Comments on: Yoga teachers are living the dream. But are they making a living?

By: Questions About Yoga: Things People Ask Yoga Teachers | My Best Yoga

Questions About Yoga: Things People Ask Yoga Teachers | My Best Yoga — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 05:03:59 +0000

[...] agency told the website Well+Good that while established New York yogis can earn up to $400,000, many teachers make around $35,000 or $40,000. Most instructors Manuelian knows have at least one other gig, she says: “They do massage [...]

By: Katharine Kali

Katharine Kali — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 08:50:10 +0000

“If I didn’t have privates,” says a New York yogi, “I just wouldn’t be able to make ends meet.”

That is too funny! Me and my dirty mind…hahahaha! Sigh.

By: Urban Om: A new line of jewelry for the New York yogi | Well+Good NYC

Urban Om: A new line of jewelry for the New York yogi | Well+Good NYC — Wed, 02 May 2012 10:31:10 +0000

[...] just launched this month, understands the hip New York yogi, from her chic sense of style to her likely limited budget.So we’re pairing the designs with other yoga-inspired brands with heftier price tags for a [...]

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Fri, 30 Dec 2011 23:31:14 +0000

[...] Most yoga teachers will tell you they love what they do, except for one thing. Well + Good investigated to find out if they are actually making a living. [...]

By: an eye on the why « peg mulqueen

an eye on the why « peg mulqueen — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:50:37 +0000

[...] is also a skill, a talent, and SHOULD BE a viable career choice. And as a recent article suggest, maybe we are not entirely there yet, but thanks to people like my friend above and the woman i’m about to introduce below – [...]

By: Beginning: The Truth About NYC Yoga Teacher Salaries « Christa in New York

Beginning: The Truth About NYC Yoga Teacher Salaries « Christa in New York — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:03:03 +0000

[...] Well+Good NYC published a very brave post this weekend that should be required reading for anyone interested in pursuing a yoga teacher training program. I believe it is the first and only article of its kind to publish actual salary ranges for yoga teachers in New York City. [...]

By: Robin Pickering

Robin Pickering — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 02:11:06 +0000

I’ve been teaching vinyasa yoga in NYC for over 12 years, but even when there’s been plenty of private students and jam-packed classes—I’ve never been paid per student like in some studios—I’ve still had to work other jobs just to pay the rent (massage therapy on wall street, editorial work, odd jobs, etc). Private work comes and goes; I lost all my private students to 9-11, for example. (Don’t worry, they survived, but some left the city and some just dropped the yoga.) What I want to say though is that I’m seeing a trend of neighborhoods packed with an over-abundance of studios, and those studios offering yoga at very cheap prices. From what I’ve heard, they don’t pay their teachers well. This is for one, not cool, and also leads to teachers overworking and therefor not teaching the best class they can teach because they have three or four other classes that day. It also means they aren’t making enough money to continue their education if they want to, which would limit how much they can truly offer to their students. In my initial trainings, one of the guest teachers was Iyengar Yoga instructor Kevin Gardiner and he said that you weren’t really a teacher until you had at least 10 years experience. At the time, I didn’t understand what he meant, but now I get it. After 12 years of continuous teaching, study and practice, I still don’t think I’ve learned and experienced all that I need to to fully offer yoga’s benefits to students. It just keeps deepening and getting more subtle and rich. I’d hate to think that the cheapening of yoga through cut-throat pricing is keeping teachers from being able to pay the rent and continue to train and study.

By: Market Value: Is Your Yoga Worth $2000? The Reality of Making a Living as a Yoga Teacher

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:29:55 +0000

[...] recent Well+Good NYC article has some interesting insight on the topic. A quote from Ava Taylor, founder of YAMA, the premier [...]

By: Lyndi

Lyndi — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:04:24 +0000

There are so many variables when it comes to whether a teacher is making a living or not. Sometimes it is a matter of balancing their passion with some business skills, like money management, negotiating all that non-fun stuff. Or, it could be that the teacher needs to find a new studio, open up their own studio or get creative with how and where they teach. One instructor story I always enjoy is Mitzi Connell. She teaches at Museums and other neat semi-public space. She even pairs yoga with wine. Her balance of business and her passion as made her a career even in a small town of Huntsville Alabama.

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:07:09 +0000

I’m sad to hear that teachers who teach 50 students in a class can’t make a living. This indicates to me that there’s something seriously wrong with the studio system. Where I live I can make twice as much renting an outside space and teaching 15 students than a studio teacher can with 60 people crammed into a space mat to mat (not the ideal teaching situation IMO).