Need Help/Perspective (may not receive certificate)

I’m writing on behalf of my wife. She is actually in Goa right now, and has been for the past several weeks. She has been going to all of her classes, getting good feedback all along, and even taught her first large class to the group the two days ago. Today, the teacher, who owns the shala, told her ‘I cannot give you the certificate Saturday, you are not ready’. She inquired ‘why’, his response: ‘your mind was not in it.’ Nothing more.

What is interesting, is that immediately after the class, he gave feedback, and said: ‘A+’, and said she kept good communication, etc. What happened in between these two events is that my wife asked him if she could stay an extra week after the course was finished (it finishes Saturday) to learn ‘adjustments’. He came to her later that day, and offered 200 euro (very high, considering she would just be going to his regular courses, and there is no certificate involved), she said ‘no’, and the next day (today), he starts playing this game.

My question is this, [B]how does the accreditation system work, what is the best way to call this guy out on his 180 on her progress[/B] (it seems obvious it is motivated by money, or am I being too presumptuous).

update: I went to YA website and started a correspondence. Is pursuing the accreditation organization mediate/arbitrate the only recourse? I am planning on calling the instructor out directly in a email message and letting him know I plan to start a report with Yoga Alliance, since my wife feels he is not meeting their code of conduct (professionalism/conscientious business practices). While the Yoga Alliance can revoke accreditation, I doubt they would (and frankly wouldn’t want them to, because besides this, he has been an otherwise good teacher), I just want him to stop playing games and do his work properly (with my wife right now of course, but also with other students in the future so no one has the same experience later). Thoughts?

Dear Oscar

You are a better yogi than this … who was teaching yoga to your wife. At least you followed a certain ethic by not disclosing his name. No matter how good is your knowledge of yoga, if you don’t follow it’s principles, it’s simply worthless. There are many fake yogis around who feel that their students are attracted to them but they lack the intellect to convert this physical attraction into true love and respect and give yoga teaching community a bad name by manipulating this attraction.

YA can/should revoke this guy’s accreditation provided your wife’s allegations are proved right (don’t know how). In the past, even this forum has been misused by some people to fulfill their personal agendas …

Anyway, let’s hope that senior forum members give you some useful guidance regarding this episode.

Yoga Alliance is questionable (period)