Yoga Complete Guide

How to Get Your Yoga Instructor Certification

If you currently enjoy yoga you might be thinking about becoming a yoga instructor yourself. Wouldn’t it be great to teach other people yoga and watch them derive as much satisfaction as you do from it?

Just as with any type of instructor or teaching program you do have to reach certain requirements before becoming a certified instructor.  One thing to remember is that you want to get the best training you can. This way you are more likely to attract new students.

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Why Become a Yoga Instructor?

For many people the choice to become a yoga instructor is to fulfill their desire to teach and help people. For others it is a way of starting up a home business of their own. No matter what your reasons are starting anything new in life takes time and effort. So be prepared to do lots of hard work. It will be extremely rewarding in the end and give you tons of satisfaction.

Many yoga students simply want to teach yoga part time and still keep their full time job. They have a commitment to teach so many classes each week and this helps them stay on track with their fitness goals.

If you have a desire to help people learn than teaching yoga is a great goal to have. There are several ways that you can do your yoga training. You can join an instructor class and become certified, this method does take longer to accomplish. Another choice

which is becoming popular is to participate in online or distance learning.  If you decide to choose the latter method, be sure to look at the quality of the training which you will receive. This will affect your teaching reputation and your popularity for attracting new students.

Requirements

In the United States you must complete a training program that meets the standards of the Yoga Alliance. You can choose to complete one or two different training sessions. The 200 hour course or the 500 hour one, many students take one at a time while working and gaining experience. Once you have successfully completed these courses you are allowed to use RYT (Registered Yoga Teacher), after your name.

Many teachers will then take specialized courses in the various Yoga styles such as Bikram or Hatha Yoga. If you prefer you could choose to train in one of these styles from the beginning.

You can easily perform an online search to find Alliances that provide Yoga Instructor

Certification training in your area.

Costs of Yoga Training:

The cost of your Yoga Instructor Certification will vary depending upon how you choose to learn.  It is possible to become a yoga instructor for less than $100, but what type of reputation will that give you? Wouldn’t it be better to say that you trained under such and such institute?

The best method of training is to take one of the Yoga Alliance training courses. The cost for these runs around $3,000 for the 200 hour program. After successfully completing the course you will be certified and this is something that many students of yoga are looking for today.

This type of training will be invaluable to you if your goal is to open your own yoga studio. You could also set yourself up to become a personal yoga instructor, travelling to

clients homes to teach them privately. The opportunities are endless, especially with the current trends of the health and fitness industry. The payback for your initial outlay could be tremendous!

By preparing yourself and starting out to become a yoga instructor correctly the benefits will be huge. You will easily attract students to your classes and this can set the foundation for a great new business venture.