Yoga Teacher Resource Podcast Teaching Yoga is a High Stress Career
May 12, 2022
26:43
Teaching yoga is an incredibly rewarding way to make a living. It’s also far more demanding and stressful than people imagine. If you often feel overwhelmed or stressed as a yoga teacher, you are not alone. In this episode, I’ll talk about the evolution of teaching yoga and why it has become a lot more stressful in the past decade. I’ll also share some thoughts about how to build a sustainable relationship with teaching that honors your values and the roots of yoga.
Episode Highlights:
- How our roles and expectations as yoga teachers have changed drastically over past decade (in both positive and detrimental ways.)
- How social media specifically has changed what yoga teachers expect of themselves.
- The rise of impostor syndrome and how to change your relationship to it.
- The many skill sets needed to thrive as a yoga teacher
- The evolution of teacher training and my vision for what might come next
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