The Future of Yoga: Power, Governance & Education for Yoga Teachers with Andrew Tanner, CEO of the American Yoga Council

“Yoga doesn’t need governance, it needs leadership.” American Yoga Council is like LinkedIn for Yoga and Ancestry.com for lineage, an alternative to Yoga Alliance. We talk the whole yoga ecosystem: power, money, education, technology, ethics, and impact. Can we step away from 200 hour teacher trainings?? A yoga retirement plan? What does the future of yoga and teaching yoga look like? 

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time stamps:

00:00 intro

01:20 OfferingTree

04:45 yoga ecosystem: power, money, education, technology, ethics, and impact

05:45 yoga teachers’ future is bright despite ai

09:15 the future of leadership is inner power, yoga in leadership

11:45 what is American Yoga Council

13:15 like LinkedIn for Yoga and Ancestry.com for lineage

17:45 why are so many teachers i know part of AYC?

19:15 wonderful people FIRST, first who, then what thing/money.

20:45 Andrew’s journey working at Yoga Alliance

26:45 no more 200 hour trainings?

29:35 Andrew’s story of power dynamics and experiencing a cult

30:35 how to know if you’re in a cult

39:15 putting out candles from across the room

43:15 leadership roles

48:45 money and greed in yoga

52:15 retirement fund for yoga teachers?

56:45 why can you tell me what i can and can’t teach?

1:02:45 how does AYC avoid falling in the same trap

1:06:15 anti yoga: instagram. yoga is attention.

1:09:15 a leader must have a mission

1:14:30 billboard message