What a 100-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Actually Covers — and Who It's Really For
Most people researching yoga teacher training in India go straight to the 200-hour course, because that is the one Yoga Alliance recognises for registration as an RYT-200. So the 100-hour course sits in an odd position: it is widely offered, rarely explained, and often quietly assumed to be a watered-down version of the real thing. It isn't. It's a different thing entirely, and it suits a specific kind of person. Here is what it actually involves, and how to tell whether you are that person. The 100-hour course does not make you a registered yoga teacher Let's deal with the most important point first, because a surprising number of schools are vague about it. Yoga Alliance's entry-level teacher credential is RYT-200. It requires a 200-hour training. A 100-hour course, on its own, does not qualify you to register as an RYT with Yoga Alliance. Any school implying otherwise is either careless or hoping you won't check. What a 100-hour course does give you is a certi...