How a studio gets listed, what vetting actually checks, how training dates are submitted, and where to go when the answer depends on your own situation. Short replies, honest limits, and a clear path to a human when you need one.
Most questions about the directory, the calendar or a training listing can be answered by reading the notes below. When they can't, a real person on the editorial team reads your message and replies. We are a small group of practising teachers, so replies come between classes and studio days rather than within the hour.
Best for listing corrections, a studio that has moved or closed, and questions about how vetting works. Write to info@yogaunionindonesia.com and include the studio or shala name so we can find the entry quickly.
Typical reply: within two working days.
If your question is about a training date that has already changed, or a workshop that needs to come off the calendar today, a call is faster. Reach us at +27280112689.
Typical reply: same day, Monday to Friday.
Certificates, insurance papers or a signed listing agreement are easier to handle on paper. Send them to 4372 Human Loaf Suite 271, Zuluburgh, LP 4322.
Typical reply: allow one week for post to arrive and be logged.
We can tell you how a studio was vetted, when a listing was last checked, and whether a training appears to meet the contact hours a certification body asks for. We cannot confirm a teacher's personal schedule, hold a place in a course, or speak for a studio's refund policy. Those answers have to come from the studio directly, and we will point you to the right contact when we can.
Before writing, it is often quicker to check the questions we hear most, from how a shala gets listed to what a 200-hour intensive actually involves. If your question is about your own data, see our privacy notes, or read the terms that cover listings and submissions.
Most of these arrive by email from teachers, studio owners and travellers who found us halfway through planning something. Here is what we can confirm, and where we have to hand the question back to a person.
Owners submit a listing with their address, regular schedule and a short description of the classes they run. A teacher on our side visits or speaks with the owner before anything goes live. We check that the space is actually operating, that the schedule is current, and that the teaching is led by someone with real training behind them. Listings that go quiet for a season get flagged until the owner confirms they are still open.
We confirm the space exists, the schedule is real and the teacher holds a recognised certification. What we cannot verify is how a class will feel to you, whether the room suits your body, or how a particular teacher handles a crowded Saturday session. Those are things only your own first visit will tell you.
Organisers send us the dates, the location and a short outline of what the days include. We publish them once we have confirmed the venue and the lead teacher. Dates do shift, especially for retreats booked months ahead, so we ask organisers to tell us when something changes. If a listing looks stale, write to us and we will check it directly.
Expect long days: daily asana practice, sequencing work, anatomy taught partly seated, philosophy, and supervised teaching rounds near the end. Contact hours are set by the certifying body, so the shape of a program is fairly consistent even when the style differs. What varies most is how much rest the schedule allows and how much individual feedback you get.
Look at what you will practice daily and what you will be asked to teach. Vinyasa trainings lean on pacing, transitions and building a class that flows. Yin courses spend more time on long holds, props and the quieter skill of holding a room still. Neither is a shortcut to the other, and plenty of teachers end up doing both across a few years.
Two mats if you can carry them, a block, a strap, a bolster if the program does not supply one, and layers for a room that swings between warm and cool. Add a notebook, a refillable bottle and something for shoulder and hip mobility in the evenings. Most people underestimate how much they will want a quiet hour away from the group.
Where an organiser gives us figures, we show them as they were sent, with a note on what is included and what is not. Where they do not, we say so rather than guess. Always confirm the final amount with the studio or organiser before you commit, since deposits, accommodation and meals are handled differently from one program to the next.
One short note from a practising teacher, a couple of listings worth your attention, and anything new in the journal. No filler, no daily mail. If a question keeps coming up in our inbox, it usually becomes the subject of the next letter.