are optional only
  • There are live Q&A sessions you can attend if you wish to talk through any of the content with Karen

A word from Karen, MLY founding teacher and YTT course co-director.

The Avid Yogi 200 Hour YTT Immersion

This rigorous and inspiring course takes place over 5 long weekend sessions over 5 months. 

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Compare Pricing Options

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200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training

£2,500

INVESTMENT

 5 x long weekends

200 Hours taught

Ashtanga required

200 Hour Certificate issued

Yoga Alliance accredited

YACEP accredited

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300 Hour Advanced Training

£3,500

NOW JUNE 2021

% Commitment Discount

3 Summer Intensives

200Hr required

Ashtanga required

Online membership included

300Hr Cert issued

Yoga Alliance accredited

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500 Hour Complete Training

£5,500

BALANCE DUE PRIOR

% Commitment Discount

Flexible dates

Finish as short as 2 years

Finish as long as 5 years

Starts with 200Hr Cert

3 Summer Intensives

Online membership included

300Hr Cert issued

Register as 500 Hours with Yoga Alliance

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Our Home Team

We teach what we practice. Our faculty is based in a small, not-for-profit studio on the Meadows in Edinburgh, Scotland. Currently our teacher training programmes are available in-studio (subject to availability) and online.

YOU CAN DO THIS

We understand that with the arrival of online classes, teachers have to level up! Our training will help you to develop the confidence to teach in-studio and online.

Frequently Asked Questions

Here are a few of the most commonly asked questions. For a full download of allll the FAQs, see the section below this one.

Good question! As much as we are all moving toward a translineage utopia, it helps to have a common denominator. All our trainings are based on a contemporary view of the lineage of Krishnamacharya.

Although our faculty have all grown up amongst a rich variety of influences, the Ashtanga method is one that has stood the test of time. As such, the practical context of our training is rooted in the Primary and Intermediate series as developed in Mysore, India. We aim to teach from this method from the heart with open minds and safe hands.

Anyone applying to our Advanced Intensive should have at least a foundation in the Primary series. However, our uniqueness as a faculty is our commitment to forging the connections amongst tradition, science, art, and compassion. Short answer: Ashtanga, with a difference!

It's always best to ensure you are able to attend all the training dates for a course you intend to complete. That said, life often throws unavoidable curveballs our way and sometimes you have to leave early, come late, or miss a day.

We designed our Training Make-up Policy to ensure that all our Trainees have the best possible chance to successfully complete the minimum attendance requirements to graduate. It is in everyone's interest to find a positive route to achieving training goals, and basic attendance is fundamental to success. We set out the make-up options clearly in our Terms & Conditions so there are no surprises and everyone knows what is expected. These options are so important that we have a dedicated Make-up Policy that acts as a contract we all agree to before starting our training together.

Where hours of a training must be missed due to extenuating circumstances, make-up hours can be arranged. For known dates, it is best to get makeup hours pre-arranged before the start of the course. If something comes up during the course and a trainee has no choice but to miss hours, they can refer to the Make-up Policy for options to make up the hours required for successful completion of their training.

Well, aren't we all at some point? Injuries, disease, malaise, and changes in condition come in all shapes and sizes and none of us is immune. We can work with injuries. What we can't work with is pain or patterns fed by overly ambitious commitment to unrealistic goals!

Do not sign up for this Training if you are too tired, in pain, or otherwise overburdened to enjoy it. Seek treatment and self-care first, do your healing, then come back to us when you've made the space for thriving.

We feel you on this one. Love it or hate it, Ashtanga Yoga as developed by Pattabhi Jois with his guru, Krishnamacharya, is a main basis for modern yoga as we know it.

Our Trainings riff on and even rebel in response to what our faculty have parsed out of their Ashtanga roots for the last two decades. Rest assured that the Primary and Intermediate series are where the ideas begin... not where they end... and our approach is inclusive, moderate, and supportive.

Above all, we adapt the practice in conversation with what has come to light in recent years about guru worship. So if you don't love Ashtanga as previously experienced, take heart. With us, you'll encounter a version of it that is fresh, creative, and empowering.

Karen Kirkness - Meadowlark owner and founding teacher, 20 year yoga practitioner, holder of two masters degrees, former cyclist, subtle and gross anatomy enthusiast, all around dog's body and mother of two very young children.

Nadine Watton - Meadowlark founding teacher, 20 year yoga practitioner, former dancer and arranger of flowers, Yin & Restorative specialist, all around creative genius and mother of two young children.

Amy Hughes - Meadowlark Mysore team teacher, assistant to John Scott, 20 years yoga experience, fourth series Ashtanga practitioner, holder of a degree in literature, surfer, general badass and baby whisperer of indisputable talent.

"I can’t begin to thank Amy, Nadine and Karen enough for the most incredible experience. The course was rich with teaching practice, philosophy, chanting, anatomy, self reflection and one’s own journey. The energy and commitment that the 3 of them put in to this course was truly amazing and I am very grateful to have done my YTT at Meadowlark."

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