Yoga Teacher Training in Newquay, Cornwall
Our Yoga Teacher Training Course (YTTC) offers an incredible opportunity to connect with yoga on a profound level, exploring both its physical and spiritual dimensions. All this unfolds in the breathtaking coastal surroundings of Cornwall.
Expect a journey that’s not just exciting but also deeply fulfilling. During the course, you’ll be mentally, emotionally, and physically challenged as you delve into subjects like anatomy, engage in plenty of physical movement to awaken your muscles, and confront and refine your inner dialogue. Throughout this transformative process, you’ll receive unwavering support from our teacher trainers. What’s truly unique about our YTTC is that it’s not just about becoming a yoga teacher; it’s also an ideal path for personal development and self-exploration.
What our 200hour yoga teacher training involves:
Morning Practice
- 90 minute led Ashtanga Yoga or Vinyasa Flow class
- Breath techniques
- Mantra Chanting
Yoga Anatomy & Physiology
- In depth anatomy and functionality of the shoulder, spine, hip & knee joints
- Detailed postural alignment
- Hands-on adjustments
- How & why to modify including common injury prevention
Teaching Methodology
- How to create a ‘yoga flow’ via creative sequencing techniques
- Choosing your ‘teacher voice’ including effective instructing cues
Technical Workshops
- Perfecting Chaturanga
- Headstand inversions
- ‘Surrender to the splits’
- Forearm balance inversions
- Backbends
- Handstand inversions
- Acro/ partner flow
Yoga Humanities
- History of Ashtanga yoga & the 8 limbs
- Yoga sutras & how to incorporate the fundamentals in our day-to-day routine
- Ayurveda
Daily Routine
- 7am-8.45am: Pranayama breathwork/ Chanting + Ashtanga Led Yoga/ Vinyasa Flow Class
- 9am-10am; Breakfast
- 10.30am-12.30pm: Anatomy & Alignment
- 1pm-2pm: Lunch
- 2.15pm-3.45pm: Teaching Methodology + Teaching Practice
- 4pm-5.30pm: Yoga Philosophy/ Technical Workshop
About Our Curriculum:
Getting your 200-hour Ashtanga Yoga certification is like laying down the groundwork to become an awesome Vinyasa Flow teacher. We believe Ashtanga Yoga is the building blocks of Vinyasa Flow so this will be the foundation of our practice.
Now, we won’t sugarcoat it – this course will push you physically, and we’ll dive deep into Western anatomy. But it’s not just about the poses or the physical body. We’re all about being true yogis in the real world we live in so there’s plenty of philosophy discussions throughout the course; we believe it’s like a big puzzle – the physical stuff helps with the spiritual side, and the spiritual stuff makes your physical practice better.
Course Dates
Our course runs across an 8 month period, with face-to-face training happening one weekend a month throughout 2026/7
12th – 13th September
3rd – 4th October
7th – 8th November
5th – 6th December
9th – 10th January
13th – 14th February
13th – 14th March
3rd – 4th April
Price:
£2,499 (£500 non-refundable fee required upon booking)
£2,249 early bird offer (if booked before April 2026)
What's included in our Yoga Teacher Training Course:
- 200 hr course tuition in a small group environment
- 2 delicious freshly cooked meals per day plus yummy snacks (all dietary requirements catered for!)
- A tailored & individualised learning experience
- Course materials
- Studio facilities and use of all equipment
- Access to our Shiva community
Progression Routes Upon Completion of Course:
- Assisting our lead teachers in our beginners 6 week course
- Learn ‘hands-on’ adjustments from our lead teachers
- Potential to teach a vinyasa class in our studio
- Learn the behind-the-scenes of studio managament and operations
Yoga Alliance Certified:
We’re proud to be fully registered and compliant with Yoga Alliance standards, which means you’ll earn an internationally recognised qualification. This opens doors to teaching opportunities on a global scale, even if you’re not primarily interested in becoming a yoga instructor.
Meet Your Experienced Shiva Yoga Teacher Training Team:
Chloe Blick, Course Lead: Ashtanga teacher, Vinyasa Flow teacher, anatomy & physiology lecturer, teaching methodology and workshop teacher
My journey into movement, teaching, and embodied practice began long before I ever stepped into a yoga studio. I’ve always been fascinated by the body — how it moves, how it holds experience, and how awareness can transform the way we inhabit ourselves. This curiosity led me first into the study of Classical Pilates in Wellington, New Zealand, where in 2012 I completed my Teacher Training, alongside Advanced Anatomy and Philosophy studies that laid the foundation for everything that would follow.
Yoga came soon after — not just as a practice, but as a way of life. In 2014, I travelled to Goa, India, to complete my 200-hour Vinyasa & Ashtanga Teacher Training at Kranti Yoga, immersing myself fully in the discipline, rhythm, and philosophy of traditional practice. The following year, I deepened my studies with a 300-hour training at Shiva Yoga Peeth in Rishikesh, where I found a deep respect for the lineage and its transformative teachings.
From there, teaching became a natural evolution. In 2016, I began assisting on 200-hour trainings with Julia Gavin and The Yoga Academy in Nicaragua, while also leading retreats that wove together movement, stillness, and self-inquiry. My connection with Kranti Yoga continued to grow, and by 2017 I stepped into the role of Lead Teacher for 200-hour YTTC, later assisting and leading 300-hour advanced programs between 2018–2019. Guiding new teachers became one of the most fulfilling aspects of my path — witnessing the way yoga reshapes not only the body, but perspective, purpose, and presence.
Throughout this time, I sought to ground my teaching in anatomy, touch, and therapeutic understanding. I trained extensively across a range of bodywork modalities including Holistic Massage, Sports Massage, Reflexology, Aromatherapy, Myofascial Release, Fascial Taping, Dry Needling, and Advanced Hands-on Adjustments. These studies gave me a multidimensional understanding of the body — as both a physical structure and a vessel for emotional and energetic expression.
My commitment to anatomy and education eventually led me into academia. From 2019 to 2021, I taught as a Lecturer in Anatomy & Physiology and Sports Massage Therapy at Truro College (UK), sharing scientific insight with future therapists while continuing to teach yoga and teacher trainings internationally.
Alongside my yoga qualifications — including 50-hour Yin Yoga (Carling Harps, London 2017), 35-hour Inversion Training (Patrick Beach, London 2019), and 50-hour Rocket Yoga (Carlson Calhoun) — these experiences continue to shape my teaching style: a blend of structure and creativity, strength and softness, anatomical intelligence and intuitive awareness.
In 2020, I founded Shiva Studio — a space dedicated to authentic yoga education, somatic exploration, and holistic wellbeing. The studio represents a culmination of years of study and teaching — a space where yoga, movement, and bodywork meet in service of genuine transformation.
Today, my approach integrates traditional yoga philosophy, modern movement science, and the art of conscious touch. Whether teaching public classes, mentoring trainees, or leading advanced programs, my focus remains the same: to empower others to move, feel, and teach with depth, awareness, and compassion.
Geogina Fearn: Philosophy teacher, Mantra & Meditations
Yoga Teacher Trainings as a Student
2009 Yoga Arts Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training (200hr)
2010 Pregnancy yoga teacher training with Uma Dinsmore Tuli via Yoga Campus
2011 Babies and children yoga teacher training with Uma Dinsmore Tuli via Yoga Campus
2019 Therapeutic yoga teacher training with Doug Keller
2020 Anusara Yoga Teacher Certification (500 hours)
Yoga Teacher Trainings as a Teacher
2011 Assistant teacher on 300 hour BWK school of yoga teacher training
2019 Philosophy teacher on 100 hour Anusara Immersion
2024 Philosophy teacher on Shiva Studio 200hr teacher training
Philosophy and Meditation Teachings Within the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition
Nov 2003 1 week Retreat: Introduction to Buddhism 7 day retreat at Tushita meditation
centre, Dharamsala.
Nov 2003 3 Months of Teachings with Venerable Geshe Sonam Richen At the Tibetan
Library, Dharamasla. Texts: The Wheel of Sharp Weapons and the 37 Practices of a
Bodhisattva.
May 2003 Multiple Vipassana Meditation Courses Between 2003 to present: I have sat 4 x
10 day courses, served on 2 x 10 day courses and assisted on 2 x children’s courses.
March 2004 6 Days of Teachings with HH The Dali Lama In Dharamsala. Texts: Relaxing the
Mind Itself.
June 2005 6 Days of Teachings with HH the Dali Lama In Dharamsala. Texts: Stages of the
Path to Enlightenment.
Aug 2012 Weekend Course on Loving Kindness with Venerable Sangye Khadro At
Jamyang, London.
Jul 2016 5 day retreat with Venerable Sangye Khadro At the Maitreya Institute, Holland.
Texts: The Heart Sutra.
Jan 2020 – Oct 2025 5 year FPMT Basic program Online via Jamyang, London. Topics
covered Stages of the path , Tenets, Mahayana mind training, Engaging in the Bodhisattva
deeds, Heart sutra, The Tathagata Essence, Mind and cognition and the Ornament for Clear
Realization.
May 2020 5 day Course with Jay Garfield Online via Sravasti Abbey, US. Texts: Investigation
of the Percept, The Sutra Unravelling the Thought and Treatise on the Three Natures.
Philosophy and Meditation Teachings Within the Non Dual Tantric Tradition
Sep 2008 5 day retreat with Carlos Pomeda In Cornwall. Texts: The Spanda Karikas.
Sep 2009 5 day training with Carlos Pomeda In Cornwall. Texts: The Pratyabhijna Hridayam.
Apr 2011 2 weeks Yoga Philosophy/history with Carlos Pomeda As part of a teacher training
programme. Texts: The Bhagavad Gita, Bhakti Sutras, Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, Hatha Yoga
Pradipika, The Yoga Upanishads, The Yoga of Vedanta, Tantra and Kashmir Shivism, The
Siva Sutras.
Jun 2013 Weekend Course with Sally Kempton At Triyoga, London.
Jun 2018 5 day Retreat with Bill Mahony In Holland. Texts: The Pratyabhijna Hridayam.May 2019 Online Training (2 days) with Carlos Pomeda Texts: Patanjali’s Classical Yoga,
The Bhagavad Gita and The Bhakti Sutras.
Jul 2019 1 week Retreat with Bill Mahony In Cornwall. Texts: The Bhagavad Gita and The
Vijñāna Bhairava.
Apr 2020 One Day Workshop with Bill Mahony. Texts: The Bhagavad Gita.
May 2020 One Day Workshop with Bill Mahony Texts: Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras.
Jun 2020 One Day online Workshop with Bill Mahony Texts: The Upanishads.
Oct 2020 Weekend Course with Carlos Pomeda. Texts: The Bhagavad Gita.
Oct 2020 Weekend Course with Carlos Pomeda. Texts: The Siva Sutras.
Aug 2021 3 Month Course with Paul Muller Ortega Texts: The Siva Sutras. Aug 2021
Weekend Workshop with Bill Mahony. Texts: The Siva Sutras.
Sep 2021 1 week Retreat with Hareesh (Christopher Wallis) Portugal. Texts: The Tantraloka.
May 2021 Online Course: Selected Verses of 112 Meditations of the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra
with The Lankshanjoo Academy
Aug 2021 Online Course: The Tattvas (Elements), The Building Blocks of Creation in
Kashmir Shaivism with The Lankshmanjoo Academy
Aug 2021 1 Month Course with Carlos Pomeda. Texts: Isvvarapratyabhijnakarikavrti of
Utpaladeva.
Jan 2022 4 Lectures on the Tantraloka with Alexis Sanderson Texts: The Tantraloka.
April 2022 1 Month Course with Carlos Pomeda. Texts: The Samttimsattattvasamdoha.
July 2025 6 day retreat with Hareesh (Christopher Wallis) Lincoln
Pranayama Trainings
2006 1 week retreat with Clive Sheridan
2009 1 day retreat with Clive Sheridan
2018 1 day training with Rodney Yee
Additional Study and Qualifications:
Since 2021 4 Years of Sanskrit study with CityLit 1 online class per week (term time only) for
approximately 4 years.
2008 Degree in adult nursing
2005 Diploma in Anatomy and physiology
Multiple massage qualifications
October 2025 Commenced 2 year biodynamic cranio sacral therapy training
Wibbs Coulson: Vinyasa Flow teacher, Pranayama & Yin Yoga teacher
200 hour Yttc – 2014 Kranti
100 hour Yttc – 2014 Kranti
50 hour yin Yttc- 2015 sarah lo
50 hour yin Yttc – 2016 sarah lo
35 hour inversion Yttc -2018 Patrick beach
Spent 300 hours over 2 months in 2014 at Kranti yoga in Patnem, goa. The initial 200 hours was the beginning of my journey through a Practice of ashtanga vinyasa asana, pranayama, mediation and mantra.
The second 100 hours was spent in a manner of my choice that I wished to dive deeper into. I spent the majority of this 100 hours diving deeper into to meditation and pranayama and further mantra practices and teachings. In particular around the teachings of the Mandukya Upanishad which guides on OM meditation.
Following these 2 months I spent 4 further months travelling through India or acting with a variety of teachers all over India.
I completed 100 hours worth of Yin yoga teaching with sarah lo, one of sarah powers main teachers in the UK. Teaching from the insight yin yoga method bringing teachings of fascia, meridians, pranayama and mindful meditation. Sarah powers is one of the 2 main teachers of Paul Grilley, the founder of yin yoga.
I then completed a 35 hour advanced training in handstand/inversion/arm balances.
Following this I began to explore more movement modalities and practices in particular into helping those with pain and movement restrictions. Studying with the likes of Gary ward and his anatomy in motion model, multiple times as well as with running and movement coach helen hall.
To further my knowledge gained from nearly 2 decades as a practicing coronary care and emergency medicine nurse I studied with Patrick McKeown and his oxygen advantage breathwork education becoming an advanced instructor as well as Brian Mckenzie and his art of breath training.
These breathwork trainings along with my knowledge from nursing have helped me build an understanding and practice of pranayama that incorporates both eastern teachings with western science to allow for a deeper, safer pranayama practice
