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Moominfan · 27/06/2018 20:51

Hello hoping for some sage words of advice. Want to create a secondary income and I'm interested in community yoga teaching in the evenings. Looking to do a very basic introductory course in July which should hopefully give me a better idea of it i want to commit to the full teaching course. Will cost around 3grand in total for this specific school over 18months. Found them via my yoga instructor who is part of the school and trained with them. I like his teaching style so seems a natural choice. Would like to hear any advice from teachers about establishing as a yoga instructor and thoughts on community teaching

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AlwaysColdHands · 29/06/2018 06:52

First of all, someone’s main motivation for teaching yoga should never be financial Smile Sorry, but based on my experience as a teacher who has qualified in last few years (& still with full time job), it’s not a money maker for most. Especially community classes.
However, it IS an amazing, fulfilling role and pursuit to undertake in order to share Yoga and see others benefit.
I know a good 20-30 teachers who have trained in the last few years. Only a handful teach yoga full time. Most have adopted it alongside their job and look to develop this over a long term period eg shifting to part time work to teach more yoga, or teaching more when they retire.
One of my classes is community type, in a community centre. So, it’s priced affordably at £5 per person. I had 8 students last class, take away £15 for Room hire, then think about tax, Travel etc. I also do some work for studios, tend to be bigger classes and you can get paid approx in the region of £25-40 per class. Again, factor in taxes, Travel, time to plan classes.

It can depend where you are regionally, how saturated the yoga market is and how good you could be at marketing yourself and your classes.

There’s a Facebook group called Yoga Teachers Uk, if you join and read posts you’ll get a nice overview of teaching as a job. Talk to lots of newly qualified teachers if you can. Also a relatively new book which is useful: www.amazon.co.uk/Yoga-Teaching-Handbook-Sian-ONeill/dp/1848193556?tag=mumsnetforum-21

I’ve spent in the region of £9000 undertaking various courses and training over the last 6/7 years. To me, that’s been an amazing investment in my own self development and Health. I hope that one day I will make more than a bit of pocket money from it, but if you could be content to invest the years training, and see it as a real long term part of your life, then absolutely, go for it!
Namaste Smile

Faultymain5 · 11/07/2018 18:13

Basically all that Coldhands said.
I actually save my teaching income to pay for more learning and equipment.

Moominfan · 15/07/2018 18:36

Thank you for the advise shall check out the teachers website. I've got an introductory teaching class on the 27th and if all goes well will start a very very basic course for 6months and if I want to continue can progress to the actual teaching course. Currently work with adults with complex health needs and we have a fantastic yoga instructor that visits. Shall try and pick her brain if appropriate. Would like to look to community yoga as I mentioned, in the north west so not overly saturated like some bigger cities and specialise in disability focused teaching.

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AlwaysColdHands · 15/07/2018 20:05

Have a look at Special Yoga training courses, they do some adult stuff too Smile

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