Why Choose beYogi Over Yoga Journal Insurance

For a part-time professional, Yoga Journal charges $190 a year, and for a full-time professional, they charge $250. With beYogi, you get a comprehensive yoga insurance policy, access to mindfully-curated member benefits ($300+ value), and only pay one flat-fee of $159 per year for part-time or $179 per year for full-time yoga instructors.

Yoga Journal charges annual membership fees and risks purchasing fees based on your modality all in addition to their policy’s premium. BeYogi also offers the next generation of yoga instructors a leg up by being one of the few carriers to offer student yoga instructors the same robust yoga insurance coverage options for the low rate of $25 per year while they’re still in training. At this time, Yoga Journal does not offer a separate yoga student-teacher insurance policy.

Yoga Journal offers a variety of member discounts and promotions for yoga gear and accessories and even transportation. beYogi has partnered with leading names in yoga gear, events, and accessories to get exclusive member discounts and early access. When you purchase a beYogi policy, you will immediately receive access to endless member benefits ($300+ value) including discounts to your favorite yoga brands, a free website to help grow your business and exclusive yoga content tailored just to you. 

beYogi partnered with leading names in yoga music like DJ Taz Rashid to bring you endless yoga tracks for your sessions. Yoga Journal grants members access to their online music library for streaming music. At beYogi we understand that crafting a playlist for your yoga class requires thought and careful consideration.

As a yoga teacher, finding music that you love, but that also fits perfectly with your classes can be a challenge. With our guide and playlists, you can easily create a playlist that fits your yoga style! Whether you teach an upbeat Vinyasa class or a restful Restorative class, there is a playlist for everyone. 

Yoga Journal provides access to digital content, a basic sequence builder for yoga poses, and different business tools. beYogi offers a multitude of online resources including complete eBooks, a leading pose library, teacher training, business tips, with more content being continually curated and added monthly.

beYogi is proud to have so many positive reviews on TrustPilot, an independent third-party rating system. One of the most prevailing themes among the reviews is the responsive customer service and ease of access beYogi affords. By placing a heavy emphasis on our customer service to members and also by investing in a state-of-the-art member portal, we’re able to quickly process claims and get reimbursements to members in a timely manner.

Yoga Journal Insurance also utilizes TrustPilot, which makes it easy to compare the two companies on neutral ground. Many of the reviews on TrustPilot for Yoga Journal focus on the lack of functionality in their online offerings. Many members of Yoga Journal have commented that the lack of access to their membership portal slows down response times, increases the length of the claims process, and leaves many members feeling frustrated at the process.   

Walking through the different member benefits each company offers is a good way to weigh the return you can expect for the investment in yoga insurance for you and your practice. Yoga Journal charges members an additional $69.99 per year if they want access to benefits.

Yoga Journal only offers a free trial of a website leaving you having to pay for the cost of the website after just 30 days. beYogi offers a free, professionally-designed website so you can reach all of the online traffic in your area for people searching for your services.

One of beYogi’s greatest advantages lies in the sheer number of different modalities covered. Currently, beYogi’s yoga liability insurance policies provide coverage for professionals in more than 350 different modalities and counting. Just about every conceivable form of yoga is covered, in addition to various forms of pilates, massage, cosmetology, and esthetics. Even better, we continue to add additional modalities, so even if you don’t see yours specifically listed, you can contact us to see if we can add it. In this way, every time you learn a new skill or branch out into another area of practice, you don’t have to buy additional insurance coverage.

Yoga Journal Insurance’s rates are based on yoga being your main practice and the covered modalities are limited in comparison to beYogi’s. If you teach a modality that’s outside of these core offerings, Yoga Journal advises your rates will be subject to additional fees.