After obtaining a certification course, a common question arises: What career paths are accessible to me, and in what capacity can I offer my services? As a prospective educator, what options and opportunities exist for me? Furthermore, what are the current trends in the field, and how can one leverage them to their advantage? In this blog post, we will explore the various opportunities available to yoga teachers, whether they choose to work as an employee or pursue their path as a yoga entrepreneur.
1. As an Employee
You can work as an employee like other employees in an organization. Here, multiple options are available. You can work as a yoga teacher in educational institutions, such as schools, colleges, or specialized centers. Both government and private organizations hire yoga teachers, often offering competitive salaries. However, age restrictions may apply. You can find yoga-teaching jobs in housing societies, fitness clubs, gyms, hospitals, and other organizations and corporations too.
Gyms and fitness centers: After exploring institutional teaching options, another common opportunity for yoga teachers is working in gyms and fitness centers. It's good to start from gyms instead of sitting idle and doing nothing. However, remember that the gym is just a temporary shelter. Your ultimate goal is yoga, so don't give up on your practice or your pursuit of yoga students. Keep in mind that gym students primarily focus on intense workouts and have no interest in yoga or its philosophy. So, it's best to not share your yoga knowledge with them for now.
So long you are teaching in schools, your teaching them asanas are good. But if you are teaching in gyms and studios, It's important for you to realize that yoga has become a commoditized product, just like many other things. You shouldn't focus on selling yoga itself because customers already understand its value and why they should do it. Instead, sell them something unique that only you can offer. This could be the unforgettable experience you create on the mat, the atmosphere you cultivate, a special fusion of different practices you offer, or perhaps your exceptional ability to sell yoga accessories.
For a teacher, teaching a yoga class is preferable to running one. Teaching provides a consistent income, allowing you the option to focus on assisting others, engaging in community service, or pursuing spiritual goals. Running a class involves more emphasis on marketing and the business side of yoga. When you work for someone else, they handle sales and marketing while you can fully concentrate on direct action that is teaching yoga.
To Get the Best Teaching Opportunities:
If you want to work as an employee, the first thing required is to build your yoga resume. That should contain personal information, such as education, degrees, diplomas, yoga courses, hours, institute, type of teaching, experience, and present income. It should focus more on your relevant skills for the job and how you will be an asset to their clients. Try the following:
·     Drop your resume at the best studios/centers, schools.
·     Make yourself visible in your area.
·     Explore guest faculty opportunities/work as a substitute for a senior teacher.
·     Attend conferences, events, yoga meets.
Other things that might help:
·     Dress perfectly.
·     Post meaningfully on social media sites.
·     Meet the school authorities, teachers, and studio owners where you want to teach.
·     Pay attention to your own students. They might get you some opportunities from their circle of influence. One teacher, who got trained from my school, got a wonderful opportunity from one of her students to teach yoga in a big company, which changed her life.
Marketing Your Services:
·     Shed the idea that it is unethical to combine yoga and business.
·     Spread the word about your services.
·   Define your gifts and goals. What do you like the most: working with kids, office employees, professionals, homemakers, older adults, or people with special needs? And then, what do you want to achieve, say, three, five years hence?
·     Craft your unique message—it must be classy, catchy, and unique.
·     What you offer—your specialty, your experience, and your achievements.
·     What students will gain—various benefits, including improved health and mental well-being.
Pros and Cons of Working as an Employee:
The good thing is that the organization protects your salary. So, you don’t have to worry about your income, and you also get other benefits as an employee of the organization. However, there are limited possibilities for growth
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