17/03/2026
With thanks to Normal for this well-researched article on yoga teachers’ pay, t’s definitely worth a read.
I found myself both encouraged and unsettled reading it. Encouraged, because there are studios beginning to offer rates that genuinely reflect the depth of skill, experience, and care that teaching requires. And unsettled, because these still feel like the exception rather than the norm.
For many of us, teaching yoga is vocational. It’s something we feel called to do. It’s a privilege to hold space, to guide, to witness.
But that sense of devotion is often what leaves teachers vulnerable.
No sick pay. No holiday pay. No pension.
And ongoing CPD that we fund ourselves, because we care about the integrity of what we offer.
When you really look at the full picture, it becomes clear: the way teachers are paid doesn’t reflect the reality of what it takes to do this work sustainably.
If we want a healthy, thriving yoga community, then the people holding it need to be supported too.
It is good to keep things simple and straightforward. Such as it is essential that yoga teachers talk about money and pay rates and working conditions. Such as it is essential that we are realistic: we live in this world with its costs and cashflows, with the balancing of different balls, with somet