Four member levels — held by experience, not training-completion. Graduate, Yoga Teacher, Experienced Yoga Teacher, Senior Yoga Teacher. The structural moat against flat RYT schemes.
Each grade has its own threshold — years, hours, ongoing CPD, contribution to the body. The ladder compounds with the career.
Newly qualified — the first 0-24 months. Listed on the Register, holds the Standards of Conduct, beginning to build the verified record.
Working teacher. Insurance attached. Live CV visible. Member grade visible to anyone considering the class. The base of the working career.
Years of teaching, accumulated hours, sustained CPD. Eligible to lead Development training that specialises existing teachers. The body holds the EYT to a higher contribution ratio.
Eight years and four thousand cumulative hours. Four qualifications: experience, skills, knowledge, ethical background. Only SYTs can lead a Foundation training. The gatekeeper of who becomes a teacher in the first place.
Twenty years of holding the SYT to eight years of work — twice the trainer requirement of the largest competitor in 2025, four times the requirement before they raised it.
The graduate years are for learning. The contribution required is small. The body holds space for new teachers to find their feet.
The working teacher contributes to the field through reliable teaching, sustained CPD, and active membership. Growth and contribution roughly in balance.
The experienced teacher gives more than they take. Development training, mentorship, CPD authorship. The contribution ratio tilts upward.
The Senior Yoga Teacher is in a leadership role — foundation training, gatekeeping, standards-setting. The contribution ratio is dominant. The body relies on its SYTs.
The ladder is not a marketing funnel. It’s an institutional contract. Each grade carries a ratio of what the body gives to the teacher, and what the teacher gives back to the body.
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