unearth the teacher within.
WELCOME TO THE INITIATION
YOGA TEACHER TRAINING SYDNEY, FEB 3RD.
This 3 month Teacher Training is for those who have fallen in love with Yoga and are excited to take it to the next level.
Feb 3rd - May 7th.
Those who want to deepen their Yoga practice and uplevel in their self leadership
This Teacher Training is for those who want to elevate the world by sharing their inherent gifts and this transformative ancient art form.
For those who want an intimate & bespoke Teacher Training, that also offers deeply supportive elements of group coaching to transform their experience.
C’mon let me show you around.
Well Hi, I’m so happy that you’re here.
A personal note from me to you x
The Initiation isn't just a Foundational Yoga Teacher Training.
It's a life enhancing Teacher Training, with a side of transformational mentoring by Studio Owner, Authentic Entrepreneur and Lead Teacher of 9 years, Helen.
The Initiation is a deeply intimate 3.5 month container that moves you, enriches you, and unearths the exquisite EMBODIED teacher that I know you’re ready to touch, feel and share.
Between our world class Vinyasa Yoga Method & our outstanding Teaching faculty, to the time devoted to your own personal evolution through deeply individualized feedback, to the fact that you start teaching from the moment you walk through studio doors.
This Yoga Teacher Training is not for those who simply want to sit back and take notes, it’s for those who are ready to step up and into the role of the Sacred and Embodied Teacher. (read: leader)
THE INITIATION IS A LEADER IN ITS FIELD.
IT TAKES YOU PLACES OTHER TRAININGS WON’T GO.
IT’S INTIMATE, IT’S OTHERWORLDLY AND IT’S BESPOKE AF.
WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE AF
In most other trainings you are in a sea of students, lost in big groups with little time with your Lead Teacher.
In The Initiation your Teacher Training group is limited to 12, giving you an unheard of amount of time with your Lead Teacher Helen and your new support Teacher Emily. You will feel so seen, so supported and your experience will be transformed because of it.
In The Initiation we keep it simple. We deep dive into what we believe to be the most important and impactful Yogic topics for the beginning of your journey, giving you so much space and time to get to not just immerse yourself in each enriching Yogic topic, but form life long bonds with the Teaching faculty member that Teaches it.
In most other trainings they fill your schedule with a million and one insights on Yoga and a gazillion different teachers that teach it, dipping your toes into so many topics and meeting so many teachers but never really allowing you to immerse, embody or form relationships with one.
In most other trainings you teach for 5-10 minutes in the live sessions, getting general feedback in the group.
In The Initiation we have a private learning portal where you will teach live, share updates and be supported by us every single week. We give individualised feedback, support on your learning process and anything you are moving through.
You will also Teach every single weekend we are together.
In The Initiation we Teach you everything you need to know about Yoga and the Teaching of it plus we hold space for your own personal transformation. We share regular coaching sessions where you will be supported with anything that comes up for you on this life changing journey.
In most other Trainings they teach you solely about Yoga, whilst you go through your own personal transformation alone.
In The Initiation you are given personal, individualized feedback from Day One. You will feel so seen, so supported and so celebrated for the individual being you are and the incredibly unique path you are walking.
In most other trainings you get a little feedback here and there in a group setting, with your main feedback being at the end of the training.
SO, YES. WHEN I SAY WE ARE REVOLUTIONISING THE YOGA INDUSTRY? I MEAN IT.
LEAD TEACHER: HELEN WILKES
I started my Yoga journey 10 years ago.
Yoga came into my life at a time where I was unsure of my purpose, riddled with self doubt and entirely disconnected from my body.
The path that the Teachings & the practice have taken me on has transformed my relationship with myself, my purpose and the world around me, in ways that I could never have imagined.
I opened The Collaborative Maroubra in 2016 to share this love and passion with fellow yoga students. Five years on I couldn’t feel more privileged to now be sharing it, plus my years of experience, with future yoga teachers.
My life’s work is to continue to build communities that provide a safe, supported and empowering space for people to use these practices to remember who they really are, what they came here for and how to make it all transpire.
THROUGH OUR TEACHER TRAINING YOU WILL...
FALL DEEPLY IN LOVE WITH THE YOGA PRACTICE.
What first calls all of us to teacher training is our own individual love of the Yoga practice. This training will take this love to the next level and see it thrive for a lifetime.
LEARN THE ART OF TEACHING IN YOUR OWN WAY.
We are not just here to teach you all about Yoga, we are here to teach you how to teach it. Many trainings fall short in this area. Leaving you confused, lacking confidence and feeling like you need to do a level 2 training to learn how to teach what you’ve just learnt. (read that again, this is SO common).This is where we differ. We leave ample space to focus deeply on uncovering your own unique way of teaching. We know that you can have all of the information in the world, but if you don’t know how to share it, what’s the point?
We leave you frothing to stand up and share your own unique interpretation of the Yoga Practice.
LEARN FROM A DEEPLY EMBODIED TEACHING FACULTY.
Our teacher training faculty is a collection of women who have been teaching & studying Yoga for over 20 years. Each teacher brings their own zones of genius, vast lived experience and unique ways of educating you.
BE INSPIRED BY ANCIENT TEXTS AND PHILOSOPHIES.
Our training gifts you a deep insight into the roots of Yoga, with teachers who have been studying it for over a decade. It'll open up a blossoming relationship between you and the ancient scripts and language that will revolutionize your understanding. We don’t just stop here though. Our unique learning process will see you confidently find these ancient philosophies, share them and teach them in a modern day class.
We are dedicated to ensuring that Yoga’s history doesn’t continue living in the past, it lives on through you.
RECEIVE DEEP AND NURTURING SUPPORT.
We have created a broad learning environment that will keep your learning evolving beyond the classroom, with a private interactive learning portal. You will also have your very own support teacher!
Emily’s sole purpose is to support you.
BE INSPIRED TO WALK, LIVE AND SPEAK YOUR TRUTH.
The teaching faculty have been specifically chosen because they live what they do, they don’t just preach it. They are here to show you what standing, walking and living your truth looks like. Demonstrating the challenges, joy and ultimately freedom this can bring. We guide you to not hide when stepping into the role of teacher, but instead use it as an opportunity to bring your most authentic self forward.
LEARN HOW TO START BUILDING A BUSINESS.
Our training will offer you exclusive insights into how Helen built her brand from scratch, she will share with you gems on how to do this in your own unique way, whilst making huge impact and income from your gifts. Money and wealth are not dirty words in our book. We are here to break the taboo and show you how to thrive in the world of Yoga and spirituality.
BE READY TO TEACH AS SOON AS YOU LEAVE.
Once this training is complete you will receive The Collaborative Teaching Certificate.
All you then have to do is complete your first aid training ( an insurance requirement) and you are ready to purchase your insurance and teach!
TEACHERS
Rachel Nokes
Ancient Philosophy | Sanskrit | Yogic Texts | Chanting
Yoga first came into Rachel’s life in the late 1990’s and a transformational experience ensued. She felt in awe of the serenity she experienced in the yoga practice. Her love for the practice led to explore its roots in a trip through India, this further ignited her love affair with the chaos and the love of history, ancient teachings and culture.
Rachel has continued to deepen into study, practice and teaching with annual trips to India to study with her teacher. She infuses her love for classical yoga inspired by the teachings of TVK Desikachar and Krishnamacharya with bhakti, chanting and ayurveda.
Rachel will be guiding all Yoga philosophy, chanting and Sanskrit sessions.
Felicity Rollo
Anatomy & Physiology | The Nervous System | Practical Application
I graduated from my masters in chiropractic 11 years ago with a desire to revolutionise peoples health with these incredible tools.
I teach and treat people to understand their physical bodies, nervous systems and how everything is intrinsically linked to achieve whole body health.
My love for how my wealth of knowledge lends so beautifully to the yogic practice on a deeply scientific level is something I love to share.
I feel honoured to part of this training and to teach you a deeply integrated anatomy and philosophy module to support your journey as a teacher.
Bachelor of Chiropractic Science
Masters of Chiropractic
Kinesiology practitioner
Certificate of Musculoskeletal Acupuncture
EMILY BEALE
Support Teacher.
My love for Yoga began over 12 years ago, as I healed my relationship with my body and the way that I moved it.
So use to exercising as a form of punishment, Yoga gave me a physical practice that taught me how to move as an act of love and devotion.
Having mentored with Helen through my own Yoga Teacher Training 3 years ago, her method and infectious love for Yoga and the Teaching of it has utterly transformed my experience of Yoga and the way that I continue to teach it.
I bring a background of live theatre, writing and an obsession of getting into the nooks and crevices of our personal evolutions.
I can’t wait to support you, and I can’t bloody to be your new Yoga Best mate ;)
DATES AND LOCATION DETAILS
THE LOCATION
The Training is based in our Sydney studio over looking Maroubra beach.
There is free parking around the studio.
THE LAYOUT
We will meet every fortnight (apart from 2 weekends that are consecutive) with sessions in the morning + sessions in the afternoon.
You will be required to attend every single weekend, and should you urgently need to miss any you’ll need to take make up sessions at an extra fee of $150ph. Please ensure you talk to us if you know you need to miss a weekend, and we can advise.
THIS 3 MONTH EXPERIENCE INCLUDES.
The Full Yoga Teacher Training.
Coaching and support from Helen and her support teachers.
Hand written Teacher Training Manual.
Course books
Online learning portal where you will Teach and receive detailed, individualised feedback, every fortnight.
Once on retreat there are no extra costs unless you book spa treatments!
DATES + TIMES.
Weekend 1: Feb 3/4/5 (Fri 10am-5.30pm | Sat & Sun: 11am - 6.30pm)
Weekend 2: Feb 17/18/19 (Fri 6.30pm-7.30pm | Sat & Sun: 11am - 6.30pm)
Weekend 3: March 3/4/5 (Fri 6.30pm-7.30pm | Sat & Sun: 11am - 6.30pm)
Weekend 4: March 17/18/19 (Fri 6.30pm-7.30pm | Sat & Sun: 11am - 6.30pm)
Weekend 5: March 31/ April 1/2 (Fri 6.30pm-7.30pm | Sat & Sun: 11am - 6.30pm)
Weekend 6: April 14/15/16 (Fri 6.30pm-7.30pm | Sat & Sun: 11am - 6.30pm)
Weekend 7: April 21/22/23 (Fri 6.30pm-7.30pm | Sat & Sun: 11am - 6.30pm)
Weekend 8: May 5/6/7 (Fri 6.30pm-7.30pm | Sat & Sun: 11am - 6.30pm)
Sample day
11am-12pm: Morning group practice.
12pm-3pm: Morning session (15 min break in the middle)
3pm-3.45pm: Lunch.
3.45pm-6.30pm: Afternoon session.
Each day will include time for movement, practice and keeping your body + mind open for learning.
If you have any problems with dates + times, please reach out.
The Initiation has been created for those who want to be part of a Yoga Teacher Training that is revolutionising and liberating the Yoga industry.
It’s been created for those who know deep down inside their chest, that now is the time we all became the captain of our own ships and lead our own vessels
It’s been created for those who have a deep & unwavering desire, to be initiated into the profoundly transformational lineage we call Yoga.
WHO THIS TRAINING IS FOR?
We recommend that you have practised Yoga for a minimum of 1 year before joining our teacher training. It doesn’t matter whether that has been in one solid chunk or over a long duration of time.
1. THOSE WHO WANT TO SHARE YOGA.
Taking the seat of the Teacher is something that often gets confused with becoming a ‘conventional’ Yoga Teacher, aka quitting your job and teaching in studios for the rest of your life. However this is far from what i mean or what this course creates. Taking the seat of the Teacher is about returning home to the wisdom that lives within your body and having the tools, the courage and the platform to share with anyone and everyone in your life.
2. THOSE WHO WANT TO TRANSFORM THEIR LIVES
This training will be deeply deeply transformative. It's for those who are ready to dive into the journey of a lifetime, to meet parts of themselves they never knew existed, it’s for those who are ready to unearth the Teacher within.
3. THOSE WHO WANT TO GROW THEIR PERSONAL PRACTICE.
Journeying through your YTT will not only expand + grow + refine your formal Yogic practice, giving you such profound new reference points, it will also deepen your knowledge of how to use it to self regulate in the outside world. The embodied insights you will learn will upgrade your bodies inner template in a way like no other experience can or does.
4. THOSE WHO WANT TO BECOME EMBODIED LEADERS.
Through this training you will learn to become the leader of your own body and thus your own life. Leadership comes from within and nothing is more powerful than attuning to your own physical body and allowing it to help you lead the way for your one and only life.
KIND WORDS.
From our YTT graduates of 2021 and 2022.
“To be under your wing along the way has given me strength I already had but you untapped and unleashed with me.
I'm truly so fucking grateful.”
“I'm always here to learn and grow and shout my love for you from the rooftops. YTT and you are the BIGGEST part of my yoga lineage.”
“Thank you for creating it and creating and holding such a safe space where everyone could grow.
I knew I was here to learn yoga but on top of that, I discovered a group of incredible souls and the path I need to be on.”
“You have given us all so much, I will always be grateful.”
I had so much doubt and fear about embarking on this journey, even the thought of filling out the application felt scary as fck. However, now my words will never do the depth of this experience justice. You feel so seen, so heard and in such a safe space, and the way Helen holds the container is just magical. Embarking on The Initiation feels like coming home to yourself, your true self, who you are at your core, not what society expects or wants you to be. I urge everyone who feels called to follow their flicker, I have personally left with so many different tools, but mostly I am so much more comfortable in my own skin and at home in who I am.
My YTT with Helen, the team and the women I embarked on the journey with was PROFOUND. I have done other teacher trainings in different fields and embodiment courses so I had an understanding of what I was getting myself into. I was sold through Helen’s Instagram stories, I didn’t even read what she had written on the website. It was her energy, the power in which she was expressing.
I knew I was going to be held in a safe container as I went deeper into my self-love because she was embodied and was so honest about where she was in her journey and where she’d been.
I continue to learn about myself well after the container had closed because I have a deeper knowledge of how to hold space for myself. The experience was priceless and was everything I needed for where I am on my journey.
Follow your desires - they are yours for a reason. If you’re feeling the flicker, that is your soul trying to get your attention! Please don’t let your mind talk you out of it and keep you small and in your comfort zone. The world needs you and your light. This experience is absolutely life changing. Saying yes is the first step in the magical unfolding and transformation you are seeking. You will gain so much. Helen’s energy and wisdom will hold you and lift you up on this journey, and you’ll uncover your own innate gifts and wisdom in the process.
Day 1 of your YTT (actually I think even hour 1) I KNEW I had made the right decision. I fucking felt it, whole body sensation, my energy shifted/aligned/lit up. It was like all pieces of me (my koshas!) came home and had a big group hug and a dance party, celebrating the fact that I’d arrived. It was magic.
I want to encourage every person on the planet to follow that spark, that desire, because everyone deserves to experience this feeling. I will be following my spark forever️. Overcoming all of my bullshit excuses, landing in your YTT, being surrounded by my sisters, and having this whole self confirmation, was the first of many lessons and gifts that I will carry with me forever
And that was just hour 1…
OUR CURRICULUM
Our training covers the following subjects:
- History, Philosophy & Yogic Texts
- Asana, Pranayama, Meditation Technique & Practice
- The Art of Teaching: Creating your unique experience, holding space, trauma informed, voice, sequencing and theming.
- Anatomy and Physiology.
- The Art of Touch: hands on assists.
- Yoga Energetics: Koshas, Chakras, eastern energy.
- Practicum: Practice Teaching & Assisting.
- Authenticity in Business & Entrepreneurship: how to start a sustainable & successful business.
- Intro to Restorative, Yin & Pregnancy Yoga.
- Human Design reading to connect with your energetic blueprint.
LET US ENRICH YOU FURTHER.
We don’t stop at teaching you about Yoga, we include teach you the foundations of becoming energetically sovereign and empowered AF.
Therefore our training also includes:
The Collaborative Yoga Teacher Training Bible.
A special Human Design workshop so you discover your own energetic blueprint.
The Investment
Pay in full: $6000 AUD
Payment plan: 8 monthly payments of $825 AUD.
THIS 3 MONTH EXPERIENCE INCLUDES.
The Full Yoga Teacher Training.
Coaching and support from Helen and her support teachers.
Hand written Teacher Training Manual.
Course books
Online learning portal where you will Teach and receive detailed, individualised feedback, every fortnight.
We start Friday 3rd Feb.
HOW TO APPLY
The first step is to fill in our application form.
APPLICATION FORM
Once you have applied Helen will reach out within 24 hours with any further questions, or to let you know whether she feels this Training is right for you.
You can book a 30 minute call with Helen via the application form, asking any questions you may have.
There is no commitment when filling out an application!
From here we will arrange your deposit to be paid and you are on your way! (SQUEAL)
Only 12 spaces available.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
I can't touch my toes or stand on my head, can I become a teacher?
YES YES YES YES YES! The quality of your teaching is not defined by the quality of your Yoga ‘performance’. We are not entertainers, we are sharing a sacred ancient art form. You got this
How do I apply?
Scroll up a bit to ‘how to apply!”
What happens if Covid stops us from attending this training in person?
The YTT will either be postponed or we will organize refunds.
WE CANNOT WAIT TO START YOUR JOURNEY
