TEACHER TRAINING

WITH SIMON LOW

Become a yin & yang yoga teacher as a graduate of

The Yoga Academy’s internationally recognised course.

Yoga Alliance 200-hour one-month intensives and

extended BWY-Accredited diploma courses.

The Yoga Academy off ers ongoing training to teachers

through workshops and residential intensives, including

a Yoga Alliance (US) 500-hour upgrade course.

The renowned Yoga Academy faculty includes Simon Low,

Gary Carter, Gill Lloyd and Julie Gudmestad

WE ARE NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR 2019.

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“Many drift into yoga as a kind of workout. Whilst this

keeps us strong, it can neglect anatomical understanding,

the mind connection, and the rich philosophy. Yoga can

transform every aspect of our life.”

SIMON LOW, FOUNDER OF THE YOGA ACADEMY

Your ‘why?’ is the one most important

elements in embarking on any project,

including your yoga teacher training.

By Gopala Amir Yaffa

Y

ou may have all of the classic motives of deepening your

practice or launching a new career with something you

are passionate about. But I would like to tell you that you

can dream bigger than that, as big as the world.

“You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one”

• John Lennon

I started my yoga journey when I was very young and joined a yoga

ashram when I was 16 years old. Shortly after I became a Hindu

monk there in 1994, a beautiful hearted lady from the USA came to

stay with us for a few days. During our conversations, she shared

with me that she is on her way to Jordan and that she is the private

yoga teacher of King Hussein and the royal family.

This was very inspiring for me because I was an active pacifist

in my early teenage years, and I was really feeling at the time

the depth of inner peace that yoga brings. Connecting the dots,

I immediately saw the potential that yoga could have in bringing

peace to the world.

And guess what? Not more than a few months after my meeting

with the American yoga teacher, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin

and King Hussein of Jordan formally made peace, ending 46 years

of war.

A coincidence?

I truly believe that each and every one of us is here to make this

world a better place. We are here to make a difference, starting from

within, then influencing circles of family, friends and community...

and who knows, we might even bring in a new era of peace, of

justice or of compassion.

It doesn’t need to be a revolution and happen all right now. An

evolution, nice and slow and steady, will suffice. But if you keep your

dreams small, I’m not sure if it will happen at all.

So, what change do you want to see in the world?

Let your yoga teacher training be a step on your way to that

global transformation.

By Gopala Amir Yaffa, founder of Rainbow Yoga

(rainbowyogatraining.com)