New Look Web Site
Yoga Scotland is proud to launch it's new web site, this has been
significantly overhauled and simplified.
We hope that you like our new site, please use the feedback form under
Contacts to let
us have your views. We need your feedback to iron out any snags and make the web
site even better.
Yoga Scotland Appointed Governing Body for Yoga in Scotland
Yoga Scotland has been appointed the governing body for yoga in Scotland by
sportscotland.
Established in 1973, Yoga Scotland provides teacher training and on-going
training services and support to around 300 trained, registered and insured
teachers in Scotland and to thousands of students of all ages and abilities, as
well as classes for those with disabilities, health problems, children, older
people and pregnant women.
Announcing the news Julia Bracewell OBE, Chair, sportscotland said “We are
delighted to recognise Yoga Scotland as the national governing body for the
sport in Scotland. We now have 76 recognised governing bodies in Scotland
covering a broad range of sporting activities. Working with our key partners,
including governing bodies, our aim is to provide more opportunities for people
to become involved in sport and develop an active, healthy lifestyle. We look
forward to continuing our good working relationship with Yoga Scotland as they
strive to develop the sport.”
Welcoming the news, YS Chairperson, Fiona McOwan said, “We are absolutely
delighted. It has been a lot of work over the last couple of years, and it’s
high time that Scotland has its own governing body. Now the real work begins of
course. Being a governing body is about providing a coherent voice for yoga, a
benchmark for quality training and the means to promote this wonderful practice
throughout the country. We have already begun to talk to other organisations who
also train yoga teachers north of the border, so that we can begin to work
together to offer safe and high quality training to the many people who are
enjoying the resurgence of this ancient science which offers physical, mental
and spiritual benefits to its practitioners.
Yoga Scotland has already begun to hold twice yearly meeting with the range of
yoga traditions in Scotland.
Yoga Teachers and Classes Directory
The Directory of Yoga Teachers and Yoga Classes in Scotland 2008 has now been
published. This booklet is available to Yoga Scotland members and from the
Reference Section of your local Scottish Library.
The Directory contains a register of teachers and their contact details, a list
of teachers with specialist qualifications and a list of available classes in
Scotland. All teachers listed are either qualified, insured and registered with
Yoga Scotland, Yoga Scotland student teachers or qualified, insured and
registered with the British Wheel of Yoga or its accredited organisations, or
yoga therapists qualified with the Yoga Biomedical Trust.
A searchable version of the directory is available on this website
Teachers and Classes
