The Yoga Scotland Foundation Course is a 60-hour course is designed to explore yoga in more depth than in an average class and to expand and consolidate personal practice. The course offers a chance to experience many aspects of yoga including a wide range of asanas, pranayama, concentration, and meditation as well as topics such as the history of Yoga, and the different paths and schools of yoga.

It is offered for students who wish to develop their knowledge of yoga further and it is also a prerequisite for those wanting to train as teachers, prior to taking the teaching diploma course.

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The Yoga Scotland teacher training is a part-time course lasting for 500 hours over two years. At present we run two courses - in Edinburgh and Glasgow starting alternate years. 
Students explore a practical and theoretical syllabus that covers: anatomy and physiology (including common medical conditions), pranayama, history and philosophy of yoga and class management. 
The teacher-training course is structured to give prospective Yoga Teachers:  

A solid grounding in the various classical postures and practices of Hatha Yoga

An acquaintance with some of the major eastern sources of yoga knowledge and their significance in modern life

A basic insight into the anatomy, physiology and movement potential of the human body

Continual teaching practice which is an integral part of the two year part-time course

Graduates are awarded the Yoga Scotland Teaching Diploma. The diploma is currently recognised in Scotland and throughout the United Kingdom by agreement with the British Wheel of Yoga with whom we have an exchange diploma arrangement.

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The Scheme provides an opportunity for yoga teachers who trained with other teacher training schools, not including BWY teachers and its accredited organisations, to become recognised Yoga Scotland registered teachers.

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'The Living Yoga Study Group is a 50 hour course aimed at yoga students who have completed a Foundation Course and who wish to continue their personal study and development
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Yoga Scotland Teaching Diploma holders are required to undertake On-Going Training, as a condition of maintaining their teaching registration and insurance. Yoga Scotland provides an extensive programme of training days throughout the country on a variety of topics covered including Pranayama, Yoga and the Menopause, Yoga in Pregnancy, and Philosophy.

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