I stop teaching yoga full-time

Almost 3 years of full-time yoga teaching. And I built something I’m genuinely proud of. Regulars who grew with me. A retreat students asked for themselves. Amazing partnerships with Park Hyatt Zurich and Lululemon just to name a few. Yoga teachers recommending me to other teachers. And a practitioner who one day sent me a picture of her newborn on Instagram, thanking me for helping her prepare for birth.

I was anxious before sharing this because I hoped I would share it auhentically. I wanted to ensure that it isn't a story about failing or burning out. And certainly not about yoga not being enough. It's rather a conversation, a self-reflection about something we rarely discuss after a 200-hour teacher training: the financial reality of building a sustainable yoga teaching career.

In this episode of yoga teacher in progress, I share why I decided to step away from teaching yoga full-time and embrace what I now call a portfolio career. I talk about what happens when your income depends on who walks through the studio door, why building private clients and corporate classes takes far longer than social media would have you believe, and why financial independence has shaped my decisions ever since I was a teenager. I also reflect on the five months I spent covering a parental leave in 2025, how that experience changed my relationship with teaching, and why I believe there isn't one single blueprint for building a meaningful yoga career.

If you're a new yoga teacher wondering whether teaching full-time is the only legitimate path, I hope this episode offers another perspective. And if you're already teaching full-time and quietly asking yourself difficult questions, I hope it reminds you that you're allowed to ask them. Because you don't owe anyone a particular career. You owe yourself the space to build one that is sustainable. For you.

Watch the full episode on YouTube now, or listen on Spotify.