‘Essence of Being’ 200hr+ Yoga Teacher Training

Starting October 2025
Hosted at triyoga Camden

Train with one of the UK’s most respected teachers. Susannah Hoffman’s 200-hour Yoga Alliance-accredited training is a powerful deep dive into the heart of yoga.

This is more than a teacher training, it’s a personal journey of discovery and self-awareness. With nearly 30-years of teaching experience, Susannah started her own yoga journey at 5yrs old and was born to the sound of her mother chanting, and grew up with many of the teachings and meditation practices of the mystical east.

Expect a course rich in both tradition and innovation, grounded in the teachings of Krishnamacharya - the grandfather of modern yoga - and refined through Susannah’s intuitive approach to embodied learning.

She is also best selling author of ‘Yoga for Kids’ and one of the foremost teachers of kids yoga, as well as being a very experienced pregnancy yoga teacher and birth partner.

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She started delivering teacher trainings over 17yrs ago and has created a training that makes the philosophy more accessible and integrated throughout.

She brings immense clarity, kindness, and expertise, drawing, from decades of study with some of the fore fathers of Modern yoga, and the experience gained by having trained hundreds of yoga teachers.

By the end of this training, students will know how to teach and integrate the philosophy into their classes, will have been on a personal journey of self discovery, will know how to ‘practice’ for their type and teach in a safe and incremental way.

Key course content

  • In-depth study of key asanas and their safe, progressive teaching

  • How to practice for your type and build a sustainable personal practice

  • Sequencing principles

  • Learn how to design a beginner’s course

  • Teaching mixed-level classes with confidence and clarity

  • Hands-on and verbal assisting techniques

  • The energetic body: Koshas, Chakras, Mudras, Bandhas

  • Breathwork: foundational pranayama and functional breathing

  • Applied anatomy and physiology for yoga

  • History of yoga and a deep dive the Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad and Patanjali’s sutras

    And this is just the beginning.

FAQs

  • The training is 9 months long and more intimate than most, with a maximum of 20 students

  • All sessions will run 10.00-5pm, Saturday + Sundays.

    In-centre, Camden triyoga

    *Except Anatomy, which will be pre-recorded.

    – 18th + 19th October 2026
    – 7th + 8th November
    – 12th + 13th December
    – 30th + 31st Jan 2027
    – 27th + 28th Feb
    – 20th + 21st March
    – 2nd,3rd + 4th April mock assessment (only attend 1 day)
    – 17th + 18th April
    – 15th + 16th May
    – 19th + 20th June
    – 2nd, 3rd + 4th July Final Assement attend 1 day
    – 10th + 11th June

  • Students will be assessed throughout and assignments on all subjects will be given. Final assessment will be teaching a 60minute class with 5+ students in front of Susannah and other assessors.

  • Yes, you will be qualified to teach yoga on completion of the course.

  • Please fill out an application form here and send it to Emily at this address.

Additional teachers

Adriana Maldonado
The Philosophy is taught by the wonderful Adriana Maldonado who gained a MA from SOAS in the Traditions of Yoga and Meditation and teaches it in a way that makes it easily accessible to the student teacher, enabling them to integrate the philosophy into their own life and therefore pass it on to the students.

Adriana is a level 4 (500hr +)  BWY teacher 

Dr Yogi Aka Andrew McGonigle
The Anatomy is taught by the very popular and much loved Dr Yogi Aka Andrew McGonigle who brings a playful and relevant approach to the anatomy being both a doctor and yoga practitioner of may years, he is also author of ‘Supporting yoga students with common injuries and conditions’. These sessions are pre recorded, with live monthly zoom meetings.


Tarik Dervish
Tarik Dervish is a highly experienced multi-modality BWY yoga teacher, with a BA in Ayurveda and professional massage trainings, Tarik draws on his holistic understanding in his teaching. Tarik will be running a session on Ayurveda and Yoga for your type.

In addition there will be assistants that also trained and qualified with Susannah.

  • "She has a gift for meeting each student exactly where they are."

    “I came in wanting to learn how to teach yoga and I left with a far deeper understanding of myself, my body, and what it really means to hold space for others in yoga practice. Susannah’s teaching is wise, spacious, and rooted in decades of experience, yet never rigid or dogmatic. She has a gift for meeting each student exactly where they are.

    The course gave me not only the skills and confidence to teach, but also a personal practice that feels sustainable and meaningful. I now understand how to sequence intelligently, teach classes safely, and weave philosophy into my teaching in a way that feels authentic.”

    Robert Rees

  • "I left the course feeling confident I’d found my voice, and ready to teach!"

    “Susannah’s commitment to her students and their learning journey is second to none. Susannah’s many years of experience in teaching beginners informs her approach; breaking things down in such a way that they feel simple and achievable, whilst also encouraging individuals to challenge themselves just enough to keep things interesting! Throughout my TT, Susannah encouraged me to focus on my unique strengths and teach from a place that felt genuine, whilst also helping me to identify and move through limiting beliefs that were preventing me from reaching my full potential. I left the course feeling confident I’d found my voice, and ready to teach!”

    Sarai Littlechild

  • "The training gives you access to the most experienced teachers in London"

    “Six months into my teacher training with Susannah I can say with confidence this was the right teacher training for me. The training gives you access to the most experienced teachers in London with expert guidance on specialist topics such as anatomy, philosophy and Ayurvedic yoga. It is delivered in a way that gives you time to process all the wonderful information. Susannah has an amazing awareness of her students needs and adopts the training to give everyone the greatest chance of success as yoga teachers. You are in safe hands with Susannah.”

    Declan Furey

  • “If you've been waiting for the right moment to commit to a yoga teacher training.."

    “If you've been waiting for the right moment to commit to a yoga teacher training, consider this your call to action. Susannah is hands down the best yoga teacher I've studied with, and having the opportunity to draw from her wisdom, intuition and sense of humour (not to mention decades of yoga practice) has enhanced my learning experience in ways that cannot be quantified. Uncover your own diamond essence!”

    Zoë Ranson