{"id":1778,"date":"2023-06-13T09:52:07","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T07:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cittavritti.fr\/prof-de-yoga-elle-plaque-tout-2\/"},"modified":"2023-10-23T15:48:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T13:48:23","slug":"prof-de-yoga-elle-plaque-tout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cittavritti.fr\/en\/prof-de-yoga-elle-plaque-tout\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoga teacher, she quits everything to become a consultant at \"La D\u00e9fense\""},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Vous vous souvenez de ces storytellings triomphants qui faisaient la une des magazines il y a quelques ann\u00e9es, portant aux nues des dipl\u00f4m\u00e9.e.s de grandes \u00e9coles qui avaient \u00ab\u00a0tout plaqu\u00e9\u00a0pour vivre de leur passion\u00a0\u00bb, en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral un m\u00e9tier artisanal ou manuel so inspirant, parce que comme dirait le philosophe \u00ab\u00a0il en faut peu pour \u00eatre heureux\u00a0\u00bb. J\u2019ai moi-m\u00eame fait l\u2019objet d\u2019un tel portrait dans un magazine, b\u00e2ti sur la rh\u00e9torique de la \u00ab\u00a0r\u00e9v\u00e9lation\u00a0\u00bb de mise pour raconter ces parcours de reconversion, souvent mis en sc\u00e8ne selon le triptyque \u00e9cul\u00e9 \u00ab\u00a0job insignifiant et inutile dans le marketing ou le luxe \/ exp\u00e9rience so authentique qui ouvre les yeux sur le sens profond de l&rsquo;existence \/ r\u00e9demption et r\u00e9conciliation avec son moi profond dans un m\u00e9tier-vocation-mission tellement \u00e9panouissant et qui a du sens, vous devriez essayer, il suffit de sauter le pas et de croire en ses r\u00eaves \u00bb<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Except that in reality, it was quite far from the discourse I had held with the person who interviewed me. Surprisingly, the story was much more complex, chaotic, and pragmatic than that. Because behind the facade of wellness influencers with hundreds of thousands of followers, holding their matcha latte and polished morning routine, behind the <em>#sograteful<\/em> stories for doing this incredible job where human connection is at the heart (thanks <a href=\"https:\/\/cittavritti.fr\/en\/2021\/10\/21\/classpass-ma-tuee\/\">Classpass<\/a>, ce merveilleux pourvoyeur de chaleur et de convivialit\u00e9) et les photos de retraites et formations dans des lieux paradisiaques <em>#yogawithaview<\/em>, hides an extremely precarious job, poorly paid and exhausting for many yoga teachers, especially in large urban centers. Due to fierce competition, inadequate wages, a race for the most polished-yet-informative Instagram, spiritual bypassing, precarious working conditions, stopping one's own practice, and all at the expense of a family and social life reduced to nothing, many yoga teachers decide to quit everything and return to a salaried job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">That's the decision Juliette, a yoga teacher in Paris, made in June 2022. Far from considering this return to salaried work as a failure, she chose instead to publicly explain on her Instagram account the reasons that pushed her to stop teaching yoga full-time. A reality that contrasts with the usual images of always fit and smiling teachers flooding the social network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Living off prana<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">She explains: <em>\"After three years of full-time teaching, I realized the path I was taking was no longer right for me.\"<\/em>. Initialement mue par la volont\u00e9 de partager sa passion pour la discipline, elle reste pragmatique au d\u00e9but, cumulant enseignement et d\u2019autres activit\u00e9s en freelance qui lui assurent une certaine s\u00e9curit\u00e9 financi\u00e8re. Mais rapidement, elle exp\u00e9rimente la crainte \u00ab\u00a0<em>not being able to pay the rent at the end of the month in Paris<\/em>\u00a0\" and accepted classes a bit haphazardly. As a result, in a city like Paris: spending considerable time commuting, \"<em>\u00a045 minutes each way, for a one-hour class.\"<\/em>For my part, when I lived and taught in Paris, I eventually opted for cycling, and I did at least two hours a day to get to my various classes, which I had confined to the northeast of the capital. Commuting time obviously not counted in the class payment, which averages around 35 to 55 euros for one to one and a half hours, from which, as Juliette points out, about a quarter has to be deducted for social contributions. This payment also includes the time spent preparing for classes beforehand. We'll let you do the math to estimate the real hourly wage for a class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">In an article for <em>Elle magazine<\/em>, Isabelle Morin-Larbey, de la F\u00e9d\u00e9ration nationale des enseignants de yoga insiste&nbsp;: <em>\"It's an illusion to think that one can make a good living by being a yoga teacher. In big cities, it's almost impossible: generally, teachers are self-employed, run from one studio to another to give their classes, to be paid a pittance. It's a paradox: yoga is a very rich industry, but the teachers, who are the main links, are precarious.\"<\/em> These low wages also do not really allow saving to protect against the uncertainties inherent to the independent status: sick leaves barely or not compensated, seasonal declines in class attendance, unpaid leave, global pandemic... Laure P\u00e9pin, a yoga teacher in Paris, testified on her Instagram in 2021 about the precariousness she faced due to the closures of studios during the covid pandemic, forcing her to move back with her father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Yoga teachers of all countries, unite!&nbsp;<strong>!<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Malheureusement, il est difficile de n\u00e9gocier ses conditions de r\u00e9mun\u00e9ration tant la profession est atomis\u00e9e. Avec des professeur.e.s qui exercent sous le statut d\u2019auto-entrepreneurs aupr\u00e8s de clients multiples, toute forme d\u2019organisation et de revendications collectives devient compliqu\u00e9e, voire impossible. Souvent sans contrat, remerciables du jour au lendemain, le rapport de force est rarement en faveur de le.a professeur.e de yoga, encore moins quand iel d\u00e9bute. Entre professeur.e.s de yoga, on se raconte les fois o\u00f9 on a tent\u00e9 de n\u00e9gocier une r\u00e9mun\u00e9ration \u00e0 la hausse ou, comme des grosses dingos, refus\u00e9 d\u2019effectuer du travail gratuit, pour s\u2019entendre r\u00e9pliquer que si nous ne sommes pas content.e.s de contribuer \u00e0 cette \u00ab\u00a0formidable aventure\u00a0\u00bb, libre \u00e0 nous de partir, de nombreux.ses autres n&rsquo;attendent que \u00e7a de prendre notre place et de nettoyer les chiottes, passer le balai, faire l\u2019accueil, la communication et accessoirement enseigner un cours de yoga pour une somme d\u00e9risoire et AVEC LE SOURIRE, <em>#loveandlight<\/em>, what an incredible opportunity, it's like being on Star Academy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Instagram fatigue<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Soon, one realizes that to thrive in this cutthroat market, one must differentiate. Another cause of fatigue described by Juliette, but also by C\u00e9lia, who teaches a few weekly yoga classes in Chamb\u00e9ry alongside her salaried job. Starting her teaching training in 2019, the pandemic seriously hindered her business launch. Another consequence of the pandemic was the boom of online yoga classes and social media, which, according to C\u00e9lia and Juliette, established a constant comparison dynamic and a feeling of never doing enough. <em>\" There's this narrative that one must find their niche, start an online activity for consistent income without burning out, be a standardized product on social media, promoting the guilt-ridden message of 'where there's a will there's a way' and creating a rat race for training to 'sell oneself better'... I didn\u2019t identify with it anymore \"<\/em>, analyzes Juliette. C\u00e9lia agrees and adds:\u00a0 <em>\"Yoga on social media also dictates trends, like the handstand, for instance, shapes new ways of practicing, asserts \u2018do's and don'ts\u2019. I couldn\u2019t relate to these representations of yoga and wellness on social media, which eventually turned a passion into a duty. Without social media and the comparisons they induce, I believe I'd feel much more free and legitimate in my teaching\"<\/em>. Elle indique qu\u2019\u00e0 Chamb\u00e9ry, aucune des personnes qui participe \u00e0 ses cours ne la suit sur les r\u00e9seaux sociaux et que les choses fonctionnent davantage par bouche \u00e0 oreille, une simplicit\u00e9 qui lui pla\u00eet. Pour autant, elle a \u00e9galement choisi de reprendre un m\u00e9tier salari\u00e9, entre n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 de rembourser un pr\u00eat \u00e9tudiant, dissonance cognitive vis \u00e0 vis de l\u2019industrie du bien-\u00eatre, mais aussi, du fait de la solitude et de l\u2019isolement qui d\u00e9coulent de la profession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Solo with myself<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Quand on est professeur.e.s de yoga, on n\u2019a pas vraiment de coll\u00e8gues. On croise des professeur.e.s, en vrai ou sur les r\u00e9seaux sociaux, on tisse des communaut\u00e9s, des collaborations, mais il est vrai que le m\u00e9tier peut rester assez solitaire au quotidien si on ne bataille pas activement pour cultiver sa sociabilit\u00e9 professionnelle&nbsp;: pas de coll\u00e8gues avec qui faire spontan\u00e9ment une pause caf\u00e9, pas de r\u00e9unions pour discuter de notre m\u00e9tier, et certain.e.s diront, tant mieux&nbsp;! Pour d\u2019autres, c\u2019est un quotidien trop lourd \u00e0 porter, d\u2019autant qu\u2019il s\u2019accompagne d\u2019un amenuisement certain de sa vie sociale hors boulot. Pour gagner correctement sa vie, il vaut mieux travailler aux horaires qui fonctionnent, c\u2019est \u00e0 dire les cr\u00e9neaux du soir et du week-end. Adieu les cin\u00e9mas en amoureux.ses, les soir\u00e9es entre potes, les d\u00eeners en famille et les week-ends\u2026 Juliette raconte&nbsp;: <em>\u00ab&nbsp;tu deviens un peu le pote relou qui n\u2019est jamais dispo. Je ne rentrai jamais avant 21h chez moi, je travaillais tous les week-ends. Je sais qu\u2019il y a pire, mais au bout d\u2019un moment, \u00e7a a mis en relief le fait que j\u2019avais besoin dans mon quotidien de sociabilit\u00e9, d\u2019\u00eatre au sein d\u2019une \u00e9quipe, de ne plus avoir ce rythme de vie compl\u00e8tement d\u00e9cal\u00e9.&nbsp;\u00bb <\/em>This misalignment often blurs the lines between professional and personal life, leading sometimes to burnout, another taboo in the field even though it's quite common.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Burned-out yoga teachers, who no longer have the time or money to practice for themselves, end up feeling guilty about preaching philosophies they don\u2019t follow, feverishly asking each other: \"Do you still find time for your practice?\" Juliette also speaks of the physical fatigue linked to the job, which requires her to regularly see an osteopath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lament of the robot teacher<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Juliette comme C\u00e9lia ont choisi de retrouver un m\u00e9tier salari\u00e9 et continuent de donner quelques cours de yoga \u00e0 c\u00f4t\u00e9. Elles ne sont pas les seules \u00e0 avoir fait ce choix\u00a0: selon un sondage men\u00e9 par le Syndicat National des Professeurs de Yoga (SNPY) en 2021, 76% des enseignant.e.s ne vivent que partiellement de leur enseignement, et 55% d\u2019entre eux cumulent plusieurs emplois. C\u2019est \u00e9galement le choix qu\u2019a fait Corinne, cadre dans une entreprise de services \u00e0 l&rsquo;environnement et professeure de yoga \u00e0 temps partiel. Elle aimerait bien enseigner le yoga \u00e0 temps plein, mais ne saute pas le pas du fait de la pr\u00e9carit\u00e9 du statut. Elle a connu les cours arr\u00eat\u00e9s du jour au lendemain par des studios et la pression subie lorsque ses cours n\u2019\u00e9taient pas suffisamment pleins. Elle pressent \u00e9galement la possible d\u00e9gradation de sa relation au yoga lorsque son enseignement devient la principale source de revenus. Elle ne souhaite pas que la discipline devienne une source d\u2019intranquillit\u00e9 et de questionnements. L\u2019accumulation des cours pour subvenir \u00e0 ses besoins entra\u00eene un ph\u00e9nom\u00e8ne bien connu chez les professeur.e.s de yoga\u00a0: la standardisation des cours, qui deviennent de plus en plus m\u00e9caniques, \u00e0 d\u00e9faut de temps pour les pr\u00e9parer, pour pratiquer, pour explorer. Un enseignement qui devient industriel, \u00e0 rebours de l\u2019intention originelle qui les pousse \u00e0 transmettre la discipline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">The thousand-dollar question, which this article will not answer, remains: is it possible to decently make a living from teaching yoga? As Juliette points out, the job is far from being the worst, especially because it remains a chosen path. In this regard, the \"deconversion\" journeys of yoga teachers often reveal them to be rather privileged individuals, who therefore have the financial and social possibility of returning to more conventional and materially better-valued jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can one make a living from teaching yoga?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">So, is this article a privileged complaint? Its aim is to inform about the actualities of the profession, which is often idealized, and its precarity usually silenced. On the other hand, the downward leveling of working conditions benefits no one. It reminds me of the time when, sick and having to cancel a class, I was retorted with, \"You could still come and teach; being a yoga teacher is not like working in a mine or a factory.\" Telling ourselves and hearing from others that others have it worse can only lead to a dangerous slippery slope. Lastly, this article raises the question of the sustainability of yoga teaching as a profession, in a context where teacher training courses are proliferating, a new gold mine boosted by the (arduous and expensive) possibility of accessing public funding, which now allows teacher-trainers to earn a decent salary... Resulting in a Ponzi scheme dynamic: teachers who don't earn from their classes, launching training to train other teachers who also won't earn from their classes, and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, how can we envision different ways to organize yoga teaching that are fairer for teachers? We hand the mic to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Thanks to C\u00e9lia, Corinne, Juliette, and Laure for their testimonies.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vous vous souvenez de ces storytellings triomphants qui faisaient la une des magazines il y a quelques ann\u00e9es, portant aux nues des dipl\u00f4m\u00e9.e.s de grandes \u00e9coles qui avaient \u00ab\u00a0tout plaqu\u00e9\u00a0pour vivre de leur passion\u00a0\u00bb, en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral un m\u00e9tier artisanal ou manuel so inspirant, parce que comme dirait le philosophe \u00ab\u00a0il en faut peu pour \u00eatre [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196733356,"featured_media":1271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[708241367],"tags":[762340561,762340562,7371],"class_list":["post-1778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-les-chroniques-de-kali","tag-dream-job","tag-precarite","tag-yoga"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cittavritti.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/krakenimages-376KN_ISplE-unsplash.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcwe1g-sG","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cittavritti.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cittavritti.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cittavritti.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cittavritti.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196733356"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cittavritti.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1778"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cittavritti.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1910,"href":"https:\/\/cittavritti.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1778\/revisions\/1910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cittavritti.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cittavritti.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cittavritti.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cittavritti.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}