The Art of Teaching Private Yoga
A 40-Hour CPD Training for Yoga teachers ready to build a confident, sustainable private practice.
You already know how to teach yoga.
You already know how to teach.
Now learn how to teach the person in front of you.
Teaching a private yoga session is not simply teaching a smaller group. It requires a different way of observing, listening, adapting and responding to one individual.
The Art of Teaching Private Yoga is designed to help you make that transition with confidence, developing the practical skills, subtle teaching skills and professional tools needed to create meaningful 1:1 experiences and build a sustainable private practice.
" Yoga is intimate. There is no Yoga between one and a million.Yoga is between two. The teacher and the student." T.K.V. Desikachar.
Training by Helene Retsinias Anido,
Founder at Yoga With Helene.
Hélène is an experienced yoga teacher, registered with Yoga Alliance Professionals.
Yoga has been her practice long before it became her profession, a constant she has returned to through every chapter of life.
She came to teaching the way many of us do, gradually, then wholeheartedly. Kids yoga first, while raising her own children. Then adults. Then the discovery that changed how she thought about teaching altogether: private, one-to-one sessions, in her clients' homes, built around real people with real lives.
Along the way she has continued to deepen her own learning assisting on yoga teacher trainings, studying pranayama with Jason Crandell, sequencing with Adam Husler, and Women's circle work with Anna Brook. She brings all of it into how she teaches.
Private teaching is steadier than group classes, more rewarding than studio work, and when you know how to build it, a genuinely sustainable income. She knows this not from theory, but from years of living it.
If you are a qualified yoga teacher wondering whether private teaching could work for you, it can.
And The Art of Teaching Private Yoga will show you how.
This training was made for you. Explore the programme →
Who This Training Is For
This training is for yoga teachers who:
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have completed their yoga teacher training but don’t yet feel confident teaching 1:1
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already teach private clients and want to develop their skills further
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want to feel more confident adapting their teaching to individual needs
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are unsure how to structure a private session beyond a familiar class sequence
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want to develop a private practice alongside their group teaching
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want to build a professional, sustainable way of working with private clients
You don’t need to have an established private practice to join.
This training is designed to meet you wherever you are in your journey.
What You Will Learn
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
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Design and structure personalised private yoga sessions
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Adapt sessions to different needs, abilities, and personalities
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Work with clients experiencing injury recovery or limited mobility (within scope of practice)
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Use props and accessible adaptations effectively
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Guide one-to-one clients with clarity, confidence, and presence
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Develop observation, listening, and communication skills
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Hold appropriate professional boundaries
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Price and offer private sessions in a sustainable way
Throughout the training, participants will engage with practical exercises, case studies, peer teaching, and real-life teaching scenarios.
Module 1,
Foundation of Private Teaching, 7 hours contact
Understanding the differences between group classes and one-to-one teaching, including the role of the teacher, professional boundaries, and creating trust with clients.
Module 2,
Designing the Private Session, 7 hours contact
Learn how to structure personalised sessions, adapt to individual needs, work with injuries or limited mobility, and use props effectively in different environments.
Module 3,
The Subtle Skills of One-to-One Teaching
Explore the deeper skills of private teaching through presence, observation, communication, pacing, language, and holding space.
Module 4,
Building a Sustainable Private Practice Teaching, 7 hours contact
Develop the practical and professional foundations of private teaching, including pricing, client relationships, organisation, and building a sustainable offering.
Non Contact Hours,
12 Non Contact hours
Participants are encouraged to deepen their learning through selected readings related to communication, inclusive teaching, and adapting yoga to the individual.
Recommended reading books, shared once enrolled.
20% discount for one reading book once you have enrolled.
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Coursework also including teaching 1 private class between the 2 weekend and the creation of 3 private classes catering for different needs.
Course details
Format: 40 hours CPD,
28 Contact Hours and 12 Non Contact hours
Location: A Space to Breathe, 114 Cockfoster Road, Barnet EN4 0DP
Dates:
Saturday 17th, Sunday 18th October
Saturday 21st, Sunday 22nd November
Investment:
Early Bird: £595 until 20th of September.
Regular: £695
Spaces will be intentionally limited to support an intimate and personalised learning environment.
