Yoga Certification Board conducts assessment and offers certificates to qualified Yoga Professionals under various levels/ category. The certificates offered by the YCB are initially valid for 5 years for level 1 – Yoga Protocol Instructor and for all other levels, the certificate is valid for 3 years. The certified Yoga professional is required to get renewal of his/her certificate before its expiry.

Yoga Certificate Board conducts Continuing Yoga education Program (CYEP) for renewal of Certificates. CYEP aims at motivating the candidate in career growth of Yoga Professionals. CYEP includes 2 components:

Assessment of candidates performance during the period of certification

Orientation to strengthen the candidate’s skill as Yoga Professional

The program is for 2-3 days. Certified Yoga Professionalsshall have to attend atleast one of the programs for renewal of certificates before the expiry of the certficate by opting any of the following:

Attending one CYEP program of 2 -3 days at Leading Yoga Institutions

Participating in virtual CYEP through Vide Conference or virtual mode which shall include submitting the report on training of persons conducted alongwith supporting documents and appearing for exam before the Committee.

After the 1st CYE program the committee may recommend issuing the certificate to the candidate for life term or may recommend to attend 2nd CYEP before issuing the certificate for life term.

The certificate of the certified Yoga professionals who has not attended the CYEP will lose its validity after the validity period.

The candidates shall be sent renewal notice through telephonic message/ email at least 6 months prior to expiry of certificate validity period. The certified yoga Professional shall apply for CYEP along with the prescribed within 3 months prior to expiry of certificate validity period.

The schedule for CYEP shall be available on YCB website. The candidate shall have to select preferred venue for attending CYEP or the virtual mode for attending the CYEP.

The candidate shall submit all the requisite documents online at least 2 months before the due date of the CYEP. In absence of all the required documents, the marks awarded against the head shall be zero.

There shall be separate CYEP for each level.

The candidate has to secure atleast 70% marks in the CYEP assessment process for renewal of the certificate. After successfully completing the CYEP, the assessment team may recommend granting of certificate for fixed period or for life. Based on the performance of the candidate, assessment team may recommend the candidate to undertake another round of CYEP before granting the certificate for life.

The marks for assessment for renewal shall be in 3 parts