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Yoga Alliance is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization founded in 1999 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, USA.

Purpose and programs
Yoga Alliance promotes the interests of yoga teachers and yoga schools and serves the public interest by setting standards and reviewing practices to assure good yoga training.

Registry
The organization maintains a web-based registry to recognize and promote teachers and schools that meet its credentialling standards. Over 30,000 teachers and 1,000 schools are registered with Yoga Alliance.

Yoga Styles
The Yoga Alliance registry classifies yoga in a flat list (without subclasses) of over 100 "styles". Each school and teacher is tagged with a "style".