back to the heart
200 Hour Foundation Teacher Training
It’s time to step into your most embodied self and support others to do the same.
Let’s go on a magical 200 hour journey together, back to the heart and to the very essence of what we are here for: to connect and share our passion with the world.
This training will be like no other, culminating the previous 8 years experience of teacher training in partnership with Stretch London and Carl Faure with my continued passion and studies over the last 2 years since I moved to Brighton and Co-founded Flow State.
❋ This training is for you if...
you are open and willing to unlearn as much as you are ready to learn. If you are wanting to become an authentic, passionate, critical - thinking, ever-evolving, excellent yoga teacher, one who will be part of changing the landscape of yoga and helping people step into the wisdom of their bodies.
❋ This training is NOT for you if...
you want to be taught a set sequence or formula and you aren’t yet ready to challenge the everyday rhetoric.
course structure
A unique, hybrid structure to ensure you get an immersive, full spectrum experience, whilst fully allowing time and space for full body-mind integration….
IMMERSION
1 week intensive at Suryalila Retreat Centre, spain.
This teacher training begins with 1 week Intensive at the beautiful Suryalila retreat centre in Andalucia, Spain. Providing the opportunity to totally immerse in your studies & practice, make deep connections with yourself and each other & form ritual and routine.
This immersive week creates the foundations of what is to come. Transformative, expansive, and heart - lead, giving you an opportunity to strip back the layers, take off the armour and come back to the heart, where the magic happens
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DATES: 21st February - 28th February 2026
LOCATION: Suryalila Retreat Centre, Andalucia, Spain
DATES FOR 2027 will be released soon - please get in touch if you want to join us.
transformation
6 monthly weekends taking place at Flow State in Hove, Brighton.
With 2 full days of immersive studies we start to dive into anatomy, teaching methodology, sequencing, and all of the other magic that will support you in becoming an exceptional, authentic teacher.
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DATES: Monthly Weekends
28th - 29th March
25th - 26th April
16th - 17th May
20th - 21st June
18th - 19th July
8th - 9th August
TIME: 7:00am-7:00pm
LOCATION: Flow State, Hove
assimilation
6 monthly Zoom Calls
Weaved into the web of our time together to enable a safe space to recap, ask questions, share ideas, connect and assimilate, keeping the group field and the passion alive between our in person weekends.
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DATES:
Friday 13th March
Friday 10th April
Friday 15th May
Friday 5th June
Friday 3rd July
Friday 4th September
TIME: 6:30 - 8:30pm
LOCATION: online Zoom calls
WHAT THE TRAINING COVERS
This training offers much more than an average foundation YTT: we want to arm you with the skills, knowledge and passion in order to thrive in this modern world of teaching yoga.
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Full Asana Breakdown pose by pose. learning how to teach people as opposed to ‘poses’, and how to teach an inquiry vased practice without strict alignment. Developing your own embodied practice and learning what it really is to be embodied
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Including intelligent and inspired sequencing, the power of language, verbal cueing beyond the shapes, ethical and excellent hands on assists, how to theme classes and create immersive experiences, stay inspired and find your own rhythm and style as an authentic, heart - lead teacher
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Diving in to the systems of the body (skeletal, muscular, fascial and nervous system) the anatomy of breath, the pelvic & shoulder girdles both from a Functional and an Embodied approach. Understanding the Foundations of Pain Science and Movement Neuroscience & The Polyvagal Theory, to be fully equipped as a modern yoga teacher
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Including the History & Roots of Yoga, diving in to a range of texts including The Yoga Sutras, Tantra Illuminated, & Awake in the World. Diving into non-dual Tantric Philosophy, meditation, self - reflection, prana & pranayama, the subtle body and exploring how to Incorporate these ancient philosophical concepts into modern daily life and teaching.
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An important and ongoing discussion on how we can honour the roots of yoga whilst being part of its evolution. Understanding the role we play in appropriation and how to be open, respectful and curious on this journey.
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Including understanding physiological shifts in each trimester and how they might affect practice and how to adapt open classes to accommodate ,Understanding how birth impacts the body and what to look out for, how to adapt and when to refer out postnatally.
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Including how to market soulfully & build a career & brand authentically How to teach impactful classes online and build & integrate into community- the very heart of yoga.
LEAD TEACHERS
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Calli Popham
FOUNDER + LEAD TEACHER
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CARL FAURE
HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY
INVESTMENT & APPLICATION
cost of the training: £2800
If you are accepted onto the course the investment is £2800. We will need a £600 non - refundable deposit to secure your space and are happy to organise a payment plan if needed.
We have 2 reduced bursary places on each training, for those who are marginalised and/or unable to pay in full - please contact us should you want to apply.
Terms and Conditions, please read here.