Don’t worry most people don’t either - even against a wall let alone freestanding - unless they did gymnastics as a kid. Some people love a handstand some don’t - its a great pose if you can do it - scary and daunting if you can’t - what is the point if it makes you feel fearful and nervous. On this course there are no poses that the general public can’t do - so there are no handstands, headstands, crazy poses. What there are are the meat and potatoes of yoga poses that I teach in every class without one student feeling I can’t do that I am crap and I don’t belong here. Click here to find out more about the syllabus of my yoga teacher training course.

I AM NOT DOING YOGA VERY LONG IS IT SILLY FOR ME TO THINK OF BEING A TEACHER?

No of course not - don’t apply chronological time to an issue of PASSION ! You could be some serious guru incarnate and you don’t even know it. If the feeling is there that is your biggest indicator that you are on the right track for you. 

I’M NOT SURE MY PRACTICE IS STRONG/CONSISTENT ENOUGH TO CONSIDER DOING A YOGA TEACHER TRAINING COURSE?

If you are even asking this question you are 100% exactly the person I have designed my course for - whether you want to teach or not. I always get asked this and I always say the same thing in response. If you haven’t got a daily consistent yoga practice - join the club - very very few of the people i have trained with have a regular practice and most of those only because assessments are looming large. Most of my students consider their weekly yoga class their practice and that is perfectly fine. I often ask my yoga buddy Lisa “ do you think anyone practices?” She laughs and says “ nope”. Click here to read more about the syllabus of the course

DOES EVERYONE ON THE COURSE HAVE AN AMAZING PRACTICE?

Thats a definite no! I’ve actually come to the conclusion that one of the things you get when you train in yoga is a more regular practice. It took me 2 years of intense training to establish a firm foundation of practice and what interested me even more is many of my peers didn’t - this is not to point a finger and judge - not at all - it’s to show that the daily yoga practice is a bit of an illusion or myth. I think its actually normal to not have a practice but want one - that is the gold. Daily practice and discipline are things that come and go in life - we are not monks and we don’t want our practice and lives to become robotic and burdensome. Most of my teacher friends regularly say that if they weren’t teaching they would not practice as regularly. When you have a room of keen students it is a great motivator to keep practising and learning. 

WHY IS IT SO DIFFICULTY TO ESTABLISH AND STICK TO PRACTICE?

I know this feeling all too well. Its like we know we should practice and we don’t, its like we know we shouldn’t talk about others but we do, its like we know we shouldn’t overeat/drink but we do, its like we know we shouldn’t roar at the kids but we do……  - this is what it means to be human. We need to find that key that transforms us from a person who knows stuff but still doesn’t do it to one who just does it without thinking. If you trust the asanas they will be this key for you, they will bring about this transformation for you effortlessly. Its really as simple as trusting this ancient science to get you there. 

So allow me to guide you in the ways of practice, allow the other students to motivate you as we all improve together and become serious practitioners together, and allow yourself to start where you are - someone who loves yoga and wants to go deeper - that is more than enough.  

I DON’T HAVE GREAT MOTIVATION TO PRACTICE ?

Of course you haven’t , how could you when we haven’t started the course. What we are really talking about here is motivation to create the time in our busy lives to roll out the mat and practice - which sounds simple but its not if there is resistance. There is nothing in this world more motivating then immersing in a training course. You spend all weekend with a great group of like minded yogi’s and in that gang  you bounce off each other and wo/man up to the task of practice. It is one of the most joyful learning experiences I have done. I can guarantee that you will be practicing with ease from the start, because fundamentally we know practice is a keystone of being a great yoga teacher. But there is something about being in a group and going every month to training that keeps you on the track, the steady regular track of practice. Don’t get me wrong - some months go better than others on the mat - its all fine. 

I AM VERY BUSY?

Its not easy to establish a practice especially if you have a family, career, enjoy other hobbies, go dating, are married, have a pet that needs walking and enjoy going out ie have a life. What I am really saying is life is amazing and full of choices this is a choice. When you sign up for a yoga teacher training course you are essentially saying I want a daily practice and I want to do something for me. I love yoga and I want to do it more. I love yoga and I want to go deeper. Many of the people I trained with never had any intention of teaching - they did it for the love of it - if this resonates with you go for it. 

A teacher training is really just a deep immersion into understanding movement, breath and asana. If all you get is a practice you have struck gold, if you get that and a business doing something you love - double winner, if you get all that and a life experience you will never forget - thats a breakthrough. You get a great springboard for your practice after a training, then during the month we slide and then its coming close to training again and you step it up - allow yourself to have a wave/rhythm with your practice. 


I HAVE SOME BODY INJURIES EG BAD BACK, SHOULDER,KNEE HIP - CAN I DO THIS COURSE?

That’s a yes - because everyone has something in their body, personally I’ve had prolapsed disks, lots of neck issues, frozen shoulder, tennis elbow, broken ankle and two pregnancies - all these things make you a better yogi and teacher because you have to learn to work within the box known as your body. That is why I love regressions, props and walls - there is a way into every basic asana for every body and if there is a series of movements that don’t work for you - do some other poses, do twists, do supine, do chair yoga - its a massive subject with so many options. Some asanas work better in some bodies and some don’t it’s all fine. What I can guarantee you is that you will learn to work with your injuries so you don’t make them worse - I have seen this alot. I watched one student I trained with who had serious whiplash and was going to physio weekly - I watched her try and do shoulder stand for 10 minutes plus variations, for 8 months she kept at it - suffice to say she didn’t do her whiplash any good. We cannot push a square peg into a round hole - its the only thing I will insist on in the course is that you look after your temple. 

So I hope this answers some of the more common questions I have been asked over the years. One of my favourite people told me “ there’s no such thing as a bad question “ - so if you have any other questions I would love to hear from you. Click here to go through to the more practical elements of the course