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Can you teach Yoga online without a certification?

Yoga Teacher Training Certification

By yogavidyaschoolPublished 4 years ago Updated 4 years ago 3 min read
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If you are a Yoga enthusiast who is interested in making money from Yoga practice but confused about how to do so, this blog is exactly for you. Learning Yoga can be full of experiences, there is so much to learn and so much to sacrifice. Yoga teaches you the concept of inner peace while letting you learn the need for the sacrificial nature of humans. Sacrificing your anger, frustration, and anxiety. It gives you deeper levels of relaxation when you teach a Yoga class. The feeling is splendid.

However, teaching Yoga requires a lot of practice and learning itself. It's a responsibility that you are willing to undertake that requires commitment and charge. When you are on the teaching side of the job, you require full knowledge and experience of your art. You required to polish your skills to an extent that you can further pass on your teachings and for that, you must have a command over your subject. Becoming a teacher requires your o be true to your students and by true we mean you are required to deliver all the expectations and trust that you are being entrusted with. It's your sole responsibility to meet the needs of your students.

However, little knowledge of anything is quite dangerous. Having half-baked knowledge about something and becoming a teacher of it seems absurd and selfish. Although the US does not have any specific guidelines or rules to become a Yoga teacher, there is an unofficial procedure that goes behind becoming one. It has become an institutionalized method and that is receiving Yoga Teacher Certification from the RYT 200-hour Yoga program. It holds a golden standard for aspiring Yoga teachers as most of the Yoga Classes has started demanding this certification as an eligibility criterion.

Another milestone would be to pursue an online Yoga Alliance certified course which is a non-profit association determined to represent the entire Yoga community and the standards associated with it. This is too is not an official procedure but hoods a great value in the Yoga community.

But what do if you do not have enough funds or the sufficient time that is required to complete your Yoga Teacher certification program. These programs can take up to 6 months and require a huge amount of funds. So what do now?

Let us now discuss ways you can become a yoga teacher without any certification.

Create your portfolio: you will face disadvantages I the job market when you do not have enough certification required to sustain yourself in the job market. What you can do is, start your Yoga studio and start teaching there. You can give a few demo sessions to the interested learners to build trust in them. You can even record your lessons and sell your courses online.

Expand your online presence: The world is being ruled by digital presence as the realms of technology are expanding. During times like these, it is almost certain that you build your online presence. Making an online presence will make you more reachable and exposed to your target audience who can get to know you better. That will make your services accessible and increase your reach. Also, times like these have locked the entire human race behind their doors as the pandemic creeps in. Online courses are gaining popularity more than ever due to a lack of choices and accessibility. They make learning more feasible and easier.

Work on your brand: Surviving in a job market can get tough when you do not have a proper certification that holds credibility for your skills. And for that, having a brand value is essential. You need to create a brand that is more relatable and feasible to others. Brand creation becomes an essential tool when you want to extend your reach. You can use various tools to target your interested audience. You can build your website and advertise it online. You can start collaborating with other brands and yoga teachers that will further add to your reach.

A piece of short and brief information has been provided on how to become a Yoga teacher without acquiring Yoga Teacher Training Certificate. Go through the steps mentioned above that will show you ways you can become a Yoga teacher without a certification program. After all, where there is a will there is a way.

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