Registered Yoga Teacher

Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) is a title in the United States that designates a yoga teacher who has received a certain standard of yoga teacher training at a Registered Yoga School (RYS). The title is offered by the Yoga Alliance at the 200, 300 and 500 hour levels.^[1] As of 2007 there were 9,940 yoga teachers who had met the criteria needed to be registered with Yoga Alliance.^[2] Yoga teacher certification for 200 level is completed once 180 classroom hours are done, complete modules 1-9 plus 80 hours of home study projects, you will receive a Teacher Certification from YogaMotion as well as National Registry with Yoga Alliance, and the competency to teach Yoga classes in your community. Each module is comprised to focus on specific parts of the body to enhance well-being on all levels: physical, energetic, psycho-emotional, intellectual, and spiritual. The Nine modules focus on 1. •Annamayakosha – the Physical Body 2. •Pranamayakosha – the Energy Body 3. •Manomayakosha – the Emotional Body 4. •Vijnanamayakosha – the Wisdom Body 5. •Anandamayakosha – Body of Bliss 6. •Therapeutic Applications of Yoga 7. •Developing Your Teaching Style 8. •Ethics and Professional Guidelines 9. •The Business of Yoga ^[3] A regular yoga practice has lots of physical and mental benefits, consisting of burning calories, developing muscle, enhancing versatility, easing anxiety and energizing the body. Becoming a registered yoga instructor takes lots of hours and a considerable amount of discipline, but once certified, you’ll be able to instruct courses that’ll assist others. Preliminary yoga instructor trainings are generally 200 hours, which can be offered in numerous methods, such as a 10-day extensive, one weekend a month or over the course of a year. After finishing a 200-hour accreditation, you can proceed to the 500-hour certification. This covers advanced techniques, as well as info on the history of yoga, various schools of yoga and the science behind this type of workout. As soon as you’ve finished both the 200- and 500-hour accreditations, you’ve actually made the title Registered Yoga Teacher, and may put RYT after your name. ^[4]

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