Certification Requirements
Awarding of a certificate assumes that the recipient has submitted to the rigors of intellectual inquiry, achieved specialized and general knowledge and acquired motivations and abilities for continued learning, and that the student has: fulfilled hourly contact hours with the primary E-RYT (JJ Gormley-Etchells); demonstrated proficiency in teaching yoga and completed all coursework required as well as all outside assignments; cleared all accounts; satisfactorily passed the exam.
Each graduate is issued an official certificate or diploma upon completion of all graduation requirements.
The certificate does not guarantee jobs, but every effort will be made to help graduates find positions for which they are best qualified.
Program Level
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Certificate or Diploma Issues
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Suffix
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Yoga Alliance Compliant
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100-hr
Level 1
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Diploma Issued for
100-hours of Basic Yoga Studies
|
none |
no |
200-hr
Level 2
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Diploma issued for
200-hours of Advanced Yoga Studies
|
none
|
no
|
300-hr
Level 3
|
Certificate issued for
300-hours of Basic Yoga Teacher Training.
|
CYT
(Certified Yoga Teacher)
|
Yes, Apply for RYT
(Registered Yoga Teacher)
|
500-hr
Level 4
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Certificate issued for
500-hours of Intermediate Yoga Teacher Training.
|
CYT-500 |
Yes, Apply for RYT
(Registered Yoga Teacher) |
700-hr
Level 5
|
Certificate issued for
700-hours of Advanced Yoga Teacher Training
|
CYT-700 |
Yes Apply for RYT
(Registered Yoga Teacher)
|
900-hr
Level 6
|
Diploma issued for
900-hours Yoga Therapist Apprentice
|
CYT-900 |
No, Yoga Alliance does not
have a registry for Yoga Therapists
|
1200-hr
Level 7
|
Certificate issued for
1200-hours of Yoga Therapist - Basic Level
|
CYTh-1200 |
No, see above
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1500-hr
Level 8
|
Certificate issued for
1500-hours of Yoga Therapist - Advanced Level
|
CYTh-1500 |
No, see above
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