22/11/2025
So sad to read this and again highlights how you must do your research before selecting any yoga teacher training, however, the exercises this lady was asked to do should not even form part of a teacher training, you are there to learn how to teach not to resolve any underlying trauma. That is for students to do under the guidance of a mental health professional and potentially yoga as a support.
This is why we need to raise standards and better inform students on what a yoga teacher training should be offering.
I met many students in India who have sadly experienced the same events as this lady, just because the training is based in India does not mean its quality or authentic. These course are accredited by YA.org who have very low standards for training schools.
For anyone interested in training refer to Yoga Professionals instead, this body have stringent standards and courses are reviewed and checked before you can even think about offering them.
Rant over but it really does wind me up 🙈🙈
If anyone would like to explore further please feel free to get in touch, always happy to answer questions on this subject xx
Melissa Revell said that self-exploration exercises on the £2,250 course triggered a meltdown which has left her unable to work
