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You are spot on about the Pharma companies. there is a lot of dilution in the practice especially in the Western world like sugar coating and make the practice easier not necessarily practice right. Secondly some teachers don't care about the practice. they lack that passion and it shows in their teaching. the list is long. making money is fine but the goal should be their craft, if they are true to their craft, money will come.
$4300 for YTT $250 to register with Yoga Alliance Money earned as a yoga teacher? $0 I just wanted to teach something I love, knowing I wouldn't be able to earn a real living doing it, but now I'm finding in having to create an audience on line just to have the opportunity to teach and IT'S SUCH A NEGATIVE SPACE it's made me question teaching at all...😢 Thank you for creating this, I felt like I was alone in feeling this way.
Excellent post, but I think you should have put "yoga industry" first. Two organizations-Yoga Alliance and Mindbody-are getting rich off yoga and that is it.
Been around hatha yoga for a long long time. Yoga studios to make profits classes were not enough so they started teacher training then it became “deepen your practice” rather than become a teacher….I knew they had over saturated the market. YA gave schools a framework so anyone could design a program and now I see online trainings... That makes me laugh. Mr. Iyengar made those who were serious and wanted to be a teacher come to Pune India and study with him along with the programs in SF and a few other places and that was it. It took years. And CVD scared people off. Rents go up. Insurance needs. Not enough students. Not enough classes. I can’t imagine doing online classes. The question is how do you fix the entire industry…and Yoga Journal Magazine is part of the machine. The yoga studio is an important little community for working on ourselves and sharing a sort of Satsang. At this time here in NYC now most studios are gone although some new ones are popping up so there is hope. In India by the govt mandate, kids are taught hatha and yoga nidra etc.
this is such an insightful comment. thanks for sharing this. in my opinion the industry will be the industry. this won't change. so i believe the solution is to empower teachers 🫶
Yuuup, I’ve been saying a few of these points for years.. very well put and thank you for bringing light to this topic/ issue. Let’s trump the big pharma industry-! Health is First Wealth
Truth! As Kriyananda, one of my teachers said, "Money is the prana of the material world." One needs a healthy flow. There are many challenges in the current yoga paradigm to overcome imo; including a pervasive victim mentality, group think, attachment to authority (lineage) instead of use of discernment, and a misunderstanding of discernment vs. judgement to name a few. I see creating an abundant business as a spiritual endeavor of service and a personal journey of growth and authentic Being. Thanks Andy!
I love this interview its clear the question and direct answer and explaination than story, i love this talk without music that you can understand this is really a teaching for both the listener and the teacher. Specially NO ads, for this long teaching i surprise. But i love it, Thank you so much for this interview
Brilliant video. I’ve sadly lost friends bc of my non ‘traditional’ form of teaching. The shaming is for real. Btw, you’re a yoga teacher in my eyes. 👍🏻
Andy when i hear people wordering its "EXPENSIVE" "why a Workshop costs more than 25 bugs" but 2 Cocktails cost more today, i cant believe that the people asking that....thank you for your great, radical and overall true opinion and words about our realy important work.
We will get there! I think a lot of this is because of how yoga teachers perceive themselves. Once you change your mindset from "price" to "value", you attract people that value what you have to offer.
You 06:35 AM ANDDDYYYYY, that video of why ppl are making money is SO TRUE! I’ve been saying that since forever, ppl claim that my studio isn’t real yoga because it was successful & I so dislike Yoga Alliance they are daylight robbers! Thank you for saying as it is. This is my last tour so to speak, my parents were yogis, yes we hosted many teachers through out my childhood & yes, these sadhus or gurus were our doctors + advisors & i of course hated it then, i wanted the opposite. Such is life & now I have been teaching since 2009. The yoga business is dark, fear mongers and filled with double jointed, flexible idiots. 🤯 The more reason why I want to make this work for me & make RESTING sexy again 😎 Thx 😊 Nikki
I hear you. I had a personal experience some time ago, my least favourable experience to date. We are in this business to lift ppl up, YA isn’t part of that mission.
Andy! You are someone who really truly cuts through the crap and sees the issues that yoga teachers face in the current global environment. Most importantly, you actually CARE about what is going on and your mission to genuinely help us yoga teachers is certainly an inspiring beam of light to inspire and actually guide yoga teachers in a direction of, not only financial growth, but also personal growth. Your input and perspectives add real value. Ongoing thanks & gratitude! (You greedy.... 😅... hilarious!) Reply
Ÿour mather should give you comfort, and your father prepare you for discomfort. That is the quote I created out of this and life observation. But, master you are wrong in middle of this video. If you want to know how to build the house, you dont go to house builder and be humble listening sheep. Reason is that even master builder of one building style can be actually shallow minded in terms of technology and building itself. You have to take what is useful and disregard what is useless for you, just like Bruce said. Then you can meet another house builder, doing totally diferent style and parts of it can be more clever than stuff you learned from previous master buiilder, but stuff you learnered from first one can also upgrade this other style because both used some wronging logic. But you are super wrong saying you shoutd put stone like this, and I saw it should be like this. Part of development is to try new things, different layout shapes, and eventually it creates progress going against established traditions, so it is not wrong, you just reached one of your limits of understanding, so do something about it.
❤ Great. We Need Constant Improvement. Originality. Even a Hollywood film, if they don't keep audience's attention in the first 5- 10 minutes...They lose. Can you keep people watching ? This is the question. Different types of content, but same thing we need to do. All the best for everyone.
I've been a subscriber to Sam's app for at least a year. I found a video from him on IG and found his app. At the time there weren't any apps near comparable(ie...other apps used cartoons stretching....they weren't as easy to follow). He did videos of himself so it is easy to follow along. He doesn't get too deep with the yoga. Honestly as a customer personally his random videos of the splits poses are just a couple seconds of entertainment if that. The real value and why I subscribe is the course and he does a great job teaching and talking to you while you stretch with him. There's also a lot of choices and options in the app for you to choose and progress. He has different challenges. He does different monthly challenges. He breaks down stretches for different problem areas. Frankly in my opinion where a lot of creators get intense and deep, conversely Sam is successful because he found a happy medium to fill the need in the market and then expanded that. He explains that in the video.
You cant give what you dont have ...i cant stop thinking thats why hinduism and budhism havent saved the world in combination with ....you must first ask the question to receive the answer.Meaning its always up to wether there is a good enough carrier student n teacher
Thank you both for this great gift, so much profound wisdom and clarity brought to the people in this 2 hours! It helps me personally to prove my own path and get the chance to feel where I'm on track and where are the areas that need my attention. Such a great gift 🎉 thank you thank you thank both of you!
恒義师父🙏🙏🙏 I cannot THANK YOU Enough for your teachings and sharings that i have by chance tap into a few of the RU-vid channels and had watched and listened to this two weeks. It had benefitted me alot in enlightening me to solve my everyday life problems i have faced many many years... I have repeatedly watched your words of wisdom and had gain much awakened and enlightened in some ways. Shifu, Thank You so much🙏🙏🙏 顶礼师父🙏感恩戴德🙏 南無阿彌陀佛🙏🙏🙏 MANY THANKS to All the guys out there that worked in the Productions of Master Shi Heng Yi's Valuable Teachings & Videos. Appreciation & Gratitude to All🥰💗
Made my day! thanks Andy. I have been struggling with creating actually since months when I started my yoga teacher training. This video turned a light in my mind today!😇
There is one possibility that though u had seen the vision or imagine in mind it can be converted before it appears into reality or even when it happens in real and u understood that this is what we imagined and further there is chance to be happen something with regards to ur imagination at that moment u can change the future of what will be comming or happening I mean ... One can change the consequences... And make the situation beautiful though it derived from a fearful vision ... But yes that requires a positive and still mind and meditation
