Level 4 Yoga Teacher Course

Our level 4 Diploma in Teaching Yoga can qualify you to accomplish a successful career as a yoga teacher in a growing fitness, health, and wellbeing industry, and potential earning of £30,000+ per year. After completion of the course, many of our wonderful graduate students also go on to complete further fitness and wellbeing courses to offer clients a bespoke training experience. Yoga suits and works for all ages and people from all paths of life, its approach embraces educational practices that are diverse and inclusive…yoga is for everyone!

You will develop knowledge and understanding about the following topics:

The legal aspects of teaching Yoga.

The implications of Duty of Care

The process of risk assessment

The implications of Health and Safety legislation

How to set up in business as a Yoga teacher

How to plan a lesson

Progression in Lesson Planning

Key classical yoga texts

Principles of meditation

Understand the moving body

How to advance learners

Different common conditions

The dynamics of breath and the philosophy of breathing

Level 3 Award in Foundations of Yoga

The Level 3 Yoga foundations course is an online course. Level 3 Foundations is a prerequisite for Level 4 Yoga.

Level 3 Yoga studies the following:

· The Moving Body – Asanas; Sun Salutations; Kinesiology.

· The Breathing Body – Breathing Practices.

· The Energetic Body – Mudras; Chakras; Bandhas.

· Relaxation and Meditation – Journal Writing

· Developing Personal Practice – Reflective Practice

· The Yoga Sutras – the teachings of Patanjali

Level 4 Diploma in Teaching Yoga

The Level 4 Yoga Diploma in Teaching Yoga is an online course and studies the following:

· The Legal Aspects of Teaching Yoga

· Planning and Delivering a Yoga Class

· The Asanas

· Reflective Practice

· The History of Yoga

· Chakras

· Teaching to mixed-ability students

Level 4: 5 units

• Unit 1: Finding the breath; reflective diary and video of your teaching practice
• Unit 2: Understanding and planning the Philosophy of Yoga; reflective diary of your meditation and video of how you would teach meditation & coursework portfolio.
• Unit 3: Planning and Delivering Yoga Classes; 6-week schematic of their classes and teach 30-minute session, A&P coursework portfolio
• Unit 4: Teaching Asana to meet the needs of Mixed mixed-ability students; lesson plan for mixed ability and teach a 30-minute session to suit mixed-ability
• Unit 5: Teaching Yoga as a profession business plan
• An Industry experience logs totalling 20 hours is required as part of your assessment.

Level 3: 1 Unit

Level 3 Award in Foundations of Yoga

Assessments for Level 3 Foundations Yoga are the following:

· Lesson Plans

· Breathing Practice (Pranayama) Journal

· Pranayama Practice (Video) (5 mins)

· Relaxation and Meditation Journal

· Relaxation and Meditation Video (3 to 5 mins each)

· Lesson Plan and video of Yoga Class (45 mins)

· Questions and answers on Yoga Sutras

Level 4 Diploma in Teaching Yoga

Assessments for Level 4 Foundations Yoga are the following:

· Questions and answers on teaching Yoga as a Profession.

· Complete one Business Plan

· Produce a Scheme of work over 8 weeks.

· Complete 8 lesson plans to show progression.

· Questions and Answers on the Philosophy of Yoga

· Meditation & Relaxation techniques

· Yoga Session Plan for a Mixed Ability Class

· Pranayama (Breathing Practices) diary and Practice

For the Online Option, you will send in the following via video:

· Meditation Session

· Yoga Session

· Pranayama Practice

At Diverse Trainers, we do everything in our power to ensure that all students have the best possible chance of successfully completing their course, a point that is emphasised by our 99.4% pass rate.