Eleven months, weekends and two residentials, with the same three teachers from the first day to the last.
Start your applicationYou won't be handed scripts. You'll learn why a class is built the way it is, then build your own and teach it to the group every month.
Daily practice, the standing sequence, how to observe a body before you adjust it.
36 hrsThe spine, hips and shoulders as a teacher needs them. Taught with a physiotherapist.
30 hrsPranayama, rest, and teaching breath to people who are anxious about it.
24 hrsThe Yoga Sutras and Hatha Yoga Pradipika, read slowly, in small groups.
28 hrsBuilding a class from a single idea. Cueing, pacing, silence.
40 hrsYou teach real classes in our studio, observed, with written feedback after each one.
42 hrs
Has led every Northfield cohort since 2009. Teaches modules I, V and VI.
Clinical physiotherapist who teaches anatomy through the practice, not the textbook.
Reads the source texts with you in translation and in the original, line by line.
| Cohort | Starts | Format | Fee | Places |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| XII · Weekends | 16 Jan 2027 | 11 weekends + 2 residentials | £3,450 | 4 left |
| XIII · Intensive | 5 Jul 2027 | 4 weeks, residential | £3,900 | Open |
| XI · Weekends | Sep 2026 | In progress | — | Full |
Pay in full or across ten monthly instalments. Two bursary places each cohort.
A short form: your practice, why now, and what you hope to teach.
Thirty minutes with Helen, on video or in the studio. Questions both ways.
A £450 deposit holds it. The reading list arrives the same week.
Applications close 30 November. Most applicants hear back within a week.
Start your application