YAA Equivalency Certification

Eligibility & Upgrading
Why Certify?
200-Hour Requirements
500-Hour Requirements
Application

Eligibility & Upgrading

Yoga Teachers with 200-Hour or 500-Hour certificates are eligible to apply for YAA Equivalency Certification. The YAA recognizes high standards of yoga teacher training obtained either provincially or internationally in a diversity of styles. More than one teacher training program can be combined and credit may be granted for classes and workshops taken after teacher training programs.

Why Certify?

There is currently no legislation or licensing requirements for regulating yoga teachers in Alberta. Teacher training programs do exist that claim to train teachers in a very short time period, with no prior yoga experience required. So why would a yoga teacher voluntarily submit to the stringent requirements set by the YAA?

It is precisely because they believed in setting high standards, to benefit and protect both the teachers and the public, that dedicated local yoga teachers banded together to form the Yoga Association of Alberta over forty years ago.  The YAA is now recognized as having some of the highest training standards in North America, and is a thriving community of mutual inspiration and cooperative peer support.

 

The Yoga Sutras call for steady practice over an extended period of time, along with devotion, discipline, deep understanding and faith. The Bhagavad Gita defines yoga as skill in action. Yoga teachers and yoga teacher training should exemplify these qualities.

200-Hour Requirements


  • 200 hours of yoga teacher training from a YAA or Yoga Alliance recognized hatha yoga program.  We request that online programs have been live-streamed and interactive rather than pre-recorded.  Contact the Coordinator at [email protected] for program assessment.
  • A minimum of 2 years since the applicant started his or her first formal hatha yoga teacher training program.
  • A minimum of 10 hours of teacher training, workshops or classes with a YAA Certified Senior Teacher or a YAA sponsored Senior Teacher (one YAA Teaching Skills Workshop or two YAA Core Curriculum Classes recommended).  Please see the Find a Teacher page of our website for a list of YAA Senior Teachers.  YAA sponsored events are listed in green on the Events page and also found on the Online Store.  Any questions please contact the Certification Coordinator at [email protected].
  • A character reference letter (see form for details).
  • Current CPR Certification (any level). 
  • Teachers who have graduated from a YAA or Yoga Alliance approved 200-Hour training but do not yet meet the full YAA Certification requirements can apply for the Equivalency Upgrading Track (Application Here) and gain access to professional support including the YAA’s liability insurance, teacher directory and events listings.  There is no application fee but full YAA Membership is required and must remain current. Teachers are expected to attend a minimum of 10 hours of training with YAA Senior Teachers within a two-year period and are  encouraged to apply for YAA Equivalency Certification once they’ve met the full requirements.  

500 Hour Requirements

  • 500 hours of yoga teacher training from a YAA or Yoga Alliance recognized hatha yoga program, or an equivalent combination of programs.  We request that online programs have been live-streamed and interactive rather than pre-recorded.  Contact the Coordinator at [email protected] for program assessment.
  • A minimum of 2 years since the start of your first (200-Hour) hatha yoga teacher training program.
  • A minimum of 10 hours of teacher training, workshops or classes with a YAA Certified Senior Teacher or a YAA sponsored Senior Teacher (one YAA Teaching Skills Workshop or two YAA Core Curriculum Classes recommended).  Please see the Find a Teacher page of our website for a list of YAA Senior Teachers.  YAA sponsored events are listed in green on the Events page and also found on the Online Store.  Any questions please contact the Certification Coordinator at [email protected].
  • A character reference letter (see form for details).
  • Current CPR Certification (any level).

With further training and experience, YAA Certified Teachers may also qualify for Advanced Training Levels with recognition for Intermediate (750-Hour Level) and Senior Teacher Status. (1,000-Hour Level).

Application


All YAA Certified Hatha Yoga Teachers meet professional upgrading standards and maintain regular attendance in both classes/workshops and teaching hours, and must apply for Recertification every three years.

 

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