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Yoga Alliance is changing. Here's what we think a yoga credential should mean.

Shannon McCasland

Yoga Alliance’s 2027 overhaul removes the 200 and 500 from teacher titles and adds a test, a CPR requirement and a December 31, 2027 deadline. Here are the facts in brief, what we believe a yoga credential should recognize, and straight answers to the questions you asked us on Instagram, from how competencies are assessed to how we hold schools accountable.

Contributors

Shannon McCasland

Owner of Radiance Yoga, CMO at the American Yoga Council, and creator + lead coach of AYC’s Studio Business Accelerator.

Theodora Wildcroft

I’m a teacher, trainer, writer and post-doctoral scholar working for a more sustainable relationship between our many selves, the communities that hold us, and the world that nourishes us.

AYC Team

Andrew Tanner

CEO of American Yoga Council, Co-Founder of Berkshire Yoga Festival, and Taoist Yoga & Meditation teacher of 20+ years.

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