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Beta testers will be emailed more information in late May. Details about the American Yoga Council will be announced publicly on June 14th at the Berkshire Yoga Festival .

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Better yoga. Better world.

Yoga teachers don't make
enough money, yoga studios are churning out YTTs just to make ends meet, the general public has no idea how to find the right teacher for them.

Catchy instagram ads tempt you with the idea of making millions online... but you just want to teach yoga, to real people, and make a living doing what you love without selling your soul.

Social networks elevate beautiful, flexible people doing advanced asana on the beach, making the yoga-curious public think it's out of reach. The whole yoga industry needs a re-organization.

We're re-thinking American Yoga

If you've been in the yoga world for a while you know there are some major issues with the industry. Yoga teachers don't make enough money, yoga studios are churning out teacher trainings  just to make ends meet, and the general public has no idea how to find the right yoga teacher for them.

Social media often prioritizes appearance over substance, making yoga seem in-accessible to those who could benefit most. Yoga teachers just want to make a living doing what they love without burning out or selling their soul. But for many there seems no clear path for professional growth. We're here to change that.

We're building a movement to help the yoga industry grow up. New standards that aren't "one size fits none". Technology that helps teachers at each step in their career. A revenue sharing system that pays mentors and schools for their work. And a dynamic public registry searchable by lineage.

Make a living doing what you love.

Skills and experience are more important than checking boxes

We don't need more yoga teachers, we need more excellent yoga teachers. Our Credentialing System

Help Us Define the Standards

We're sharing the revenue

Great yoga teachers are visible and supported. Mentors receive an automatic revenue share from their mentee's membership dues, and Yoga Schools build  a recurring revenue asset. The first retirement fund for career yoga teachers: more revenue, more stability.

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Promoting skillful teachers, not follower count

Students can find the right yoga teacher for their needs. Teachers can show their skills, training, experience, and lineage

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Why Join the American Yoga Council

"AYC has come up with a principled, accessible, free-market solution to the challenge of connecting yoga educators, training programs and students in a way that will be profitable to all the stakeholders."
LESLIE KAMINOFF
AYC Certified Yoga Teacher Level 4 & CE Provider, Author of Yoga Anatomy
"Yoga Alliance's standards are too restrictive for my heart-forward teaching style. AYC allows me to offer the program that I want to teach with integrity."

JYLL HUBBARD-SALK
AYC Certified Yoga Teacher Level 3, Owner of Urban Asanas Brooklyn
"I wanted to go deeper into my yoga practice without becoming a teacher and I love that AYC creates a retirement fund for my teacher."
RACHEL RAAB
AYC Certified Yoga Practitioner, Founder of Buddha Pants

Better Yoga.
Better World.