I'm very pleased to offer Yoga Teacher Training, from September 2025. This will be the British Wheel of Yoga, Ofqual regulated, Level 4, Diploma Course, 500 hrs - the highest available in the UK. You can read more about the BWY and the course here: https://www.bwy.org.uk/train/training/bwy-diploma-in-yoga-teacher-training/

BWY recommends completion of a Foundation Course first, so if you're keen, please do look at the Foundation Course I offer (Sep - March). This is a really great way to take your own yoga deeper, get a good grounding and be sure of your decision, whilst setting the Foundations for the Teacher Training course itself.

I am really keen to actively encourage student teachers from a variety of backgrounds and specialisms, so if you have niche, or are keen to work with a particular student group, please get in touch.

About the course

The BWY Yoga Teacher Training Diploma course is a level 4 course, recognized by the Regulatory Qualifications Framework (OfQual) making it the highest level teaching qualification in the UK.

It includes:

• Skills development in teaching studio and zoom yoga classes
• Anatomy of yoga asana across a wide range of asana practices
• Variety of mediation techniques and practices, and how to teach them
• Variety of pranayama practices, how to develop and teach them
• Yoga Philosophy: Patajali’s Yoga Sutras, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Upanishads, Bhagadvagita, and key Buddhist texts,
• History of Yoga
• Yogic anatomy: nadis, chakras, kundalini
• Mudras, Bandhas and Kriyas, how to develop and teach them
• Practice and teaching of mantra (nada yoga)
• Teaching skills – effective communication techniques, lesson planning, course planning, adapting practices to suit a wide range of abilities, capabilities and needs, progressing students, ‘holding space’
• Professional and ethical responsibilities of teaching
• Administration, marketing and financial aspects
• Deepening and progressing your own practice across all aspects, including personal reflection
• Ongoing support from tutor and peers as you begin teaching
• Gain all the skills and experience you need for a lifelong and rewarding career as a yoga teacher

The British Wheel of Yoga (BWY) is a registered charity and the largest yoga organization in the UK, running for over 50 years. It is member-based and organized into 12 regions. BWY is an umbrella organization, supporting diverse schools and traditions within the membership and does not promote any one method of yoga over another.  It offers well respected Teacher training, with its Diploma considered by many to be the ‘Gold Standard’ of Yoga Teacher training.  BWY membership offers many benefits including: regional teacher’s meetings, workshops and training days, events, festivals, magazine and more.

Course Structure:

• One weekend per month, apart from August and December. Full days of learning, practice and discussion
• 80% of the course is in person, 20% via zoom (shortened sessions)
• Supported home practice of asana, pranayama, meditation
• Written homework assignments, including research and essays, submitted electronically
• Developing practical teaching skills – peer teaching, face to face and on-line, giving and receiving feedback
• Insured and ready to teach your own classes by approximately the end of the first year (subject to all assignments being completed to standard).

Course Venue:

St Paul's Community Centre, Arcot Street, Penarth. CF64 1EU. A lovely warm, clean, welcoming space. Easy access (wide doors, lift and toilets). On-street parking readily available close by. Buses and trains to Penarth, with a walk of around 15 minutes from the station, 5 -10 mins from the centre of Penarth.

About the Tutor

Tori Lang has been practicing yoga for nearly 30 years,  teaching yoga for over 15 years, having qualified initially as a BWY Diploma Teacher, and continuing with Yoga for Healthy Backs, yoga therapy, work with international teachers, including Doug Keller and is a certified and experienced BWY Foundation Course tutor. She has completed over 1000 hours of study and training. Tori has previously served on the BWY Regional Committee as an area rep, and deputy rep for over 7 years and is currently Regional Training Officer for Wales.

Her classes range from beginners, through Fundamentals to Improvers/Experienced and Foundation Course. She has worked with many specialist groups including secure mental health, substance misuse, specific health issue groups and professional athletes, climbers and dancers.  Her classes are adaptive, to suit individual needs, challenges, and capabilities. She draws from a variety of traditions, and includes pranayama, relaxation, meditation and philosophy in her teaching. She aims to make her classes positive and inclusive for everyone.

About you:

You will:

• Have practiced yoga for over 2 years, including regularly attending taught classes with a reputable teacher
• Be passionate about yoga, and want to share your love of yoga to support others
• Be keen to learn – a lifelong learner, embracing new knowledge and experience
• Be willing to commit the time, energy and focus it takes to be the best teacher you can be
• Have completed a BWY Foundation Course or equivalent
• Have completed the BWY Anatomy and Physiology course or equivalent (can also be completed in the first 3 months of the course)
• Attended an introductory day to find out more about the course, meet potential fellow students, and complete activities similar to course content.

Investment

Please contact me for the breakdown of course costs.

Concessions are available for those living on significantly reduced incomes. Payment plans can also be discussed if needed.

Note: you should be earning from teaching your own classes at least part way through the course.

Proposed course dates:

Introductory Workshop:  summer 2025

Course starts: October 2025

Course finishes: December 2027

Monthly meetings: 11:30-6pm on Saturdays, 10-5pm on Sundays.

Sessions in December are shorter and via zoom, no sessions in August. Approximately 1 weekend in 4 is held via zoom, with reduced hours.

The course is spread over 2 years and 3 months, and you will be encouraged to start teaching after approx. 12 months (subject to assignments being completed to standard).

For further information and to apply:

Please contact: Info@yogawithtori.co.uk, Tel 07816 154850,