Comments on: NY State Licensing Update: Part “DO”, Yoga Association of New York (YANY) is Born

By: What Do YOU Want from Yoga Alliance? Notes from Meeting with President John Matthews

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 22:04:18 +0000

[...] based. This is going down right now with a battle in Texas similar to what happened in VA and NY. Matthews is involved, and you can read more about it [...]

By: texas hold’em: yoga teachers stand up to govt regulation « it's all yoga, baby

Thu, 18 Nov 2010 20:15:29 +0000

[...] hypotheses, but we haven’t been under any sort of external threat. Several US states, including New York and Virginia, have received government pressure to step up and pay the proper fees if they’re [...]

By: Missouri Taxes Yoga, Texas to Join in the Licensing Battle, Everyone Tries to Define Yoga

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:58:12 +0000

[...] us to Texas now throwing their cowboy hat in the licensing ring. Here’s his comment from the NY State Licensing post: All: Texas is lining up to do battle. We are forming a Texas Yoga Association for teachers, [...]

By: Roger Rippy

Roger Rippy — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:23:38 +0000

All: Texas is lining up to do battle. We are forming a Texas Yoga Association for teachers, studios and schools to unite to advocate in support of common interests. Please contact Jennifer@breathecure.org for more information.

By: Drishti

Drishti — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:59:18 +0000

Thanks so much to Catherine of Yoga Nation and to Yoga Dork for keeping us updated on the intricate twists and turns of this fascinating yoga conflict. We really appreciate your being on so top of the issue! It’s inspiring to see true organization and action taking place within the yoga community (i.e. YANY). We’re very curious about the ultimate outcome of this regulation vs. non-regulation debate, and what it could mean for other states in the country…

By: The Yoga Regulation Fight | Life Divine - Yoga - Meditation - Spirituality - Personal Development

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:52:45 +0000

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By: admin

admin — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:26:46 +0000

interesting question.. as far as benefits for studios there’s “credibility” that’s been floated around.
but really, if there are benefits to be had it seems they’d be for the consumer, as a form of protection in a sense. If there’s regulation, or some sort of ‘standard’ then the idea is that the trainee would not get ripped off by exorbitant fees and/or tuition. And should the studio go out of business or some other mishap, the money would not get lost. Ideally speaking.
As for the studios, one would think as education institutions they’d actually get a tax break rather than pay extra for the government to basically do nothing other than collect.

By: Svasti

Svasti — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:51:49 +0000

YANY sounds like swarthy Greek fisherman. But then, perhaps you guys need the eneregy of a swarthy Greek fisherman to deal with all this baloney. Interesting times, when yoga schools are asked to be regulated. If that happens, do they get the benefits of other education institutions (not sure what those might be in the US)? Or is it just about revenue raising?

By: Yoga Licensing Issue: July Update on Yoga Dork at Yoga Nation

Yoga Licensing Issue: *July* Update on Yoga Dork at Yoga Nation — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:28:57 +0000

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