There are more costs involved than just tuition, like the books and gear you need, as well as the right clothes you might think you need, costs of getting to and from the training and perhaps lodging, and the opportunity cost of not being able to work during all those days in the studio. Today, I see teacher training programs going closer to $4000 for weekend trainings and much, much more to attend a retreat at some exotic resort, accompanied of course by a hard sell about how much more you’ll get out of it by removing yourself from your normal surroundings. I got mine for slightly less than that, but also supplemented it with fitness certification so I could teach at gyms, so was all-in just north of $2200. When I did my training in 2004, many yoga teacher training programs cost around $2000. It’s fun! I swear! Yoga Teacher Training Programs Are Expensive Let’s take a look at some of the problems. And I for sure got exploited by lots of people, sometimes in direct ways like being paid unfairly, and other times with the social pressure to maintain your yogic persona and not to complain about things. (Because I only work for free when I love something.)īut the love that so many instructors have for both the practice and the teaching of it is exactly what makes them so exploitable. If I didn’t love it, I wouldn’t have stuck with it for more than 10 years, despite crappy pay and sometimes unacceptable working conditions. I was good at it - both the teaching, and the yoga. Here’s the first thing you need to know: I loved teaching yoga. This is a story of what’s behind one popular side hustle, but also a call to take a closer look at non-traditional jobs in the gig economy, and whether they’re really worth your while. (Not that there was much financial upside to speak of.) I also quit because the downsides of doing it just became too great to keep going, and no amount of upside could overcome them.
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