About YEC Teacher Training Courses

Becoming a yoga teacher happens over time and evolves through your dedication to practice, teaching, growth, and constant learning. In these courses, Robert, Eddie, and Harsh share their knowledge from decades of teaching experience and guide you in how to teach Yoga in a simple, effective, and straightforward manner. Teaching Yoga effectively occurs best when you practice it regularly, so a large part of this training will focus on daily practices. Arguably, the most important aspect of yoga is the perception shift it can give you, where you develop a newfound sense of who you are on a deep level that cascades forward in many different, powerful, life-changing ways. The traditional practices of asanas, pranayamas, inquiry, devotion, and study provide guidelines and a pathway to enhance and develop this experience, and the changes you experience in your life from these practices will inspire your Yoga teaching.  In our training, we will teach you basic philosophy, asanas, and pranayama from some of the most important yoga texts and practices from several of the most influential teachers and institutions of the past one hundred years in India. Our courses give a comprehensive background in the history, philosophy, practice, and teaching of Yoga. During our second year-long teacher training certificate courses, we will offer several Courses, depending on your interest as a teacher trainee. There will be a 10-day Residential Teacher Training in India. For those who cannot get to India, we will have an optional 8-day training in New York City. This training has been completed.

Certification

The current conditions for certification are as follows. This is subject to change.

• The Yoga Education College will award certificates to successful students as follows.
  • Instructor Certificates are awarded for select courses.
  • Completion Certificates are awarded for select courses.
• Live or Self-Paced Learning (SPL) Courses must be completed.
• Assesment
  • Select courses require a period of in-person training and assessment
  • Select courses require online assessment via a Zoom Meeting
• Quiz Completion
  • All Quizzes in the courses taken must be completed and passed (80%).
  • Any final Maha Quizzes in the courses taken must be completed and passed (80%).
    • Quizzes are open book and can be taken multiple times.
• Select courses may require a Teaching Log and/or an essay of teaching intentions.
• Payments for courses taken must be completed.
  • All payments must be completed.
  • We offer payments by Country, Installment plans, and Scholarships upon request.
• Yoga Education College certificate validity:
  • YEC is the issuing authority.
  • YEC certificates are not aligned with any other certification body.
  • YEC certificates may or may not list a number of hours.
  • YEC certificates are printable PDF files and are issued via email.
  • YEC sample certificate below.

Certificates are granted for these courses

• Comprehensive Yoga Teacher Training (CYTT) Teaching Certification
  The CYTT consists of 3 courses. All 3 must be completed.
  Attendance is required at an in-person training either in New York City or residential in India.
  If live attendance is not possible, then a Zoom assessment is required.
  1. Indian Philosophical Traditions Teacher Training
  2. Yoga Sangraha Teacher Training
  3. Pranayama Teacher Training (One or more of Levels 1, 2, or 3)
• Yoga Sangraha Teacher Training (YSTT) Teaching Certification
  • Yoga Sangraha Teacher Training
  • Attendance is required at an in-person training either in New York City or Residential in India.
• Pranayama Teacher Training Level 1, 2 or 3 (PTT L1, L2 or L3) Teaching Certification
  • Pranayama Teacher Training Level 1, 2, or 3
  • Certificate at the Level of the Course taken.
  • A personal assessment in a Zoom meeting is required.
• Yoga Sangraha Certificate of Completion (YSTT)
  • This is not a Teaching Certificate – No in-person is required.
• Indian Philosophical Traditions Certificate of Completion (IPTTT)
  • This is not a Teaching Certificate – No in-person is required.

Please note: Since we have adjusted our courses to reflect various pathways to certification, and since we recognize that different people may be drawn towards different subjects, we have changed our name to YOGA EDUCATION COLLEGE to better reflect the training system. So as not to cause any confusion, for now we will keep our original website name as Yogaeducationcollective.com, until we can make a comprehensive name change.