In the process of professional development, yoga coaches around the world tend to pursue some authoritative certification to improve their professionalism and competitiveness. The Yoga Alliance certification is one of the most important. The following is a detailed introduction to the national Yoga Alliance certification:
1、 Introduction to the national Yoga League
Founded in 1982, the national Yoga Alliance is a non-profit international yoga education organization. The alliance is committed to developing international certified yoga teacher training standards, promoting and supporting high-quality, safe, feasible and fair yoga teaching. Through a strict certification process, the national Yoga Alliance has ensured the authority and professionalism of the RYT certificate, making it one of the qualification certificates widely recognized by yoga coaches around the world.
2、 National Yoga Alliance (RYT)
1. meaning
RYT is the abbreviation of registered yoga teacher, which is the registered yoga instructor of the national Yoga Federation. RYT certificate represents that Yoga coaches have reached a certain level in professional knowledge and skills. It is a widely recognized teaching qualification in the international yoga community.
2. classification
The RYT certificate can be divided into different levels according to the training hours and the professional level of the Yoga Instructor:
Ryt200: a junior Yoga certificate certified by the national Yoga Federation, which requires at least 200 hours of yoga teacher training. This is the true international Yoga Instructor Certification, which is globally recognized and has high gold content.
Ryt500: National Certified intermediate Yoga certificate, requiring at least 500 hours of yoga teacher training.
E-ryt200: national certification of advanced yoga certificate.
E-ryt500: senior yoga Certificate in the United States, and can issue training certificates for other yoga teachers.
In addition, there are yoga certificates for specific groups, such as rpyt (Nationally Certified pregnant women's Yoga certificate) and rcyt (Nationally Certified children's Yoga certificate).
3. application conditions
To apply for the national Yoga League qualification certificate, the following conditions are usually met:
Age requirements: Applicants must be at least 18 years old.
Training requirements: complete at least 200 hours (or more, such as 500 hours for ryt500) of yoga teacher training courses certified by the national Yoga Federation. These courses cover yoga postures, breath control, meditation, yoga philosophy and other aspects to ensure that students fully master the knowledge and skills required for yoga teaching.
Assessment requirements: pass the assessment after the training course to prove that you have the ability to teach independently.
4. application process
The process of applying for the national Yoga League qualification certificate is as follows:
Choose a certified school: visit the official website of the national Yoga Association (English: https://www.yogaalliance.org/ , Chinese: http://www.yogalianmeng.cn/ ）, find and select the appropriate RYT certified training school.
Participate in training courses: complete yoga teacher training of corresponding class hours according to the requirements of the school.
Submit application materials: after the training, submit application materials to the national Yoga Federation, including personal ID photos, course certificate photos, etc.
Review and certification: the national Yoga Federation will review the submitted materials and issue the RYT certificate after passing the review.
Official website registration: after obtaining the certificate, register on the official website of the national Yoga Alliance and become a registered yoga teacher.