Hello,
I want to report an RYS and its head teacher to yoga alliance for unethical practice. I tried to look for a link on the website about this but could not locate obe
Does yoga alliance actually rebuke a license for such practices? Hope someone can help. Thanks
That would be best hashed out with a telephone call to YA.
Did you mean “revoke” or “rebuke”?
I don’t believe there is a license to revoke since they are a registry (though I am not a YA expert by any means).
There is no process to revoke a certification or license in yoga.
Is your complaint of a business practices nature or other?
Their website has a contact form which lists an email. I emailed them once and got a response quite quickly from a real person who listened to my question, so that would be your best bet. They are not a group which licenses teachers or anything like that, just a registry for which you have to pass certain standards. I imagine if you wrote to them to make an official complaint they have some type of investigation process to ensure that the RYS you are referring to is meeting up to their requirements.
i meant revoke, sorry.
i already received an email from them saying they can not do anything at this point because they do not have a compliance review as of yet.
thanks for all the help.
I asked YA the following;
Two weeks ago I attended a 100 hr training that I found on their website. I paid $1,500, stayed 6 nights (hotel, meals) etc. We did 6 8 hr days and of those 48 hours, 6 hours were in public yoga class which doesn’t count as contact hours. So I’m at 42 hours. We did to 2 - 2 hr practices a day and 2 one hr sessions of “team building” for a total of 18 hours, less from 42 and we are at 24 hours of “training”. 2 hours per day of 6, and it was lame with very little, moments not minutes, practice teaching.
My point here is that Yoga Alliance is just dancing around my inquire. I’m at my 4th email and waiting for yet another response to the direct question; What constitutes a 100 Hr training from a center/studio listed on YA?
I’m greatly disappointed to say the least.
Maybe they count the time where you are in your room reflecting what youve learned. Unless you dont use your mind after practice by reflecting, then you are of course correct.
[QUOTE=fakeyogis;82008]Maybe they count the time where you are in your room reflecting what youve learned. Unless you dont use your mind after practice by reflecting, then you are of course correct.[/QUOTE]
That’s a lot of my money to pay for my reflection of myself after my practice.
I never understood it was a money issue i thought your complaint was that it was not 100 hours.
Hey Rebel,
That’s like complaining to the newspaper that so-n-so’s burger they advertised is not really the World’s Most Famous.
YA is nothing more than a yellow pages for teachers: advertisement. It’s not any kind of qualifying body, but an arbitrary standard conceived by people who sell space in a registry. That’s not to say there are not very good people registered in it, but also plenty of haks.
I remember when they first started, some untold years ago, after I was already certified and teaching. What you did is send them your name, where you were certified and 45 bucks. I thought…“That’s brilliant. Why didn’t I think of that?” Am I registered? No! I kept my 45 bucks, and I’m not at all sorry.
There’s no one out there to tell you who’s who. You have to do the homework and find out for yourself. Hopefully before you lay down the bucks.
peace,
siva
Yes, I got burned. No doubt. I didn’t do it for the paper but for the training. We knew the wife and I had taken a workshop with her before and she was great but now they are cashing in. $40K for this 6 day workshop by my estimate. Good for them I guess, and sucker to me !!
dave,
If it’s any consolation, you’re not alone, and by telling people here, you’ve done a lot for others.
siva
I tried the email route and got blown off so I just called YA. Long story short; they are overwhelmed and basically receive a check and a criteria and sign off as a registered school. Useless. The woman I spoke with never asked me for the school name, wasn’t really interested. I don’t want to mention the school online but if anyone is going to Pittsburgh, PA for a Yoga Training you may want to PM me.
We do not take any belongings with us when we leave this place , so actually we do not own anything and nothing is really lost. Even though at the moment it happens we feel that way. Best thing is to ventilate it and let it go, even though it might be hard.
At least your loss is not astronomical and you will probably recover as a wiser man. Sometimes we learn more when we get burned.