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Welcome
Yoga
Alliance® registers
both individual yoga teachers
and yoga teacher training programs
(schools) who have complied
with minimum educational standards
established by the organization.
Please
review our website to
locate registered teachers
and schools, for information
and applications to register
with our organization,
or for general information
about yoga. Always feel
free to contact our administrative
offices to discuss any
aspect of our organization.
Vision
Yoga Alliance® supports
yoga teachers and the diversity
and integrity of yoga.
Mission
Our
mission is to lead the yoga community,
set standards, foster integrity,
provide resources, and uphold
the teachings of yoga.
We
do not claim to "represent
yoga" in
the United States, but
do represent our registrants
and support all yoga
teachers, whether or
not registered with our
organization.
Activities
Yoga Alliance® is
a non-profit, tax-exempt section
501(c)(3) organization.* We maintain
a national Yoga
Teachers' Registry to
recognize and promote teachers
with training that meets our standards.
Teachers registered with us are
authorized to use the initials "RYT®" (Registered
Yoga Teacher) after their name,
or the initials “E-RYTSM" (Experienced
Registered Yoga Teacher) if they
have significant teaching experience
in addition to training. We issue
registry marks (logos) for enrolled
teachers to use in their resumes,
advertising and business endeavors.
Yoga
Alliance® also
maintains a Registry
of Yoga Schools to
recognize yoga teacher
training programs of
at least 200 or 500 hours.
Registered schools are
authorized to use the
initials "RYS®" (Registered Yoga School) after their names,
and receive certificates
of registration as well
as registry marks. Once
a school is registered,
all graduates of an RYS® are
automatically eligible
to register with us as
RYT®s.
The
Registries are advertised
and promoted to (a) the
general public, (b) organizations
that employ yoga teachers
(i.e. YMCA's, athletic
clubs, Park & Recreation
Departments, etc.), and
(c) organizations that
review yoga teachers'
credentials (hospitals,
health insurance companies,
govern-mental organizations,
etc.).
Yoga Day USASM
Yoga
Alliance® is also the creator of Yoga Day USASM ,
an annual national celebration
of yoga created by yoga
teachers, schools and
studios. This year's
celebration was held on Saturday,
January 26, 2008. For more details and to see who participated, please go to www.yogadayusa.org.
*This designation means that income tax deductions may be taken for contributions made to Yoga Alliance® by persons who itemize their deductions. Application, processing, and annual registration fees paid by applicants or existing members are NOT, however, tax deductible.
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