The state is try­ing to reg­u­late some­thing they know noth­ing about.  They say that their main goal is con­sumer pro­tec­tion but reg­u­la­tion does not equal qual­ity and safety. I believe they are try­ing to impose reg­u­la­tions on me under the false pre­tense of pro­tec­tion of con­sumers.  Why should yoga be licensed? – just because other busi­nesses are?  That doesn’t make it right.  I am an inde­pen­dent yoga edu­ca­tor and I am proud to uphold my own stan­dards for the train­ing of stu­dents, and I am more than will­ing to be held account­able for liv­ing up to those standards.

Licens­ing does noth­ing to pro­tect the pub­lic in any field, but the pub­lic think it does..  why?  Each of us have the abil­ity to ask ques­tions and to make informed choices, and if any­one causes us harm, we have laws in place for that don’t we?

Just because some states have com­plied it doesn’t make it right.  We have to stand up for what we believe in.

It makes no dif­fer­ence if the ‘fee’ is reduced or the paper­work is reduced to a min­i­mum, reg­u­la­tion is wrong.  If train­ing pro­grams sub­mit to this con­trol, then the state will be able to force the teacher train­ers to be licensed and from there is would be very easy for them to demand that indi­vid­ual teach­ers be licensed.  We can­not give them con­trol over what we do.  We have to main­tain our free­dom to prac­tice, teach, and train.

Tags: VA Yoga Regulation, Yoga, yoga instruction

One Comment to “Why not Yoga?”

1. Roger Hefferan says:

   December 8, 2009 at 5:50 pm

   Suzanne,
   From that still point in the cen­ter of my heart that is some­times stopped for a moment to inhale, WOW! Your appoach to the total­ity of yoga at the start says it all so qui­etly and thoroghly. May the God­dess shine upon you with Good For­tune as you make your approach to yoga avail­able every­where. JAI! –Roger

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