Get Yoga Certification

The current minimum international Yoga teacher training standard for Level 1 is 200 hours. Typically, Yoga certification can be acquired with ‘on-site’ training or by ‘home study’ through correspondence or online courses. On-site training can be expensive, require travel and time away from work. Home-study courses allow much greater flexibility and time for study and allows for practice locally.

Yoga teachers seeking on-site certification should avoid so called ‘weekend certification’ courses. They are often used to teach Yoga as an exercise program by learning a dozen or two dozen asanas, and not much beyond this. Typically they learn a few postures and breathing techniques, but are left knowing a little more than the average Yoga student. The fact is, Yoga is much more than an exercise program. As a result, many of the quickly certified Yoga teachers soon realize they need to be re-certified to learn about contraindications, modifications, working with special populations (seniors, pre-natal, etc.), Yoga methodology, and a multitude of other Yoga subjects.

Some would say Yoga is the most complete health maintenance system known to mankind, with a lineage of thousands of years. Whole health needs to be addressed by much more than an exercise program. This type of knowledge simply cannot be absorbed in one weekend. Given that 200 hours of study has become the international standard for level 1, choosing a course which offers a complete Yoga certification course is very important.

Yoga Teacher Certification Course photo credit: lululemon athletica

Tweet This Post