Building a Sustainable Yoga Career: Learning from Other Fields | A Conversation with Maryssa DeBonee
This week I sat down with Maryssa DeBonee to talk about her recent transition from food scientist to full time yoga teacher, what it's really like to build a sustainable yoga career, and what the yoga industry can learn from other industries.
We discuss the realities of teaching yoga professionally, making a sustainable living as a yoga teacher, and why the yoga industry needs clearer paths for career development.
We got into:
- Her joys and struggles transitioning into being a full time yoga teacher.
- The difference between the support and feedback she received in her food science career versus her yoga jobs.
- The need for more vision and leadership in the yoga industry.
- Why it's so unclear how to make a sustainable wage as a yoga teacher.
- What yoga teachers are getting wrong about money.
Caveat: Before we hit record, Maryssa suggested that I share some of my own insights rather than just interview her, and I took her up on it! So you get to hear her valuable perspective as someone who transitioned from an industry with clear support, mentorship, and career development into the yoga industry, where there's still a lot of work to do in creating clear paths to sustainable careers.
In addition, I share my own perspective from teaching yoga professionally since 2012.
**Books Mentioned:** *
The Heart of Yoga* by T.K.V. Desikachar
You can connect with Maryssa on Instagram and TikTok: @maryssayoga
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