Yoga Teacher Certification for the Rich and Famous

Do you think the high cost of becoming a Yoganeed as much hands on help or who has a local Yoga
Teacher is too far out of reach? Will you have toteacher for guidance.
sacrifice your family's life savings to become a YogaHe continued the conversation to ask me about
instructor? How will you be able to justify the time offtechnical support, and I explained that we handle it by
from work needed to gain your Yoga certification?Email, over the phone, and some interns stop by for
There are cost-effective, and less expensive solutions,our Yoga teacher workshops. We have had Yoga
to learn to teach Yoga by becoming a certified Yogateacher trainees visit us from California and Great
instructor, without the cost of an "arm and a leg."Britain to attend a workshop. By the sound of his
Recently, I was talking to an intern from an outsidevoice, he seemed depressed, and I asked him, "What
Yoga Teacher Training program, which had paid nearlyis wrong?"
$10,000.00 for on-site training, on an exclusive tropicalHe told me that he hadn't been taught anything about
island. He was upset, since he had borrowed tuitionthe marketing involved in the Yoga business or about
costs from his parents, and possibly sacrificed his job,business in general. He felt it would take a long time to
in order to become a certified Hatha Yoga Teacher.pay his parents back and didn't know if his job would
He visited my web site for a Yoga teacherstill be available to him when he gets back home.
correspondence course and discovered my courseThen, I explained that we have Yoga marketing and
was a fraction of the cost he and his family paid. Hebusiness tools in our standard course and as a
asked me how this is possible. I explained that we doseparate course for experienced Yoga teachers. I
not need to feed, house, or supply hundreds of Yogainvited him to come to a Yoga marketing workshop
interns. On top of that, there are no transportationwhen he gets back to the States, and, we both, made
costs to be concerned with, when using a Yoga homea new friend.
study course. The only cost is for materials, tutoring,We all feel a "calling" to do work that gives us
and Yoga teacher certification.satisfaction. It helps to have a passion about our work
Further, I explained that to be trained in a face-to-faceand to know that you are helping others along the
setting, by a Master Yoga Teacher, is more expensiveway. This is one of the many benefits of teaching
due to the "hands on" time spent with his teacher.Yoga, but I advise you to research the cost of Yoga
After all, we have an onsite Yoga Teacher programinstructor education, and to be careful not to put
that is more expensive than our correspondenceyourself too far in debt. Otherwise, your passion for
course.Yoga could turn into a financial worry - well into the
Time spent learning Yoga from a Master Teacher, orfuture. This would make it difficult to teach the benefits
a Guru, is a valuable service. Our course is designedof Yoga to your students, while you are stressed out
for an experienced Yoga practitioner who doesn'tover your bills.