For yoga teachers in a 200hr+ course. The path from where you are now to your first verified paid class — and the cover that gets you there.
Tell us your course end date. We'll show you the path from today to your first verified paid student — week by week, milestone by milestone.
The graduation date your provider has scheduled. Approximate is fine — we round to the week.
Your provider's printed certification date, or the last live contact-hour weekend.
Pick your course end date. We'll work out when your first paid class is realistic — verification, insurance, and the first 30 days of teaching beyond graduation.
In training. Trainee cover available.
Certificate issued by your training provider.
Live CV proof of credential. One business day after submission.
Full insurance live. You can charge.
Most teacher trainings hand you a certificate and stop there. The gap between qualifying and earning a living from teaching is the part nobody talks about — and the part most graduates underestimate. We've spent twenty years closing it.
If you're in a 200-hour course with live contact hours and a named lead teacher, you've already chosen above the floor. That decision compounds for the rest of your career — students notice; studios notice; insurers notice.
Why live contact hours matterYour trainee cover steps up to a full Professional Yoga Teacher policy. Your Live CV verifies your qualification with the provider. You become searchable in our public directory. None of this happens automatically — but each step is a one-form action.
See the graduation checklistMost new teachers can teach a class within weeks of graduating. Building a sustainable teaching week takes longer — and that's the work we support, not the certificate itself. The first paid class is the start of the actual profession.
From first class to working weekA one-time policy designed for the time between starting your course and graduating. Active up to eighteen months. Underwritten by Balens, the same insurer that covers our qualified members.
For students currently enrolled in a 200hr+ teacher training course who do not yet hold qualification.
One-time. Eighteen months.
Each one takes a single decision. None of them is optional if you intend to teach paid classes in the UK or Ireland.
Submit your certificate. We verify with the training provider. Your public profile carries the verification mark. One business day, no chasing.
How verification works Door 2 · Within the first weekYour trainee policy is replaced by the full Professional Yoga Teacher policy. £6M PL/PI in the UK. €6.5M in Ireland. Underwritten by Balens / Zurich.
See the cover detail Door 3 · The first thirty daysSample classes, contract scripts, what to charge, how to find your first studio, what to put on your bio. The work of being a working teacher.
Open the playbookThree things worth doing before graduation, in any order. Each takes under thirty minutes.
The full list of YogaPros-accredited training providers. Filter by location, lineage, format, and start date. The trainings on this list meet the live-contact-hour standard.
Open the directory Read this onceWhy the gap between passion and profession is the structural problem in yoga teaching, and what we've built to close it. Twelve minutes; one read; the frame for the rest of your career.
Read the letter When you're closer to the endA short diagnostic — twelve questions — that surfaces the gaps your training won't have closed. No score; no judgement; a private list of what to work on.
Take the diagnosticEighteen months of trainee insurance. Underwritten by Balens. Activates within one business day of course-enrolment verification through Live CV.