Yoga Instructor Training
 

Have you decided to be a yoga instructor? If yes, then the question you are facing is probably which Yoga Instructor training to join? You have to decide that which Yoga instructor training is best for your particular requirements. 

Yoga is neither a game nor it is a simple exercise that any one can do. You need to be dedicated to learn yoga. You need a keen interest and dedication towards your practice: there is no short cut to learning yoga. The classical form of yoga is Hatha yoga. Generally, yoga instructors pass on some variation of the classical Hatha yoga style. 

Before signing up for any Yoga instructor training, please check that the course is officially recognized by any overseeing professional organization, such as the Yoga Alliance in the case of the USA and Canada. The teacher on the Yoga Instructor course should be certified with a recognized school of Yoga and preferably also recognized by an overseeing professional organization such as the Yoga Alliance.  

Some of the most well-known Yoga Instructor training certifications include Sivananda Yoga, Integral Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga and Iyengar Yoga, Bikram Yoga are some of the examples of this type of classification.  

Condition of the yoga student and the age plays the role of deciding factor when you are going to join this type of yoga certification. 

Sivananda Yoga and Integral Yoga teach the more moderate, classical approach to Hatha Yoga.Power Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga and Ashtanga Yoga are few examples of this a more vigorous type of Yoga. Hot Yoga and Bikram Yoga are two of the most recent schools of Yoga which teach  Hatha Yoga practices in very hot room temperatures. 

Yoga instructor training study hours should be at least 200 hours.  

Yoga Instructor trainings may be taught intensively and residentially in a yoga centre or ashram. Some Yoga Instructor trainings are taught in modules over a longer period of time. Other Yoga instructor trainings may be distance education courses.  

Before selecting any Yoga instructor training, check exactly what you are learning and if the curriculum suits your requirements and your personality. Some Yoga instructor training place more emphasis on the yoga philosophy and scriptures than others. Some Yoga Instructor trainings also include meditation instruction and pranayama (yoga breathing techniques). In other trainings, it is really only asana (yoga posture) instruction that you may be learning. Think about whether you want to choose a Yoga Instructor training which has a lot of direct contact hours with the teachers, or whether your commitments make it difficult for you to be away from home for periods of time and therefore dictate that you need to do a Yoga Instructor training with a lot of home study. Check also the value of the Yoga Instructor training that you choose, making sure that in the area in which you wish to teach it is fully recognized in yoga centres, in health and fitness clubs, by insurance companies.