Continuing Education

Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®s) complete continuing education every three years to maintain their registration and continue to grow their yoga knowledge and teaching skills.

Continuing education consists of both:

Teaching Hours (45) Acquired by teaching 45 hours of yoga.

Training Hours (30) Acquired by receiving additional yoga training – both classroom and out of classroom hours are eligible as follows:

• At least 10 Contact Hours: Contact hours are in-person classroom hours in the physical presence of a qualified yoga teacher or instructor. Continuing Education contact hours can be obtained through yoga teacher training, workshops, courses and discussion or study groups, in any of the five educational categories.

• No more than 20 Non-Contact Hours: One non-contact hour for continuing education is five hours or 300 minutes. Non-contact hours can consist of:
  • Reading a book or article or watching a video that deepens your yoga practice and understanding
  • Taking an online or correspondence course related to yoga
  • Publishing yoga books or articles in newsletters, newspapers or magazines
  • Producing yoga videos
  • Receiving mentoring by telephone through a yoga-related program
  • Creating class materials for distribution to students