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Teacher Training 2026 · Essence of Living × Flolo

Go far enough in that you come out teaching

Yoga, Pilates and bodywork trainings led by Michelle Cassidy of Essence of Living, with 25 years behind them, and a direct pathway to practise, integrate and potentially teach in Flolo studios.

Book a discovery call → See the 2026 courses →

Six trainings · all levels welcome · it starts with a conversation, not a deposit

Why this partnership

Some collaborations feel practical. This one felt inevitable.

Michelle Cassidy brings 25 years of industry experience and a teacher education program with a reputation to match. Flolo brings three studios, 140+ classes a week and 30+ resident teachers. What made it obvious was not the logistics, it was the alignment: the same commitment to quality education, ethical teaching, community connection and staying in a student's corner long after the course finishes.

Because teacher training does not end with anatomy, sequencing and philosophy. It comes alive through observation, repetition, human connection and the courage to step into the role in front of real people. That part needs somewhere to happen. Now it has three studios and a council wellbeing program to happen in.

Never before has the integration between training and teaching been so fluid.

25 yrs of Michelle Cassidy's teaching and industry experience
6 trainings across yoga, Pilates and bodywork
100+ classes a week to assist, observe and refine in
What is on offer

The 2026 trainings

Six courses, from a first qualification through to post-graduate modules for teachers who already have their hours. Dates, structure and pricing are covered properly on your discovery call, once we know which one you are drawn to.

  • Pilates

    Pilates Mat

    The foundational mat Pilates qualification. Alignment, cueing and the core repertoire, taught to the standard you would need to hold your own room.

  • Pilates

    Pilates Props + Barre

    Extends the mat qualification into props and barre work, the two things that turn a mat class into a full programming toolkit.

  • Yoga

    200hr Vinyasa Yoga

    The full 200 hour yoga teacher training. Asana, philosophy, anatomy, pranayama and the practicum hours behind an internationally recognised qualification.

  • Yoga

    200hr + 75hr Yin Yoga

    Yin as its own discipline rather than a slow version of something else. Connective tissue, long holds, stillness and how to hold a room through it.

  • Yoga

    75hr Yoga Sequencing + Adjustment

    For teachers who already have their 200 hours. Building a class that goes somewhere, and putting hands on people with confidence and consent.

  • Bodywork

    Thai Massage Course

    Traditional Thai massage as a bodywork skill in its own right, and as something that deepens how you understand a body in a yoga room.

Not sure which one fits? Say that in the form. Working it out together is exactly what the call is for.

The Flolo side

What the pathway actually means

  1. 1

    Practise

    You train while you keep practising. Our memberships cover all three studios with no lock-in, so the hours you need on the mat are hours you were going to do anyway.

  2. 2

    Integrate

    Assist, observe and refine across more than one hundred classes a week, between Flolo studios and the Gold Coast City Council Active & Healthy Program. Studio rooms, community programs and outdoor sessions, with real students rather than a practicum in a circle of classmates.

  3. 3

    Potentially teach

    You come out adaptable, because you have already taught bodies of different ages and abilities in rooms that behave nothing like each other. You also come out known to a studio team, which is worth more than a resume when we are looking for teachers.

A class in a beautiful studio is a different skill from one in a park or a community hall. Learning both is what builds the confidence to walk into either.

Take the next step

Start with a conversation

Tell us where you are at and we will set you up with a one on one discovery call with Michelle. Space to ask questions, share your intentions and feel into whether this is the right fit for you right now. No pressure, no deposit, no commitment.

Which trainings interest you?

Tick as many as you like, or none if you are still working it out.

Your details come to Flolo, and we share them with Essence of Living to arrange your call. Nothing else, and you can tell us to stop any time.

Prefer to talk it through? Call 0482 077 514 or email hello@flolo.studio.

Common questions

Before you book

What happens after I register my interest?
We set you up with a one on one discovery call with Michelle. It is a conversation rather than a sales pitch: you ask what you want to ask, say what you are hoping for, and get honest guidance on whether this training fits where you are right now. No pressure and no obligation to enrol at the end of it.
Do I need to be experienced before I start?
All levels of experience are welcome. What matters is curiosity, commitment and a willingness to grow, not how long you have been practising or what your body can currently do. If you are unsure whether now is the right time, that is exactly what the discovery call is for.
Do I have to want to teach?
No. Some people enrol with a clear intention to teach. Others come simply to deepen their own practice, embodiment and self understanding. Both paths are equally honoured. It is the deepest structured study of the practice most people will ever do, whether or not they ever hold a room of their own.
Where do trainees actually get to teach?
This is the part the partnership opens up. Trainees can assist, observe and refine across more than one hundred classes a week between Flolo studios and the Gold Coast City Council Active & Healthy Program. Studio classes, community programs, outdoor sessions, and a genuine range of bodies, ages and abilities. Teaching in a beautiful studio is a different skill from teaching in a park or a community hall, and you get both.
Is there actually work at the end of it?
There is a real shortage of well trained, confident, caring teachers. Gyms, studios and community programs contact Michelle every week looking for graduates who are ready. We cannot promise you a job at Flolo specifically, because we hire on merit and on what the timetable needs, but you finish this known to a studio team and qualified into a market that is short of people like you.
What about dates and cost?
Those vary by course and intake, so rather than publish numbers here that might be out of date by the time you read them, we go through them properly on the discovery call, alongside the structure and the real time commitment.

The training is the deep end. That is the point.

Book a call, ask everything you want to ask, and decide from there.

Book a discovery call → Start with the online course

Not ready for a full training? The Yoga Foundations course is nine hours of the same kind of depth, at your own pace.