Yoga Teaching as a profession is weird and it’s making me sad…
I did my YTT last year and I am yet to start teaching. While becoming a yoga teacher is what I want to do, the profession is daunting. During my training my teacher 'burst our bubble' with the reality of being a yoga teacher. I respect that she was honest, but it was a little kick to the gut. Now that I've been considering teaching I've had further reality checks... How is this profession sustainable??? There's so many factors that make me feel like noping out before I even get started.
- Financially borderline unliveable
- Inconsistent hours and the prevalence of 'hustling' working like 2+ jobs
- Unpaid time that is expected and no sick leave or PTO
- The competitive job market due to new teachers being pumped out like no body's business
- The borderline MLM nature of being a yoga teacher. People that can afford to pay for extra training and professional development are more 'qualified' and paid more in some cases
- From what I've observed, at a lot of studios the staff can seem quite cliquey... and teachers with certain personalities and appearances seem to thrive more than others
Idk I'm just feeling quite disillusioned by the reality of being a yoga teacher and I'm struggling to wrap my head around it tbh... Are most yoga teachers already rich or have rich husbands/family and it's just pocket money for them? I see teachers at my studio traveling around all the time too, like how can they afford to travel all over?