Training as a Yoga Teacher: Your Journey Begins at 3Tribes

Most yoga teachers begin with a 200-hour training. The hours cover asana and anatomy and philosophy and teaching methods but the experience varies a lot from school to school. Group size and the amount of time you spend teaching in front of other people usually make the biggest difference.

What the 200 hours cover

Our yoga teacher training in London is Yoga Alliance recognised and we teach it in Hot Hatha and Vinyasa because those two styles fill most studio timetables. You’ll break postures down until you can explain how each one is built and where it tends to go wrong. You’ll study anatomy and physiology so you know what’s happening in the body when you ask a room to lift or fold. Philosophy and history sit underneath all of it so the practice has context. Then comes the teaching itself, which means sequencing a class and finding your voice and learning to hold a room of people who each need something slightly different.

How the weeks are laid out

The course starts with a five-day immersion in the studio and carries on over six training weekends at our Borough studio. We spread it out on purpose because you learn more when you’ve had a few weeks to practise between modules and come back with questions. A few sessions run online and get recorded so a bad week at work doesn’t leave you with a hole in your notes.

Why we keep the group small

We cap every cohort at 12 people. Teaching is something you get better at by doing it and hearing what to change so you need regular turns at the front of the room and someone watching closely each time. A group that size leaves space for individual feedback and proper conversations with the trainer. You also train alongside the same people the whole way through and they end up pushing you to be better.

Janice Wright leads the course. She’s Head of Yoga here and works with the teachers on our schedule every week so she knows what a working studio expects from a new teacher. You can meet the rest of the team on our instructors page.

Who it’s for

Most people who join have been practising for a while and want to understand what’s behind the shapes they already do. Some plan to teach professionally and some want a deeper personal practice and we’re happy with either. You don’t need a perfect handstand or all the answers. Regular practice and a real wish to learn is what counts.

What you leave with

By the end you can plan a class from scratch and teach it in a clear voice. You’ll have done regular practice teaching with feedback along the way so the first time you cue a room won’t be the first time you’ve done it. The anatomy and philosophy give you a solid answer to why you’re teaching something and not only how. For some people this is the start of a teaching career and for others it becomes a practice they carry for life.

A lot of new teachers finish a training with a certificate and no idea what comes next. We stay in touch after graduation and offer guidance plus chances to pick up cover classes where it makes sense.

If you’re still deciding whether to go ahead our guide to becoming a yoga teacher covers the wider picture and the training page has current dates and prices. Before you apply take a class with us and pay attention to how the teacher cues and paces the room. Our hot yoga classes at Borough are a good place to do that.