The Hard Truth No One Tells You About Yoga Teacher Training

The yoga teacher training industry has a pipeline problem. You pay two to ten thousand dollars, the school gets a new graduate, a new ambassador, and someone who will keep buying more certifications — optimized for volume and profit, not for producing teachers who are actually ready to hold the lineage.

In this episode, I dive into why yoga went from the Guru-Shishya parampara — a years-long, fully immersive tradition of passing down knowledge — to a QR code certificate. What that costs the practice, the teachers, and the students who walk into classes taught by people who were never ready to be there.I also share what actually goes into vetting a program worth your time — the questions to ask yourself before you spend a dollar, what a serious curriculum looks like, and the red flags that should make you walk away.

If you're considering a yoga teacher training, already in one, or teaching and questioning how you got there, this episode is for you.

Yoga Off The Mat is a podcast by Divya Balakrishnan.

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