Temp Parttime Faculty - Yoga Instructor at University of New Mexico – Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico

Requisition ID: req35667

Working Title:
Temp Parttime Faculty - Yoga Instructor

Position Summary:
The UNM Department of Holistic Health and Healing Arts invites applicants to apply for a Temporary Part-Time Faculty (Adjunct) member to teach one of the following subject areas for Fall 2026. This posting is primarily for face-to-face instruction and potentially some remote delivery of courses.

These positions will be hired on an as needed basis dependent on student enrollment, course offering matrix, and graduation requirements. The specific courses include, but are not limited to, the following:

HHHA 1131: The class will prepare future yoga teachers and/or interested yoga students to design classes for themselves and others that safely accommodate many underlying injuries and conditions, observing, in the process, that a class that accommodates students with underlying conditions is a class for everyone. Often offered in Fall semester.

We propose a base salary of $1,135.26 to $1,227.89 per credit hour depending on successful candidates' qualifications. This posting is for primarily face to face and with a potential of remote delivery of courses.
Campus:
Taos

Benefits Eligble:
Adjunct faculty may be eligible to receive certain UNM benefits in some cases. See the Benefits home page for more information.

Department:
Taos Branch

Employment Type:
Faculty

Faculty Type:
Adjunct
Hiring Department:
Taos Branch

Academic Location:
Taos Branch
Benefits Eligible:
Adjunct faculty may be eligible to receive certain UNM benefits in some cases. See the Benefits home page for more information.
For Best Consideration Date:
This posting will remain active until 1/30/2026. Anyone who applies for a position under this posting will automatically be considered for openings in subsequent semesters unless they indicate in their cover letter that they are not interested in teaching in specific semesters.

Application Instructions:
Only applications submitted throughthe official UNMJobs site will be accepted. If you are viewing this jobadvertisement on a 3rd party site, pleasevisit UNMJobs to submit an application.
oCV oCover Letter. Please include what specific course(s) you are interested in teaching in. oUnofficial graduate level transcripts will be accepted with application but we will need official graduate level transcripts if you are selected for hire.
Applicants who are appointed to a UNM faculty position are required to provide an official certification of successful completion of all degree requirements prior to their initial employment with UNM.Minimum Qualifications:
To teach or develop courses in the field or subfield for which you are applying are determined by Higher Learning Commission's accreditation requirements for faculty, and must be met in these ways:

• Bachelor's Degree in the discipline or subfield; or Successful completion of at least 18 graduate credit hours in an accredited program in the discipline or subfield; or Ability to demonstrate tested experience that the Integrative Health & Medical Massage has determined to be equivalent to a degree in the discipline or subfield.
• Yoga teacher training in the discipline or subfield in which they are applying to teach. Applicant must have completed a program of study in the discipline or subfield in which they teach, with coursework at least one level above that of the courses being taught or developed.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Some form of body work certification (e.g. Massage Therapist) that lends itself towards a deeper understanding of the principles of alignment and form that are being discussed for this course.
• Demonstrated experience in remote delivery of instruction.
• At least 5 years' experience with yoga teaching.
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and studentsuccess, as well as, working with broadly diverse communities