What is Yoga Alliance? Is There Any Value In Joining? Do Studios Care That You're An RYT?

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In this episode, John and Chris will discuss the real role of the Yoga Alliance to clear up a general false perception within the yoga community about it. When yoga teachers and schools register themselves through the Alliance, they think that the registration serves as some form of certification and they run their classes in line with the recommendations of the alliance. What a large majority of the yoga community doesn’t realize is that the Yoga Alliance is just an online directory and not a recognized certifying body.
They’re basically an online registry that provides an outline of what a teacher training program needs to have inside of it so that teacher training schools can build their syllabuses around it before registering their schools in the registry. Once the alliance approves a yoga school, the schools’ students can also register with the alliance to become a registered yoga teacher, and have the title “RYT” behind their names.
They play an important role in creating some kind of standard in the industry to up the level of expertise and professionalism, but the fact is that they are just a directory and not a governing body, and yoga entrepreneurs shouldn't let them dictate their success in business, because their requirements keep changing and they can make it very hard and expensive for yoga teachers and schools to keep up. A great example to look at is how the Alliance has never impacted John and Chris’ yoga studio and teacher training program in any way. Tune in for more on that.
Key Points Discussed:
- One of the biggest false beliefs in the yoga community (02:07)
- The alliance can be a hindrance to your success (03:57)
- No teacher has been denied a teaching opportunity because they’re not registered (05:50)
- How you can put your yoga studio at risk (08:00)
- The importance of creating a culture of consistency in a teacher training program (10:32)
- The proof if you're a good teacher is in how you teach, not in the letters behind your name (14:54)
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[@willbrani1346]

Really appreciate the detail you went into about this topic. I have been teaching for several years and have never registered with YA and am not sure I will ever register. I sometimes see yoga job postings where they list 200ryt as a requirement. It definitely makes me less confident applying/auditioning for those studios. I just try my best to honor the students I teach by continually learning and not limit myself to a list of requirements some organization came up with.

[@harshkp7679]

You are amazing guys, now I know how this industry works. I had lot of confusion with ttc programs and Yoga aliases. Thanks a lot👍🙏🏼🙂

[@starsaffyre]

Om Namaste. Thank you for saving me money!

[@fernfromthecosmos]

Thank you for this.. was really confused and didn't understand this concept. Now I fully understand :)

[@st.a.r_]

Thank you guys!🙏🏽✨

Thank you so much for talking about this.

[@AdwaitYogaSchool]

Both of you are telling Truly.

[@Dheepikab]

Good info ..

[@rtchloeful]

I wish I saw this video before my 200hr YTT. I found out that yoga alliance is bullshit after my graduation. The owner of the RYS was shady and had a horrible attitude which harassed students so I made a report to YA and guess what.... YA wouldn’t do anything because there is no standard for the owners. Literally anyone, even though they are not yogi, even a criminal can own RYS if he/she has money. There are so much things to say but I won’t say here. If anyone considering to join YA, please google ‘yoga alliance bullshit’ first and read many other cases like mine.