Since moving to Chicago last fall, I’ve taken a lot of yoga classes at a lot of different studios. As you might expect, these classes have varied wildly in terms of the quality of instruction. Some have been wonderful, most have been pretty average, and a few have been, well, just plain bad. The other … Continue reading »
In Part 1 of this thread, I provided an overview of the various ways in which yoga teachers typically make money. I ended with some cautionary words about how difficult it is to actually make a living as a yoga teacher. I don’t mean to discourage anyone who has his or her heart set on … Continue reading »
If you’ve been practicing yoga for awhile, you probably have a favorite teacher by now. With any luck, you’ve formed a special bond with this teacher, and you attend his or her class with quasi-religious devotion. But one day this will happen: You walk into the doors of the studio, eager to get your flow … Continue reading »
The other day, I decided to check out a studio here in Chicago that came recommended to me by a friend. The owner of this studio has a national profile and often appears in the pages of Yoga Journal. Of course, just because someone is a celebrity yogi doesn’t mean that she is actually a … Continue reading »
As an addendum to last Tuesday’s post, Can You Actually Make a Living as a Yoga Teacher?, I thought it might be useful to say a few things about how yoga teachers get paid. More specifically, I’m going to talk about how teachers are typically compensated for teaching classes at a studio or gym. Of … Continue reading »
There are a lot of people out there trying to make it as yoga teachers. I guess this was inevitable. Teacher training programs are churning out new yoga teachers like they’re the latest iPhone. With so many teachers competing for a limited number of jobs, is it even possible for a person to make a … Continue reading »
The other day, I posted some remarks about my New Year’s resolution, which is to go “beyond asana” and cultivate a more well-rounded yoga practice. The specific areas I discussed were (1) Meditation, (2) Pranayama, and (3) Yamas/Niyamas. Today, I want to discuss what I have found to be a useful first step towards pursuing … Continue reading »
At the beginning of every calendar year, you tend to see a lot of unfamiliar faces at the yoga studio. Many of these people are brand new to yoga, and they can sometimes be a bit confused about yoga studio etiquette. Of course, this is not the fault of the new students, as a lot … Continue reading »
Yesterday morning, I started off 2013 in the best way possible — yoga! Along with twenty people or so, I sweated, stretched, and backbended my way into the new year. Throughout the class, the teacher encouraged us to think about the upcoming year and what we’d like to manifest in our yoga practices. He provided … Continue reading »
When I first started doing yoga, just about ten years ago, yoga teacher training programs were not so prevalent. Only a few studios offered them, and these were usually the more established ones owned by highly accomplished yogis–e.g., Chuck Miller and Maty Ezraty. Teacher training programs were also relatively small, and they ran just once … Continue reading »
