Yoga Alliance

The Yoga Alliance is a U.S.-based nonprofit membership trade and professional organization for yoga teachers, headquartered in Arlington Virginia. The organization created the title of Registered Yoga Teacher in the United States to refer to teachers who have finished a yoga teacher training through a school registered with the Yoga Alliance. Yoga Alliance charges an annual fee for teachers and schools to be registered.[1][2][3]

The Yoga Alliance states that its registry is a voluntary credentialing system.[4] The teacher registry is not a certification program, but a listing of teachers who meet Yoga Alliance's Requirements for teaching experience and have completed their training at a Registered Yoga School.[4]

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  2. ^ "Yoga Alliance Expands Reach | Yoga Journal". YogaJournal.com. July 14, 2011. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  3. ^ Brahinsky, Rachel (August 28, 2007). "How to Choose a Yoga Teacher Training Program". Yoga Journal. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Credentialing for Teachers". Yoga Alliance. Retrieved November 12, 2014.