| How much should your rate be for a private Yoga | | | | be required to cancel before the 24 hour mark, if an |
| lesson? Does it vary by location? Why do some Yoga | | | | emergency arises. Your time is valuable too, and you |
| teachers schedule so many private lessons, while | | | | could be teaching Yoga to someone who shows up |
| other Yoga instructors run Yoga classes, almost | | | | for their appointment. |
| exclusively? | | | | Sometimes, Yoga students make appointments, and |
| Private Yoga lessons do vary in price, and the | | | | do not cancel, or show up for them. Once a student |
| average private Yoga session, in Beverly Hills, is going | | | | has done this, he or she should reserve a private |
| to be on the higher end in cost. Yoga teacher | | | | Yoga session with a non-refundable deposit or |
| experience is also a factor. Therefore, experience and | | | | reservation fee. |
| location does have a lot to do with your private | | | | This may seem harsh, but you make the commute to |
| session rates; but how do you know what is a fair | | | | your Yoga studio, set everything up, wait, and the |
| market value? | | | | student does not show up. It truly is a matter of how |
| How do you avoid "selling yourself short?" Your | | | | many times a Yoga teacher is prepared to waste his |
| students do expect more value, and they realize | | | | or her time before reacting. |
| private Yoga sessions are more expensive than a | | | | Here's how it works: If my private rate is $80, we |
| regular Yoga class. | | | | require a $40 deposit for the reservation and the $40 |
| One course of action is to compare notes, with local | | | | balance upon arrival. If the student does not show up, |
| Yoga teachers and personal fitness trainers. If you | | | | he or she loses the deposit. |
| teach at a health club, or network with local Yoga | | | | This policy is only for Yoga students who have a |
| teachers, and personal trainers; many of them will be | | | | history of not showing up for appointments. It took a lot |
| happy to help you. | | | | of abuse before we implemented this policy, but now |
| If personal trainers, with similar experience, are charging | | | | everyone shows up for their private Yoga lessons on |
| more than you, your rates are usually too low. Why? | | | | time. |
| Some personal trainers might graduate from a 200 to | | | | Why do some Yoga teachers schedule so many |
| 500 hour certification course; but many do not, unless | | | | private lessons, while others run Yoga classes only? |
| they have a bachelor's degree in physical education, | | | | Two factors are involved. If your location, or your |
| which is more experience than most Yoga teachers. | | | | student's location, is upscale, there will be a demand for |
| Most Yoga instructors graduate from a 200 to 500 | | | | private Yoga sessions in that geographic area. |
| hour Yoga instructor training program. The hours of | | | | Also, it has to do with your marketing efforts. You |
| study involved to become a Yoga teacher deserves a | | | | have to make it known in your literature and on your |
| similar private session rate, if the working experience is | | | | website. In your Yoga studio, you want to post signs to |
| similar to a personal trainer. | | | | let students know that you teach private Yoga |
| How do you avoid Yoga students, who make | | | | sessions. Some marketing studies show that people |
| appointments and do not show up for scheduled | | | | have to see the same message seven times before |
| private Yoga session? You should have a firm 24 | | | | they react. |
| hour cancellation policy in place. Yoga students should | | | | |