Andrew Tanner - "Live from BYF2025, American Yoga Council"

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Andrew Tanner unveils a plan where yoga teachers get 50% of membership fees back—could this fund their retirement?

J. Brown interviews Andrew Tanner, founder of the Berkshire Yoga Festival, about his newly launched American Yoga Council. They discuss moving away from hour-based standards to competency-based credentials, a revenue-sharing model that returns 50% of dues to teachers, and the challenges of making yoga teaching a sustainable career. The conversation touches on critiques of existing organizations like Yoga Alliance and the role of technology in growing the yoga industry.

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A live yoga-world conversation about career paths, training levels, and the practical realities of staying in the work.

Recorded at the Berkshire Yoga Festival, this conversation has Andrew Tanner laying out the American Yoga Council and making a practical case for yoga as a career, not just a certificate stack.

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You want Andrew Tanner unpacking a yoga career path from the Berkshire Yoga Festival floor.

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