Yoga Instructors at Yoga on Tay
Julie Anderson, SENIOR TEACHER at YOGA ON TAY
Owner
Iyengar Senior Intermediate 1 Teaching Certificate IY(UK) 2013
Originally qualified 1997 and currently registered with IY(UK), Julie is also an Assessor and Teacher Trainer with the IY(UK).
After initially qualifying in 1997 as an Introductory Iyengar Yoga Teacher, and then in 2004 as a Junior Intermediate teacher, I gained my first Senior Teaching Certificate in 2013. I have now been teaching for over 20 years and practising for twice that long!
In this time, I have taught:
All ages - from preschool to seniors;
All levels - from beginners through to intermediate and teachers;
Training days - for Yoga Scotland and the British Wheel of Yoga;
Specialised classes - from pregnancy to remedial/therapy yoga, the latter being my particular area of interest and expertise.
I hold a deep love for yoga which even after all these years continues to fulfil me in my own practice and as I continue to learn from highly respected teachers both in the UK and internationally, not to mention regular visits to the prestigious Iyengar Institute in Pune, India.
Yoga is an intrinsic part of my life which I share through my teaching and balance in life with my partner & family whether at home or in the great outdoors.
Iyengar Yoga Trainee Teachers
Iyengar Introductory 1 and 2
To train as an Iyengar teacher it is necessary to have attended 3 years of classes, then be selected as having the potential to become a teacher, before embarking on the 2 year teacher training course (or the 3 year mentoring programme). This course concludes with a test paper and a practical assessment of the trainee's poses and teaching ability.
This rigorous training system ensures a consistently high standard of teaching by any Iyengar teacher, from introductory level upwards, and ensures that even newly qualified teachers will have suitable grounding and experience in their yoga practice.
We are pleased that four of our students are currently training to be teachers, and those in the final stages of their training are keen to share their learning, and to learn themselves, by teaching a 'community class': Jo Mitchell on Wednesday evening and Helena Porrelli on a Saturday morning.