Career as a Yoga Teacher or Instructor
Overview
The day-to-day activities of a yoga teacher/instructor includes:
Designing courses and plan for studentsTeaching the positions and assessing the studentsAlong with teaching the position, explain the benefits of the pose to studentsAdapting positions for conditions like for pregnancy or arthritisReviewing your own courses and teaching skillsContinue practice and learning new positions
Skills Required:
Personal fitness, strength and flexibility
Good communication skills
The ability to motivate individuals and groups
Positive attitude
Commercials skills, if you want to start your own businessAttention to detail
Scheme for Voluntary Certification of Yoga Professionals in India:
Top Institutes to learn yoga:
Check out other Yoga and fitness institutes hereRamamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute, PuneAshtanga Yoga Research Institute, MysoreKrishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram, ChennaiParmarth Niketan Ashram, RishikeshSivananda Yoga Vedanta Dhanwantari Ashram, Trivandrum
Top Yoga Courses:
Certificate Course in Yoga (CCY)Bachelor in Naturopathy and Yoga scienceBachelor in Arts (Yoga Philosophy)UG Diploma in Yoga EducationPG Diploma in Yoga TherapyMaster of Arts in Yoga
Eligibility
You should do a certified yoga course from a reputed institute and along with it a teacher training program can help you in career growth.How to be there?
Follow the steps mentioned below to become a yoga teacher:1. Learn Yoga and do regular practice: Take yoga courses from any reputed institute and try different types of yogas like Ashtanga, Anusara, Hatha, Vinyasa, and Bikram yoga to determine which type of yoga you would like to teach. Make habit of regular practice for deeper knowledge and get an expert.
2. Teacher Training Program:Join a teacher training program from a reputed institute, learn and get experience in different teaching techniques. It'll also help you in meeting with teachers and peers. That'll help you in finding a job later. If you want to work with any gym, studio, or spa center then, you must do a teacher training program.
3. Get Certification:Pass the exam conducted by Quality Council of India and get the government certification.
4. Find Job: After completion of training program, you can start job search.
Who should choose this career?
If you are passionate about yoga, appreciate its health benefits, and want to share these benefits with other people, then you might be the perfect candidate for teaching yoga.Work Hours
It's all up to you, how you want to work. You can choose to work part-time like morning classes, evening classes or weekend classes, or full-time.Salary
A beginner can earn Rs. 10,000 to 20,000 easily and it will go up with experience. One can earn higher with personal (one-to-one) classes as compared to group classes. With the group or personal classes it can be hourly or per basis or if you join any gym, school, or spa then you will get a monthly salary.An experienced yoga teacher can easily earn Rs. 30,000 - 40,000 monthly.
Career Scope
As the health awareness toward health and fitness is increasing among people, the demand for yoga teachers also is getting increased.You can join any fitness center, yoga school, gym, or spa center or start your own yoga classes also. Nowadays big celebrities also take the help of yoga to stay fit and they hire a personal yoga trainer for that.
After having a good experience and a name in the yoga field, you can become a yoga teacher trainer too.
Yoga is nowadays used as a therapy also for the treatment of some diseases, so you can become a yoga therapist too.
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