About Us
SOPHIE GEORGE
Certified Yoga Teacher, Founder
My name is Sophie. I'm the owner of and teacher at Firefly Yoga. I took up Hot Yoga while at university and absolutely fell in love with yoga.
Training
During my final year of university I completed my Level 3 Yoga Diploma, Hot Yoga Certificate and Freestyle Fitness Yoga Certificate. I trained with Group X Training.
My My Level 3 Yoga Diploma included the following modules:
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Underpinning the principles of teaching yoga
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Health and safety for yoga
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Anatomy and physiology for yoga (Level 2)
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Planning a series of yoga sessions
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Teaching a yoga session (practical assessment)
I also attended a series of practical days covering the following topics:
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Yoga posture clinic
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Learning to teach yoga
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Breathing, bandhas, mudras and meditation
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Freestyle Fitness Yoga (separate practical qualification)
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My Hot Yoga Certificate included the following modules:
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Anatomy and physiology for yoga (Level 3)
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Health and safety for Hot Yoga
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Hot Yoga assessment
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I also attended several training days where we trained and practised teaching in the heat with the added challenges that it brings.
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Teaching
I started teaching in June of 2017 in a number of different venues whilst working on getting my own yoga studio up and running.
Firefly Yoga officially opening in November 2017.
Yoga is both my hobby and my job. I believe with the right modifications yoga is and can be accessible to everyone!