Code of Conduct 

 

A. Responsibility to Students – Yoga teachers should:​

 

• Be truthful. (Satya: truth)​

• Welcome all students with friendliness, warmth and compassion, regardless of race, gender, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, age, or disability.​

• Treat all students with respect. (Ahimsa: non-violence)​

• Not harass students (sexually or otherwise). (Ahimsa: non-violence and Brahmacharya: continence)​

• Avoid intimate relations with their students. (Ahimsa: non-violence and Aparigraha: non-coveting)​

• Recognize when the student-teacher relationship has been compromised by the existence of an intimate relationship, and in such circumstances, assist the student in finding another teacher if possible. (Brahmacharya: continence)​

• Understand and apply appropriate methods of touch in assisting students. (Ahimsa: non-violence and Bramacharya: continence)​

 

 

B. Personal Responsibility – Yoga Teachers should:​​

 

• Maintain a clean and well groomed appearance. (Saucha: purity)​

• Dress in a modest manner while teaching yoga. (Saucha: purity)​

• Avoid misuse of any subtonics such as drugs and alcohol. (Saucha: purity)​

• Be mindful of speech. (Saucha: purity)​

• Maintain a regular personal practice. (Tapas-Svadhyaya: zealous practice, study of self)