What happens when an industry grows faster than its infrastructure? In this solo episode, Rebecca explores how yoga professionals ended up navigating public discourse, expensive coaching, and deeply personal career decisions all at once—and why we desperately need quieter, more intentional spaces to think, reflect, and build what comes next.

🧠 KEY TAKEAWAYS

We recreated the student model for professionals—without questioning it.
Yoga pros now have public “group class” spaces for discourse and expensive, often misaligned “containers” for depth. What’s missing is the middle ground.

Business coaching in yoga often lacks lived experience.
Much of the business advice in yoga is taught by people who haven’t actually built sustainable careers as yoga teachers or yoga therapists—creating a gap between theory and reality.

Burnout isn’t just financial—it’s existential.
Many yoga professionals feel untethered, unclear, and small within a massive industry that expanded without building infrastructure to support careers.

Careers in yoga are bespoke, not linear.
Our paths aren’t ladders or portfolios—they’re custom-built lives. But the expectation to figure this out alone creates isolation and pressure.

Public spaces are good for discourse, not discernment.
Social media excels at connection and organizing, but it cannot support slow thinking, reflection, or personal strategy.

Clarity comes from space, not hustle.
What yoga professionals need most right now isn’t more information—it’s time, reflection, translation, and collective thinking.

Not every conversation should be public.
Industry conversations and personal career decisions serve different purposes—and they require different rooms.

RESOURCES

2026 Industry Forecast

Working In Yoga Website

Working In Yoga Newsletter

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