How Do You Become a Licensed Yoga Instructor?
Becoming a Licensed Yoga Instructor can be a rewarding career that allows you to balance what you love while earning income and helping others. The journey to becoming licensed in Yoga can be short or long-term, depending on how you pace it with your current schedule and obligations. Here are the 5 steps to becoming a Licensed Yoga Instructor, starting today.
1. Decide What Your Yoga Style Is
There are so many variations of Yoga, but not limited to Gentle Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga, Hot Yoga, Bikram Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Yin Yoga, Power Yoga, and Sivananda Ashtanga. It is important to discover what style speaks to you personally, and decide if the demographic for the area you want to teach would be a good fit with the style you want to teach. If, for example, you are in a heavy retirement community a gentle Yoga might be a great route, whereas something like Vinyasa Yoga might be a great fit in a more youthful, urban setting.
2. Complete A Minimum 200 Hours
Starting with a 200-hour program, you will learn everything you need to know about all the Yoga forms and postures. You will also learn alternative modified forms, the benefits of Yoga, and human anatomy and physiology relating to yoga. You will also learn about the philosophy of Yoga according to Patanjali’s Eight Limbs of Yoga. In addition, you will practice the art of Yoga for at least 2 hours daily. While the 200-hour Yoga Certification will allow eligibility for applications as a Yoga Instructor for most establishments, a 300-hour, and 500-hour Certification may also be obtained. 300-hour Yoga licenses can be acquired to learn more advanced techniques and lifelong cultivation of Yoga practice and Yoga philosophy into daily life, while a 500-hour Yoga Certification allows even further advancement, including training new Yoga Instructors.
YOUR YOGA PRACTICE KNOWS YOU INTIMATELY.
3. Apply For A RYT Certification
Upon completing the programs that meet the guidelines set by Yoga Alliance, you will have completed the hardest, longest part of the process! Graduates of the Yoga Alliance should then apply for an RYT Credential (Registered Yoga Teacher) through the Yoga Alliance of America. Some employers do not require an RYT Certification. However, having one will open you up to an array of greater opportunities as well as grant you the following benefits:
- An internationally-recognized credential
- Access to free online workshops to keep your training up-to-date
- Inclusion into the RYT Directory, which gives you a public profile you can share, allowing you to market yourself
- Invitations to related community events hosted in the area
- Discounts on Yoga-related products and services including apparel, insurance, and business software
- Plus –subscriptions and access to insightful Yoga related publications
4. Register With Yoga Alliance Of America
There’s one more step to becoming a registered yoga teacher!
After completing your teacher training, you need to register for the Yoga Alliance of America. Once registered, you’ll be listed in their global directory as a teacher. You are now ready to teach yoga. Remember that the role of a teacher is very important. Keep learning and expanding your own practice, so you can share the wonderful gift of yoga with everyone
5. Get Some Practice & Start Making Money
At YogaFX, Yoga classes comprise a great portion of our yoga classes to residential and corporate communities nationwide. YogaFX makes Yoga Instructors honed their craft and provide effective, exhilarating, comprehensive Yoga to their students. The students are also taught to build community everywhere they go. If you are looking for the best place to practice additional yoga jobs on the side, teach a yoga class flexible to your current schedule, or simply expand upon your experience with Yoga. We also have many 5-star reviews.
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