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Congrats Byron Yoga Centre, who are a finalist in the prestigious Australian Small Business Champion Awards. 

Founder, owner and CEO, John Ogilvie said, ‘What a wonderful celebration of small businesses across Australia’. 

‘We were honoured to have been selected from over 5,500 entries. 

‘Through our programs, we aspire to spread the light of yoga to every town and village. As the benefits of yoga start to ripple out you start to feel you again. 

‘It’s from this place that we can discover how to become the best version of ourselves, and how to start to live a sustainable life for ourselves, the community which we live in and planet Earth as a whole’.

As one of Australia’s leading yoga teacher training schools, and one of the longest-running yoga schools in Australia, the centre welcomes students from all over the world, as well as locals and interstate visitors. 

They are also one of the few yoga organisations in Australia that operate as a RTO (Registered Training Organisation). 

They offer Certificate IV in Yoga Teaching.

For more info visit www.byronyoga.com/byron-full-time-cert-iv-international.



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