To ensure that we recommend genuinely qualified postpartum yoga teachers, we've used the following criteria to score and rank each candidate:
Public Profile: Each teacher maintains a website, studio page, or professional profile that lets clients learn about them and book.
Private Session Availability: Each teacher offers private (1-on-1) sessions, not only group classes. In addition, we've scored each teacher on a variety of factors:
- Public Profile: All teachers maintain a website, studio page, or professional profile (mandatory).
- Private Session Availability: Each teacher offers private (1-on-1) sessions, not only group classes (mandatory).
| Criterion | Points | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Postpartum Specialization | 20 points |
2 pt: Barely mentioned 6 pt: Mentioned in passing 12 pt: A regular part of the teacher's offering 20 pt: A central focus, prominently featured across the teacher's main page and headings |
| Qualifications & Teaching Experience | 20 points |
3 pt: RYT 200, or equivalent training evidenced on the teacher's own site 5 pt: RYT 500, or equivalent training evidenced on the teacher's own site 7 pt: E-RYT 200 or E-RYT 500, or equivalent training and teaching history With prenatal & postpartum specialization 9 pt: RPYT (or equivalent prenatal training) + RYT 200 or equivalent 11 pt: the above, 5+ years teaching 13 pt: RPYT (or equivalent) + E-RYT 200 or RYT 500 or equivalent 15 pt: the above, 5+ years teaching 17 pt: RPYT (or equivalent) + E-RYT 500 or equivalent 20 pt: the above, 10+ years teaching |
| Personal Postpartum Experience | 15 points |
0–1 pt: No mention of personal birth or postpartum experience 2–4 pt: Inferred from photos or context, but no explicit mention 5–8 pt: States being a mother, with limited detail 9–12 pt: States being a mother with description of the parenting journey 13–15 pt: Shares a specific birth and recovery story |
| Client Reviews from Postpartum Mothers | 15 points |
0–1 pt: No reviews 2–4 pt: Generic positive reviews only 5–8 pt: Reviews exist but not specifically from postpartum mothers 9–12 pt: Multiple reviews with some postpartum-specific content 13–15 pt: Multiple specific testimonials from postpartum mothers |
| Price (60 min) | 10 points |
1 pt: $171 or above, or price not disclosed 3 pt: $141–$170 5 pt: $111–$140 8 pt: $80–$110 10 pt: Under $80 |
| 1-on-1 Private Yoga Focus | 10 points |
3 pt: Rarely or not mentioned 7 pt: Mentioned occasionally 10 pt: Prominently described as a core offering |
| Booking Accessibility | 10 points |
2 pt: No mention 3 pt: Mention of in-home, studio, or appointment-based booking 7 pt: Booking calendar link or embed 10 pt: Booking calendar with abundant open slots |
RYT 200 / RYT 500 — Registered Yoga Teacher. 200 or 500 hours of general yoga teacher training, registered with Yoga Alliance.
E-RYT 200 / E-RYT 500 — Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher. The same training plus at least 1,000 (E-RYT 200) or 2,000 (E-RYT 500) hours of documented teaching.
RPYT — Registered Prenatal Yoga Teacher. An additional 85-hour prenatal and postpartum specialization, which requires an RYT credential first.
On "or equivalent". Yoga Alliance registration is a useful shorthand, not the thing we are measuring. Plenty of experienced teachers never register, or let a registration lapse, and a teacher who documents her training hours, her training providers and the years she has been teaching is evidencing the same thing the registry stands for. We score that evidence where a teacher's own site makes it checkable. The reverse also holds: a registration earned very recently places a teacher near the bottom of this criterion, because the years of teaching are what the upper bands are built on.
When two teachers tie. Totals are close often enough that ties happen. We break them on Postpartum Specialization first, then Qualifications & Teaching Experience — the two criteria that speak most directly to postpartum work. A one-point gap is not a meaningful difference between two teachers; read the criteria that matter to you rather than the ordering.
※Please note that these scores are subjective and meant to serve as a guide. Different individuals may prioritize different aspects when choosing a postpartum yoga teacher. Every score is checked against each teacher's own website, and where a site has changed, the current site is what we scored.