027: Knowing What You're Teaching For&Why it's Important - a podcast by Amanda Kingsmith

On today's solo episode, I dig into the topic of why it's important to know what you're teaching for. A while back, I wrote a blog post called "Why You Should Never Teach for a 'Maybe'". I wrote this post at a time when I was in an unconventional teaching agreement with a studio owner, and I was no longer receiving a monetary amount for my teaching. My business coach was uncomfortable, and I was thinking nothing of it. As time went on, I kept coming back to that situation. I trusted the person I was working with, and although everything worked out perfectly, it might not have.

Since then, I have taught a karma class that I thought I was getting paid for that I actually wasn't, and I have heard numerous stories from people where there have been misunderstandings about payment. That's where this episode comes in.

In this episode, I delve into why it's important to understand what you're teaching for before you teach, and why yoga should always be a business transaction. Money can be an uncomfortable topic to discuss, and this episode is no different; however, I truly believe that if you want to make a living being a yoga teacher, you need to get comfortable expressing your needs beforehand.

In any other job situation, you would clarify payment before starting, right? So why is teaching yoga any different? Truth be told, it's not. And this is why this episode is so important.

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