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Yoga and the Texas Workforce Commission

Recently, yoga teacher training programs in Austin, Texas became subject to scrutiny of the Texas Workforce Commission, resulting in administrative nightmares, financial burdens and ultimately a number of facilities choosing to shut down operations completely. The Texas Workforce Commission first contacted Austin yoga teacher training programs with a demand letter alleging that teacher trainings were subject to career school regulations and licensing requirements of Title 3, Texas Education Code, Chapter 132. This letter required that the yoga teacher trainings be brought into compliance with the regulations or be prepared for the enforcement of penalties against them if they did not seek compliance.

The yoga community in New York is under seige by legislators who are seeking to burden them with onerous and expensive regulations and licensing fees. They have formed a group, Yoga for New York, that is banding together to protect the community and the traditional methods of practicing and sharing yoga. Please visit their website at yogaforny.org