Level 3 Diploma in Teaching Yoga - avoid it at all costs!
I did the Level 3 Diploma in Teaching yoga - the online training. I was given incorrect information right from my first enquiry. I was told the wrong dates and then told to buy the wrong course book, which I did and was them told, `Well it's worth having anyway.' The official book was 10 years old and some of the information was questionable, such as the dates of different periods of yoga and some yogic practices which were contrary to other books and websites.
The designated student support only seemed to work part time and no one else seemed able to answer any queries. The tutor seemed ill prepared. He hadn't been trained to use TEAMS and couldn't use breakout rooms so the first session was very chaotic. A couple of times he logged on late; when we were supposed to have a workshop on `equipment' he said all his equipment was in storage so we would have to use our imaginations and improvise and twice he left the class to collect an Amazon parcel. He gave us incorrect information about the number of asanas to be included in the practical assessment so that many of us were on the verge of being referred for doing too few. Fortunately, the examiners understood and allowed me to talk about it on my Viva. He talked about himself and his experiences a LOT when we could have been learning. Both his knowledge and that of the people who wrote the papers was incorrect at times. Student support dismissed it as a `typo' and said they'd correct it but they never did - on 2 occasions. The course was shambolic. There was no anatomy and physiology on the course at all - that was all self-learning form papers and a workbook online but that was not downloadable. Considering that A&P is such a crucial part of the qualification, I thought this was particularly lacking.
Aptem, the portal used was a nightmare to navigate. There seemed to be no logic behind the layout. It also had the incorrect dates for assessments, exams etc so that different students had different dates. Initially, I was told the exam was March 16th but others had March 30th down. This was changed to 30th but not before people had made arrangements around the first date - and were then charged money to rearrange it, when it wasn't their fault.
It says that this course requires a minimum of 2 years yoga experience yet one student had only had 3 yoga lessons in their lives and, therefore, required a lot of attention to understand some of the basics of both asanas and breathwork.
All the information in my `Documents and Resources' was on Horticulture and not Yoga!
I could never recommend this course to anyone. It was extremely stressful and some of the staff were unyogic in their attitudes.
