What is the difference between your RYT and cheaper solutions?

There are several really cheap RYT’s online right now. Please remember that most of the time, you get what you pay for. We offer a lot of hours of Zoom content (which you may watch after the calls or during the calls, depending on the schedule). We are also available to jump on a Zoom call for clarity or demo if needed (outside of the regularly scheduled calls). We offer a lot of individual coaching and feedback. We treat you as if you are in our live RYT class and you get the same level of service.

We spend about 8-10 hours preparing for each one hour of content, so it literally took us 1800-2000 hours to prepare the course, and if you add the live Zoom hours that Mary will present, that’s a lot of time! We are not, in any way, disparaging others programs because they might be wonderful, but we can’t imagine selling a course that we put this kind of time and effort into for a few hundred dollars, which makes us wonder how thorough the cheaper program materials are.

Of course, it is possible these programs are trying to offset their expenses with a high volume of students. That’s one way to approach business – high numbers. That’s not wrong or bad, but it is not our model. We know we won’t get the high numbers because there will always be students who see a low price elsewhere and buy it because they will get the same piece of paper at the end of the class (RYT). If that’s what is important to a student, that’s a smart choice. We know we will draw fewer students with higher prices, but we are ok with that because we want to offer high quality and doing so means charging more to make the same or less money. Again, that’s not a judgment, but simply a choice each of us must make.

We respect your choice and know each student has to do what is right for them at the time, but we can guarantee you high quality and personalized service. We consistently get great ratings on our course – both online and in each city where we teach. Read our testimonials and check us out on Yoga Alliance.

We’ve had students take our RYT200 who already held an RYT200 designation, but didn’t feel prepared to teach (or who were teaching but felt something was missing) who have told us that they learned more in one weekend of training/study with us than they learned in their entire RYT200. That is not meant to boast or brag, but to let you know that there are great RYT courses and some that are not as well prepared.

Our founder, Mary Irby, holds a Master’s degree in Education and a Bachelor’s in Health, Physical Education and Recreation. She has thousands of hours of yoga training and continues to travel to India for further training. She is currently further her spiritual studies and plans to return to India as soon as feasible so that she may continue to enhance the programming each year.