YogaPros is the complete professional system.
YogaPros is the global professional body for yoga teachers — and the only complete system of its kind. Where every other organisation stops at accreditation, YogaPros holds the whole career together: training standards, insurance, a verified Live CV, and a path forward. More than 10,000 verified teachers in over 100 countries.
Founded 2006 in Edinburgh as Yoga Alliance UK · renamed Yoga Alliance Professionals (YAP) in 2015 · operating as YogaPros since 2025 · one continuous institution ·
Every face here is a verified YogaPros member, in 100+ countries.
UK insurance partners
Underwriter
Broker
Legal coverWhether you teach, train others, or are about to qualify, there is a next step built for where you actually are.
Starting out. The first steps you take determine everything that follows.
Your trainee path
Building a career. Recognition, protection, and a path that actually lasts.
Your teacher path
Shaping the profession. Accreditation that proves your programme is worth trusting.
Your trainer pathVisibility, Credibility and Recognition — for your years of dedication to the practice, to teaching, and to helping others.
Most teacher training prepares you to teach. Almost none of it prepares you to live as a yoga teacher. The teaching is only one part of the life. There are three.
The actual work. Reading the room. Holding a class. Adjusting. Growing your own practice alongside theirs. You trained for this. And you will keep learning it your whole life.
How a living is built around the teaching. How people find you. How classes fill. How you hold boundaries. How you stop trading every hour of your week for money. Almost no-one was taught this.
The inner life of the teacher. What you tell yourself about money, about worth, about whether this is possible. The quiet beliefs that decide, long before Tuesday afternoon, whether the class will fill.
live contact hours
Foundation Training minimum · highest in the field
live ratio
Of total foundation course time · live-only principle
+ 4,000 hours
Senior Yoga Teacher floor · lead-trainer requirement
proprietary systems
Three Pillars · Ecosystem · Live CV · Growth Path
Independently verifiable. Every threshold is public · every credential is checkable · every member is held to the same standard since 2006.
YogaPros’ platform gives my training real exposure. I use the connect tab to network, introduce myself to other teachers, learn more about what they offer and see how we can support each other.
