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EPISODE · Jun 5, 2026 · 16 MIN

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

from Yoga Off The Mat · host Divya Balakrishnan

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.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.For early teachers feeling the pressure to go full time. For practitioners who think their regular life disqualifies them. For anyone who's been sold the idea that yoga requires a lifestyle overhaul to count.Yoga Off The Mat is a podcast by Divya Balakrishnan.Follow: @yogaoffthematpodcast | @divyabalaSupport the show: patreon.com/divyabalaWork with me: www.divyabala.com

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.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.For early teachers feeling the pressure to go full time. For practitioners who think their regular life disqualifies them. For anyone who's been sold the idea that yoga requires a lifestyle overhaul to count.Yoga Off The Mat is a podcast by Divya Balakrishnan.Follow: @yogaoffthematpodcast | @divyabalaSupport the show: patreon.com/divyabalaWork with me: www.divyabala.com

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