your time yoga with Yasmin oh yasmin, that’s great to hear! Happy these are helpful 💕💕💕

You're so welcome :)

Don Michael Marinas 🙏🏻

;) Thanks for watching Lisa!

Hi there! Great question. Right now, studios are presenting online. These are still considered contact hours. Under the old standards, studios need to present 180 hours, and 20 hours can be homework, outside classes etc. Under new standards, studios need to account for 200 "classroom hours," currently all of which can be online. Now, YA is vague right now (as of 10/10/2020) about how many hours can be livestream versus pre-recorded, but they're supposed to come out with more information this month. Ask your faculty: is the training currently registered with YA? If it is, then you can register with YA. That doesn't mean the training will be good, mind you. Unfortunately - at this time - registration with YA is not synonymous with quality, particularly as the online aspect is unregulated.

Hi Teliah, you could use an external source for the online training. However, make sure that they program you select is really of high educational quality; not all online courses are created alike, and you must still ensure that you assess your students on their integration of the material :) Also, make sure that your viewpoint aligns with that of the outside provider.

Unfortunately no. You have to take a 300 hour course that is labelled as such. However there are some schools that offer 300 our certifications that do split up their 300 into these kinds of topics. So you may be able to find a school that fits your needs.

Hi Danya, the only change for TEACHERS is that we'll all have to sign a new and improved ethical agreement come February 2020. For teaching hours, it hasn't changed (so far as has been announced, at least): E-RYT 200 ✓ Has at least 1,000 hours of teaching experience since completing training with a RYS 200 and ✓ Has taught for at least two years since completing training with a RYS 200; FOR THE E-RYT 500: ✓ Has at least 2,000 hours of teaching experience since completing training with a RYS 200 or 500. At least 500 of these hours must be taught after completing training with a RYS 300 or 500. ✓ Has taught for at least four years since completing training with a RYS 200 or RYS 500 - SO YES, great catch!!! E-RYT teachers have to teach 2K hours, but 500 have to be AFTER they have completed their 500 hour training.

Kat Webster Hi Kat! No: yoga alliance only recognizes its own schools, though you could probably try to petition for an exception.

Thanks Rachel, this is so helpful and i'm very glad I found your channel x

Hallo! Senneheiser ;) Yes, audio is key. Although if you have a good (non-echoey) space, Iphones can work!

Rachel Scott well your content are very helpful for a new yoga teacher like me. Thank you!

sandrine Louvet A lead teacher is someone who is registered with yoga alliance as faculty and teachers a majority of the training.😄

@@RachelScottYoga Thank you for responding!! :D

Rachel Scott Just to get it straight. A lead teacher is someone who teaches at trainings?

Hi there! They are allowing trainings to be delivered online through end of 2020; after that, we don't know - we'll stay tuned. :)

Things have shifted a lot. Yoga alliance is put on hold all of their up levelling requirements. So you no longer need to upgrade to be a 500 hour yoga teacher, and you no longer need to up level at all right now! Yoga alliance will likely reformulated all of their standards next year to include online delivery. So meanwhile we can all take a deep breath and relax a little bit! However if you did want to up level your school, you can still go ahead and do that.

A 500 hour is a 200 (basic YTT) plus a 300 to make s 500. There is no such thing as 1000 hour. However yoga therapy trainings wind up being 1000 hours I believe!

@@RachelScottYoga Thank you so much, Rachel. Have a wonderful evening. 🕊

Hi Lisa, most of the current changes are only impacting schools. For teachers, there is only one change coming up, which is that everyone has to sign onto a higher level of ethical commitment in February. Probably not anything that we would object to :) I'm not sure if they will be more diligent about tracking continuing education hours, but best to keep a record of any con ed courses you take just in case!

Rachel Scott thanks so much!

Hi there! First of all: congratulations! That's awesome. If you go to the site, you can register your teaching hours directly when you apply. No, you don't have to teach at a YA school for them to count. Calculate all your teaching hours (parks, home, rentals etc) and you can input them when you apply. You may need to distinguish between hours you taught after you earned your 200 Hour, and the hours you have taught since earning your 500- hour cert. Track it all! You may return back and apply for "E-RYT" status ("experienced registered yoga teacher) once you've hit the next level of the number of teaching hours you need :)

@@RachelScottYoga thank you 😊

Yes usually you do ~

Akshaya Sivakumar If your school is registered with yoga alliance as a 200 our school, even though it’s 300 hours long, then you can register with yoga alliance under your schools banner. Students that graduate from schools that are not registered with yoga alliance Are not eligible to register. So I’m unclear if your school is registered in it. If your school is registered, then you can absolutely log your personal teaching. Teaching your friends, family, and coworkers count towards your teaching hours :-)

@@RachelScottYoga really...!! I learnt from a registered school only...will do it soon! Thanks!!

Sounds like perhaps a Q&A? I’d be more than happy to have a quick chat with you one on one. If you go to my website rachelyoga.com, under the contact information or at the bottom of the page you can book a free virtual coffee chat with me :-) but the truth is that there’s very little to no right now because he’ll go alliance may alter their standards again because of the online stuff that’s going on.

Debbie Simon you can assign homework, but it would be in addition to the 200 hours of classroom or online time.

Angel Tserovski Hello! You can certainly teach classes, but you will have to be a 500 hour ERYT to teach teacher trainings as of 2022 :-)

@@RachelScottYoga Thank younso much for clraring this up to me. I guess ERYT stands for "experienced registered yoga teacher"? Sorry new to terminology :) Thank you!

@@mumuksuangel That's correct! RYT is registered with YA; ERYT means that you have taught 1,000 hours or 2,000 hours, I believe. Double check those numbers, but that's the idea!

Courses.DoYogaWithMe.Com - for sure!!

Hi Debbie, According to YA standards, at least 180 hours should be contact hours (with faculty). However, with the "online exemption" of last year, a lot of schools are putting their teaching materials online - which makes it all a bit wishy washy. Putting stuff online is okay by YA, but candidly, some schools do it well and create meaningful online learning experiences, while others do not. But you're right: regardless you should have at least 180 hours of instructional time and your program may not be giving you all the hours. Yoga Alliance doesn't check up on these requirements; after a school is approved, they assume your school is doing its due diligence (however, not all schools do). If you feel your school isn't holding up its end of the bargain, you may choose to contact YA about the lapse so that they can either 1. kick the school's butt into compliance, 2. potentially facilitate a refund for you, or 3. take away the school's registration. I'm more than happy to chat~ You can book a free coffee chat here if you wish: 10to8.com/book/oemvah-free/402539

Hi Faith! Not sure what that is~

deepika pandey Yoga teacher training’s are being granted an exemption right now through December 2020 to offer their entire teacher training online. After that, I’m not sure what they will do. It’s only according to their new standards that they offer 40 hours online. But right now because of Covid, all bets are off and they are allowing entire trainings to be delivered online. Does that make sense :-)

@@RachelScottYoga Thanks a ton for your reply :) I'm unsure if online class is a good idea for RYT 500 ...do you have any insight on it?

@@deepikapandey6441 You may want to check this article out: www.rachelyoga.com/2020/07/online-yoga-teacher-trainings/ :)

@@RachelScottYoga thanks so much!! That's indeed a very good article ...I will be asking a bazillion questions now👍

Yes~ Now things are on hold til 2024!

What do you mean Cliff? I have not idea what you mean by "Vatican yoga style."

Hi Shawn! most schools are registered with yoga alliance, simply because it's the only standard that's really going around. There are other organizations, but YA is the most widely recognized. However, there are other schools out there that have chosen NOT to register with YA. And they may also offer 200 hour certificates. Really, YA registration is not a clear marker of quality at this point, though that may shift with the more rigorous standards. When I hire teachers, I am interested in the quality of their teaching....less interested in whether their school has chosen to credit with YA. But either way - do your due diligence. Not all schools are equal. Check this out. yogainternational.com/article/view/how-to-choose-a-teacher-training/

@@RachelScottYoga Thanks! For me, and this my personal opinion, this organisation could be a good thing but it simply seems a bit shady that an american organization decided to monopolize and monetize yoga teachers and schools every year(reminds me of the situation transcendental meditation!) Yes to a structured/in-depth teaching of yoga practice, but putting credentials and certificates is so far from the roots of yoga. Kudos to you to hire teachers based on their teaching and not their...Bali retreat!

Ha! If you let me know your questions, I'll do my best to answer.