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Yoga Teacher (ERYT) Designations
The globally accepted professional credential for Yoga Teachers
In January 2017, a new set of quality standards called “PLUS” were approved and implemented by the Yoga Alliance’s Educational Standards Committee (ESC) and added to the existing scheme.
A Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (ERYT) credential is earned by yoga teachers if they have successfully completed a 200 hour yoga teacher training and have taught a certain number of hours.
All ERYT levels cover the FULL range Membership Status.
Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher
Across all YTT, the first 200 training hours must come from the same school as multiple trainings cannot be combined to meet the 200 hour requirements. Additional training does not have to be from the same school
We grandfather senior teachers that have been teaching over 10 years full time but do not have formal certification. For Grandfathering, resume & letters of reference is required
ERYT 200
Qualification: Teacher must have a 200 hour Yoga Training/Yoga Therapy from a registered or non-registered YA-International school
Teaching hour: Minimum 2200 documented hours of teaching experience pre-post/graduation
Continuing Education hours: Not required
A ERYT-200 can be faculty of a 200 hour teacher training programme, continuing education programs, seminars, workshops, mentorship programs, retreats
ERYT 250 PLUS
Qualification: Teacher must have a 250 hour Yoga Training/Yoga Therapy from a registered or non-registered YA-International school
Teaching hours: Minimum 2500 documented hours of teaching experience pre-post/graduation
Continuing Education hours: Not required
A ERYT-250 PLUS can be faculty of a 200/250 PLUS hour teacher training programme, continuing education programs, seminars, workshops, mentorship programs, retreats
ERYT 350
Qualification: Teacher must have a 350 hour Yoga Training/Yoga Therapy from a registered or non-registered YA-International school
Teaching hours: Minimum 3000 documented hours of teaching experience pre/post-graduation
Continuing Education hours: Not required
A ERYT-350 can be faculty of a 200/250 PLUS/300/350 hour teacher training programme, continuing education programs, seminars, workshops, mentorship programs, retreats
ERYT 500
Qualification: Teacher must have a 500 hour Yoga Training/Yoga Therapy from a registered or non-registered YA-International school
Teaching hours: Minimum 5000 documented hours of teaching experience pre/post-graduation
Continuing Education hours: Not required
A ERYT-500 can be faculty of a 200/250 PLUS/300/350/500 hour teacher training programme, continuing education programs, seminars, workshops, mentorship programs, retreats
ERYT 500 PLUS
Qualification: Teacher must have a 500 PLUS hour Yoga Training/Yoga Therapy from a registered or non-registered YA-International school
Teaching hours: Applicants must submit at least 6500 documented hours of teaching experience pre/post-graduation
Continuing Education hours: Not required
A ERYT-500 PLUS can be faculty of a 200/250 PLUS/300/350/500/500 PLUS hour teacher training programme, continuing education programs, seminars, workshops, mentorship programs, retreats
ERYT 1500
Qualification: Completed a 1500 hour training programme in one session or first 200 hour with the same school. Additional training does not have to be from the same school
Teaching hour: Applicants must submit at least 12,000 documented hours of teaching experience pre/post-graduation
Continuing Education: None
*Eligible for “Grandfathering”
A ERYT-1500 can be faculty of a 200/250 PLUS/300/350/500/500 PLUS/1500 hour teacher training programme, continuing education programs, seminars, workshops, mentorship programs, retreats
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