200 hour Yoga Teacher Training

January–September 2026 with Amie Evans, David Michel, Tammy Mittell & Vanessa Jaich

Has yoga changed your life for the better? Are you feeling a draw to share this beautiful practice with others?

Wether you want to teach classes or deepen your knowledge of all things yoga, we know that taking our 9 month program will not only enrich your own practice, it will have a ripple effect on the world around you. The more we get to know ourselves, the more we can live in harmonious relationship with our environment. We started Union Yoga Teacher Training in 2017, and have been running fully booked and much loved programs every year since!

We’ve been running our much loved Yoga Alliance accredited programs for the last 8 years. Our beautiful, light filled yoga studio & veggie cafe in Ramsgate is just a stones throw from the beach and just over an hour on the train from London. Our intention is to support trainees in taking the life changing deep dive into the world of sharing yoga in a practical and non dogmatic approach. Our ethos is all about bridging the gap between contemporary neuroscience and the ancient wisdom yoga teachings. We are serious about anatomy, philosophy and intelligent class sequencing, and our heart centred approach will take you on a journey of learning that will help you to find your own unique teaching path.

Join us for an immersive 9 month journey with highly experienced teachers who are specialists in their craft, and gain a deeper understanding of how you can apply yoga to your daily life as well as how to share it with your community and beyond.

“TRUTH IS ONE, PATHS ARE MANY”
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WE BEGIN ON JANUARY 31st, 2026
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SLIDING SCALE TUITION, FROM £2300

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What to expect

  • Learn how to teach Vinyasa Yoga from a place of skill, insight & compassion

  • Deepen your own practice and understanding of yoga through study, practice, and learning alongside kind and like minded folk

  • Learn from a faculty of dedicated, highly experienced & skilled teachers with 70 years of combined experience

  • Be held in a community of people from different walks of life sharing the same heart felt intention of learning about yoga.

  • Gain a deeper understanding of yoga as a whole system and way of life which you can then integrate into your own way of life and teaching.

  • Receive an internationally recognised qualification to teach yoga professionally

  • Opportunities to assist and teach in our thriving yoga studio

  • Opportunity for mentorship with our highly skilled teachers

  • Continued support from your teaching network and peers

  • 50% off unlimited yoga membership for the duration of the course at our beautiful studio

  • 10% discount on drinks at our cafe for the duration of the course

Course Modules

Anatomy & Intelligent Sequencing

We explore the anatomy most crucial to yoga. We make it comprehensive, engaging and fun so that you’ll love anatomy as much as we do! We then take this knowledge and apply it to learning how to create intelligent, accessible and effective yoga sequences that incorporate all of the elements of the yoga system.

Posture Labs & Accessible Yoga

‘‘It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.’’ BKS Iyengar

Using the wisdom of the most up to date anatomy research as well as the ancient wisdom of yoga, we will study the key yoga postures and how to adapt them to vast and diverse unique bodies and needs so that you can teach with confidence, compassion and understanding of the human form.

Using the key postures that are most often taught in group classes, we will explore what’s happening on both an anatomical and physiological level, and how we can modify these postures to support the vast array of students who will show up on the mat.

History & Comparative Philosophies

Yoga, although its roots are ancient, is a living tradition that is ever evolving according to time and place. Honouring this will journey through a comparative study of the main yogic scriptures and yogic lifestyle (Ayurveda) and teach you how to weave philosophy into your life and yoga classes in an accessible, practical way.

Exploring the Subtle Body System

‘‘We do not see things as they are, we see things as WE are’’ Anais Nin

We will journey through a practical exploration of the Chakras, Nadis & Koshas and learn about accessing the subtler layers of the body using Yoga Nidra, Restorative, Pranayama & Meditation techniques.

Vanessa Jaich (naturopathic nutritionist, yoga teacher, ‘Dip,CNM,mANP’) will take us through a workshop based on Ayurveda & its relationship to our gut health and hormones, and practical ways in which we can apply this knowledge to our teaching and our personal practice both on and off the mat.

Hands On Assists & Verbal Cues

"Yoga must not be practised to control the body, it must bring freedom to the body, all the freedom it needs." Vanda Scaravelli

Learn about the different ways in which we can support our students to find more space, ease & embodiment through our voices and mindful touch.

Yoga Of business: Ethics, Branding, & finding your unique voice

‘‘Yoga is free, the bills are not!’’ Nischilla Devi

We will explore the various facets of making a healthy and soul fulfilling career from teaching Yoga. There will be plenty of room for open discussion, and we will explore the ethics of business in relation to the yoga principles of the eight limbs.

We will then be joined by highly experienced marketing & branding consultant & yoga teacher Elin Jensen on ways of finding your unique voice and way of being in the world as a new teacher with lots of powerful tools in how to share your offerings with clarity and care.

A word from our founder

Amie Evans is the Founder of Union Yoga and the Lead Teacher of our 200hr training.

“when I was in my early twenties, Yoga changed my life in a profound way, and set me up on my life long healing journey. I knew very early on in my yoga practice that I wanted to share this incredible system with other people, and the rest is history! Ten years on I’m humbled and deeply grateful to be bringing new yoga teachers into the world through our much loved training programs. This training is for someone who has experienced the impactful benefits of yoga and wants to explore deeper. Our well established and experienced faculty will equip you with all the tools available so that you can pave your own way in this field and teach from the heart. We are a small group training with no more than 15 spots. Our yoga teacher training model has been tried and tested for 8 years and takes place at my gorgeous little studio and café Union Yoga in Ramsgate which is a thriving community focussed hub right here in Ramsgate”

Meet Your Faculty

We have invited our faculty of experienced teachers onto the faculty for their specialised skills in their craft. We have been working together on various projects over the last eight years.


  • Founder

    Amie has bee teaching yoga since 2015, and co-teaching on our Union teacher trainings for the last seven years alongside lead teacher David Michel.

    Amie founded Union Yoga & Wellbeing in 2017 , and has a special interest in integrating the various branches of yoga into her group classes, using mindfulness, breath work, meditation and philosophical enquiry.


  • Anatomy Teacher

    with a background in professional dance and how a highly experienced teacher, David has lead thousands of hours of teacher trainings, both here at Union and around the south of England. His expertise lie in anatomy applied to yoga, so much so that he has written a book based on the principles of healthy movement. David’s love for the subject of Anatomy is truly infectious.

  • Nutritional Therapist, Yoga Teacher

    Vanessa is a Registered Naturopath and Nutritional Therapist specialising in hormones, gut health, and the impact of stress and trauma on the body. Her approach weaves together naturopathy, functional nutrition, and nervous system support.

    Vanessa will be leading the Ayurveda module

  • Pregnancy & Womb Yoga

    Tammy is an experienced yoga teacher specialising in yoga for womens health, and has been training teachers for over a decade. Tammy will be leading the pregnancy & womb yoga module.

Come by for a free class and a chat

Choosing a yoga teacher training is hard. So many things need to click for it to feel right. A great way of finding out if this is the training for you, is to come by the studio! Take a free class with Founder and Lead Teacher Amie Evans and have a cuppa and a chat after.

Fill out the form to get in touch, and let’s set it up. If it’s not convenient to come by this can also be a phone call.

Location & Course Dates

This training takes place at Union Yoga in Ramsgate. We are just an hour from London, situated centrally in town, right be the ocean. The studio and café, a thriving community hub catering to Ramsgate and Margate for many years, is a welcoming and beautiful space. Group size is limited to 15 trainees. 

The 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training course runs across one full weekend per month, 9.30am-6.30pm. You will notice that we have two weekends in June and September. This is to ensure that we are giving you the Yoga Alliance standard of contact hours, whilst keeping the course period within 9 months.

January 31–February 1

February 28–March 1

March 21–22

April 18-19

May 16–17

June 6–7

June 27–28

July 18–19

August 8–9

September 5-6

Investment

Accessible payment scheme: £2300–£2700

Accessibility has always been our priority at Union Yoga, from our wheelchair accessible studio & cafe to our Flexi membership options. This is why we decided to take the same approach with our yoga teacher training.

Here’s how it works: If you can pay a little extra it means you are supporting the person who cannot afford the standard rate. It’s a system based on trust and kindness. We will never ask for proof of income. You simply asses your situation and tell us in your reservation form what the right tier for you is.

Patron’s rate: £2700
Standard rate: £2500
Community rate: £2300

How to pay

Upon registration, we ask for a £600 non-refundable deposit to secure your spot. For the remaining amount, you can either pay for the course in full and receive a £50 discount, or pay in monthly instalments for the duration of the course. A direct debit must be in place prior to the course starting if you choose to use the payment plan.

Read our terms here

What's Included

  • All tutoring

  • Beautiful Training Manual full of resources that you can come back to for life

  • Opportunities to assist & observe a wide range of classes and teachers at Union

  • 10% discount in our Cafe during training

  • 50% off Yoga Studio membership during training

  • Internationally accredited Yoga Alliance Professionals UK Certification to teach

  • Access to our supportive community groups

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Pre-requisites

  • Minimum 2 years yoga practice experience

  • Able to commit to all the training dates

  • This course is also suitable as a personal development course, even if you don’t want to pursue a career in teaching yoga

FAQs

  • No, but you might learn :)

  • Yes 20 hours of self study. A reading list will be provided upon sign up

  • Absolutely not! We’ve had a mix of ages over the years from 21 to 75 and everything in between!

  • Yes! Once the deposit is paid you can pay in monthly instalments of £200 fromt he date the course begins

  • No problem! Our course is designed to bring compassionate, adaptive teachers into the world who understand and can adapt to different needs of the student.

  • If you have a commitment to exploring what it means to be human, and are ready to show up in support of your own growth and the growth of the wider consciousness of your fellow humans, you are already good at yoga! We are just here to help you lay deeper foundations for your understanding and practice.

  • Aaah you’re not alone! Everybody comes along on the first day feeling exactly the same, and within a few hours we see beautiful bonds beginning to form within the whole group.

  • Yes there is a large amount of study, but more in the sense of self study (svadhyaya) in the form developing a strong and steady meditation and yoga practice which will be catered to your unique needs. There will also be written homework and teaching practice hours to be completed as part of the course.

  • All equipment is included, and you can wear whatever you feel comfy in.

  • Many people come to train simply to deepen their own practice, but often end up wanting to teach by the end!

  • Upon certification you will be qualified to teach Yoga under the Yoga Alliance International

Got questions?

Testimonials from our graduates

‘‘It took me a year to contact Amie at Union Yoga to enquire about yoga teacher training.  I was a 52 year old who had been practising yoga on and off for 25 years.  Amie immediately put my mind at rest, I had attended her classes throughout the previous 2 years, and encouraged me to sign up. The training was not what I expected at all: the complexity, the thoroughness, the biology, anatomy, history of yoga, pose breakdown and support were amazing and I couldn’t be anything but confident with David and Amie sharing all of their knowledge with us.

The training timetable and structure gave us time and space to thoroughly engage with the knowledge being shared. I felt I could progress at a pace that suited me by taking notes and re writing them after our “in house” weekend days.  There was a relaxed feel to how we documented our training, leaving us all to create differing bodies of written/typed work.  The course notes we were provided with were more of a volume of works and are referred to regularly now I am a teacher myself. One of the first group sessions covered “why are you here?”  I remember being passionate about wanting to share yoga and thought I could devise an introduction to share with people (a sort of not for profit). By the end of the nine months I’d decided I wanted my own studio and needed to teach regularly. This is the level of confidence the training gave me.’’

Claire, previous trainee at Union

‘‘Amie's role in the teaching team is both unique and key. She brings the same infectious enthusiasm and holds a very nurtured space for you to learn from. She is not only knowledgeable with a deep practice that is palpable but I also get the sense that she is also everyone's biggest cheerleader too. And that is because she is. This kind of container for learning makes all the difference for such a rich journey.’’

Jo, previous trainee at Union

‘‘This course is very informative and covers everything you need to know for a 200hr foundation course in teaching yoga. With amazing module manuals, full communication, wealth of knowledge and 18 yrs experience from the Course Director and all shared with a wonderful selection of fellow students who will remain Yoga friends for life. I feel accomplished and 100% ready to teach after graduating and I would recommend anyone to get in touch with Tammy Mittell to find out more information and enrol on this course, even if you wish to deepen your practice or also to be able to teach competently with mindfulness and authenticity’’.

Adrienne (previous graduate)