Click here to download a summarized handout on steps to Certification.
1. Please make sure the ParaYoga office has your Enrollment Application on file from your Level I Certification.
2. Completion of all nine ParaYoga Master Teacher Trainings and associated reading assignments and book reports.
3. At least four years practicing ParaYoga. This includes classes, workshops, PYMTs and retreats taught by Rod Stryker and/or a ParaYoga Level II Certified Teacher. You must have been a Level 1 ParaYoga Certification for a minimum of one year.
4. Minimum two years teaching ParaYoga-style classes with a minimum of 150 hours (one 1.5 hour class for 100 weeks over two years). Documentation of teaching history to be submitted with application. Please use the Teaching History form.
5. At least four years of regular home asana practice. Documentation must be provided showing a practice of at least 30 minutes per day, 3 days per week. Submit verification via the Quarterly Summary form in the Asana Practice Journal.
6. Minimum of three years of regular meditation practice (in the ParaYoga tradition). This practice requirement must be documented and submitted by email to ParaYoga’s office as outlined in the Quarterly Sadhana Summary Form. Quarterly updates are due at the end of March, June, September, and December (there is a two week grace period). ParaYoga will not accept all your required Quarterly Summaries at once or at the time of your application for certification. If you find it helpful to track your daily practice consider using the ParaYoga Meditation Log.
7. You will be required to work privately, at least once, with at least two individuals, even if you do not intend to make this a regular part of your ParaYoga teaching. Case studies of these privates must be submitted using the Case Study Form, which will be sent to you 6 months after completion of Level I Certification.
8. A minimum 30-day practice (consecutive) of the following preliminary and/or purificatory ParaYoga meditation practices: Bhuta Shuddhi, Cave of the Heart, Manas Puja, Tibetan Color Purification, and Tattwa Shuddhi (Dark Man of Sin).
9. The ability to recite the following mantras and invocations: ParaYoga invocation, Gayatri, Maha Mrityunjaya, Prana Pratishta, Patanjali invocation, and Vishve Deva mantras.
10. A total of two private sessions with Rod Stryker or an authorized ParaYoga Senior Teacher.
1. Please make sure the ParaYoga office has your Enrollment Application on file from your Level I Certification.
2. Completion of all nine ParaYoga Master Teacher Trainings and associated reading assignments and book reports.
3. At least four years practicing ParaYoga. This includes classes, workshops, PYMTs and retreats taught by Rod Stryker and/or a ParaYoga Level II Certified Teacher. You must have been a Level 1 ParaYoga Certification for a minimum of one year.
4. Minimum two years teaching ParaYoga-style classes with a minimum of 150 hours (one 1.5 hour class for 100 weeks over two years). Documentation of teaching history to be submitted with application. Please use the Teaching History form.
5. At least four years of regular home asana practice. Documentation must be provided showing a practice of at least 30 minutes per day, 3 days per week. Submit verification via the Quarterly Summary form in the Asana Practice Journal.
6. Minimum of three years of regular meditation practice (in the ParaYoga tradition). This practice requirement must be documented and submitted by email to ParaYoga’s office as outlined in the Quarterly Sadhana Summary Form. Quarterly updates are due at the end of March, June, September, and December (there is a two week grace period). ParaYoga will not accept all your required Quarterly Summaries at once or at the time of your application for certification. If you find it helpful to track your daily practice consider using the ParaYoga Meditation Log.
7. You will be required to work privately, at least once, with at least two individuals, even if you do not intend to make this a regular part of your ParaYoga teaching. Case studies of these privates must be submitted using the Case Study Form, which will be sent to you 6 months after completion of Level I Certification.
8. A minimum 30-day practice (consecutive) of the following preliminary and/or purificatory ParaYoga meditation practices: Bhuta Shuddhi, Cave of the Heart, Manas Puja, Tibetan Color Purification, and Tattwa Shuddhi (Dark Man of Sin).
9. The ability to recite the following mantras and invocations: ParaYoga invocation, Gayatri, Maha Mrityunjaya, Prana Pratishta, Patanjali invocation, and Vishve Deva mantras.
10. A total of two private sessions with Rod Stryker or an authorized ParaYoga Senior Teacher.
Process for Applying for ParaYoga® Level II Certified Teacher Status
1. Once all of the above prerequisites have been completed, all required documents must be submitted to the ParaYoga office. Please review this checklist so that your submission is complete:
• Teaching History form
• All Practice and meditation Quarterly Summaries forms (must have been submitted on a regular basis prior to receiving the written exam)
• Completed Level II Case Study form
• Certification Fee of $125 (non-refundable)
2. After submitting all the necessary documentation and fees to the ParaYoga office, you are ready to request the exam and will be sent the Level II written test.
You will have 14 days to complete it, at which time you will submit the completed test to the ParaYoga office via email. The exam will be reviewed by the Certification Team. You will be notified of your results by a team member, generally within 45 days. In the event that you do not pass the exam, you will be coached as to how to prepare to retake it, and perhaps be given specific guidance. An additional fee of $100 will be required to retake the exam.
3. Upon passage of your written exam, you will be sent the ParaYoga Licensing Agreement, which you must sign and fax/email back, along with your $75 Licensing Fee.
4. After receiving your signed agreement and fees, you will then be listed on the ParaYoga Teacher Directory on the ParaYoga website, and you will be mailed your ParaYoga Level II Certificate of completion.
Click here to download a summarized handout on steps to Certification.
Prerequisites and Process for Applying for Accreditation as ParaYoga® Level I Certified Teacher
ParaYoga® Certified Teacher Benefits
Requirements for Maintaining Accredited Status
Standards and Requirements for all Classes Titled ParaYoga®
1. Once all of the above prerequisites have been completed, all required documents must be submitted to the ParaYoga office. Please review this checklist so that your submission is complete:
• Teaching History form
• All Practice and meditation Quarterly Summaries forms (must have been submitted on a regular basis prior to receiving the written exam)
• Completed Level II Case Study form
• Certification Fee of $125 (non-refundable)
2. After submitting all the necessary documentation and fees to the ParaYoga office, you are ready to request the exam and will be sent the Level II written test.
You will have 14 days to complete it, at which time you will submit the completed test to the ParaYoga office via email. The exam will be reviewed by the Certification Team. You will be notified of your results by a team member, generally within 45 days. In the event that you do not pass the exam, you will be coached as to how to prepare to retake it, and perhaps be given specific guidance. An additional fee of $100 will be required to retake the exam.
3. Upon passage of your written exam, you will be sent the ParaYoga Licensing Agreement, which you must sign and fax/email back, along with your $75 Licensing Fee.
4. After receiving your signed agreement and fees, you will then be listed on the ParaYoga Teacher Directory on the ParaYoga website, and you will be mailed your ParaYoga Level II Certificate of completion.
Click here to download a summarized handout on steps to Certification.
Prerequisites and Process for Applying for Accreditation as ParaYoga® Level I Certified Teacher
ParaYoga® Certified Teacher Benefits
Requirements for Maintaining Accredited Status
Standards and Requirements for all Classes Titled ParaYoga®