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Registered Prenatal Yoga Teacher (RPYT)

The globally accepted professional credential for Yoga Teachers

Yoga Alliance RPYT Specialty

Yoga teachers members or non-members of the association can register as a RPYT if they have successfully completed a 50 contact hours minimum Prenatal teacher training with a Yoga Alliance International or a similar recognised organisation Registered Prenatal Yoga School (RPYS).

RPYT courses are suitable for non-yoga persons working in a professional capacity who would like to incorporate prenatal yoga into their profession.

Requirements

Applicants must have completed 50 hours minimum Prenatal yoga training in the presence of a member of the association registered as a ERYT 200/250 PLUS/350/500/500 PLUS/1500 hrs or a RYT 500/500 PLUS/1500 with a RPYT qualification

Yoga Teachers

Must hold a 200 hour or higher yoga teaching qualification
Current First Aid Certificate
Public Liability Insurance

Non-Yoga Persons who hold one or more qualifications listed below:

Midwife, obstetrician, maternal child health nurse
Current First Aid Certificate
Public Liability Insurance
No hours of yoga classes attendance or teaching experience are required

Non-Yoga Persons that do not hold a vocational qualification

Must have been practising yoga for at least six months prior applying for Yoga Alliance membership. *Evidence of yoga classes attendance are required by submission of Statutory
Declaration that confirms the number of total hours and sites address attended
Current First Aid Certificate
Public Liability Insurance

What is a Statutory Declaration?

A statutory declaration is a legal document defined under the law of certain Commonwealth. It is similar to a statement made under oath, however, it is not sworn nations. *Please download the Statutory Declaration

When you write a statutory declaration, you should include

Your full name
Your address
Your occupation
A statement that you "do solemnly and sincerely declare"

Registration Fees

Associate Yoga Student + RPYT- $ 270

Membership Valid three (3) years
No Annual Renewal
Teachers with a 200 minimum teaching qualification from a school registered or non-registered with Yoga Alliance International
A Non-Yoga Person who works in a professional capacity as a counsellor, occupational therapist, social worker, school teacher, midwife, obstetrician or maternal child health nurse that has minimum 50 hours Prenatal training from the YA-International’s CEAS (Continuing Education Accredited School) or a non-registered YA-International yoga school. *Prenatal yoga training must be completed with a qualified RPYT teacher. *Evidence of qualification (s) in one or more field listed above is required
A Yoga Student enrolled on a 200 hours yoga teacher training aiming to build yoga teaching pathway who has completed minimum 50 hours in any yoga subject including RPYT with YA-International’s CEAS (Continuing Education Accredited School) or a non-registered YA-International yoga school. *To upgrade membership from Associate Yoga Student to RYT (Registered Yoga Teacher) MUST complete a 200 hour teacher training

Note:

The Associate Yoga Student membership enable non-yoga persons to teach Prenatal yoga classes to member of the public only if the requirements above are fully met and hold professional insurance and a current first aid certificate
Applicants who have completed course will receive the RPYT and the Associate Yoga Student designation combined together
Applicants enrolled on a yoga teacher training course who have completed a RPYT cannot teach classes to other until have completed a minimum 200 hour yoga teacher training

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