She has aYs Foundation Course and Practitioner Course diplomas and is a member of the British Wheel of Yoga. She is also a qualified Vedic chant teacher with the Sannidhi of Krishnamacharya Yoga in Chennai, India where she has also attended study courses. The four-year aYs Practitioner course gave the opportunity for a deep study of the philosophy and practice of Yoga and also concentrated on the use of Yoga as a therapy. An important part of the course was the emphasis on guiding teachers to work with individuals using Yoga therapeutically.
Hilary Norman has been practising and studying Yoga for over 40 years. For the last 28 or more she has studied with the Association for Yoga Studies — aYs (formerly Viniyoga Britain) and has been a teacher for over 20 years.