Online Yoga Instructor Certification

Online yoga teacher training is an efficient and affordable way to become certified as a yoga instructor. There are many companies that offer teacher training packages consisting of DVDs, manuals and electronic courses. It is imperative to perform research on several different companies that offer online instructor certification training before purchasing.

  1. What Do They Offer?

    • Most online certification websites offer certification training in many types of industries. If you are choosing this type of certification, be aware that your certificate may not hold as much value as a certificate from a specialized company. This can make it more difficult to find a position teaching yoga if you live in a high-competition area.

      However, there are several online certification courses that are provided by wellness centers or yoga schools that specialize only in these areas. These types of certificates hold a better value, in terms of hire-ability for your chosen career path. They are usually in-depth, and many provide career services.

    How They Offer It

    • Multi-industry certifiers offer basic manuals and PDFs of illustrated poses. After studying each worksheet, you must take a quiz on their website. After all quizzes are completed, a final exam must be taken. Once you pass the final exam, your certificate is mailed.

      Specialist websites usually offer extensive packages of DVDs, manuals and bonus material, such as learning the language of Sanskrit or how to market yourself and your business upon completion. Quizzes and final exams are then taken on their website. They also frequently offer access to media libraries and other resources upon completion of the course.

    What You Will Learn

    • Online instruction packages available from multi-industry certification websites offer to teach you basics, such as principles of yoga, fundamentals of the human body and how to manage a yoga instructor business. Specialist websites claim to teach you anything from anatomy for yoga and yoga business secrets to learning a new language and how it pertains to yoga.

    How Much Will You Pay?

    • Depending on the amount of time and effort you would like to put in, online training courses can cost as little as $69.99, such as the course offered through ExpertRating.com. AuraWellnessCenter.com offers several different packages starting at $297.00 and can be as much as $1,700. Other sites, including CorePowerYoga.com and ArtofZenYoga.com, offer packages in the $325 to $700 range.

    Are You Really Certified?

    • As of August 2010, only a few states — Texas, Arizona and Virginia — require brick-and-mortar yoga schools to comply with their vocational education laws, and regulations are in major debate throughout the country. Online courses are legal, at least for now, and the certificate earned at the end of the chosen program entitles the holder to make the claim that he is a certified yoga instructor.