YMCA Level 3 Diploma in Teaching Yoga (Practitioner) (603/3617/1)
This qualification is aimed at learners who want to pursue a career in the health and fitness industry as a yoga instructor. It recognises the skills, knowledge and competence required of an individual to work in an unsupervised capacity to plan, instruct and evaluate a safe and effective yoga session.
YMCA Level 3 Diploma in Teaching Yoga (Practitioner)
Qualifications Type
Occupational Entry
Occupational qualifications provide the knowledge and skills to meet industry minimum standards of deployment for a particular role. This can support learners in getting their first job within the sector, or add additional roles to their existing scope of practice.
Qualification Number (QN)
603/3617/1
Availability
Operational start date – 12 November 2018
Operational end date –
Certification end date –
Entry Requirements
Assessments
Endorsement
Overview
By completing this qualification, learners will meet industry requirements to become a Group Exercise Instructor – in the context of yoga – as set out within the CIMSPA Core Group Exercise Instructor professional standard.
The purpose of this qualifications is to enable learners to develop the knowledge, skills and competence to plan, deliver and evaluate safe and effective yoga sessions.
Completing this qualification enables learners to access jobs instructing unsupervised yoga sessions.
Qualification Details
Learners will cover:
There are 10 assessment elements across the 6 mandatory units for this qualification, with an additional 2 assessment elements for the optional unit.
Assessments include:
You can find further information on these assessments in the qualification syllabus and/or learner assessment record, which are available for centres to download from Y-Connect.
This qualification can lead to work as an employed or self-employed yoga instructor.
It can also lead to further training at the same or higher levels including:
| Unit title | eLearning | Manual |
| Providing a positive customer experience in the exercise environment (M/616/7824) | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Lifestyle management and health awareness (K/616/7949) | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Applied anatomy and physiology (A/616/4747) | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Principles of planning and delivering group exercise (R/617/1395) | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| The philosophy and fundamentals of Yoga (Y/503/0317) | ❌ | Workbook |
| Plan and deliver a Yoga session (A/617/3044) | ❌ | |
| Anatomy and physiology for exercise and fitness instructors (K/616/7823) | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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