We’ve changed the way we operate Les Mills in India. Now rather than licensing specific clubs to be able to run live Les Mills programmes, we’re directly licensing instructors. What that means is as a licensed instructor you are no longer limited in the locations you can teach. Always wanted to teach BODYCOMBAT at your local fitness centre but they weren’t licensed? Now as a licensed instructor you can. Thought about how great it would be to teach BODYBALANCE in a park, no problem! Small group training in your home? Just do it! We’ve removed the requirement for you to have to teach at a licensed facility.

We’ve moved away from quarterly payments for Les Mills Releases to a simple monthly license. Included in that monthly fee is your Les Mills Release and Education. This includes online Webinars and Quarterly Workshops. An instructor license also allows the ability to teach anywhere in India.

For India instructors, the great thing about an instructor license is that you are now no longer limited to the rate a club may choose to pay you. Much like a Personal Trainer, because you can teach anywhere you can charge per attendee in a public space, or you can do a revenue share with a fitness centre on a pay per class model, or the club can pay you per class on an agreed rate. Alternatively, you can teach in the way you would normally, but again you are not limited to Les Mills licensed clubs in India, as now you are the holder of the license. So your earning potential is effectively uncapped.

For India clubs, you can now keep your members motivated and engaged by using as many Les Mills live programmes as you like, without any license restrictions. The only condition is to use only officially Licensed Instructors (listed here). If your instructors aren’t licensed, clubs can opt to pay for their instructors’ licenses themselves. Contact us below for more information on this option.

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The biggest challenge we’ve had from clubs in India is locating instructors, and the biggest challenge instructors in India have had is locating clubs. We will be publishing all our licensed instructors on our website, along with their contact details so clubs wanting instructors will be able to contact you directly. Additionally, off the back of the success of our Les Mills On Demand platform we have thousands of consumers searching for live classes, so we’ll be sending them your way as well. Finally, we’ll be reaching out to hundreds of clubs that have been licensed with Les Mills over the years to let them know that they can now launch their favourite programmes again and providing them your details as our team of instructors. We see this as a win-win-win for our instructor team, our Les Mills fans and the clubs as well.

The initial fee to become a license Instructor is INR 2,700 + tax but because the instructor license fee also includes all your quarterly releases and ongoing education the monthly fee depends on the number of programmes an instructor teaches. We are currently looking at two models, one a monthly flat rate that increases slightly depending on the number of programmes you teach, the other is a potential revenue share model if you charge per class. Once again remember your license includes all Les Mills Releases, education and online quarterly workshops as well so it’s great value. Contact us using the form below to discover which is the right model for you.

The license fee is due monthly and you can use either a credit card (VISA or Mastercard) or a debit card (accepted banks include CITI Bank, ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank and Canara Bank) for payment. You can also pay the license fee quarterly upfront if you prefer.

No it is not required, but if you have been on hold, please get in touch with us by sending an email to askindia@lesmills.com. We will help you get back on track in the easiest way by simply submitting a feedback video on the latest release.

Well, in short, yes! As long as you are a current licensed instructor you can teach anywhere in India. We do reserve the right to limit a location (for example if precluded by law) but this would be the exception to the rule.

If your certification is lapsed, you’re not up to date with your releases, didn’t complete your certification or you’ve not taught in some time you can submit a certification video for a small fee and (pending the result) we’ll reactivate your certification. Please complete the form below to find out more.

If you want to continue teaching Les Mills you will have to move to the license model. But don’t under-estimate the power that being able to teach anywhere will give you! We’ll also be hosting a series of webinars on how to build your business. Please complete the form below to find out more.

Yes! As a licensed instructor you can live stream on a closed platform (such as Zoom or Teams). There are special conditions attached to this so please ensure you double check these when you get licensed.

Instructors in India looking to train in their first Les Mills programme or add additional programmes (or even do Advanced Training) can do so easily now online, from the comfort of their own home. We’ll even give you 3 months of licensing free after your initial module training to get certified and build your business. Find out more on our Training page.

In India, Short answer no. Indian clubs will still need a license to run Les Mills Virtual classes, and there’s a small fee if clubs would like access to Brand Central (our marketing portal) or our management consulting. But in order to run Les Mills live classes in India the only requirement is that they utilise Les Mills instructors with an active license. The list of licensed instructors will be available and updated regularly at FIND AN INSTRUCTOR so they can always be certain they’re hiring an official licensed instructor.

If you have any specific questions you can email us directly at askindia@lesmills.com. If you’re ready to sign up now all you need to do is complete the form below and we’ll get back to you with your license agreement. Once completed we’ll get you loaded and you’re on your way!