Registered Yoga Teachers


 

Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®s)


The teacher directory is not a certification program but rather a listing of teachers whose training and experience meet Yoga Alliance's minimum standards. Yoga teachers that graduated from Registered Yoga Schools (RYS®s) can receive varying levels of designation based on the amount of training and teaching experience, as follows: 

Yoga Alliance Designations

Training Hours Completed

Teaching Hours Completed

RYT 200 (Registered Yoga Teacher)

  • A yoga teacher with a minimum of 200 hours of yoga teacher training that meets Yoga Alliance standards.

200

From the same school

 No teaching hours required to register

RYT 500

  • A yoga teacher with a minimum of 500 hours of yoga teacher training, either:
    o   500 hours from one school, or
    o   200 hours plus 300 hours of advanced training from one school (training that requires participants to have a 200-Hour certification)
  • Can provide continuing education

500

100

Following RYT 200 Training

E-RYT® 200 (Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher)

  • A yoga teacher who has taught a minimum of two years and 1,000 hours since graduating from a 200-Hour RYS
  • Can provide continuing education
  • Can be a Director and/or Primary Instructor of a 200-Hour teacher training program

200

From the same school

1,000

Following RYT 200 Training

E-RYT 200, RYT 500

  • A RYT 500 who has taught a minimum of two years and 1,000 hours since graduating from a 200-Hour RYS
  • Can provide continuing education
  • Can be a Director and/or Primary Instructor of a 200-Hour teacher training program

500

1,000

100 following RYT 200 Training

E-RYT 500

  • A yoga teacher who has taught a minimum of four years and 1,500 hours since graduating from a 200-Hour RYS and has taught 500 hours since graduating from a 500-Hour RYS
  • Can provide continuing education
  • Can be a Director and/or Primary Instructor of a 200 and/or 500-Hour teacher training program

500

2,000

500 following RYT 500 Training

RCYT (Registered Children's Yoga Teacher)

  • An active RYT who has also completed a children's yoga training that meets Yoga Alliance standards.

95

From the same school

30

Following Children's Training

RPYT (Registered Prenatal Yoga Teacher)

  • An active RYT who has also completed a prenatal yoga training that meets Yoga Alliance standards. 

85

From the same school

30

Following Prenatal Training

 

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