Mentorship programmes

Building Strength, Communities and Connections

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Do you want to make a difference in people's lives?

Then join our 2025 Step Up to Reach Out Mentorship Programme

Join our Step Up To Reach Out Training.

You will learn to teach yoga - powerfully and sensitively - to a wide audience outside of a studio setting, including the elderly, people with disabilities, cancer patients and survivors and a range of community groups - including people who would never have thought yoga could be for them.

If you're interested in joining our programme in 2025, please get in TOUCH.

What the Programme Covers

Intro to the Foundation's values, mission, methodology and core classes
How to teach yoga in a community setting
How to teach chair yoga to people with reduced mobility
How to teach effective and safe classes to people with a range of abilities and needs
Group training sessions with your mentor and other mentees where you will explore different practical scenarios, practice teach and share teaching experiences
Observe, assist & teach Lumi Foundation community and chair classes with support and feedback of your own personal mentor
Evaluation of skills and experience gained, and understanding of what is required to teach for Lumi Foundation

Schedule and Logistics

Our 2024 programme ran with the schedule as follows:

Introduction session
Observe, assist and practice teaching in a Foundation class; 1 session + 15 min feedback each week
Check-in session with all mentees; one hour via Zoom
Observe, assist and practice teaching in a different Foundation class; 1 session + 15 min feedback each week
Check-in session with all mentees; one hour via Zoom
In-person completion celebration

Benefits

The benefits of the mentorship programme include the following:

Gain invaluable teaching experience in Lumi Foundation's community and chair classes
Learn how to respond to a wide variety of people of differing abilities and needs - including how to modify classes to suit mat-based and chair-based practices
Receive support and feedback from your own personal mentor throughout the programme
Practice teaching, share teaching experiences and learn from other mentees
Gain a thorough understanding of Lumi Foundation - our mission, values, methodology and our classes
Be part of a friendly and welcoming community who will assist you throughout the programme
Receive a certificate upon successful completion of the programme

Requirements

You must be a 200hr+ qualified yoga teacher to participate in the training. In addition, you must also:

Be available for all the dates outlined
Demonstrate passion and enthusiasm for teaching yoga in a community setting
Commit to teaching for Lumi Foundation and be available to teach on weekdays
Be willing to attend and teach classes in west London during the mentorship programme, and if you begin teaching for Lumi Foundation

Cost

The cost of the mentorship programme in 2024 was:

Standard: £195 - this covers the cost of your place on the programme
Supported: pay what you can afford - for those unable to afford the standard rate (suggested donation of £75. Only one supported place available)
Sponsor: £245 - a voluntary higher rate for those of you who wish to cover the cost of your own place on the programme and contribute to the cost of our supported places

Any surplus proceeds will contribute directly to the cost of running our community classes.

Join Us - Apply Today

There are 6-8 places available on our programme.

If you are shortlisted, we will invite you for an interview.

The application process is now closed. Our next programme will be in 2025. Please get in touch for more information.

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Teach for Lumi Foundation

Successful completion of the mentorship programme is the first step in joining our teaching team. All Lumi Foundation teachers must participate in this programme so that we can ensure all of our teachers are well trained and have the necessary experience to teach at the Foundation.

The mentorship programme will give you an insight into what it is like to teach for Lumi Foundation. Attending the mentorship programme does not guarantee that you will automatically join the Lumi Foundation teaching team.

To join our team, you will also need to demonstrate your commitment, passion and enthusiasm for teaching at Lumi Foundation. Recruitment remains subject to the needs of the Foundation at the time.

Mentorship programmes

Building Strength, Communities and Connections

Do you want to make a difference in people's lives?

Then join our 2025 Step Up to Reach Out Mentorship Programme

Join our Step Up To Reach Out Training.

Intro to the Foundation's values, mission, methodology and core classes

How to teach yoga in a community setting

How to teach chair yoga to people with reduced mobility

How to teach effective and safe classes to people with a range of abilities and needs

Group training sessions with your mentor and other mentees where you will explore different practical scenarios, practice teach and share teaching experiences

Observe, assist & teach Lumi Foundation community and chair classes with support and feedback of your own personal mentor

Evaluation of skills and experience gained, and understanding of what is required to teach for Lumi Foundation

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Schedule and Logistics

Our 2024 programme ran with the schedule as follows:

​

Introduction session

Observe, assist and practice teaching in a Foundation class; 1 session + 15 min feedback each week

Check-in session with all mentees; one hour via Zoom

Observe, assist and practice teaching in a different Foundation class; 1 session + 15 min feedback each week

Check-in session with all mentees; one hour via Zoom

In-person completion celebration

Benefits

The benefits of the mentorship programme include the following:

​

Gain invaluable teaching experience in Lumi Foundation's community and chair classes

Learn how to respond to a wide variety of people of differing abilities and needs - including how to modify classes to suit mat-based and chair-based practices

Receive support and feedback from your own personal mentor throughout the programme

Practice teaching, share teaching experiences and learn from other mentees

Gain a thorough understanding of Lumi Foundation - our mission, values, methodology and our classes

Be part of a friendly and welcoming community who will assist you throughout the programme

Receive a certificate upon successful completion of the programme

​

Requirements

You must be a 200hr+ qualified yoga teacher to participate in the training. In addition, you must also:

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Be available for all the dates outlined

Demonstrate passion and enthusiasm for teaching yoga in a community setting

Commit to teaching for Lumi Foundation and be available to teach on weekdays

Be willing to attend and teach classes in west London during the mentorship programme, and if you begin teaching for Lumi Foundation