We do not produce cookie-cutter yoga instructors!
YOGABEYOND® offer non-dogmatic courses and training programs, combining the ancient practice of yoga and eastern philosophies, with pioneering modern sciences and insights, to create trainings that are relevant, integrative and applicable in a contemporary context.
Our trainings focus on bridging the gaps in contemporary yoga between practice and theory. By reconciling theory and practice we can explore how they both come alive when integrated into our daily lives.
Our Vision
The YOGABEYOND® vision is to take yoga beyond the conventional hatha yoga tradition and offer an integrated approach to practice, which synthesises the ‘traditional’ with the ‘modern’ to establish a practical and relevant living practice that evolves with you.
By extracting meaning and context from ‘traditional’ yoga practice and philosophy, and combining them with contemporary insights drawn from pioneering research fields in functional anatomy, neuroscience, energy medicine and psychology, we dare to inspire a new wave of yoga practitioners and teachers who are empowered with the mastery of their own mental, physical and emotional well being.
Our Philosophy
The modern world – and human consciousness – is evolving at a breathtaking rate. As human awareness shifts so does the lens through which we perceive and understand the core teachings of yoga.
Evolution brings about expansion, with new scientific understandings and advancements emerging all the time. We must accept that Traditional’ yoga practice and philosophy is neither contradictory, nor independent, of these contemporary understandings.
YogaBeyond® core philosophies:
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Yoga is a Living Tradition – a continuous flow of knowledge, insight and experience that has been passed down through the ages from teacher to student.
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Interrelationships: A commitment to explore how systems and philosophies connect and relate to each other.
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Yoga is more than just an escape from everyday life. Yoga is life and everything in it.
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Success in Yoga is not governed or measured by grabbing your heels in a backbend or by your ability to intellectually grasp complex yoga theory.
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Inspiring yoga teachers are forged in the fire of regular, dedicated and meaningful practice.
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Nothing is absolute; context is everything.
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The answer to all questions is “It depends…”
I had been considering doing a yoga teacher course for a couple of years, but I didn't find a course I wanted to commit to. Having practised with Chris and Yulie at EYW, when I heard they were going to run a course I knew instantly that was the course I wanted to study! As a student, I find the combination of Chris and Yulie's styles of teaching the perfect balance of maintaining the essence of tradition whilst nodding to modern perspectives. I knew that this was the dynamic that I wanted to study further on a YTTC.
Lynne (YTTC 2020-21)
Yoga Teacher Training Accreditation
YOGABEYOND® holds itself to the highest standards among yoga educators and is a registered and accredited TrainerPRO with Yoga Alliance Professionals (YAP).
Yoga Alliance Professionals (YAP) ensure that both individuals and organisations who join us are legitimate and have trained to the highest of standards offering ‘peace of mind’ to the general public and yoga students. They also provide insurance for yoga teachers to ensure that all teachers are compliant with YAP teaching standards.
Over 80% of the total hours of our training courses are delivered as in-person contact hours, offering you the most thorough and up-to-date training content available, face-to-face.
Your Trainers
Senior Yoga Teacher
Chris Croft
Chris has taught yoga since 2005, is a published author and a pioneer in the field of emotional and physiological behaviour (through his ground-breaking work with The Enneagram). His unique approach to Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga blends over 20 years of daily yoga practice and self-study, with a deep understanding of the complexity of human personality patterns. This powerful synthesis awakens a truly inclusive approach, which embraces the differing individual needs of each student who comes to practice. By adapting the entry point to the practice, highlighting key subtle internal alignment principles and encouraging a profound intimacy with the inner breath, Chris brings yoga to life with humour and insight.
Senior Yoga Teacher
Yulia Heaton-Croft
Yulia is a practicing TCM Acupuncturist, Structural Bodyworker, Functional Medicine practitioner, and has taught on Yoga Teacher Training Courses since 2002. Her style of teaching is informative, unique and playful. She always encourage students to practice from a place of authenticity and joy. The ever-evolving style of her teaching is rooted in the traditions of Ashtanga Vinyasa, Vinyasa, Flow and Universal Yoga, and enlivened by the greatest source of inspiration of all – life itself! Yulia's fascination with the human body and mind has led her to complete advanced trainings in Tom Myers' Anatomy Trains Structural Integration and John Barnes' Myofascial Release (MFR) as well as explore Mindfulness and Meditation with Michael Stone.
How to Apply
Places are limited to between 14-18 students ensure the best standard of training, and providing a personal and supportive learning experience. We usually receive more applications than we have places, and these are considered on a first-come-first-served basis. All applications and investments are subject to acceptance on to the training course(s).
Yoga Beyond Ltd,
King Street Business Centre,
Exeter, EX1 1BH
Devon, UK
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