Yoga Teacher
What the work is
Teaches and demonstrates various yoga practices to individuals or groups to enhance their physical fitness and wellbeing.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Plans and delivers group or individual yoga sessions, ensuring a safe and supportive environment for students
- Demonstrates different yoga practices and techniques to help students understand and perform them effectively
- Assists students in achieving correct alignment during yoga poses
- Visually assesses students to evaluate and determine their skill level, and adapts teaching accordingly
- Evaluates students with restricted movement, and modifies and guides poses to ensure safe practice
- Applies knowledge of biomechanics and movement patterns to ensure safe yoga practice for students
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a small Pilates and yoga studio above a bakery in a fictional country town. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A student stands up from the final rest looking like they slept for a week
- A class of strangers breathes together and the room goes beautifully quiet
- Someone with a stiff back tells you they can finally reach their shoelaces
Hard days
- A student who is competing with the person next to them instead of listening to their body
- Early mornings, late evenings, and the pressure to keep a calm voice when you are tired
- A full class with a range of ability and injuries that all need to be catered for
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 462232, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.