Become a Registered Yoga Teacher

The continued growth and popularity of yoga in the United States has increased the need for well-trained and qualified yoga teachers assuring a safe learning environment for the practicing public. The Yoga Alliance is a group of senior yoga teachers who have answered this need by creating standards that set forth minimum, voluntary training parameters for teachers and teacher training schools. These standards allow for the diversity of the modern yoga community. Teachers who meet these standards have a well-rounded background in the breadth and depth of yoga. Upon demonstration of qualifications via an application process, approved teachers and schools are registered with Yoga Alliance and listed on the organization’s website.

Yoga Yoga Teacher Training is recognized by the Yoga Alliance as a training program that meets or exceeds these standards. Students who complete our Teacher Training program are well-qualified to teach yoga in the eyes of the Yoga Alliance. Upon completion of 200 hours of training at Yoga Yoga each student receives a completion certificate showing that she has met the Yoga Alliance standards to become a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) in the 200-hour category.

Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT) receive recognition for their background, experience and training through the registry on the Yoga Alliance website. The registry issues Registry Marks for enrolled teachers to use in their resumes, advertising and business endeavors, and authorizes them to use the initials "RYT" after their name. The list of registered teachers’ names will be advertised and promoted to the general public, to organizations that employ yoga teachers (i.e. yoga studios, athletic clubs, recreation departments, etc.), and to organizations that are beginning to review yoga teachers' credentials (hospitals, health insurance companies, governmental organizations, etc.). Yoga Alliance is working to establish long-term mutually beneficial relationships with these organizations to facilitate the acceptance and support of yoga teachers as professionals in the modern world.

For more information on the Yoga Alliance, please visit their website at www.yogaalliance.org.