Continuing Professional Development
What is Continuing Professional Development (CPD)?
CPD refers to the process of tracking and documenting your skills, knowledge and experience that you gain both formally and informally as you work as a yoga teacher, beyond your initial FRYOG Diploma.
FRYOG Members are required to keep their own record of any CPD they have attended. We recommend this is done in the Member’s Area of the website in My Details. Alternatively members can maintain a record manually in their own Reflective Diary.
Why is CPD important?
CPD is important because it demonstrates that you are committed to a constant process of self-improvement and it ensures that you continue to be competent in your profession. It is an on-going process and continues throughout a professional’s career.
What is the minimum requirement for FRYOG teachers?
Members of FRYOG must complete at least 6 hours of CPD per year (January to December) in order to continue teaching as a FRYOG teacher. It is your responsibility to keep a record of any CPD you complete along with proof of attendance such as a certificate.
What can I do as CPD?
A list of FRYOG CPD days currently offered can be found HERE. They are run by experienced FRYOG teachers and trainers.
To determine whether a training offering is suitable to record as a CPD you should ask the question
“How does this make me a better teacher?”
You must ensure that the training you have undertaken adds value to you as a teacher. eg: the CPD must teach you something new that is of practical use in your teaching. Or deepen and broaden your knowledge to make you a more effective teacher.
Other options for CPD could include
Courses on-line or delivered in person by reputable Yoga organisations
Research to add value to your teaching. A maximum of 2 points is allowed for this element
First Aid Training
Local Authority Educational Training, eg: Safeguarding, Prevent Training or Diversity Training
FRYOG Facebook members on-line courses eg: Anatomy by Aimee Newton
The full CPD policy can be found in Members News CPD Guidelines.
What is a FRYOG Subsidised CPD Day?
FRYOG are now running subsidised CPD days to offer affordable training for those on limited budgets and to provide some value to our members. These CPD days are for FRYOG members only but are open to non-members upon purchase of a Friends of Yoga membership. They are run by the Area Officer in your region and part of the day’s agenda will be dedicated to discussions of any regional issues.



Below are some of the CPD days currently offered.
Booking with the organiser is essential.
Yoga Therapy Course (starts April 2021)
Calling all experienced yoga teachers - POST GRADUATE YOGA THERAPY TRAINING COURSE This fully accredited and CNHC registered course starts in April 2021 and will run over 22 months. It will be delivered by combination of face-to-face training days in Egham and...
BCYT and CNHC January Training for Yoga Therapists
Sarah Swan introduces herself as our new BCYT and CNHC Friends of Yoga representative. Two Free training opportunities Sat 9th Jan 2021 Covid and Long Covid. Sat 16 Jan 2021 ‘Facilitating Yoga Therapy On-Line’
Winter Yoga – A Northern Area CPD Opportunity
with Helen Sutcliffe
Saturday 19 December 2020
9-45 to 13-00
Cost £15 for members, £25 for non-members.
Event is Zoom only.
Out of the Dark and into the Light. Welcoming the Winter Solstice
with Carleen Saull-Hunt and Tamasine Hoad
Sunday 20th December 2020 2-4pm
£10 Virtual CPD via Zoom
A Blissful Yin/Yang Yoga Day with Cate and Denise
Saturday 24th October 2020
11am – 3.30pm.
Hayling Island Community Centre
Station Road
PO11 0HB
CPD Opportunity
Ignite your joy, sooth tension and stress, move your body, find presence of mind in this healing yoga day.
Demystifying Lower Back Pain with Aimee Newton (Osteopath)
FRYOG South Area CPD Training Day
Virginia Water Community Centre
35 Cabrera Avenue
Virginia Water
GU25 4EY
Sunday 29th March 2020 Postponed – new date to be confirmed a.s.a.p.
10am – 4pm
Low back pain is a common cause for people to seek out yoga and trying to incorporate students into a general class can be a challenge. Understanding the anatomy of the spine and some common conditions which cause pain can really help to make you feel more confident as a teacher.
Emergency First Aid at Work with Vanessa Carter RN
FRYOG South Area CPD Training Day
Sunday 10th May 2020 Postponed – new date to be confirmed a.s.a.p.
9.30 am -16.30 pm
Virginia Water Community Centre
GU25 4EY
Cost £70
Certification valid for 3 years
‘Finding our Ground’ with Bill Wood
FRYOG South Area CPD Training Day
Virginia Water Community Centre
35 Cabrera Avenue
Virginia Water
GU25 4EY
Sunday 14th June 2020 Postponed – new date to be confirmed a.s.a.p.
10am – 4pm
Learning how to surrender more and more fully to the pull of gravity can be a central tool in releasing patterns of holding in the body, becoming more deeply relaxed, and quietening the mind.
Open to all, this workshop will be a blend of posture, relaxation, and sitting practice.
Yoga and the Mereological Fallacy with Pete Blackaby
Sunday 11th October 2020 Postponed – new date to be confirmed a.s.a.p.
10.30 – 16.30
The Virginia Water Community Centre
35 Cabrera Avenue
Virginia Water
Surrey
GU25 4EY.
Cost £55
Mereology is the study of the relationship between parts and the whole. It helps us with questions about when it is useful to reduce things and look at their component parts and when it is useful to put things together and consider the whole.
Bringing the Gyatri Mantra to Life
Friday 13th to Sunday 15th November 2020
Nettlecombe Farm
Whitwell
Isle of Wight
This weekend will focus on how we can bring the energy and vibrations of this mantra into every aspect of our practice and daily life. The Gyatri Mantra allows us to connect with the energy that removes ignorance and misunderstanding, finding deeper connection with our true self.