- Helping people get healthy.
- Enforcing movement into peoples lives.
- Moving all day.
- Creating my own schedule. I can agree or disagree to which days and times I teach.
- I can go on as many vacations as I want, as long as I find subs.
- Making meals from home all the time.
- Having a ton of alone time.
- Researching is going to yoga/other fitness classes.
- Choosing the music in class.
- Making new friends.
- People saying thank you at the end of class.
- Meeting up with friends for morning/early afternoon walks.
- Having a schedule that allows me to work out with my Dad most mornings.
- Teaching a max of 4 hours per day, (this is a lot, regular is 2).
- Meeting my Mom for late lunches.
- Grocery shopping when no one else is there.
The Not-So-Goods:
- No paid vacation time.
- If I feel sick, I still have to teach, it's my income.
- Losing my voice.
- Being sore a lot.
- People bringing cell phones into class...this makes me sad and pissed at the same time.
- Working weird hours, so not able to see 9-5 friends as much.
- No benefits.
- Creating a class for all the injuries and levels of experience.
- Keeping track of all things paid for for tax purposes.
- Getting stuck in traffic/not being able to find parking and being late to teach a class. This is the worst feeling in the world.
I've had MANY jobs. The 9-5, the assistant, the salon job, the receptionist job, a position in sales, jobs I've hated and jobs I've loved. But being a Yoga Teacher is one of the best jobs in the world. My job is to get people moving, breathing and smiling. Ain't nothin' like it!
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