200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training

with Ambra Vallo

 

become a yoga teacher

Become a yoga teacher in 2025 with globally-renowned teacher trainer Ambra Vallo. Accredited by Yoga Alliance Professionals.

This course is a hybrid of in-person and virtual teacher training with Ambra and the team at CO Yoga.

This 200 hour yoga teacher training course, lead by Ambra Vallo, will vastly deepen your understanding of yoga and deliver a life-changing experience, enabling you to guide and inspire the students you go on to teach.

The course provides the foundational knowledge needed for you to teach group yoga classes in a safe, sustainable and authentic way, following traditional yoga principles as well as contemporary understanding and practicalities.

The course is also suitable for committed yoga practitioners who don’t wish to teach but want to expand and deepen their knowledge, and further develop their practice. 

Ambra is an inspiring, deeply committed, passionate, disciplined but humble teacher. She has high expectations of her students but teaches in a playful and enjoyable way. You will be guaranteed a transformative experience.

 
 

Style of the course

The style of this yoga teacher training course blends Ambra’s experiences in different lineages, to combine in ‘Hatha Raja Vinyasa Krama’. This translates from the Sanskrit as follows:

  • Hatha refers to mastery of the body

  • Raja to the mastery of the mind

  • Vinyasa is the principle of synchronising movement and breath

  • Krama is steps or stages - evolving from simple to more complex poses, preparing the body progressively.

Overall, it provides a complete yoga practice with an intentional result.

 

Outcome

On completion of the course, you will be accredited as a 200 hour yoga teacher by the recognised UK industry body, Yoga Alliance Professionals. You will receive the knowledge and practical experience necessary to plan and teach group yoga classes safely to a students of different abilities.

 
 

about ambra

Ambra Vallo is a former principal ballerina with the Birmingham Royal Ballet. Throughout her career she performed on stages all around the world. She turned to yoga on a path to recovery from injuries that naturally result from the strenuous training regime, and as well as becoming a hobby she also credits it with helping to enhance and prolong her career. Slowly over the years she fell in love with the more subtle, spiritual parts of the practice. Retiring from dance allowed her the time to focus on her passion and to undertake further training in Ashtanga Vinyasa (500hrs), Dharma Yoga (800hrs), Rocket Yoga (500hrs), Forrest Yoga (200hrs and Advance TT), Tripsichore (200hrs), and Gokul Vinyasa Yoga (300hrs). 

Ambra’s teaching is fun and spontaneous following the lineage of Larry Shultz, Ana Forrest, and Sri Dharma Mittra. Since she retired from professional ballet she has been teaching regularly in teacher training courses, has worked with performers and athletes helping to rethink their traditional training regimes and introduce yoga to drive better performance and increase their enjoyment of sport and performance. Her aim is to guide others so as they may also experience the many amazing benefits of yoga to the body, mind and soul.

 

Course duration & dates

This is a 3 month intensive yoga teacher training course, combining in-person and online learning and practice. Dates as follows

weekends in studio

CO yoga, walsall WS9 8EF

december: 20th – 22nd /  27th – 30th

january: 4th – 5th  / january 18th – 19th

february: 1st – 2nd

march: 29th – 30th

online friday evenings 5pm – 9pm

january: 3rd 17th 31st

march: 28th

online wednesday evenings 6pm – 9pm

january: 8th 15th 22nd 29th 

february: 5th 12th 19th 26th 

march: 5th 12th 19th 28th 

 

  • The syllabus follows the requirements set out by Yoga Alliance Professionals to give you the foundational knowledge and understanding you need as you set out in your yoga teaching career, comprising:

    Physical postures - asana

    Breathing techniques – pranayama

    Meditation and chanting - mantra

    Cleansing techniques – kriya

    Anatomy and functional movement

    The energy/subtle body

    Yoga history and philosophy

    Study of the sacred texts and language of Sanskrit

    Teaching methodology

    Sequencing methods

    Receiving and giving feedback

    Providing modifications for students of different levels

    Use of props

    How to sensitively assist your students (verbal and hands-on)

    Applying yoga to life

    Ethics of the yoga teacher

    Running your yoga business – marketing and business tools

  • You will have at least 12 month experience of yoga practice.

    You will have an enthusiasm to learn and keen interest in developing your understanding of yoga: the practice, the philosophy and anatomy.

    It is not necessary to understand Sanskrit or be able to do ‘advanced’ yoga poses to participate in the course.

    Applicants will be accepted on a first come, first serve basis. Your place on the training course is guaranteed once your payment has been made. Full payment must be made before the start of training.

  • To complete the course, you will need to attend all in-person and virtual sessions (unless there are exceptional circumstances, and no more than one weekend of training can be missed in total.)

    The payment of and participation in the course does not guarantee certification. The candidate must complete the studies, assessments and meet the required standard for qualification.

 

Payment

£2600.00

£500.00 deposit 

To be paid by bank transfer

Account no: 43453596

Sort code: 20-84-13

Payment can be made in instalments but must be made in full 10 days before the start of the course. 

Costs excluded from training price: 

  • Texts included in the compulsory reading list

  • Any costs associated with retaking the exam

  • Insurance with Yoga Alliance Professionals once qualified.

 

  • Deposits cannot be refunded.

    If you unenroll 8 weeks before the start of the course, you will be reimbursed the full amount (minus the deposit).

    Unenrolment less than 8 weeks before the start of the course means that payment cannot be refunded, unless your place can be given to another student.

    If you choose to leave the course before it finishes, no refund will be made.

    In event of an injury, the team will support you to complete the course. If this is not possible, you will be able to complete missing modules during the next iteration of the course.

    It is mandatory to attend the course in full (unless there are exceptional circumstances) and to complete all modules and assessments. If more than one weekend of training is missed, the course content will need to be made up with assistance from one of the teachers, at additional cost to you.

    In the event of a force majeure, CO Yoga reserves the right to cancel the course at any time. If the training has to be cancelled before it begins, it will be rescheduled at a later date. In the event that the student is unable to attend the new course dates, the course cost will be refunded in full. If the course has to be cancelled after it has started, the missing modules will be rescheduled at a later date. If the student is unable to attend the new course dates, the student will receive a pro-rata refund for the missed classes but will not receive the course certification.

 

Contact

For enquiries, contact CO yoga studio owner Chris Somerfield:

call 07977 105335

email info@chrisomyoga.co.uk