Yoga Therapist

Duties and Responsibilities:

          Yoga instructors help to guide students in yoga through a variety of postures, or asana, and breathing exercises referred to as pranayama. Instructors provide hands-on direction to make sure students are performing movements properly and applying the breathing techniques. Yoga instructors may work in a class or in a one-on-one setting.

Salary:

$36,900-$66,530

Education:

          Training standards are not required throughout the industry, but the nonprofit group Yoga Alliance has established training standards for yoga instructors. Yoga Alliance requires instructors to receive at least 200 training hours, with a specified portion of those hours focusing on techniques, teaching methodology, anatomy, philosophy and physiology, as well as other areas. The Yoga Alliance registers or accredits schools that train students to its standards.

Reflection:

           Maybe I would like to be a Yoga therapist because yoga is calm and relaxing to do. But then sometimes it does get boring at times and a little hard.