Our Story
We began as a small collective of yoga teachers and practitioners with a shared vision – to create a registry designed to acknowledge yoga schools and teachers and their training. Fast forward to today, and we are so much more than that.
Some of us are members of Yoga Alliance, some of us are teachers, some are devout practitioners, and others of us are just getting started. Our level of dedication may vary, but our love for yoga, and our belief in its restorative power, is the same. Together, we are a movement that transcends individual practice, to create a bolder, more compassionate, equitable, and inclusive world, grounded in yoga.
We are the largest nonprofit member association representing the global yoga community, and we believe that if more people practice yoga, the better the world will be. We are here to set the stage for real change—an actual shift in the paradigm—to center whole-person wellness for the betterment of all.
The call has been placed and, together with the yoga community, we are set to answer it:
More Yoga, Better World.
MISSION
We advocate for yoga, in its wholeness, and for all human beings in theirs.
VISION
Our vision is a better, bolder, more compassionate world grounded in yoga.
PURPOSE
Our purpose is to amplify the power of yoga and make it accessible to anyone wherever they are, under whatever circumstances.
Foundational Commitments
Uplift the Transformative Power of Yoga
Surface and Reduce Barriers to the Practice
Build, Engage and Support the Community
Our Strategic Plan
This is the first strategic plan Yoga Alliance has developed in the period following recent, generational changes in so many wide-ranging facets of our lives – how we think about and approach human interactions and work, our collective understanding of systemic inequities and their deep-and wide-ranging impacts, the concepts of public health and wellness, and our communities themselves. Learn about our approach to developing our strategic plan, and how we intend to achieve our mission.
