| Yoga is becoming more and more popular around the | | | | School (RYS) through the Yoga Alliance? The Yoga |
| world. The need for trained instructors who have | | | | Alliance is the most respected yoga organization in the |
| completed a qualified yoga teacher training (YTT) or | | | | country. If you're serious about learning and teaching, |
| yoga teacher certification (YTC) program is also | | | | then do yourself a favor and go for a 200-hour Yoga |
| increasing. (Yoga Teacher Training and Yoga Teacher | | | | Alliance-recognized program at a Registered Yoga |
| Certification mean the same thing, the title of the | | | | School. |
| program depends on the preference of the school.) | | | | When to do your training locally |
| To fill this gap to get more certified teachers, there are | | | | Unless you want to be part of a lineage of like |
| more and more training programs offered at studios | | | | Ananda, Kundalini, Kripalu, Sivananda, Kriya, and so on - |
| and schools, both near home and internationally. | | | | where you will need to go to a yoga center or ashram |
| What to look for in a yoga teaching course | | | | outside of your area to study - it is a good idea to |
| 1. The most important thing to look at when | | | | study in the area you intend to teach. |
| researching programs is, who is the director of the | | | | Why? Because your local yoga school will have insight |
| teacher training? Have you studied with this person | | | | into how to reach people in the area, how to market to |
| and do you like their style? Does their philosophy | | | | them, and how to attract people to your classes once |
| resonate with you? Are they easily accessible? Do | | | | you graduate from your training. If the yoga teacher |
| they live by the words they speak, or at least try to? | | | | training has a service project as part of the |
| 2. Next, look at training dates for the training. Do the | | | | requirements, some of the people you meet in your |
| dates fit your schedule? Some certification programs | | | | community classes may very well become your first |
| offer the whole training at once, some offer it on | | | | clients. Not to mention, a director from the area will |
| weekends only, and others offer weekend trainings in | | | | have a list of connections for places you can contact |
| combination with some yoga teacher training | | | | and possibly teach once you graduate from the YTT. |
| requirements through the week. | | | | You'll also get support from the people you go through |
| 3. Can you afford the yoga teacher training, or are | | | | training with once the program is finished, because |
| there payment plans or scholarships available to make | | | | most of them will live in the area. You'll become lifelong |
| your training more manageable? | | | | friends with many of your fellow trainees. |
| 4. Is the yoga training offered at a Registered Yoga | | | | |