| Standards for Registered Yoga Teachers |
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500 Hour Certification |
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Techniques |
Includes asanas, pranayamas, kriyas, chanting, and meditation. Hours in this category include both training in the techniques and practice of them. |
Teaching Methodology |
Principles of demonstration, observation, assisting/correcting, instruction, teaching styles, qualities of a teacher and the student's process of learning. |
Anatomy and Physiology |
Includes both physical anatomy and physiology (bodily systems, organs, etc.) and astral/energy/subtle anatomy and physiology (chakras, nadis, etc.) |
Philosophy/Ethics/Lifestyle |
Study of yoga scriptures (Yoga Sutras, Bhagavad Gita, etc.), ethics for yoga teachers, 'living the life of the yogi', etc. |
Practicum |
Includes student teaching as well as observing and assisting in classes taught by others. Hours are a combination of supervised and unsupervised. |
Balance of hours |
Balance of hours are drawn from the above categories. These hours do not necessarily represent student electives: the hours may be used according to a school's own particular emphasis. |
Contact Hours
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Contact hours are hours the teacher trainer is physically in the presence of the student while lecturing on a topic. Non-contact hours can include: assigned reading or other homework, non-supervised study groups, observing yoga classes, etc. |
| At least 90% of the hours for each training category listed above must be contact hours, in order for the applicant to meet Yoga Alliance's teacher registry standards |
The ancients observed that the graceful, effortless enlightened walk (E-Walk) was the absolute rapport of the body's parts as it moved upon the earth and they also witnessed the joyful countenance of the individuals who executed those steps. |
Our ultimate goal is to maintain a healthy body and mind - a body that moves naturally, and a mind that is at peace.
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| Walking, standing, sitting - these activities should be balanced and steady, comfortable and joyful. |
Stira Sukham Asanam (Yoga Sutra II-46) Pantanjali |
Walking is man's best medicine. |
| Hippocrates |
| If you walk, just walk. If you sit, just sit; but don't wobble, whatever you do. |
| Ummon |
| When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. And that is my religion. |
| Abraham Lincoln |
| We walk, and our religion is shown in how we walk. |
| Or, to put it more accurately, living in this world means choosing, choosing to walk, |
| and the way we choose to walk is infallibly and perfectly expressed in the walking itself. |
| Nothing can disguise it. The walk of an ordinary man and an enlightened man are as |
| different as that of a snake and a giraffe. |
| R.H. Blyth |
| Carry your body, but please, don't let your body carry you! |
| Vanda Scaravelli |