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For teachers in training · UK and Ireland

You're learning. The cover is here while you do.

Most of your training happens in a hall with your teacher in the room. Then there's the bit nobody mentions. The supervised practice in front of your classmates. The free Sunday class for friends and family. The studio that lets you assist a paid Vinyasa class for the experience. None of those are uninsured by accident. They're often uninsured by oversight.

The £25 buys peace of mind for the duration of your training. One payment. No renewal while you're still on the course. The same Balens-underwritten cover the qualified teachers carry, scaled for where you are right now.
What £25 buys

One-time. For the whole course.

The same cover the qualified teachers carry, scaled to where you are. £6M in the UK, €6.5M in Ireland, nil excess, both underwritten by Balens.

£25 One-time payment · cover for the duration of your training
Who this is for

Three rules. One policy.

The trainee policy is scoped tightly on purpose. It's the only way to keep the price at £25 and the cover at the qualified-teacher level. Read the three rules before you apply.

01

You're enrolled in a 200hr+ course

The training must be at least 200 hours total, with at least 180 of those as live contact hours. Most reputable foundation trainings meet this. If yours doesn't, the trainee policy isn't the right route. The team can help you find the one that is.

02

You're domiciled in the UK or Ireland

Your home address must be in the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland. UK trainees are placed under the Balens Limited (UK Branch) policy. Ireland trainees are placed under Balens Europe B.V., the appropriate post-Brexit EU underwriter.

03

You don't already hold a 200hr+ certificate

The trainee policy is for those still in training. If you've already completed a 200hr+ qualification (even from a different school, even years ago) you belong on the qualified-teacher policy, not this one. The cover is the same level. The route is different.

If any of the three is uncertain, email insurance@theyogapros.com before you pay. We'd rather sort it on the front end than refund a wrong route.

How it activates

Three steps. Cover live within a working day.

Activation is a manual process. A real person reviews your details and switches the cover on. No automated sign-off, no rubber stamp.

1

Become a free trainee member

Free YogaPros trainee membership. Your training course details and contact information.

2

Pay £25 and complete the form

One-time payment. Course name, expected graduation date, the fields the underwriter needs.

3

A team member activates the cover

A real person reviews your details and switches the cover on. Certificate available on activation.

Allow one working day for the team to review and activate. The certificate is downloadable from your member dashboard the moment cover goes live.

Duration · what comes next

For the course. Not a day longer.

The cover runs for the duration of your training, up to a maximum of 18 months or until you graduate, whichever is first. When you qualify, you upgrade to the full Professional Yoga Teacher Insurance Policy: £6M in the UK, €6.5M in Ireland, on the same continuing terms but on an annual subscription rather than a one-time fee.

The trainee policy is the smallest cover commitment we offer. It's also the one that matters most early, because the first time you stand in front of a class, even a free one, you're already insurable. £25 makes you insured.
What it doesn't cover

Honest about the edges. So you know.

The trainee policy covers yoga teaching in the broad sense: Hatha, Vinyasa, Ashtanga, Pregnancy, Children's Yoga, Yoga Therapy, Meditation, SUP Yoga. The exclusions, in plain terms, are below.

A

Aerial & Acro Yoga

Aerial Yoga, Acro Yoga, and YogaLates require a multi-therapy add-on, not included in the standard trainee policy. If your course teaches these, contact us before you pay.

B

Massage & non-yoga therapies

Massage, personal training, and non-yoga therapeutic activities aren't in the policy. Multi-therapy add-on covers these. Speak to Balens directly if you need it.

C

Excluded territories

Live online classes are covered worldwide except USA, Canada, Russia and Belarus. If your students are in those territories, we'll route you to the right cover separately.

Underwritten by professionals

Two underwriters. One legal helpline.

UK trainees go through Balens Limited; Ireland trainees go through Balens Europe B.V. Both routes carry the same legal-expenses helpline through ARAG.

UK trainees · Underwriter

Balens Limited

UK Branch of Balens Europe B.V. A specialist complementary-health insurance broker with three decades of yoga-sector experience. Holds the Combined Liabilities Trainee policy for UK-domiciled trainees and is the first point of contact for any claim or query.

FCA authorised · UK Branch
Eire trainees · Underwriter

Balens Europe

Balens Europe B.V. underwrites the trainee policy for Ireland-domiciled trainees directly. Authorised and regulated by Autoriteit Financiële Markten in the Netherlands (licence 12046134), the appropriate EU-domiciled regulatory route post-Brexit.

AfM authorised · NL 12046134
UK + Eire · Legal helpline

ARAG

The UK's largest legal-expenses insurer. ARAG run the legal advice helpline for trainees on either route. If a studio sends you a contract you don't understand, or you have a question about your supervised practice, call 0344 893 6911, Mon–Fri 9am–5pm.

Solicitors Regulation Authority regulated
The questions trainees ask

Things teachers-in-training actually want to know.

No. The cover starts on activation, the day a team member switches it on. The policy is on a claims-occurring basis with retroactive cover, but retroactive cover only applies for incidents that occurred while cover was already in place. Anything you taught before activation is uninsured retrospectively. The fix is to activate now and not wait any longer.
Yes. The moment you stand at the front of a class (supervised, free, friends and family, classmates, anyone) you're the person teaching it. Your trainer's insurance covers the course; it doesn't cover you teaching independently. Even with someone in the room, you're the one giving the cues. The cover sits with you from the first practice class onwards.
You upgrade to the full Professional Yoga Teacher Insurance Policy: £6M in the UK, €6.5M in Ireland, on the same continuing terms but as an annual subscription. The trainee policy ends when the course ends; the qualified policy picks up where it leaves off, with no gap if you upgrade in time. The team will email a reminder as your graduation date approaches.
No. The £25 is a one-time premium for the duration of your training, up to 18 months or graduation. If you stop the course mid-way, the cover ends with the course but the premium isn't refunded. We keep the price low because the policy is simple. Refunds would push it up.
Yes. Live online classes are covered worldwide for the duration of your training, with the standard exclusions: USA, Canada, Russia and Belarus. Pre-recorded promotional material related to your training course is also covered. If you're running a Sunday Zoom for friends, that's exactly what the online cover is for.
The trainee policy covers your role in the class: adjustments, cues, supervised teaching segments. It's worth checking with the studio about their insurance and how it overlaps with yours; most studios carry public liability that covers the venue and the lead teacher's class, but expect the assistant to carry their own professional liability. Your trainee cover does that.
No. The trainee policy ends at 18 months or graduation, whichever is first. If your course extends beyond 18 months (for example, an interruption or a part-time programme) contact the team before the cover lapses. We'll route you to the right next policy, which may be the full Professional Yoga Teacher Insurance Policy depending on where you are in the course.
YogaPros trainee membership is free. The £25 is the insurance fee on top of the free membership. It's the cost of the underwritten cover, not a member subscription. You get the full free trainee member benefits (Live CV, community, resources) at no charge; the insurance is the only thing that costs anything during training.
Set up to practice with cover

Practice with cover. £25 · the duration of your training.

Become a free trainee member. Pay £25. A real person activates your cover within one working day.

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From the founder

The smallest cover commitment we offer. And the one that matters most early.

I've watched too many teachers do their first year of training uninsured because nobody told them they should be. The supervised practice doesn't count, the friends-and-family class doesn't count, the assistantship in a studio class doesn't count. Until something happens, and then all of them count, and the cover wasn't there. £25 fixes that for the entire course. It's the smallest cover commitment we offer at YogaPros, and the one that matters most early.

— Bruce, founder, YogaPros

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