“If you want to learn something, read about it. If you want to understand something, write about it. If you want to master something, teach it.”
2024 YOGA TEACHER TRAINING
200HR COURSE | STARTS SEPTEMBER
with Amy Leonard-King from Yoga Corner - Teacher Training Director + Head Teacher, all areas
and Megan Gamble from Yoga Spot Fairfield - Assistant Teacher + Vinyasa Yoga Specialist
Let 2024 be the year you step into your dreams…
EARLY BIRD SAVINGS | FIRST 6 TO BOOK SAVE $400 | FINAL 3 SPOTS LEFT
~ YOGA CORNER YTT GRADUATE TESTIMONIALS ~
“Wow! What can I say. My experience of teacher training with Amy and the team has truly surpassed my grandest expectations. For me, signing up for the training was truly a blind leap of faith. It is something that I have wanted to do for years and so my intention to carefully ‘select’ who I did my teaching with was incredibly important to me. Even so, without knowing anything about Amy or Yoga Corner, I decided to place my perfectionism to one side and jump straight in, trusting my intuition that this was where I needed to be.
As a deeply spiritual person, all I can say was I was blown away from the first weekend. The depth of Amy’s wisdom and her capacity to hold space and take the teachings deep into the centre of yogic philosophy straight off the blocks was phenomenal.
What continued to unfold for me was a combination of profound transformation through my own practice, deep respect for the seat you hold as a teacher (humble, wise, creative, intuitive and incredibly compassionate), and what I can only describe as a sense of relief to find myself back in community, back in Satsang, and it has been a homecoming in the truest sense and one of the deepest joys in my life thus far.”
YTT SCHEDULE 2024
WEEKEND IMMERSIONS FOR 200HR COURSE
All sessions are held in person at the Yoga Corner and Yoga Spot studios on alternating weekends.
(Sessions can be joined on livestream via Zoom in specific circumstances with notice and approval from your teachers.)
Saturdays + Sundays 8am - 5:15pm with breaks and subject to occasional adjustments
WEEKEND #1 | 7 + 8 Sept - Yoga Corner CBD
WEEKEND #2 | 21 + 22 Sept - Yoga Spot Fairfield
WEEKEND #3 | 5 + 6 Oct - Yoga Corner CBD
WEEKEND #4 | 19 + 20 Oct - Yoga Spot Fairfield
IMMERSION #5 | 2, 3, 4 + 5 Nov - Yoga Corner CBD
WEEKEND #6 | 16 + 17 Nov - Yoga Spot Fairfield
WEEKEND #7 | 30 Nov + 1 Dec - Yoga Corner CBD
WEEKEND #8 | 14 + 15 Dec - Yoga Spot Fairfield
yoga teacher TRAINING
with amy leonard-king + Megan gamble
Amy Leonard-King and Yoga Corner launched their Teacher Training School in 2019, and have since committed to a continued offering of both 200hr+ Hatha ~ Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training programs as well as continued education for qualified Yoga Teachers. This offering is a complete labour of love, and something that we offer humbly and with a full commitment to any who choose to step into this journey with us. It brings us great joy to connect with anyone considering taking the leap into deepening their practice of yoga in the best way possible - by learning to teach. We are greatly humbled by the opportunity, and take great care in creating what we believe to be the most authentic, immersive, one-of-a-kind and incredibly enriching experience for all who take the leap.
Megan Gamble will be the Assistant Teacher + Vinyasa Yoga Specialist. Megan is a highly accomplished Hatha Vinyasa and Yin Yoga teacher. She’s also the director of Yoga Spot Fairfield, a welcoming yoga studio in Melbourne’s northeastern suburbs. Megan’s been practising and studying yoga for over ten years and is particularly passionate about Yoga – seeing it as the perfect antidote to modern life.
WHAT MAKES THIS TRAINING UNIQUE?
Our YTT programs offer an experience of deep immersion and transformation, in whatever capacity initially pulls you in, whether you see yourself becoming a ‘teacher’ or not (yet). The courses are purposefully designed to offer both time to digest the teachings, the delivery of the training over 8 immersive weekends across almost 4 months, gives you the best of both worlds – time and space to digest the teachings, as well as the chance to dive deep.
For Amy, one of the catalysts driving the creation of our Teacher Training School, was the realisation after years of meeting, mentoring and working with yoga teachers, that many base-level 200hr Teacher Training courses just weren’t fulfilling the needs of the students. We wanted to offer more. An experience that takes you on an explorative journey into your own practice, as a portal through which you can then authentically and from a place of complete embodiment share your teachings.
Yoga Corner and Yoga Spot’s Teacher Training School in 2024 is offering the standard base-level 200hr YTT program, which is the minimum requirement for certification as a Yoga Teacher.
This Yoga Teacher Training program is designed first and foremost as an immersive experience into the depths of your own practice. We believe that the most important aspect of any teacher’s offerings is the connection they have with their own practice, becoming the basis for the practices that they then seek to share with others. Our carefully curated trainings will assist you to find the teacher within, through the teachings of yoga itself.
We believe this offering to be unique, inclusive, and so very special. If you are looking for Yoga Teacher Training in the Melbourne CBD, Yoga Corner humbly and graciously holds the space for your journey.
HOW WILL I KNOW THIS IS RIGHT FOR ME…?
There are so many training courses out there. Where do you even start? It can be overwhelming to say the least. In these current times, with a lot happening in the online space as well, we would suggest being wary of the quick fix, ‘cheaper’ offerings that arise, claiming to give you everything you need to teach Yoga - trust your instinct, follow your heart, and connect with the teachers offering the training before you say ‘yes’.
There is a lot to take in and so many options, so don’t rush the process. Sit with how you feel, consider what you are hoping to receive from the commitment you are making, and research your teachers. Feel free to reach out to us if you have any questions or concerns, and also if you’d just like to chat about the process. Recognise that the fact you have come this far means that you are more than just interested, and so the next question is not if but when and how you are going to take this leap ahead on your journey with yoga.
The delivery of our course over 6 immersive weekends gives the best of both worlds – time to immerse and therefore embody the teachings, as well as explore the practices both on and off the mat in the space between, all the while developing the skills inherent to becoming a ‘teacher’. Our programs work both for those who benefit from more intensive study (each weekend module is 2.5 - 4 consecutive days), and those who require time to sit with the teachings, with space between the immersive weekends helping to digest your learnings (rather than 30 consecutive days which can be overwhelming and also unattainable for some).
Expect to transform. Expect to be challenged. Expect your world as you know it to turn upside down, and know that you will never be the same having completed this journey. The experience is deep, the subject matter vast, and it will impact the very way you look at and relate with life. It will blow your mind and heart wide open and you won’t ever look back.
If this is calling you, please feel free to reach out to us. The courses are capped in participation to ensure an intimate and rewarding environment for all (your YTT companions will become friends for life, we see it every time!). Get ready for this long-awaited journey back to your true Self….
We look forward with great excitement in sharing this extraordinary experience with all who take the leap in 2024. 🙏
~ MORE TESTIMONIALS ~
“I am feeling emotional that the teacher training is coming to an ‘end’ as it’s been such a huge anchor and support for me during the craziness of this past year of the pandemic. I feel like a whole new world has opened up for me to explore, and I am so curious and excited to keep learning and growing on this path.
I am beyond grateful for the unlimited access to the online and in studio classes during the training to help consolidate the teachings.”
“These weekends we have together are so magical. This last one has helped me in forming a clearer vi- sion of my path going forward as a teacher and realising where I want to place my focus, dedication and preparation in. I am always so grateful for the time and energy that we share.”
COURSE CURRICULUM TASTER
Teaching Techniques, Methods + Practice: Asana, Pranayama, Mantra, Mudra, Meditation ++
Anatomy + Energetic/Subtle Body
Yoga History, Philosophy + Sanskrit
Effective sequencing + class planning
Asana Labs: Assisting, Observation + Advanced Asana
Ethics + Teaching in the Modern World
+ Much, much more…
TEACHING FACULTY
Amy Leonard-King - YTT Director + Head Teacher, all areas
Megan Gamble - YTT Assistant Director; Vinyasa + Yin Yoga Specialist
Gisele Cabasa - Specialist Teacher, Yoga Corner Melbourne
Lydia Richards - Specialist Teacher, Yoga Corner Melbourne
Chris Mazraany - Specialist Teacher, Yoga Spot Fairfield
Dee Leach - Specialist Teacher, Yoga Spot Fairfield
Tamblyn Lord - Specialist Teacher, Yoga Spot Fairfield
GRADUATE TESTIMONIALS
Hear from some of our wonderful graduates as they share their personal experience of yoga teacher training with Yoga Corner…
AMY’s OWN JOURNEY…
When I embarked upon my first Yoga Teacher Training over 10 years ago, it wasn’t an easy, nor simple, decision to make. I was hesitant about the expectations of me and my practice, of whether I was going to be ‘good enough’ (on many levels), and also whether the training was going to be the ‘right’ training for me. I had considered several big name trainings, and also asked others about their experiences, but soon realised that it was ultimately my own decision to make. It was also a much bigger financial commitment than I should have probably been considering at the time. But looking back now, I know with complete certainty that the decision I made was the right one, because it was calling me and I listened. In many ways your first step into a deeper study of yoga, is the first step on a much bigger journey, that marks you as a student for life of this transformative, ancient wisdom tradition.
I had been living in London at the time, and found my ‘home’ studio. It truly had become a home away from home, more so than any other place I was connected with (work, share-house, relationships etc.). I loved the practice and the classes that the studio offered, and the energy of the teachers and community, I felt there was a deeper undercurrent of messages in classes beyond how to bend your body into strange and wonderful shapes. And so I eventually plucked up the courage to enquire and take the steps towards doing my TT, and via a few more strategically placed obstacles (thank you Ganesha!) I eventually signed up to their next Teacher Training program. I vowed that I didn’t want to actually teach yoga, but was committed to deepening my own knowledge and understanding of the practice. The rest, is of course, history.
Fast forward over 10 years, and with an established yoga studio and many workshops, retreats and thousands of classes under my belt, the rumblings of desire to offer a Teacher Training course through Yoga Corner and for the experience of our community and beyond began to build more and more momentum. After many hours of contemplation, planning and countless requests from curious students, finally the Universe and all its stars aligned, and in 2019 the Yoga Corner Teacher Training School was born.
Teaching teachers is something I have been doing for years now, offering mentorship, guidance, post-graduate training and 1:1 support through the journey of others on this same path, and it is the part of my work that I find most deeply rewarding. A Teacher Training program was always the natural next progression, but being the perfectionist that I am, along with being incredibly humbled by understanding the enormity of this responsibility, it took time to arrive in a feeling of ‘readiness’. I also believe however, that timing is always Divine…
The philosophy of the yoga tradition is vast. So vast that it would be impossible to ‘know’ it all. And so I don’t pledge to know it all, and I don’t believe that there is only one way to practice. But I do understand the power of this path from my own experiences for over 20 years of my life so far, and it’s ability to transform our lives as we experience them. You’ve witnessed the magic of yoga yourself, you wouldn’t be reading this if you hadn’t, and now the question is, do you want to go further? Do you wish to take your own practice to the next level, and begin to experience the power of yoga to transform, uplift and expand your life?
In 2019, I launched the Yoga Teacher Training School with Yoga Corner, and it has truly been my dharma come to life. I cannot wait to see who will be joining this journey of a lifetime next.
Om Shanti xx