HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOGA TEACHERS MAKE? + my honest truth

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hey everyone it's Crystal Pearl and today's video I just want to answer a very common question how much do yoga teachers make is it possible to be a full-time yoga teacher or what does a part-time yoga teacher schedule or income look like every place charges something different I mean even where I'm from different facilities charge very different prices I'm in Canada and I can say that the average rate per class is about $30 an hour if you're going to a gym you're looking at around $25 to $30 an hour per class if you're going to a yoga studio you're looking anywhere from $25 to $40 to maybe 50 to maybe 60 to maybe $70 per class now it really ranges between each facility and between each um Studio owner there is the opportunity to create more and earn more income the more experience you gain the more tools that you have and the more value that you can provide so knowing a ballpark of what you can expect to get as a yoga teacher it's very simple to calculate how many classes that you need to teach a week to make a certain income goal so you take the amount you're getting per class times the amount of classes you get a number straightforward very simple now in addition to teaching at Fitness facilities or yoga studios you can also teach private classes oneon-one or two onone or small groups whatever you'd like now typically they range about the same as a personal training class so about $60 to $80 an hour per person in addition to doing private lessons you can also do corporate where you go into a business and teach the staff during lunchtime or after work and again you have the ability to set your prices as an independent yoga teacher and the range for that is I think the ballpark about 80 to 120ish you can also provide workshops or Retreats those are other ways that independent yoga teachers can also earn income so you can teach at a fitness facility yoga studio you can do privates you can do corporate you can do workshops you can do Retreats the ideas are Limitless I hope that gave you a little bit of an idea of what you can expect to make in Canada where I am and don't let my numbers or these averages kind of limit you in a in a little bubble you do have the ability as an independent um entrepreneur to set your prices now that you guys have a kind of ballpark idea of what you can expect to make as a yoga teacher I just want to give you my honest truth based on my experience and that honest truth is it is very very challenging for myself to be a full-time yoga teacher and make a full-time income based only on teaching classes in studios I mean if if you think about it if you're teaching 20 classes in one week and you're only making the average of say $30 you're making $600 a week now is that $600 enough to sustain and cover your expenses and cover your cost of living maybe it is maybe it isn't now the other thing to consider is also teaching 20 classes a week is that something that you can physically do it's something that I cannot physically do I mean I can do it but my body pays for it I teach all in a hot room so I am sweating all day long I am dehydrated my hair pays for it my skin pays for it my I have to do laundry so much that my electricity bill goes up as well also keeping in mind if you are wanting to be a full-time yoga teacher and you're doing 20 plus classes a week you are probably commuting around town to various Studios to teach it's quite rare that one studio will offer you 10 designated classes or even 20 like it is very rare So for me making an income as a yoga teacher just simply teaching in studios is not feasible for myself so that's where people will either teach workshops um do Retreats teach private teach corporate do online courses or even find another job on top of teaching as fulfilling and as great as it is to teach and to share yoga at the end of the day it still also has to make sense for you is it covering your cost of living I mean the last thing you want to do is be stressing out about money while trying to share all this greatness that you have again if you guys have any questions please feel free to reach out let me know leave a comment email me and we'll chat soon bye