The Long Practice Sage YogaPros at twenty
Teaching sixteen years before Britain had a professional body. So he built one.
01 The Six
Answer to come from interview. 50–80 words. He began in 1970 — this one dates the whole register, and it is the detail readers repeat.
Answer to come from interview.
Answer to come from interview.
Answer to come from interview.
Answer to come from interview.
Answer to come from interview.
Every Sage answers these six, unchanged. Across a hundred careers it becomes the profession's own record of itself — read sideways, not down.
02 The arc
1970
Hatha Yoga, before it was an industry. Unbroken to this day.
1972
First formal studies. Rishikesh. He was there for the practice.
1990
Twenty years of practice before a class of his own. That interval became the standard.
1990s
He gives yoga a front door: a course with a start, an end, and a route onward.
2000
One of the most respected trainings in Scotland. Still running.
2006
Founded with Bruce Mackay against falling standards — and the fitness industry's claim on yoga.
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The book. Still the reference on the subject.
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An eco-aware retreat centre in the emptiest corner of Britain.
2026
The book becomes a course — for the teachers he trains, and the thousands he never will.
03 The landmark
Before him you walked into a general class and hoped. He built the beginners' course, and the route onward from it. It won so completely that most teachers running one today have never heard his name.
04 The unseen hours
05 Beyond the mat
The engineerStructures, loads, tolerances. Why he can tell you where an adjustment stops working.
The handsAn older tradition of touch, learned properly. It runs under everything he teaches.
The placeAn eco-aware retreat centre he founded in the emptiest corner of Britain.
The readingHe teaches in both.
Off the matTo be filled in his own words. This is the tile that makes it a portrait.
One surpriseEvery Sage has one. Ask for it directly — it is what readers repeat.
06 Authored
Hands-on adjustment is the most influential thing a teacher does with a student, and the easiest to get wrong. In 2026 the book becomes a YogaPros course.
07 Mentoring
The problem you are three years into, he solved thirty years ago. His time is chargeable. Places are limited by what one person can honestly hold.
One problem
90 minutes · video or Edinburgh
One thing that is stuck. One conversation, properly prepared for.
The one that changes things
Six sessions · six months
Long enough to change how you teach, not just how you feel about teaching. He recommends this one.
For trainers
Quarterly · course review
For SYTs running their own Foundation training. Your material read by someone who has run one for twenty-six years.
08 Ask Brian
He reads these himself, which is why it is not instant. You will hear back either way.
This page is his story. His Live CV is the record: qualifications, verified hours, accredited training, insurance, current standing.