But I’m proud to say that I achieved a distinction on my 5,000 word essay (turned into blogs on this here site), passed everything with 90%+, and got lovely comments for my final class plan and teaching assessment otherwise.
I can thoroughly recommend Yogacampus, although they are changing the structure a lot – shortening the length of the course, removing some of the things I loved the most – so I would advise doing your own research and really self-interrogating about what you want out of the course.
I would certainly consider them for my 300 hours (with the goal of eventually becoming an E-500-RYT – a long way off though!) depending on the curriculum. Lovely faculty, lots of great teachers, friendly atmosphere and a knowledge that a Yogacampus teacher is a quality teacher. Even the most nervous people on my course taught brilliantly by the end.
I’m still trying to find time to do all the admin around being a real yoga teacher, on top of my full-time job and teaching when I’m not working. I almost expired my insurance (thankfully got it sorted the day before I had to teach!). My insurance is with Balens, who seem very reasonable, and are specialists in the kind of work we do as brokers.
I’ve made it half the way to getting accredited by Yoga Alliance (still unsure if I actually need to, realistically) and am still pondering whether to join REPS or CIMSPA (some gyms use this as one of their requirements). My qualification allows me to apply for it, but of yet, I haven’t been asked for it, so I think I’m going to wait until I am…