If you do yoga, would you hire a private yoga teacher?
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Anonymous
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I got my certification ten years ago, have practiced for 25 years. I founded and operated a yoga-centric non-profit but moved on to make $$$. I still love teaching but would rather teach individuals than work at someone’s studio.
Would you hire a private yoga teacher? Just want to crowdsource the general sense of interest before pursuing this further. |
Anonymous
| I have been doing yoga for almost 25 years. No, I wouldn't hire a private yoga teacher. I prefer the community of a yoga studio. I could see a use for this in a therapeutic setting though, or a home health type scenario. |
Anonymous
| I might be interested. |
Anonymous
| No. I spend a lot on yoga. I like small workshops but there is no way I would spring for a private with someone who was barely teaching and didn’t already know my body well. Waste of money. |
Anonymous
| No. I don’t have the funds. |
Anonymous
| If you are Iyengar-trained, yes. If you are not, no. Pretty much all other YTT is so unreliable that it's not something I'd be willing to pay for on an individual basis. |
Anonymous
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Nope. Been doing yoga for 20+ years. Not worth it for me and I like using apps, youtube.
At one point, I was also certified. I found it took away from my love of the practice. But you may love teaching, OP I think you need to crowdsource elsewhere, do private yoga for people with yachts and jets. But then you're teaching the high drama high entitled people with yachts and jets. |
Anonymous
| No. Why would I when there is ton of group classes? Too much $$$ |
Anonymous
| Me, no. My mom, she definitely would. |
Anonymous
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Indian here, and I have done yoga for decades as have my parents and grandparents. The whole yoga craze and commodification in the West is just a bit...much. For one, this was a *free* thing that people did for centuries (maybe millenia). In fact, most of the Hindu temples in the DMV *still* run completely free yoga classes (and you don't have to "belong" to the temple - anyone is welcome and I see non Indians there all the time). Will the people there be doing yoga in 105 degree temperature in Lululemon? No of course not. What's more there are plenty of excellent free videos online. It seems a waste to pay for a yoga class, let alone for a private instructor.
Sorry I don't mean to be rude but I can only say such things in an anonymous forum. I keep mum when my non Indian friends go to hot yoga with goats in candlelight or whatever. It's their money. |
Anonymous
Well yes, this is America and there is a long tradition of importing elements of other cultures and adapting them into our melting pot hyper-capitalist society. Halloween is simply an adaptation of a Gaelic pagan festival called Samhain. |
Anonymous
+10000 |
Anonymous
| Most yoga teachers I know who work in studios only make about $35 per class. The studio gets most of the cut. But really the money is in clinics and trainings. Anyway, Students are only paying $20 or less per class, while the private sessions seem to run $60-$100 per class. If you were to charge less, like $35 or $40 you may e able to attract more interest. But what am I getting out of a private lesson that I'm not getting out of my favorite studio? Is it worth the prices of a facial? Not in my opinion. |
Anonymous
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I would consider it. I would love to go to yoga, but I am overweight and 1) feel intimidated by all the beautiful skinny women in cute outfits at the studio I like, and 2) I can't do everything they are doing in the classes and can't keep up.
So I like the idea of a private teacher helping me get to a place where I can actually attend classes and not feel embarrassed about how I'm struggling to keep up or do the poses. |
Anonymous
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I would if you teach on the beach or a vacation spot.
Something luxurious, but not a daily or weekly occurrence for me! |