Anatomically Focused Intelligent Yoga Training Course
Intelligent Yoga Teacher Training (IYTT) is a thought-provoking yoga teacher training course, which actively encourages a questioning approach to yoga practice and teaching. During the course, we will encourage you to develop a deeper understanding of your own embodied experience of yoga and how to adapt that to offer creative and inspiring yoga classes which are relevant to modern yoga students.
At IYTT we are inspired by the most current scientific research into anatomy and movement. We support your yoga practice and teaching throughout the course and beyond as you make the radical shifts and face the transformational changes which occur as you transition from yoga trainee to established yoga teacher.
Our intelligent yoga training is structured as an intentionally spacious programme, delivered through 5 modules spread over 12 months, with time between modules to support integration. Each module is immersive, encouraging a deep dive into the material, with time for questions, practice and discussion.
Intelligent Yoga Teacher Training is a life-changing process – see the course content here
We offer an incisive, thoughtful and intelligent approach to yoga teacher training, driven by the most current scientific developments in anatomy and movement research.
Delivered by an elite group of senior yoga teachers at the top of their field, IYTT offers a spacious, immersive modular structure which provides time and space for profound learning, integration and growth. Each of the teaching team draws on decades of practical experience of yoga, including particularly the work of Vanda Scaravelli and somatic, embodied practices.
Described by some as radical and provocative, this approach to practice demands a fundamental shift in our practice and teaching.
Why Intelligent Yoga Teacher Training
We offer an incisive, thoughtful and intelligent approach to yoga teacher training, driven by the most current scientific developments in anatomy and movement research.
Delivered by an elite group of senior yoga teachers at the top of their field, IYTT offers a spacious, immersive modular structure which provides time and space for profound learning, integration and growth. Each of the teaching team draws on decades of practical experience of yoga, including particularly the work of Vanda Scaravelli and somatic, embodied practices.
Described by some as radical and provocative, this approach to practice demands a fundamental shift in our practice and teaching.
I wanted the best for Intelligent Yoga Teacher Training (IYTT), so I selected teachers for their experience and outstanding ability to share their passion with clarity.
Together, we have over 200 years yoga experience and each of us are committed to support you on this exciting journey.
To learn more about the team please click here
The course is thorough and supportive, offering individual mentoring throughout. During our time together you will learn to:
• Hold space for your students with empathy, sensitivity and knowledge
• Understand how our human bodies work and what we’re asking them to do in yoga
• Research the science that underpins the yoga, including trauma, pain science and fascial connections
• Adapt postures for all kinds of different bodies and students
• Develop your own teaching voice which reflects your own unique personality and approach
• Teach on and offline and embrace the challenges of contemporary teaching
• Share your love and passion for yoga with clarity and confidence
• Fulfil your own needs by creating a yoga business that will nourish and sustain you
• Learn from elite senior teachers who are all at the top of their field, with decades of experience to share
Course Content
The course content will be practical and skills-based, facilitating a personal journey of exploration and discovery. Material will be delivered in a variety of ways including formal lectures, guided practice and asana technique classes, group work, teaching practice and individual study and reading, both online and in-person. The course covers these key areas:
• asana, pranayama and meditation
• anatomy and physiology
• teaching skills
• philosophy
• mentoring and supervision
As part of the course content we will explore the place of yoga in our modern lives and show how it remains current and relevant to practitioners in the Western world. The study of anatomy and physiology is highlighted on this course, and will be delivered by senior teachers with decades of experience in their fields: Jody Barber a physiotherapist with 30 years experience in neurological practice and renowned teacher Gary Carter, providing one of the most comprehensive groundings in anatomy of any teacher training diploma in the UK.
Supportive Mentoring
We believe in supporting all trainees throughout their training and beyond.
At IYTT, you are never just a number, and we will stay in touch and continue to support you well beyond your time on the course. We have created a mentoring program for all trainees which includes structured 1:1 mentor meetings and group supervision meetings facilitated by the leading yoga teachers and there is an active Alumni programme.
Each module is supported by two teaching assistants who are both recent IYTT graduates. Our assistant teachers are available to offer advice and support throughout the course.
At the end of each yoga teacher training programme, there will be opportunities for two graduates to join the teaching team as teaching assistants. This is a valuable chance to review the training from the other side, and to work closely with the teaching team, learning how to hold space and deliver a teacher training programme first hand.
What Our Graduates Say
“The Intelligent Yoga Teacher Training programme has radically liberated my movement practice and expanded the way I hold space for others. The programme encourages deep attention to the realities of our bodies – to better support our ability to find freedom and facilitate our students to do the same. The course offers a sophisticated approach to study, rooted in sensorial attunement, philosophical discourse and the most up to date research in anatomy. It is a life changing experience, highly relevant for its insights into Yoga’s past and in its commitment to foster dynamic, curious teachers for the future.”
Ben Wright
Choreographer/Movement Artist/Teacher
Artistic Co-Director at Candoco Dance Company (2017-2020)
Lecturer in Dance Northern School of Contemporary Dance
“I can’t recommend this Intelligent Yoga Teacher Training enough. The teachers are extremely generous with their knowledge and very supportive. They really encourage us to celebrate our individuality and creativity as yoga teachers (within a safe framework grounded in the latest anatomy research) and are not interested in churning out ‘robotic’ yoga teachers who teach by rote or teach set sequences. The students I have started to teach have responded really positively to this approach.”
Dana Andrew
“I have thoroughly enjoyed my training on the Intelligent Yoga Teacher Training course. After many years of thinking my body wasn’t “good enough or flexible enough to be a Yoga teacher”, this training has deleted all those thoughts and given me the confidence to help myself and others investigate, explore, play and have fun with yoga practice.
he whole faculty have a wealth of many years of different experience. They teach in a safe and interesting way that encompasses the latest scientific research in fascia and anatomy plus using other modern movement and creative influences. The individual body types and needs are respected and personal reflection and practice is highly encouraged in all areas.
If you are looking for a course that is flexible, supportive and prepares you for teaching anyone of any age and ability who wants to enjoy yoga to explore movement in a functional and fun way then this is the course for you! The IYTT is also a course for those who may not want to teach others yet want to go deeper in their own personal practice.
Highly recommended!”
Anni Sanderson
“As the name suggests this is truly an intelligent yoga approach to yoga teacher training. I had been looking to train for years and I couldn’t find the right course. I’m so glad I found this. It has changed my life. I was taught by brilliant teachers. If you are looking for yoga training that goes deep into exploring why how we move, and why we do certain poses, that is based on understanding human anatomy, and working with our own body from within, then this is the right course for you.”
Agni Scott
If this sounds like what you’re looking for, please get in touch and let’s talk.
I look forward to getting to know you.
Would you like to sample a yoga class hosted by the founder of this yoga teacher training course, Catherine Annis? If so, please go to www.CatherineAnnisYoga.co.uk to make your online booking by clicking here.