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IYC Global Yoga Registry · Grow • Learn • Teach • Transform

Yoga belongs to humanity.

One registry for everyone who practises and teaches yoga, in every tradition, culture and country. Register, get your lifetime IYC ID, your certificate and digital ID card, and grow with the world’s yoga community.

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  • Grow: from your first class to lifelong practice
  • Learn and teach: practitioners, instructors and trainers
  • Transform: centres, schools and academies, every tradition
Why yoga

What a regular practice may do for you

Written for everyone, in plain words, with honest claims. Research suggests yoga may help with each of these.

All the benefits, with sources

A calmer mind

Slow breathing and stillness may help ease everyday stress, and some people find they sleep better.

Strength and flexibility

Postures build strength, balance and range of movement, at your own pace.

Heart and breath

Gentle, regular practice supports an active lifestyle, and breathing practices train the breath.

Back and joint comfort

For some people with ongoing low-back pain, yoga may help with pain and movement.

Focus and attention

Concentration and meditation practices train attention, on the mat and off it.

Belonging

Practising with others, in a class, a park or online, connects you with a community.

Yoga around the world

Every culture, every body, one practice

Yoga began in ancient India and today is practised in parks, homes, studios and schools on every continent. The registry counts all of it.

Yoga around the world
Outdoor practiceOutdoor practice
MeditationMeditation
TeachingTeaching
Practice at homePractice at home
Lifelong practiceLifelong practice
Family yogaFamily yoga
Breath and stillnessBreath and stillness
Strength and balanceStrength and balance
Certifications and plans

A category for every path

Practitioners, instructors, instructor trainers, centres, schools and academies. A one-time lifetime registration plus a two- or five-year membership, which starts when IYC approves you. Pay securely by card; if your registration isn’t approved, it’s refunded in full.

Yoga practitioners

For anyone aged 18 or over who practises yoga, at three levels of experience: Foundation, Intermediate and Senior.

  • Foundation
  • Intermediate
  • Senior

from USD 45 for 2 years, lifetime registration included

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Yoga instructors

For people who teach yoga, by the training category they hold: 200, 300 or 500.

  • RYI 200
  • RYI 300
  • RYI 500

from USD 130 for 2 years, lifetime registration included

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Yoga instructor trainers

For experienced instructors who train and assess future yoga instructors, at the 200, 300 or 500-hour level. An RYI 500 does not by itself make someone a trainer: each level has its own teaching-experience requirement.

  • RYIT 200
  • RYIT 300
  • RYIT 500

from USD 225 for 2 years, lifetime registration included

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Yoga centres

For yoga studios and centres that run regular classes but not teacher training. A centre that later runs teacher training can move up to an academy category.

  • RYC

from USD 60 for 2 years, lifetime registration included

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Yoga schools and academies

For yoga schools and academies that run teacher training: School 200, Academy 300 or Academy 500. Each training programme is approved separately and listed on your registry record.

  • RYS 200
  • RYA 300
  • RYA 500

from USD 390 for 2 years, lifetime registration included

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IYC is a private professional registry. Registration is not a government licence or an academic degree, and does not guarantee competence, employment or income.

The registry

Find yourself in the world’s yoga community

Public listings show only a first name, country, category and IYC ID. Everything else stays private unless the person chooses to share it.

The searchable directory opens once more members are listed. Want to know whether someone is registered? Ask us.

A sample of the ID card every approved member receives, front and back, with a QR code to their live record. Sample names and numbers are not valid credentials.

Journal

Read, practise, share

All articles
Benefits of yogaThe benefits of yoga: what research suggestsStress, sleep, strength, balance and back pain: an honest look at what studies say yoga may help with, and where the evidence is still growing.October 20, 2026
Yoga around the worldInternational Day of Yoga: the world practises together on 21 JuneSince 2015, people in almost every country have marked 21 June with yoga. Here is how the day began, and how to take part.October 18, 2026
Yoga around the worldYoga, a heritage of humanityIn 2016 UNESCO added yoga to the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. What that means, and why yoga belongs to everyone who practises it.October 15, 2026
A group practising yoga together outdoors
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Community

Practise alone. Belong together.

From the International Day of Yoga to a quiet morning on your mat, IYC connects people who practise, wherever they are.

Meet the communityInternational Day of Yoga

Ready to be counted?

Register in three short steps. Once your registration is approved, your IYC ID, certificate, digital ID card and badge are ready in your member portal.

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