Enhanced Skills | Core Module for 300-hour Teacher Training Programme | Virtual
Gingi Lee, Melanie Cooper | 7 October 2023-5 November 2023| 60 hours | Price: £495
This 60-hour core module is central to our exciting 300-hour programme providing a practical and inspiring foundation to the programme. It one of two compulsory modules on our programme and is only open to people on the 300-hour training. You are free to choose your other modules, effectively creating your own tailor-made 300-hour course based on your own passions – find out more about the entire programme here.
You can do the Enhanced Skills at any stage of your training, so if you want to start with any of the other trainings you can. We do recommend that you do this module early on in your training journey with us, especially if you are a new teacher as it can help you navigate through what you may wish to study as part of the programme.
Course Overview
The Enhanced Skills core module is broad in scope, touching on a wide range of topics to help solidify your teachings, as well as spark new areas of interests. The course is designed to deepen your knowledge, inspire you, elevate you, support you to evolve as a teacher and help you choose your path for further specialist training. Many of the topics we offer within this core module are subjects that you may then choose to study in more depth as modules on our 300-hr training. We generally recommend doing this module module early on, but it is possible to opt to complete this module at any point.
The course is led by Melanie Cooper and Gingi Lee, with appearances from numerous other teachers from our teaching faculty including Barrie Risman, Daniel Simpson, David Behrens and Jennie Wadsten
Please click the pink button below if you are would like to apply for our 300-hour programme and it will take you to a short application form. You can also do this through the Application Form and Process button at the bottom of the webpage.

Course Content
The mandatory Enhanced Skills Core Module is designed to be extensive in its scope, covering aspects of teaching that are relevant to all, whatever your focus. It will include subjects such as:
- Dharma
- Pranayama
- Anatomy
- Yoga Ethics
- Diversity & Inclusion
- Intelligent Sequencing
- Theming
- Yoga History & Philosophy
- Authentic Marketing
- Teaching Online
- Challenges of Teaching
- Teaching Beginners

Lead Teachers
The course is led by Gingi Lee and Melanie Cooper with a number of guest specialist teachers.
Gingi Lee
Co-director of the Shala, Gingi founded the Shala in 1997 as one of London’s first dedicated yoga centres. Gingi began studying and teaching martial arts in the 1980s and he has been teaching yoga for over 25 years. He is one of the country’s most senior ashtanga yoga teachers and he has played a key role in popularising ashtanga yoga in the UK, having taught, trained and inspired many British yoga teachers.
In 2016 he established the Shala School of Yoga teacher training programme. Read Gingi full Biography here.
Melanie Cooper (E-RYT 500)
Melanie has also been teaching yoga since 1997 and teaching on a wide variety of teacher trainings since 2010. She is passionate about the ability of yoga to heal and transform peoples’ lives and her deep connection to and love of yoga is evident in her teachings.
Melanie divides her time between the UK and Goa running teacher trainings and retreats in UK, Sweden, Crete and India. She is the author of ‘Teaching Yoga Adjusting Asana’. Read Melanie’s full biography here.

Interview with 300 hr TT graduate Lesley Collinson
Course Dates
The course has the following modules scheduled:
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Saturday 7 October 2023 DAY 1 | VIRTUAL LIVESTREAM
9am-5:30pm
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Sunday 8 October 2023 Day 2 | VIRTUAL LIVESTREAM
9am-5:30pm
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Saturday 21 October 2023 DAY 3 | VIRTUAL LIVESTREAM
9-5:30 pm
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Sunday 22 October 2023 DAY 4 | VIRTUAL LIVESTREAM
9-5:30 pm
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Saturday 4 November 2023 DAY 5 | VIRTUAL LIVESTREAM
9 am -5:30 pm
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Sunday 5 November 2023 DAY 6 | VIRTUAL LIVESTREAM
9am-5.30pm
Pricing
- The cost is £495 for the full 6-day VIRTUAL LIVESTREAM training
- This course is open only to those who have been accepted on our 300-hour training.
- A non-refundable deposit of £150 is required on booking.
- To reserve your place, please >>click the BOOK button below or at the top of the page>> click BOOK NOW >> sign in or input your details and choose payment method
- If you do not pay in full, please ensure that you save your credit card details so we can process the final payment of £345. This will happen 21 days before the start of the course and a receipt will be sent to you when the payment has been taken.
- In order for the balance to be processed, please ensure that you save your card details and opt for the direct debit option. If you prefer to pay by the credit card option then this incurs a 2.4% charge. Receipts will be sent to you when the payments are taken.
- 300 hour students get a 10% discount on trainings after they have booked two of our trainings (priced at £395 or more) and this Enhanced Skills core module. Email us if this is the case and the discount will be applied when the balance is taken.
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