Serving the
Yoga Community

Three major themes emerged from the community-led, Standards Review Project, an 18-month period of self- and public-study to ensure that our credentials support and uphold yoga in the rapidly changing world around us and in which we live today.

The credentials must identify and support you as experts and professionals who stand for quality, safety, and equity in yoga.
For this to be credible, we must be able to uphold the credentials with integrity through enhanced standards and application and review process.
As a membership association, we need to better support you through:

Continuing our advocacy work,
Expanding our educational resources and member benefits, and
Convening community-wide dialogues in support of the field's challenges and growth.

You will see these reflected throughout the changes. Click here to read a letter from the President & CEO.

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Community Updates

Press Release: YA Shares Enhanced RYS Standards as Initial Outcomes

Read the press release in detail, review the summary fact sheet, and learn what our President & CEO has to say via her "Letter from Shannon".
Videos: Enhanced RYS Standards and Impacts on the Credentials

Hear from President & CEO Shannon Roche, and learn from VP of Standards Christa Kuberry, regarding the changes to the standards and what you can expect.
Infographics: Enhancements to RYS 200 Credential and Other Outcomes

Learn about the initial outcomes of our Standards Review Project, resulting from over 18 months of research, feedback, community conversations, and working group meetings.