Yoga Therapist

Duties and Responsibilities: Integrative Yoga Therapist Duties. The number one job of a yoga therapist is to keep their clients healthy, flexible and safe. They must ensure that all the poses are executed correctly and without injury, which requires close attention to the abilities of their clients and concise instruction.

Salary: Salary and Outlook. Yoga therapists make a median wage of $40,970, while those in the top 10 percent of the salary range earn $70,180, according to 2105 data from the BLS for fitness trainers. Those in the lowest 10 percent earn $18,690.

Education: 1. Yoga teacher training (YTT). Ideally, all yoga therapists should go through YTT and other trainings with a minimum of 500 hours of instruction. In reality, mastery of yoga therapy requires many times this number of hours, so your best bet is to set yourself on a path of lifelong learning.

Need for this profession: the ability to motivate individuals and groups.good speaking and listening skills.personal fitness, strength and flexibility.commercial skills, if running your own business.

Reflection: i would like to be this because it is a very easy job and they get paid really good.