ACCREDITED - NEWCASTLE UPON TYNEBecome an empowering yoga teacher.
200-hour Foundation Yoga Teacher Training
A practical, in-depth qualification, accredited by Yoga Pros. Learn to teach effectively and confidently.
Yoga Pros Accredited • 200 Hour Certification • In-Person • Small Group Learning
THE PROGRAMMELearn to teach through practice.
Turn your committed yoga practice into the ability to teach. Across four modules, you connect movement, breath, anatomy and philosophy with the decisions you make as a teacher.
Practise sequencing, cueing and teaching alongside your cohort, building towards coursework and a live teaching assessment.
Develop the understanding and practical skills to guide others with clarity and care.
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"Chris has created a wonderfully warm space in which to learn. From very early on there was a strong element of actually teaching — collaborative learning is a huge part of the course… I have now completed the course and taught 3 classes so far and I can genuinely say that I felt prepared to do so."
- Heather; graduated 2024
YOU'LL GAINA teaching qualification with substance
Our 200-hour Foundation course is accredited by Yoga Pros. Certification requires you to complete the course requirements and assessments, including teaching a live class.
Build a foundation for teaching and further study.
An Empowered and Integrated Practice
Explore the roots and evolution of yoga; its origins, modern applications, cross-pollinations and how it all fits meaningfully into everyday modern life.
You will build a powerful, informed and sustainable practice rooted in genuine understanding and supercharged with inspiration!
Real teaching experience
Put your learning into practice through teaching drills and collaborative sequencing from the start.
Develop your ability to plan, communicate and adapt as you work with your cohort.
Graduates can explore further teaching experience through Yoga x Life Introducing.
Upcoming Dates
Our next weekend teacher training starts on 15 January 2027 at Yoga x Life, 51 Lime Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 2PQ.
Week-intensive dates are awaiting confirmation.
COURSE CURRICULUM
Inside the Training
4 Core Modules
Four in-depth modules connect your understanding of yoga with practical teaching skills. Begin practising teaching early in the course and build towards your assessed class.
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The Core of It All: Exploring Posture, Breath, and Inner Mechanics
This first module lays the foundation for the entire training by diving deep into the functioning of the body and yoga practices from the inside out. This immersive and practical module is designed to help you understand and teach movement and breath from the depths of your lived experience, infused with a sense of our shared structural intelligence, and an understanding of our bodies (and brains!) evolution.
You will learn to see, feel, and guide the body in a way that honours its complexity, and trains both awareness and adaptability for yourself and your student. This is not a foundation that ‘starts small’ but rather is one that builds deep.
You’ll leave with tools to teach movement and breath, but more importantly, you’ll leave understanding the ‘why’ underneath, ensuring you can move from awareness and not habit.
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Structure and Flow: The Art and Craft of Sequencing and Assisting
This module explores how to weave the components of practice into a living, intelligent whole. We will explore how to design practices around principles of ‘rasa’ that convey feeling, purpose and integrable information in order to craft sequences for yourself and others that awaken presence and pave the way for transformation.
You will learn to build practices around an inner logic that will feel seamless and alive, whilst integrating components of structure based on an understanding of how the different segments, components and layering of elements underpin different physiological and psychological effects. You will learn how to use cueing and physical adjustments in order to safely and effectively support progress and autonomy.
At the end of the module you’ll have the skills to craft, adapt and refine classes with a balance of precision and creativity that meets all students where they are. To consolidate this module practitioners will write a four week course submitted as 1/3rd of the assessment for the total yoga teacher training.
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Stillness and Subtlety: Exploring Prana, the Energy Body and Principles of Restoration
This module delves deeper into the unseen architecture of practice. We will explore the movements of prana, and the energetic principles and practices that underlie yoga and other forms of embodied and therpeutic movement and meditation practices. Through breathwork, restorative postures, meditation and subtle body mapping you’ll learn how to use your practice to replenish and harmonise energy in order to guide through states of rest and renewal into empowerment!
At the end of the module you will have the skills to tap into the medicinal heart of yoga practice, and offer classes in a variety of modalities
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Voice, Presence and Holding Space: The Art and Craft of Teaching
The practical craft of teaching runs throughout the course. In this module, bring your learning together as you develop your teaching voice, communicate with clarity and create an inclusive learning environment.
Practise verbal cueing, observation and assisting, alongside exploring the practical realities of teaching yoga and running a yoga business.
Complete a live-class teaching assessment and a multiple-choice written exam.
WHAT YOU’LL RECEIVE (& NEED TO DO!) Course Materials (& Perks!)
Trainees gain access to the Yoga x Life ‘Circle’, a comprehensive online resource that can be viewed either on a desktop/tablet or mobile app. Attendees will have access to a series of written and recorded supporting materials, alongside recordings of the live sessions for ongoing exploration. There is additional space to ask questions, chat with the cohort and even tap into the wider Yoga x Life graduate network.
The option to teach at the Yoga x Life Studios through our ‘Yoga x Life introducing’ graduate opportunity.
20 complimentary class credits to use at the Yoga x Life Studios, and complimentary access to the Yoga x Life digital class library for the duration of the training to ensure plenty of options to see the principles of the course applied to a ‘real world’ class.
Certification & Assessment
To earn your 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training certification, you’ll need to complete,
A coursework project designing a 4-week yoga program, after module 2,
A practical assessment delivering a live class during module 4,
Demonstrate understanding of the course materials as assessed through ongoing ‘in training’ tasks, and,
Successfully complete a multiple choice written exam during module 4.
What happens if I am unable to attend all the dates?
We understand that life can be busy (and sometimes unpredictable!)
If you are unable to attend all the dates please speak with the course lead to confirm a plan for catching up the hours. Whilst it is always preferable to attend as much in person as possible, each training is recorded live with graduates retaining access to the recordings for their ongoing practice. The catch up process begins with watching the recordings of the missed segment before arranging some 121 time with the course lead to ensure everything has been suitably understood.
PRICINGPricing & Payment Plans
Total course price: £3,000
Pay in full or reserve your January 2027 place with a £300 deposit.
The remaining £2,700 is payable as one instalment due in January or five instalments of £540 from January to May.
Real Transformations From Students to Teachers…
STUDENT STORIESWords from our 200hr Yoga x Life Training graduates
“Chris is an incredible teacher. He created a welcoming and empowering learning space, where everyone felt supported and challenged in the best way.
Every module built on the last with intention and clarity, and there was a perfect balance between hands-on practice, teaching drills, group discussions, and personal growth.
I left the training feeling not only confident and excited to teach, but also deeply inspired as a student.”
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“Training in person felt really important to me.
The course has been beautifully put together in a way where things have started to sink in gradually and not only teaches you "how to teach" but also encourages self development and builds confidence.
I'm so pleased I chose yoga x life for my training!”
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From early on in the course there was a strong element of learning to teach through the opportunity to teach the cohort which is not always part of YTT courses!
Collaborative learning is a huge part of the course; as a group we would regularly create and teach sequences.
I have now completed the course and taught 3 classes so far and I can genuinely say that I felt prepared to do so.”
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Ready to start your Yoga Teacher Training?
Our next weekend training begins on 15 January 2027. Explore the dates and course requirements, or get in touch to discuss your experience and aims.
WHO IS THIS FOR?A Yoga Teacher Training is for you if…
This course is for committed practitioners who want to learn to teach yoga and are ready for practical training, study and assessment.
Looking for an immersive experience focused on your own practice? Explore our retreats.
You want to teach yoga
You want to share the practice with others and develop the skills and understanding to do that responsibly.
You want understanding you can use
You want to connect anatomy, philosophy and practice with the choices you make when planning and teaching a class.
You are ready to practise teaching
You are willing to try, reflect and keep learning alongside your cohort as you develop your teaching voice.
You’re ready to diversify or shift your career
You’re considering adding a more heart-led, meaningful strand to your work life, whether that’s teaching part‑time, integrating yoga into your current role, or eventually changing careers.
You want to empower others
You want to offer clear guidance while supporting students’ awareness, choices and autonomy.
You crave community and like‑minded people
You’d love to be in a circle where people share your interests, and training alongside others over weeks or months appeals because you want friendships and professional connections that last
You’d like more confidence and voice
You’re ready to feel more confident speaking in front of others, setting boundaries, and occupying space; both in the studio and in your wider life.
You can commit to the course
You can make time for the training dates, independent study, practical teaching and assessments.
Sign Up Now with a £300 Deposit
Bookings are open now for our next intake, find the dates that work for you and secure your place with your deposit.
Meet Your Teacher
Chris is a yoga teacher and mentor who specialises in turning devoted practitioners into confident, grounded teachers who can share yoga in a way that feels real, inclusive and sustainable. His approach is less about perfect shapes and all about embodied understanding. Graduates understand how yoga actually works in your body, mind and life.
Over years of teaching classes, workshops and trainings, Chris has guided students all the way from “I could never be a teacher” to becoming some of the most visible yoga teachers across the North East. He’s known for down‑to‑earth explanations of complex concepts, clear sequencing, and the way he quietly boosts people’s confidence until they hear themselves cue a room and realise, “Oh, I can really do this.”
In the Yoga x Life Teacher Training, Chris brings together structured, high‑quality education (anatomy, philosophy, teaching skills and business foundations) with deep inner work and community support, so that you don’t just graduate with a certificate you leave with your own voice, fresh inspiration and a living practice you’re excited to share in your own community.
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"Chris is a wonderful teacher, trainer and mentor. He has such a vast knowledge and understanding of yoga and everything that it encompasses. He has lived it.
Chris has so much time and patience and a genuine passion for helping get the best out of people. I have turned to him for advice on many occasions since graduating and will no doubt continue to do so and he has always been supportive."
- David; graduated 2022
FAQs
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Chris is the founder and managing director of Yoga x Life Studios and Yoga x Life Trainings. He is recognised as a Senior Yoga Teacher, and Pro Trainer with Yoga Alliance Professionals.
Chris began teaching publicly in 2010, before opening the ‘YogaTherapies ‘ studio in Newcastle upon Tyne in February 2015. The first 200hr training ‘Yomala, Vinyasa and Yoga Therapeutics’ commenced in September of 2016.
Chris completed his first trainings in Forest Yoga, before expanding his knowledge with further trainings in Astanga Vinyasa, Yin, Pranayama, Somatics, Classical Tantra and a variety of Bodywork modalities. He infuses his approach with information from his study of psychology, and work in adult mental health and creative therapies, and 15+ years working at the forefront of the modern Yoga and wellness world.
Chris maintains a regular teaching practice both at the Yoga x Life studio, and regularly as a guest teacher and speaker on retreats and at a variety of events.
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All Yoga x Life Training Courses are accredited by Yoga Pros (formerly Yoga Alliance Professionals)
We chose Yoga Pros as it distinguishes itself from other yoga accrediting bodies by setting higher teaching standards, demanding extensive experience from trainers, and actively supporting the professional growth of its members.
Unlike other organisations such as Yoga Alliance US, which require as little as two years of teaching experience for lead trainers, Yoga Pros requires a minimum of eight years teaching experience and 4,000 hours before someone can apply to lead a foundation teacher training course
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To join a 200hour foundation training Yoga Pros recommends 2 years experience of Yoga.
Continuing education modules and workshops can be joined for personal interest without formal requisites. Any specific requirements will be listed in the course descriptions.
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Yes, online trainings and workshops are recognised as continuing education.
Yoga Pros differentiates between a workshop and a training. In order for a training to be accredited it must be delivered ‘live’ (either online, or in person) and constitutes a new skill. Workshops are created to build on an existing skill set and can either be delivered ‘live’ or pre-recorded.
We believe the flexibility of a self-paced training is important but not suited to all types of learning and so have carefully selected which modules are delivered in which format to ensure the highest quality information alongside accessibility and affordability.
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Each course will list formal completion requirements in the curriculum.
All courses are recorded live so that attendees can revisit the content. In cases where a segment is missed it is possible to catch up through a combination of watching the recorded content and support from the course lead.
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All trainees have lifelong access to the Yoga x Life Trainings graduate hub and maintain access to course materials for a year after the date of completion.
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Graduates are offered the opportunity to take part in ‘Yoga x Life Introducing’ where they can lead teaching sessions at the Yoga x Life Studio. Introducing Sessions are free to lead, with graduates taking 100% of the donations left.
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Got a question not covered here? Email contact@yogaxlifetrainings.com and we will be in touch at the earliest opportunity.
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