Course Summary
Course Category: PLC (Further Education - FET) - Apply directly to College
This is a part-time foundation course tailored for individuals aspiring to build a dual career as a certified yoga teacher and complementary therapist. Delivered under the Back to Education Initiative (BTEI), this flexible schedule is specifically structured to allow learners to balance their professional qualifications with existing personal or work commitments.
The curriculum focuses on merging physical yoga practice with a broad suite of holistic and therapeutic modalities. Students dive deep into the technical execution of yoga postures while gaining a scientifically rigorous understanding of the human body through anatomy and physiology. By combining mindfulness, wellness principles, and complementary therapies, the course instills the practical skills and commercial confidence required to enter the rapidly growing health and wellbeing industry.
QQI Level 5 Component Certificate in Sports, Recreation and Exercise Studies 5M5146
Course Details
This course prepares you for working in the following Career Sectors:
What will you study?
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Programming a Yoga Teaching Session
Delivering a Yoga Teaching Session
Nutrition
Exercise and Fitness
Anatomy and Physiology
Indian Head massage
Important
- Colleges may add/remove modules to keep the course updated and to meet demands.
- Almost all PLC courses have a Work Experience module, which requires students to find their own placement in an area directly related to their course.
Progression to CAO Courses
Higher Education Links Scheme (HELS)
This course results in a QQI Major Award, and provides progression opportunities to a number of Higher Education courses, including those in the CAO.
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QQI Code
To calculate Points based on your QQI award results, use the PLC Points Calculator.
The Student - Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests:
Social
The Social person's interests focus on interacting with the people in their environment. In all cases, the Social person enjoys the personal contact with other people in preference to the impersonal dealings with things, data and ideas found in other groups.
Many will seek out positions where there is direct contact with the public in some advisory role, whether a receptionist or a counsellor. Social people are motivated by an interest in different types of people and like diversity in their work environments. Many are drawn towards careers in the caring professions and social welfare area, whilst others prefer teaching and other 'informing' roles.
Naturalist
Not surprisingly, some aspect of the natural sciences will run through the Naturalist's interests - from ecological awareness to nutrition and health. People with an interest in horticulture, land usage and farming (including fish) are Naturalists.
Some Naturalists focus on animals rather than plants, and may enjoy working with, training, caring for, or simply herding them. Other Naturalists will prefer working with the end result of nature's produce - the food produced from plants and animals. Naturalists like solving problems with solutions that show some sensitivity to the environmental impact of what they do. They like to see practical results and prefer action to talking and discussing.
Further Research
National Statistics for this Award (All Ireland)
The following data provides general information about this Award from colleges across Ireland.
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Career Progression
- Setting up a Yoga Teaching Business
- Setting up in private practice as a Reflexologist and Massage Therapist
- Nutrition Adviser
- Working in the Spa and Leisure Centres and Alternative Therapy Clinics