Don't Quit Your Day Job: Going Full Time Won't Make You a Better Yoga Teacher

<p>Most early yoga teachers share the same quiet belief: that going full time is the goal. That teaching as your sole livelihood is what makes the practice legitimate. This episode is a direct response to that and to the cultural script that keeps selling it.</p><p>This episode covers karma yoga (the yoga of action in ordinary life), aparigraha (non-grasping), and svadhyaya (self-study), and makes the case that the unglamorous moments of a full working life are not obstacles to the practice. They are the practice.</p><p>For early teachers feeling the pressure to go full time. For practitioners who think their regular life disqualifies them. For anyone who&#39;s been sold the idea that yoga requires a lifestyle overhaul to count.</p><p><br></p><p>Yoga Off The Mat is a podcast by Divya Balakrishnan.</p><p>Follow: @yogaoffthematpodcast | @divyabalaSupport the show: <a href="www.patreon.com/divyabala" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">patreon.com/divyabala</a></p><p>Work with me: <a href="www.divyabala.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">www.divyabala.com</a></p>