How We Built the Yoga Organizations We Have — A Revisited Conversation With Amara Miller

If you've ever wondered how we ended up with the yoga organizations we have, this is the conversation. First recorded in 2024, Rebecca's discussion with Amara Miller remains the clearest, most honest account she knows of how the yoga industry organized itself — and why it looks the way it does today. They trace Yoga Alliance back to its 1999 origins as a genuine attempt at student safety and teacher standards, through the flood of money that hit the industry in the late 2000s and early 2010s that nobody was prepared to navigate, to the cultural counterculture identity that shaped how yoga professionals thought about structure and institutions. They also get into the hours-vs-curriculum debate that defined early standards-setting, the approval of fully virtual YTTs, and what it might mean to start thinking seriously about unions and community-led professional organizing. An updated conversation with Amara is coming in July — but start here. This one is foundational.

Rebecca SebastianJune 11, 2026yoga alliance history, yoga organizations explained, how yoga alliance started, yoga industry history, yoga teacher standards, yoga teacher unions, yoga professional organizing, virtual YTT approval, yoga credentialing, yoga industry money, Amara Miller, working in yoga podcast, yoga organization reform, yoga alliance 1999, yoga teacher training standardsComment

Data, Transparency & Building the Yoga Industry We Actually Deserve — With Dr. Stevie Inghram (Part 2)

What would it mean if yoga professionals actually had access to employment data, debt-to-income numbers, and honest information about whether this career is financially viable? In Part 2 of this conversation, Dr. Stevie Inghram and Rebecca get into why yoga's governing bodies keep that data close — and what it costs the profession when they do. They also talk about the difference between people who train for personal knowledge versus those building a career, why waiting for existing organizations to fix things is a losing strategy, and what a genuinely community-led approach to yoga professional advocacy could look like. And they share details on a free summer gathering for practitioners ready to stop waiting and start organizing. This is a conversation about building the industry we all need and deserve — and it starts here.

Rebecca SebastianApril 30, 2026yoga industry data, yoga governing bodies, yoga professional organizing, community led yoga, yoga therapy transparency, yoga career advocacy, yoga employment data, yoga organization reform, yoga therapy income, holistic health advocacy, Stevie Inghram, working in yoga, yoga summer gathering, yoga pros 2026, yoga industry accountabilityComment