Many yoga teachers aspire teaching corporate yoga sessions.
If you are one of the teachers who aspire to do so, here are pros and cons that you should consider before making the decision.
Pros The main advantage of teaching corporate yoga is that you have a flat rate of pay.
This means that even if you have one student in your class, you will receive the same pay as when you have 100 students.
This is contrary to when you are running your own class.
When you have your own class, you are paid according to the number of students attending the class; the higher the number of students, the more money you get, and the less the number of students, the less you will receive.
In addition to paying you a flat rate regardless of the number of students in the class, corporations also tend to pay regularly and on predictable dates.
This gives you piece of mind since you know that you will receive your pay at a given date without fail.
Corporations tend to pay better thus you receive enough money to give you a good lifestyle.
Working in corporations also gives you opportunities to teach private sessions especially to the managers and other senior staff who feel uncomfortable interacting with other people.
When you have private sessions, you have more opportunities to make more money.
As a yoga teacher working in a corporation, you don't have to undergo the stressful part of advertising yourself.
This is because you already have students.
If fact, you wouldn't want many students so that you can have an easier job.
Cons Some corporations have many staff members interested in joining yoga.
Having many students in your class makes your work harder and you tend to feel underpaid than a person working in a studio.
Some corporations expect you to provide equipments for your students.
This means that you have to purchase mats, blocks, and straps to your students.
Although, these equipment are usually cheap, they can be financially intensive especially when you are required to buy them every week.
Since yoga classes are usually free for all staff in the corporation, there are those who join yoga just because it's free.
These students make your work difficult since they are not actually interested in learning yoga; they are there just because it's free.
These are the pros and cons of teaching yoga in a corporation.
Are you still eager to join a corporation as a yoga teacher?