Iyengar Yoga
Teachers
The Iyengar Yoga Certification Mark is a guarantee of excellence, clarity and depth of understanding. Only qualified Iyengar teachers can display this mark. In the UK, high standards of teaching are ensured by a syllabus of mentoring, and assessments endorsed by the IYUK, and by the Iyengars in Pune, India.
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All teachers are trained to rigorously high standards. Teaching standards and up-to–date knowledge is maintained through the requirement for qualified teachers to attend national, monitored Professional Development days led by senior Iyengar teachers.
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A Certificated Iyengar Yoga Teacher has followed a precisely graded syllabus. They develop a detailed knowledge of yoga postures and sequencing, and learn about the use of props to create the safe and correct alignment of the body.
Iyengar Yoga
Teaching Qualifications
All Iyengar qualifications follow a syllabus which requires many years of specific practice and mentorship. Qualifications are undertaken sequentially, and build on the previous levels:
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Level 1. Teachers will have at least 3 years of Iyengar practice and 3 years of specialised mentoring prior to qualifying, and may teach general classes.
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Level 2. Teachers build on the syllabus of level 1, receive mentorship at a higher level, and may teach one to one classes.
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Level 3. Teachers build on the syllabus of level 2, receive mentorship at a higher level, and may teach specialised classes.
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Level 4. Teachers build on the syllabus /practice of level 3, receive mentorship at a higher level, and may teach Therapy classes.
Iyengar Yoga
Teacher Mentoring
Yogacharya Sri BKS Iyengar developed what has come to be called Iyengar Yoga from a firm, spiritual, philosophical and practical base. A very successful teacher training programme ran for many years and has now evolved into a structured mentoring system with assessments developed by the Iyengar organisations.
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Candidates learning to teach will have achieved a high standard in their personal practice of the Introductory asanas and also have a preliminary awareness of the subtlety of Iyengar Yoga and its philosophy.