The Shanti Yoga Teachers Association (SYTA) is an association of individuals within the Yoga community who have adopted and are teaching the transformational Hatha Yoga path, and building an enlightened society that works towards a common goal: yoga from heart to heart, door to door, shore to shore.

SYTA membership provides a network of information about teachers, events, current trends in the yoga and wellness industry and continues to empower, inspire, encourage and evolve a life-changing shift in consciousness that will catalyse and continue your amazing transformation in changing lives.

If you are seeking a deeper level of participation, and to mirror your potential in the company of other already successful and spiritually evolved yogis, SYTA membership will continue your life-changing journey.

Graduates of the Health Institute Australasia's Yoga Teacher Training courses can apply for membership with SYTA. All Yoga Teachers, Teachers in training and friends of Shanti Yoga are cordially invited to apply for membership of Shanti Yoga Teachers Association, International (SYTA International) the association of professional yoga teachers. SYTA is open to anyone who is sincerely and effectively committed to the Shanti Yoga path, and explore how we can personally, communally and globally apply living peace as the basic guiding force in our lives, and to the world. With the world seemingly at crossroads, socially and environmentally, we can aim to arouse courage and confidence to truly establish enlightened society.

Full membership is available to those who have successfully completed the Shanti Yoga Health Institute Diploma in Yoga Teaching Course or higher, or for those living overseas, on application to and successful examination by the Committee of Management. It is recommended that full members of SYTA be engaged in a program of ongoing professional development that earns the required points in each 3 years of membership and maintain ongoing records for accuracy that are available, if requested.

Whether you have been teaching yoga for years or are recently certified, you will find inspiration, training, support and community with us. Reinvigorate your teaching and commitment, attend master classes, add to your teaching toolbox with workshops and courses, get re-inspired at retreat, celebrate with concerts, food, dancing and chanting and the SYTA annual residential get-together.

• Membership is at four levels or categories.
• Fees are due on the 1st of September each year.
• Only full members can use the letters SYTA after their name or in marketing materials. The SYTA logo will be provided upon full registration.

Fees & Description of membership levels

	Membership	Description	Annual Fee
1	​Retail Associates	Retail Associates are full SYTA members who are eligible for wholesale discounts on Shanti Yoga goods and services.	$195
2	Full membership	Full membership to SYTA is for Yoga teachers who have undergone training with a Government Accredited provider.	$99
3	Associates	Associates are professionals who have trained in other yogic or sister disciplines and want to be affiliated with SYTA. Friends are students and friends of SYTA benefactors, full members and associates.​ ​	$66
4	Benefactors	Benefactors are those who have invested in Shanti Yoga goods and services.

1. Retail Associates are full SYTA members who are eligible for wholesale discounts on Shanti Yoga goods and services.
2. Full membership to SYTA is in two categories:
   • Accredited teaching members who have undergone Shanti Yoga training up to at least the Diploma in Yoga teaching level.
   • Essential staff and non-teaching supporters of Shanti Yoga who have undergone the Meditation Institute Shanti Yoga training (pre accreditation).
3. Associates are professionals who have trained in other yogic or sister disciplines and want to be affiliated with SYTA.
4. Friends are students and friends of SYTA benefactors, full members and associates.​ ​
5. Benefactors are those who have invested in Shanti Yoga goods and services

• Membership is renewed on the 1st of September each year.
• Yearly renewal of membership is evaluated and subject to a review prior to the end of expiry date and renewal will be granted upon the satisfactory operation within the bounds of Shanti Yoga guidelines in both teaching and behavioural ethics.
• Renewal needs to be accompanied with currency in CPD and in first aid.
• Membership in a professional association is necessary for Yoga Teaching insurance.
• SYTA International reserves the right to discontinue certification for members at the discretion of the principal.

Membership implies:

• a set of shared principles and agreements
• attainment of specific enterprise competencies and standards
• achievement of community priorities
• the continuing development of training to keep upgrading the profession
• an important source of advice, support and guidance.

What students of Yoga Teacher Training need to understand:

• Shanti Yoga copyright exists on all texts, notes and handouts. You are most welcome to teach the material, but please spread the context of its source.
• 15 km distance
• Professional interactions re non-fraternisation (birds and bees) with Shanti Yoga students and your own future students.
• The teacher/trainee appropriateness in dress, behaviour and language whilst in attendance to all related Shanti Yoga/Health Institute classes and functions.
• Teach only within your scope (as described in Shanti Yoga notes). Failure to do so results in expulsion from SYTA and Health Institute Australasia.

Members try to lead a wholehearted yogic life and bring a dharmic perspective to all aspects of their life. They are not monks or nuns. What matters is both the spiritual commitment that they have made, and the lifestyle they adopt in working towards realising a society of greater wholesomeness. They aspire to live healthy and meaningful lives, to transform the dense lead of human suffering into the gold of enlightened consciousness and assist themselves and others with wellbeing, battling debilitating illness and degenerative diseases.

Every SYTA member undertakes to practise a traditional set of 10 ethical precepts, the yamas and niyamas. These point to basic principles applied to all actions of body, speech and mind. Both genders of SYTA members are able to follow the same precepts and practice on an equal basis.

Shanti Yoga fee assistance

The Shanti Yoga Health Institute Australasia plays an important role in the nurturing and strength of the community and provides opportunities to expose trainees and graduates to training in skills that enrich community, communication and culture, to facilitate a solid background and experience within a meditative and contemplative tradition such as ours. In addition, the Shanti Yoga Health Institute Australasia Membership also organises social events and celebrations, assists with visiting members and teachers, and works closely with the Practice and Education team, childcare education and its graduates. Various positions are available to members who have knowledge and experience with the Shanti Yoga tradition and teaching.

SYTA annual residential retreat

All members are invited to join our annual Shanti Yoga Conference and Workshop held in August at our Nirvana Wellness retreat. This is a wonderful event that gives us the chance to practice, serve and celebrate together, sharing expertise and views on both traditional Shanti Yoga and Ayurveda.

Come and feel this yourself. Come and eat lots of good food and be a part of our resident community. Smile with the flowers and the green grass. Play with the butterflies, chickens and cows. Shake hands with the shrubs, ferns and twigs of trees. Talk to the rainbow, the wind and the sun. Converse with the running spring and the stars in the sky. Develop friendship with your fellow retreatants, dogs, human beings, trees, saplings and forest friends. Then you will have a wide, perfect, rich, full life. You will realise the oneness or unity of life. This cannot be described in words. Come and feel this yourself.

APPLY TO JOIN SYTA Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Policy and Forms