What RYT-500 Actually Means to the Person Hiring You
Almost everything written about the 500-hour yoga teacher training is written from the student's side: what you will study, how you will grow, how it will deepen your practice. All true, and all slightly beside the point if what you actually want to know is whether it will change your working life. So here is the other side of the desk. What does RYT-500 mean to the studio owner, retreat organiser or training school reading your application? First, what the credential literally is RYT-500 is a Yoga Alliance registration, not a degree and not a licence. You become eligible for it after completing 500 hours of training with registered schools — in practice, almost always a 200-hour course followed by a 300-hour course. That structure matters and is widely misunderstood. There is generally no such thing as sitting down and doing "a 500-hour course" from zero. The 500 is the 200 plus the 300. Schools that advertise a combined 500-hour programme are usually offering exactly ...