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The Global Professional Body for Yoga Teachers

Build a teaching life that lasts

You trained to teach. To hold space. To change lives.
That deserves to be recognised.

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10,000+

Registered Teachers

100+

Countries

200hrs

Minimum Standard

Years Setting Standards

Where are you?

Every teaching career looks different. Yours has a path.

Whether you're teaching, training others, or about to qualify — there's a next step built for where you actually are.

I teach yoga and I want my work to count

Recognition, protection, and visibility that turns teaching into a real career.

Your teacher path

I train teachers and my standards matter

Accreditation that proves your programme is worth trusting.

Your trainer path

I'm training and want to start right

The first steps you take determine everything that follows.

Your trainee path

"I finally feel like my work is taken seriously. The Live CV changed everything — studios find me, students trust me."

Sarah Mitchell

Yoga Teacher · 8 years · Bristol, UK

What Changes

What professional registration actually gives you

You've done the training. You've put in the hours. Here's what happens when that gets properly recognised.

£6M Professional & Public Liability Cover

Verified, Searchable Live CV

Recognised Credentials & CPD Tracking

Global Peer-to-Peer Professional Community

Dedicated Safety Division & Legal Helpline

The Growth Path

Great teachers develop more than their teaching

The most sustainable teaching lives grow across three connected areas. Most teachers only focus on one.

Teaching

A linear journey of experience. From newly qualified through to Senior Teacher and Elder. Measured in hours taught, years practised, and standards met.

Business

A non-linear journey from self-employed individual to professional brand. From operator to owner — without losing what you love about teaching.

Wellbeing

An internal journey from scarcity to abundance. The mindset shift that makes everything else possible — pricing, boundaries, growth, and professional confidence.

YogaPros Growth Path — Teaching Skills, Business, and Wellness

Live CV — Tania Murphy, Senior Yoga Teacher

Your Live CV

Everything you need. In one place.

Qualifications. Reviews. Events. Training. Contact details. Specialty badges. All verified, all in one place — visible to every studio and student searching for a teacher.

No website needed. Your Live CV is your complete professional presence. A student googles you — and finds everything they need to trust you. A studio checks your credentials — and they're already verified. It's not a profile. It's proof.

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We set the
standard

200hrs

Minimum Training

180hrs

Live Contact

Pre-assessed

Before Course Starts

Reviewed

Graduate Feedback

Annual

Quality Audit

£6M

Professional Cover

Foundation Training Standard

Every accredited Foundation course must meet these requirements. No exceptions.

200 Hours Minimum Total Training

Of which 180 hours must be live contact — taught in real time by a qualified lead teacher. Pre-recorded content cannot replace live instruction.

Lead Teacher: Senior Yoga Teacher

Must hold SYT status — a minimum of 8 years and 4,000 hours teaching since graduating. This is the person shaping the next generation.

70% Taught by the Lead Teacher

The SYT lead teacher must personally deliver a minimum of 70% of all contact hours. Trainees deserve consistency and depth from a single experienced teacher.

Supporting Teachers: EYT or Specialist

The remaining 30% must be taught by an Experienced Yoga Teacher — minimum 4 years and 2,000 hours since graduating — or a specialist meeting equivalent standards.

Not all training is the same. Does yours meet the standard?

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FOR TRAINING PROVIDERS & COURSE LEADERS

Safety Division

Your career. Protected.

No other yoga body has a dedicated safety division. We keep you safe, your business safe, your students safe, and every studio you work with safe.

You, safe

Insurance, legal support, professional guidance, and a body that stands behind you.

Your business, safe

Compliance guidance, best practice standards, and the framework that protects your livelihood.

Your students, safe

Studios, gyms, and students trust that a YogaPros teacher meets real standards.

£6M

Professional & Public Liability

Unlimited claims·No excess·Retroactive·Multi-location·Online & abroad·24/7 legal helpline

Underwritten by Zurich · Arranged by Balens · Legal support by ARAG
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Your Professional Ecosystem

Yoga teachers grow stronger together

Visibility. Credibility. Recognition. Opportunities. All in one place.

Live CV

Your verified professional profile — visible to studios and students worldwide.

Growth Journey

Track your development across all three pillars.

Specialties

Earn recognised specialty credentials searchable by studios.

Cover Classes

Connect with studios needing cover teachers in real time.

Ceri LeeSenior Teacher · 7,400hrs · Ruthin, UK

Elena ConsoliSenior Teacher · 4,150hrs · Edinburgh, UK

Claire SaundersSenior Teacher · 6,510hrs · Beckenham, UK

When your work is recognised, everything changes

Yoga teaching is a real profession. It deserves a real professional body — one that holds standards, protects teachers, and treats this work with the seriousness it demands.

Bruce Mackay

Co-Founder, YogaPros · Architecting the Global Standard for Yoga Professionals & High-Performance Leadership

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