レイチェル・ブレイセンのインスタグラム(yoga_girl) - 4月8日 22時06分

A corporation never changed your life - a yoga teacher did. And that yoga teacher deserves to get paid!⁣
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We are in the midst of a very interesting conversation in my stories and DM’s. I feel very uninspired when it comes to sharing posts on Instagram because it’s just so limited - for the past few months I’m in a space where I really want depth; I want conversation. That’s why I love the podcast (and probably why it’s doubled in size!) so these days, I do most of my sharing there or in IG stories. I wanted to share this here too because I want to spark conversation and hear your thoughts. ⁣⁣
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By a show of hands - who here working in the yoga industry has ever been taken advantage of in a business sense? If you haven’t read the NYT article on CorePower Yoga, go read it (I shared the link in my stories yesterday or google it). 1200 teachers have filed a class action lawsuit against CP for being paid below minimum wage (and this is apparently CorePowers fourth major lawsuit). ⁣⁣
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For regular studios (excluding giant corporations who so clearly thrive by pushing non-ethical business practices) -The yoga studio model is broken. Breaking even as a yoga studio is almost impossible and studio owners often have no choice but resort to pushing yoga teacher trainings for the studio to make it. For every existing yoga teacher in the US, there are two people currently in yoga teacher training! It’s wild. ⁣⁣
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Is it ethical to push people toward YTT? Just because we love the yoga practice, does it mean everyone should teach? Why is the idea that yoga teachers should teach for little to no pay, out of the kindness of their hearts, or for “good karma” so prevalent? And more importantly: what can we do to inspire real change? The fact is that making a living through purely teaching yoga is near impossible - as is running a yoga studio through purely selling classes. ⁣⁣
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I’m going to record a podcast on this with a guest but I would love to hear your stories and thoughts. Watch my stories from yesterday for my thoughts👆 x

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feelthevibe.ke This is so true! Great post. I’ve been teaching yoga in Sweden and Thailand, but I have started to work as an English teacher as well to make ends meet. It’s the sad, but true reality for yoga teachers today.. When I ran my own classes on the beach, the amount of clients who expected the class to be for free shocked me!! Just because yoga is helping the clients physically, mentally, emotionally, it can not be voluntarily!? ? As if yoga teachers doesn’t need money to survive like everyone else ?

pourlevoyageur I recently had a IG post about why I won’t buy Alo. It’s for a similar reason. It’s ok to make money, but not at the expense of people and culture.

yogi_on_the_runnn Im about to undertake my YTT so this is pretty scary! So many volunteer opportunities but not many paid! Can’t wait for the podcast xx

om_sweet_om_yoga_talk_show This is what we talk about on this weeks episode of the show. Thank you for this post @yoga_girl

zhiviosoznanno Я начал свой блог, может вам будет интересно, о том как я пришел к способу жить осознанно??

yogadailycertified Be Sure to Come check out our Yoga Inspo Page! ?? Sharing the love!

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