The Faculty
Meet Our Teachers The People Behind the Teaching
The quality of any yoga school is inseparable from the quality of its teachers. Here is an honest account of who teaches at The Seventh Center, what they have studied, and what they bring to the practice.
What we look for in a teacher and why each criterion matters
Not all yoga teachers are alike, and the differences that matter are not always the most obvious ones. Here is how we think about teaching quality at The Seventh Center.
They practise daily not as a claim, as a fact
We do not hire teachers who have stopped practising seriously. Teaching yoga without an active, daily personal practice produces a specific kind of hollowness that students often sense before they can articulate it. A teacher who still practises brings a quality of first-hand knowledge of what it feels like to work with a challenging posture, to sit through a difficult meditation, to find the breath in a demanding situation that a teacher who has stopped practising cannot fully access. This is the single most important quality we look for.
They have studied with teachers, not just trained in a program
There is a difference between completing a teacher training program and learning from teachers. The former produces certification; the latter produces actual knowledge. We look for teachers who have had sustained relationships with experienced practitioners who have been taught, corrected, and developed over time by people who knew the discipline more deeply than they did. This is how genuine transmission of knowledge has always worked in yoga, and why we are selective about whose teaching lineage our teachers carry.
They adapt not everyone, not everywhere
The capacity to adapt instruction to the student in front of you, rather than delivering the same class regardless of who is in the room, is the hallmark of genuine teaching competence. This requires continuous observation, anatomical knowledge applied to real bodies with real variations, and the judgment to know when to push and when to back off. It cannot be tested in an audition it is visible over time, which is why we develop relationships with our teachers over time before placing them with students.
They are honest about what they do not know
A teacher who pretends to authority they do not have is genuinely dangerous in a yoga context not dramatically, but in the accumulated small ways that overconfident alignment instruction and unjustified claims produce injury, disappointment, and distorted understanding over time. We look for teachers who say "I don't know" when they don't know, "this isn't my strongest area" when it isn't, and "you should see a doctor about that" when they should. This intellectual honesty is rare and, we believe, one of the most important qualities a yoga teacher can have.
The teachers who lead our programs
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Questions about our teachers?
We can tell you specifically which teacher leads a particular class or program and why we believe they are the right person for it. Reach out directly.
Ask on WhatsAppThe qualities common to all our teaching faculty regardless of their individual style
Daily practice without exception
Every teacher at The Seventh Center practises their discipline daily. Not as a professional requirement but as a genuine expression of who they are. This is the single most important quality we select for, and the one we are least willing to compromise on. Teaching what you are not actively practising produces a quality of hollowness that students can feel.
Honest communication
Our teachers say "I don't know" when they don't know, refer students to medical professionals when health concerns arise, and are transparent about the limits of what yoga instruction can address. This intellectual honesty is not a limitation it is the foundation of the trust that genuine teaching relationships require.
Ongoing learning
None of our teachers consider themselves finished learning. All of them continue to study with other teachers, through text study, through their own sustained practice. A teacher who has stopped learning is one whose teaching has stopped developing, which is the last thing a student needs from the person guiding their practice.
Ready to practise with teachers who take the work seriously?
Reach out to discuss which class or program would be the right fit, and which teacher would lead it. We will give you specific, honest answers.