Satyananda Yoga Teacher's Association Membership Requirements

SYTA Membership Information

Full membership is open to all persons who teach yoga in the Satyananda tradition and who meet the SYTA Membership Criteria (see below). Associate membership is open to persons and organisations who do not meet the criteria but who do support SYTA’s aims.

Benefits of SYTA Membership

Being a member of SYTA means you are part of a supportive network of experienced yoga teachers interested in promoting yogic knowledge and a yogic lifestyle. Support is an important factor in preventing teacher burnout and in maintaining your motivation to teach. This support ranges from simple affairs like social gatherings to the provision of important services such as professional development seminars and a code of ethics.

SYTA's teaching members are automatically listed in its on-line Teacher's Directory, providing an Email and telephone contact number to members of the public looking for yoga classes. Members are also entitled to their own page on the site, advertising their yoga classes in more detail.

SYTA has negotiated favourable professional indemnity and public liability insurance rates for its full members with OAMPS (note: Associate members are not entitled to insurance through SYTA's arrangements). However, members must arrange this cover with the Insurance broker themselves (i.e. membership does not automatically mean you are insured). For further information, please contact Jyl Hirsch at OAMPS.

A SYTA newsletter, discussing topics relevant to teaching yoga, is published quarterly for members.

To join SYTA as a Full Member

read the SYTA Code of Ethics and Code of Practice;
download a copy of the 'SYTA Membership Package' and complete the relevant forms, making sure that the form is signed by a proposer and seconder who are members of SYTA. Post the relevant Full Member forms to SYTA, together with your joining and membership fees.

If you are unable to download and print the relevant forms from this site, please contact SYTA and ask for an Information Pack to be sent to you by mail.

Download this SPECIAL SYTA Membership Package which is ONLY for use by teachers ACCREDITED with Satyananda Yoga Academy - valid until August 2008.

To join SYTA as an Associate Member

Associate member applicants need only download a copy of the 'SYTA Membership Package' and complete the relevant forms with signatures of a proposer and seconder who are members of SYTA. Post the relevant Associate Member forms to SYTA, together with your joining and membership fees.

If you are unable to download and print this form, please contact SYTA and ask for an Information Pack to be sent to you by mail.

If you have any queries regarding membership, please contact the membership committee who will be happy to assist you.

Membership Fees

Annual membership fees are:

$50 for full members; and
$30 for associate members.

A joining fee of $40 applies to all new full members, $20 for associates. Members who join between January and June of a year are considered to be current members until June 30 of the following year.

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