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Getting certified by the bodies that matter in your field

Accreditors don't grade your course. They grade your evidence that the course does what you say.

ICF · NBHWC · Yoga Alliance · coaching and wellness certification programs, 2020 to present

The problem

Certification programs sell on the strength of the bodies that recognize them, and each body has its own rules: hour requirements, competency mapping, mentor and practicum structures, assessment evidence, and the paperwork that proves it. Most organizations find out what is required after they have built the course.

What we did

Across a wellness education company and the school that grew out of it, we designed programs to the standards of the International Coaching Federation, the National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching, and Yoga Alliance: a fully online 200-hour yoga teacher training with the community and assessment pieces in-person programs get for free, and a coach certification with methodology seminars, live competency Q&As, practice coaching, and a requirements scheduler. We also gave the counsel every organization needs here: which recognition is worth the cost for your buyers, and which is a badge nobody will check.

the school's public site showing four accredited certification programsasana lesson from the 200-hour yoga teacher trainingcoach certification live seminars page
The outcome

Four flagship programs, each built to its relevant body's requirements, each with that recognition named on the program card.

Read the whole story

As director of instructional design at a wellness education company, and now for the school that grew out of it, we've partnered with the international coaching federation, the national board for health & wellness coaching, and Yoga Alliance to design programs that Meet their standards: hour requirements, competency mapping, mentor and practicum structures, assessment evidence, and the paperwork that proves it.

  • A fully online 200-hour yoga teacher training built to Yoga Alliance standards, including the community and assessment pieces that in-person programs get for free.
  • A coach certification with methodology seminars, health competency live q&as, practice coaching, and a requirements scheduler, structured around the accreditors' competency models.
  • The honest counsel every organization needs here: which accreditation is worth the cost for your buyers, and which is a badge nobody will check.