This is an email I received from Yoga Life Society today.
URGENT PLEASE READ!!!
And contact this representative today!!
This email serves as an alert regarding a New Jersey Bill which seeks to license Yoga instructors and studios. This is an item of importance to both Yoga teachers and students.
The bill, if passed, could greatly change how Yoga is taught in NJ and who could legally teach it.
This information was posted to e-Sutra :: The WorldWide Yoga List.
Subject: e-Sutra :: "LEGISLATIVE ALERT -New Jersey Bill Seeks to License Yoga Instructors and Studios
An excerpt from the article:
"This is the real deal. Unlike the "backdoor" New York licensing bill I fought in 2005, this New Jersey bill explicitly targets yoga teachers and studios, and would require them to be licensed by the State. It also contains a minimum 300-hour training provision that would supercede the Yoga Alliance's 200-hour minimum for RYT registration. "
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This bill is being sponsored by Rep. Joseph J. Roberts, Jr. (D)
and was introduced on October 23, 2008.
Please note that whether you support the bill or not,
you are encouraged to contact Assemblyman Roberts
to make your opinions known.
Here is Rep. Roberts' district office address:
Brooklawn Shopping Plaza
Rt. 130 South & Browning Rd.
Brooklawn, NJ 08030
Here is Rep. Roberts' phone number:
(856) 742-7600
Follow this link to contact him via e-mail
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/Selectmun.asp
