If you’ve decided to join Yoga Alliance (and to maintain your RYT certification), then you’ll need to log your Yoga Alliance continuing education hours. Once you’ve completed some of your CE requirements, you’ll need to log those CE hours as soon as...
There are a handful of questions that are certain to enter the minds of all freshly certified yoga teachers. And in the yoga world, the biggest question of all is whether or not to join Yoga Alliance and if there are any benefits to a YA membership. While it’s...
Last updated: October 14, 2026. ⚠️ 2027 Update: Yoga Alliance is overhauling its credential system in 2027. Online and hybrid YTTs stay allowed in 2027 — the 15% live/synchronous minimum carries forward unchanged. Starting in 2027, all graduates (online or in-person)...
Last updated: October 14, 2026. ⚠️ 2027 Update: Yoga Alliance is overhauling its credential system in 2027. Still accurate — yoga remains unregulated in the US, and you don’t legally need Yoga Alliance to teach. The 2027 overhaul adds a 40-question assessment...
Yoga Alliance is the largest nonprofit association representing the yoga community. Founded in 1999, it sets voluntary standards for yoga teachers and yoga schools in the United States and internationally. When you hear someone say they’re an “RYT...
