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The Next Steps For Your Yoga Teaching Career

Gain accreditation and all of the tools you need to become a successful yoga teacher
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Empower Your Yoga Journey

The career path gives you everything you need to grow your yoga business and teach full time.

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Confidence In Your Ability

Third-party recognition builds credibility and trust with your students.

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"I am loving the support , help and layout of your service. I am growing in many areas and taking on more clients, your website is really guiding me and giving a lot of valuable information and resources as I take this opportunity to progress."
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Senior Yoga Teacher
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Ready to Teach Your First Class?

Nerves are normal. Confidence grows when you have the right tools and support.
  • Step-by-step first class checklist
  • Tried-and-tested scripts and class plans
  • Mentors who’ve been there before
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Create Your Signature Teaching Style

Your voice, your energy, your unique way of guiding students — that’s what sets you apart.
  • Inspiration to develop authenticity
  • Guidance on finding your teaching voice
  • Resources for sequencing and creativity
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Ready to Grow a Supportive Network?

Yoga can feel isolating when you’re teaching alone. A community makes it lighter.
  • Community of fellow teachers
  • Direct access to peers
  • Opportunities to collaborate and connect
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Lay Strong Professional Foundations

Credibility, insurance, and confidence to show up as a professional matter from day one.
  • Simple steps to secure insurance
  • Guidance on presenting yourself as credible
  • Resources for building long-term security
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"I wanted to say a big thank you to you and the team there at Yoga Alliance Professionals. When ever I have called I have always been able to speak to a real person which is so refreshing. Everyone has always been extremely friendly and helpful. It makes me feel part of an organisation even though I run my small business by myself. So a big thank you to you all!"
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Everything You Need

Progression

Encouragement and guidance to keep growing and contributing

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Credibility

Utilise your badge and reviews as 3rd party validation

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Development

Opportunities to develop are sent to you regularly

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Help Centre

A dedicated place to receive answers to your questions immediately!
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Webinars

Guidance to improve your teaching skills and grow your yoga business
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Accreditation

Use your badges as 3rd party validation to build credibility
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Profile

Build your online presence while boosting your SEO (higher search rankings)
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Private Message

Connect with potential clients/students privately and quickly

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Career Path

Progress in your career and continue to expand your knowledge

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Resources

Save time and money with our professional resources and guides.
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Save big on yoga-related products and services that are ethical

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Insurance

Select policies are available at a fantastic price for YAP members

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"I would like to thank Claire, Aimee and the Yoga Alliance Professionals team for the support and guidance afforded to me from the beginning, during my training, through to qualifying, uploading my profile; including tips on taking my next tentative steps. Thank you. This support has made what could have been quite a daunting side of this journey much more achievable."
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the CPD/Further Training requirement?

We do not have any requirements for you to complete CPD (Continuing Professional Development). However, we highly encourage you to take further training as much and as often as you can. This helps you become the best teacher you can be.

Find registered further training courses here.

What are membership levels?

Yoga Alliance Professionals have 3 distinct membership levels that reflect your knowledge and experience. 

Yoga Teacher

What Is The Experience?
Teachers on this membership level have been teaching yoga for up to 4 years and have up to 2000 teaching hours (up to 30% of this can be substituted for training hours).

Experienced Yoga Teacher

What Is The Experience?
Teachers on this membership level have been teaching yoga for between 4 - 7 years. They also have at least 2000 teaching hours (up to 30% of this can be substituted for training hours).

Senior Yoga Teacher

What Is The Experience?
Teachers on this membership level have been teaching yoga for at least 8 years and have a minimum of 4000 teaching hours (up to 30% of this can be substituted for training hours).

What qualifications do you need to be a yoga teacher?

It is highly advisable that you have at least 2 years of regular yoga practice before enrolling on a yoga teacher training course. This experience ensures you can keep up with the course content and focus on developing your teaching skills and knowledge, not advancing your practice. 

For Yoga Alliance Professionals, the minimum qualification required to teach yoga is a 200-hour teacher training course. 

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I've qualified in another style, can I add this to my account? Will I be insured?

If you have completed a physical course in another type of yoga i.e. not an online course, you can add this to your YAP profile in a few ways.

- As a specialisation, this is used as a search criteria on our website, so we recommend you keep this as as up to date as possible.

- As an additional training.

- In your biography.

Please keep a note of all additional training you complete as we can consider these if you upgrade your membership level.

Insurance

The master insurance policy will cover members to teach as per the training they have received. If you have completed a physical training course (not on-line) in any type of yoga and go on to teach you will be insured. Please keep a copy of your certificate in a safe place, in the event of a claim you will be required to send copies of all training certificates to Balens.

Is There A Code Of Practice?

This Code of Practice is a summation and declaration of acceptable, ethical, and professional behaviour by which all Yoga Alliance Professionals members agree to conduct the teaching and business of Yoga. Read here!