The Global Professional Body for Yoga Teachers
Build a teaching life that lasts.
Recognition and protection that holds. A career path that actually lasts. The professional body for yoga teachers since 2006, in 100+ countries.
Recognition and protection that holds. A career path that actually lasts. The professional body for yoga teachers since 2006, in 100+ countries.
Joined this week: 42 teachers · Verified in the last 24 hours: 11 · Studios hiring right now: 8
Every face is a verified YogaPros member. Click any card to see their Live CV.
Browse Live CVsThe teaching is good enough. The career around it is what nobody showed them how to build.
I spent three years teaching without any real structure. Joining YogaPros gave me the credibility studios actually recognise. My diary filled within two months.
Whether you teach, train others, or are about to qualify, there is a next step built for where you actually are.
Starting out. The first steps you take determine everything that follows.
Your trainee path
Building a career. Recognition, protection, and a path that actually lasts.
Your teacher path
Shaping the profession. Accreditation that proves your programme is worth trusting.
Your trainer pathThe teaching is one part of the life. There are three.
Most teacher training prepares you to teach. Almost none of it prepares you to live as a yoga teacher. That is the gap YogaPros was built to close.
The actual work. Reading the room. Holding a class. Adjusting. Growing your own practice alongside theirs. You trained for this. And you will keep learning it your whole life.
How a living is built around the teaching. How people find you. How classes fill. How you hold boundaries. How you stop trading every hour of your week for money. Almost no-one was taught this.
The inner life of the teacher. What you tell yourself about money, about worth, about whether this is possible. The quiet beliefs that decide, long before Tuesday afternoon, whether the class will fill.
Live CV, the directory studios use, brand pages for schools. Three places where students, employers and partners find you, verified.
Qualifications. Reviews. Events. Speciality badges. All verified, all in one place, visible to every studio and student.
No website needed. A student googles you and finds everything they need to trust you.
Location · style · speciality · availability. Every profile backed by verified credentials.
Over 6,500 verified yoga teachers, searchable by location, style, speciality, and availability. Every profile backed by verified credentials.
Studios trust it. Students use it. Teachers are found through it, without paying for ads or building a website.
Courses · events · teacher roster · reviews. Connected to every teacher's Live CV.
A verified brand page for your yoga school or studio. List courses, events, and teacher rosters, all connected to your teachers' Live CVs.
Build trust before the first enquiry. Parents, studios, and trainees see your brand, your team, and your track record. All in one place.
Every credential read by a named person. Every accredited course meets these standards. No exceptions.
Every accredited course runs to a minimum of 200 hours, of which 180 hours must be live contact, taught in real time by a qualified lead teacher.
The lead teacher must hold SYT status: a minimum of 8 years and 4,000 hours teaching since graduating.
The SYT lead teacher must personally deliver a minimum of 70% of all contact hours on the programme.
The remaining 30% is delivered by an Experienced Yoga Teacher: minimum 4 years and 2,000 hours.
Protection is the floor. The reason to show up to teach is everything above it.
No other yoga body has a dedicated safety division. We keep you safe. Your business too, and every studio and gym that books you.
Insurance does not activate until your qualifications are verified. This is fiduciary fact, not upsell.
Credibility comes from what is actually checked. Here is how the YogaPros standard compares to the largest US-based alternative.
| Criterion | YogaPros | Major US body |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum total training | 200 hours | 200 hours |
| Live contact hours | 180 hours, taught in real time by a qualified lead teacher. | 30 hours of live contact; the rest can be self-study. |
| Lead teacher experience | 8 years / 4,000 hours minimum, post-graduation. | 4 years / 2,000 hours minimum. |
| Lead-teacher delivery | The lead teacher must personally deliver 70% of all contact hours. | No minimum delivery requirement. |
| Insurance | Professional Yoga Teacher Insurance Policy: £6M cover, underwritten by Zurich. | Teachers source their own insurance. Not included in membership. |
| Verification | Every qualification checked by a named person before your profile goes live. | Self-reported at registration. |
Figures verified against the current published standard of the major US body. We update this table whenever either standard changes.
The activation tier
Monthly billing. Cancel anytime. No annual lock-in.
Or start free — see what's inside before committing.
The professional body's job is to see what's coming. Three things on our desk this week.
From April 2027, MTD becomes mandatory for self-employed teachers earning over £30,000. Quarterly digital submissions required. Five-step action plan inside.
Fifty hours of accredited continuing-education content, free for Professional members. Anatomy, business, safeguarding, trauma-informed practice, and more.
A look at the rising preference among UK studio chains for YP-verified teachers, and what it means for the profession's standards conversation.
Eligibility is about your training. Readiness is about your life. They're separate instruments. Take the one that fits where you are.
A factual check against our standard: 200 total training hours, 180 of those live contact, recognised provider. Three questions. A clear answer either way.
Check my eligibility Readiness CheckA reflective look across teaching, business, mindset and safety. No score. No sales. A mirror for where you actually are, right now, as a working teacher.
See where you areBuilding a teaching life is a long game. We've spent twenty years walking it with teachers who decided to stay. The professional body exists so that walk has recognition and protection. The next step is yours.
— Bruce, founder, YogaPros
