6/22/2023 0 Comments Pocket yoga family sharing how![]() ![]() Like falling in love, if it’s really right for you, you’ll simply have to do it. It was wonderful and exhausting and inspiring and I wouldn’t change a thing about it. ![]() Is it really so bad if the ones associated with being a yoga teacher are that you’ll be calm and wise, albeit eating granola?Īgain, I treasure those crazy times I was racing around New York City, teaching dozens of classes and hundreds of people, standing on my head for a living. It has been and still is, an honor to share the special gifts of body work and the many helpful tools yoga offers us as we move through this amazing life. Almost all professions come with some stereotypical preconceptions. ![]() Yet, in the end, it doesn’t matter all that much. For example, people might think yoga instructors should always act "zen" or "enlightened." But if "enlightenment" is the standard, then absolutely no one I know measures up. It is and will remain a mystery.īrace yourself for a real shocker: The teachers running your training programs, and speaking at the big conferences, and getting lots of attention are human-they're quirky, deeply flawed, and maybe even a little crazy.Īs a teacher, many people might hold you to a higher standard of behavior than everyone else. In every conversation I’ve had with fellow teachers about “their numbers,” the more we explored this topic, the more crazy it felt. Students would swear that I'd changed their lives and then suddenly vanish. That, frankly, takes some time to build! As with any popularity contest, it can drive you crazy if you start to take it personally. Financial toxicity is the economic burden patients experience from the costs related to getting treatment for their cancer. I had to teach over 1,500 people to develop the rapport with the ones who really understood what I was offering and who wanted more of it on a weekly basis. I (anecdotally) concluded that in order to consistently fill a room of 40 students, at least 400 students needed to want to be there. And unfortunately, it takes time to create enough of a “fan base” (for lack of a better term) to fill a room. The problem is that you can’t really make that happen in any obvious way. Unless youre packing group classes and being paid more per head, Im not sure how youre going to. Although most yoga centers derive a large chunk of their income from teacher trainings, there’s still an obvious pressure to fill classes, even if some studios may deny this. Theres just no way that you can sustain yourself otherwise. ![]()
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