Anusara-Inspired Yoga Teacher Requirements

Our Anusara-Inspired yoga curriculum is licensed by the Anusara organization and is registered with the Yoga Alliance under its 200-hour level. Once a teacher has become a licensed Anusara-Inspired yoga teacher, he or she may also register with the Yoga Alliance in the Anusara-Inspired category.

This level of license allows instructors to promote their teaching in a way that connects them to Anusara in an official and legal way without gaining the Anusara yoga certification. Anusara-Inspired yoga teachers express their dedication to Anusara yoga through this teacher classification, but only certified Anusara yoga teachers may hold the title of "Anusara yoga instructor" and fully represent Anusara yoga. Due to the training required by Anusara to become an Anusara-Inspired yoga teacher, you may expect a quality yoga class inspired by Anusara yoga's uplifting Tantric philosophy, Universal Principles of Alignment, and ethics. In addition to our certified Anusara yoga teachers, please feel free to connect to the Anusara yoga community through one of our Anusara-Inspired yoga teachers.

The harmony of the Anusara yoga community is maintained by adhering to a set of ethical guidelines. All Anusara yoga teachers and Anusara-Inspired yoga teachers are required to follow these ethical guidelines in order to maintain their teaching licenses with our organization. Please see our Ethical Guidelines and our Ethical Grievance Procedure .

Prerequisites for applying for Anusara-Inspired yoga teacher status: (Once you have fulfilled all the prerequisites, you may then submit your completed application to our office.)

• Must have studied Anusara Yoga for at least 2 years with a certified Anusara yoga teacher.

• Must have at least 2 years of teaching experience in any style of hatha yoga.

• A total of 200 hours is required to complete certification.

• 100 of the total hours must be a Level 1 Anusara Yoga Immersion course or the equivalent. (Contact the office to inquire about equivalency.)

• 50 of the total hours must be Teacher Training hours with either John or a certified Anusara yoga teacher.

Credit hours are calculated in the following way and include all weekly public classes, workshops, trainings, private lessons, assisting, and auditing of classes.

1 classroom hour = 1 credit hour

Lecture hours with the following philosophy and meditation teachers:
Professor Douglas Brooks, Carlos Pomeda, Sally Kempton, Bill Mahony, Paul Muller-Ortega

1 credit hour = 1 lecture hour

• Must thoroughly study the required materials (consisting of the Anusara Yoga Teacher Training Manual and The Basics of Anusara Yoga Teacher Training DVDs by John Friend).

• Must not blend any other teaching styles with the Anusara yoga methodology and philosophy in the yoga classes you wish to advertise as Anusara-Inspired yoga.

• Must agree to adhere to Anusara yoga’s ethical guidelines.

• Must submit Anusara’s assessment form completed by a certified Anusara yoga teacher after viewing a class you were teaching.

If you meet the above prerequisites, we invite you to apply to become an Anusara-Inspired yoga teacher.

Download a PDF version of the Anusara-Inspired Teacher Requirements