Yoga Training - Online Vs Face-to-Face

If you aspire to become a yoga teacher, you may have encountered a common problem: lack of time. Attending yoga teacher training demands a significant time commitment, and it may not be feasible for you to take several weeks or months away from your routine.

If you're looking for a more flexible option than traditional face-to-face courses, online yoga teacher training might be a good fit for you. But what advantages does online training offer, and can it be as fulfilling as in-person training?

Yoga Training Online vs Face to Face 

Online training involves accessing course content through an online platform. It enables you to use different devices like smartphones or laptops to access it at any time from anywhere. This flexibility allows you to balance training with other commitments like family, travel, or work.

The online world provides a very effective platform for learning. It can be an incredibly powerful way to communicate and learn. 

If you attend a traditional yoga teacher training course in person, you may need to follow the schedule set for the group. This could mean that you miss out on areas of the training that you are particularly interested in. However, if you opt for online yoga teacher training, you have the benefit of more flexibility and time. This can give you the opportunity to explore topics in greater depth and become a more knowledgeable and skilled yoga teacher.

Choosing to enrol in an online yoga teacher training program has numerous benefits that can outweigh the advantages of a traditional in-person training environment. With online training, you have the ability to customise the program to fit your lifestyle while immersing yourself in the specific aspects of yoga that you're passionate about. Unlike in-person courses, online training offers unique advantages that are hard to come by.

Due to Covid19 pretty much everywhere you look there’s online yoga teacher training now. 

So how do you find the right school for you?

Yoga Course Training Courses 

Our 200-hour course was launched on the 23rd of April 2019 by our founders Rachel Park, Kelly-Rhian Harris, Kimberley Park and Gemma Jones – Yogacourse training school has now trained over 1000 students (so far!). Our mission was simple. To create a highly effective, interactive affordable yoga teacher training course that was flexible and personalised. Students who train with us have a full 12 months to complete and can extend if required. You set the pace! There's no set structure in terms of time. Students can pick it up and put it down whenever it suits them. 

The Yogacourse team have been developing yoga content for years and strives every day to be the pioneers of the yoga world. The course itself is written by Rachel Park who is the master yoga teacher (10,000 hours). Together with Kelly Rhian Harris (senior yoga teacher), they have thousands of training hours and experience between them, you will be in safe hands.  Our online yoga teacher training courses will not only give you the worldwide recognised qualification but also the confidence you need to stand and lead a class.

Picture: from left, Rachel Park, Kimberley Park, Gemma Jones and Kelly-Rhian Harris.

The 200 hour yoga course will give you the ability to plan and sequence, cue and adjust, give knowledge on the history, and understand different bodies through anatomy and physiology modules. The course will also provide a solid foundation for visualisation and meditation techniques as well as bridging the gap between graduation and creating your own business with the business module.

Top 5 Reasons to Invest in Yourself with Yoga Course Training School

Here are the top 5 reasons why we truly believe we’re the best training provider out there. 

1. Flexibility

• We offer complete flexibility over one whole year! You set the pace of your learning experience, which means during times when you are really busy with work, children or life in general - you’re not missing ANYTHING. 
• A face-to-face Yoga Teacher Training course has set dates, set times and set locations. With Yoga Course, you have the ability to decide when to log in and where from! 

If you’re travelling, you can still learn.

If you go away on holiday, you can still learn.

If you’re at home on a Sunday afternoon with some free time...guess what, you can still learn! Whenever, wherever - for one whole year.

• Payment can be made in one instalment or monthly instalments - whichever suits you better.

2. Experience

• Your lead tutors for training with Yogacourse are Rachel Park, Master Yoga Teacher, and Kelly-Rhian Harris, Senior Yoga Teacher. Both of these teachers have an extensive background in fitness education. They’re both 500 RYT, and have both learnt from some of the best this industry has to offer, from the likes of Paula Ahlberg, Byron Bay Yoga Centre, Dylan Werner, Patrick Beach, Jason Crandell, David Swenson and Rachel Brathan.

3. Content 

• The course and all of its content are yours for life! Forever. 
• The topics you will have is always beyond what you will find by any other training provider.
• The reason our courses are created the way they are, with in-depth information and homework to complete, is because it was designed by yoga teachers, for yoga teachers of the future.

Learning can sometimes feel overwhelming. That’s why our training is broken down into bitesize modules which you’ll work sequentially through, and this is backed up with live, interactive webinars (that are also recorded for you to watch back). Every piece of homework is marked by a yoga teacher (200/500 hours), and personalised, in-depth feedback is given. 

4. Support 

• At Yogacourse, we’re a strong team dedicated to supporting students at all stages of their journey. If you have a homework question, a technical question, a financial question - we have someone on hand to help. 
• We’re easily contactable and because we truly want you to succeed, we’re happy to help whenever you need us via email, phone or video call. or WhatsApp. 

5. Community 

It’s great to have the support of the qualified -the people who have been there, done that but when you go through the yoga teacher training journey it’s a different experience for everyone. It’s completely unique and powerful.

• You might not want to share some things with us - and that’s ok! Not everyone is going to be able to relate to your journey- what led you to this point, how much learning you’re doing or even why you’re doing it. You might not have friends or family you can lean on but when you decided to train with us, we promise that you will never feel alone. Community is everything to us. 

• You’ll make friends from all over the world via the live Zoom webinars, private Facebook, Discord group and even on our student retreat days too. They are so much fun. 

• Our private Facebook group is for all of our students, current trainees, graduates and our team. We have students all over the world, so there is always someone somewhere that will be there for you to answer that burning question, or talk through a stumbling block, whatever time of the day or night.

You will gain the confidence and knowledge it takes for you to be comfortable and at ease when you step on that teaching mat for the first time. The knowledge you will take from our courses will stay with you forever, what you will learn about teaching, a yoga lifestyle and yourself, you will have with you on and off the mat. To read some real reviews click this link. You can hear from our students and graduates about their experiences. 

We really hope you decide to join our community soon. We can’t wait to meet you and help you on your own unique journey.