[QUOTE=YogiAdam;32564] alarm clock goes off… coffee, work, coffee, email, work, tennis, work, lunch with a client, Facebook status update, work, email, golf, work, coffee, gym, piano lessons, email, yoga, coffee, take the kids to netball, baseball, and tap dancing, coffee, cocaine, pilates, dinner, email, facebook status update, bed. :D[/QUOTE]
I just had to let you know that this made me laugh! Something like robotic sheeple all caught up in their own doings.
cocaine lol.
Classes definitely cost too much. A regular gym class around here costs about ?4, whereas yoga classes cost ?7.50 upwards. I like to go to four classes a week, so it really mounts up.
I practice at home too, but I still need tuition.
Saying that, I don’t believe the yoga journal. I think it’s probably just anti lululemon!
[QUOTE=David;32645]I don’t for even a second believe that 80%+ of yoga practitioners in the USA have an income of 75k or higher. Considering the median income is $52,000, I would love to see how Yoga Journal arrived at that number. A survey of yoga practitioners in a studio in San Francisco?[/QUOTE]
well, maybe the number is not accurate, but go find a yoga studio near disadvantaged neighborhood…
is it for wealthy people only, well on the site www.aypsite.org you can get a lot of help in doing yoga and his practice outline covers all the limbs. If one were to buy all his books it would cost under $100 and he actually cuts it to half price when ordering that many books. so more like $50 and you have all his books and free support on the forum. so with the help of the internet I do not believe yoga is only for the wealthy
I began by putting a couple of videos in my Netflix instant queue. I only got a mat a few days ago (and I love it by the way, it really makes a difference.)
For me, it was basically free in the sense that I already had Xbox and Netflix setup.
I’ve done a lot of activities throughout my life such as body building, aerobics and tai chi so I feel I already have a good understanding of how to avoid injury for the most part. I also take it easy and slow and try to make sure that I am following the directions properly. Although for someone that is not already inclined in that way, I can see how injury would definately be a worry.
Once I am able to work it into my schedule, I am looking forward to joining a yoga group nearby that I found on meetup.
[QUOTE=CityMonk;34716]well, maybe the number is not accurate, but go find a yoga studio near disadvantaged neighborhood…[/QUOTE]
The empirical data does support your argument that an increasing percentage of yoga practioners (asana studios) are higher income earners. As more people come on board the demand for instructors/classes grows driving the prices up. We have seen many posts from would be teachers wanting to earn their incomes from teaching yoga classes. Do the math and it will boil down to $15-20 per class with a critical mass average of 12 participants to even make this viable on the low end of the earnings scale.
But, that is only one way to practice. There are other ways to practice yoga.