Bachelor of Yoga Studies · four years, four credentials
Each year confers its own credential and applies toward the next. Every credential is issued under the authority of Florida Vedic College.
Certified Yoga Teacher · Sādhaka
A thirty-credit certificate program, applicable toward the degree.
Associate of Yoga Studies · Sevaka
The Associate's degree of the program.
Advanced Yoga Teacher · Sātvika
Advanced training beyond the Associate's degree.
Bachelor of Yoga Studies · Śāstrika
The Bachelor of Arts degree completing the four-year program.
The program devotes a substantial portion of its study to bhakti and spiritual development, with the remainder devoted to physical yoga — taught by the Institute, certified by the College.
What This Affiliation Means
College-certified
Florida Vedic College has reviewed and certified the program. Its certificates and degrees are conferred under the College's authority and bear the College's credentials.
A true partnership
The Institute develops and teaches the program; the College certifies it and reviews it on an ongoing basis against the College's academic, quality, and religious standards.
Rooted in one tradition
The affiliation is founded on a shared religious and philosophical heritage — authentic Vedic and Vaishnava teaching, held to the same standard in both institutions.
Verifying this affiliation
This page is Florida Vedic College's confirmation, published on our own website, that the Bhakti Ashtanga Yoga Institute is affiliated with the College and that its Bachelor of Yoga Studies program is certified by us. Questions about the affiliation may be directed to info@fvc.edu.
Bhakti Ashtanga Yoga Institute, B.A. Yogi and Chief Custodian of Maverick Monk are three names for one and the same organization — an integrated auxiliary of Chief Custodian of Bhakti International, a non-profit church exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It offers the Bachelor of Yoga Studies program in conjunction with Florida Vedic College. Florida Vedic College is a religious institution of higher learning; the certificates and degrees of the program are religious credentials conferred under the College's authority.
