I’m going to defer to Flex Penguin who’s points are much more well said than mine:)
You’re welcome, Meredith.
gordon
Dear Meredith,
I just want to encourage you, your intentions as a studio owner seem pretty clear and pure, and I don’t think you have any obligations to anyone other than your clients, as far as the “business of yoga goes.” 
however based on my experience as a teacher, people don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care… about them. If you can convince your said student that you honestly care about his safey and well being, and make him understand that he is in a ‘group setting’, he will respond… possibly the response will be that he finds another place to go to, but in the class setting it isn’t fair to the other students for him to be doing push-ups while they are trying to relax in shavasana. For sure Krishnamacharya wouldn’t have let him get away with that. Good luck.
Sarvamaṅgalamaṅgalā, do you teach?
Tell him the blunt truth.
your style is unsafe and disruptive to the other people in class and most likely if you keep this up your going to hurt yourself. You should practice asana allot less and do more meditation
recommend him trying a daily meditation because meditation really is yoga. The physical movements are just for show
by having him do a meditation he will hopefully get what he is looking for from doing yoga so much. Because obviously the asana practice isn’t working for him
[QUOTE=Sarvamaṅgalamaṅgalā;69225]He seems to be very enthusiastic about yoga, but you see him as a problem. That is the problem with commercial yoga, it is all about the money money money. Yoga is also not about following the teaching militairy style. It is only a good business model to make everyone do the same thing, but it is not the best thing for the student. If other students find it disruptive that someone does push ups, perhaps they are better suited with a membership to a relaxation spa than a yoga studio. Obviously the yoga isn’t helping them in calming their mind.[/QUOTE]
I would be pissed if someone does push ups during savasana
[QUOTE=Sarvamaṅgalamaṅgalā;69271]Donations can be accepted for teaching yoga only when the person teaching is an adept in yoga (not just postures) and lives a regulated life according the teachings of yoga, not by someone with a certification course or with a lot of imagination. Otherwise teaching should be done as volunteering.
You don’t need an Indian priest, anyone who is proficient in yoga can volunteer.[/QUOTE]
Sarvama, you are a little right. A little. I started in a “asana aerobics type yoga studio” at my local gym from there I wanted to grow my practice and be more spiritual… From there i found my new and beloved “by donation only yoga studio” .
Anyway… Fact is, if you got your way and hatred for business yoga… there would be a lot less yogis . And that is just sad. Also, how did you discover yoga? Family or friend? I was not as lucky. If it wasnt for this “business yoga” I would have probably discovered yoga a lot later , and again, that would be sad 
[QUOTE=pinoyvegasyogi420;69360]Sarvama, you are a little right. A little. I started in a “asana aerobics type yoga studio” at my local gym from there I wanted to grow my practice and be more spiritual… From there i found my new and beloved “by donation only yoga studio” .
Anyway… Fact is, if you got your way and hatred for business yoga… there would be a lot less yogis . And that is just sad. Also, how did you discover yoga? Family or friend? I was not as lucky. If it wasnt for this “business yoga” I would have probably discovered yoga a lot later , and again, that would be sad :([/QUOTE]
You have discovered yoga through commercialism, because that is the paradigm the yoga instructors of modernity hold. If they were more honest in their approach to yoga, that wouldn’t be necessary. In Hindu culture it is normal for yoga teacher not to charge fees, but to accept gifts on a donation basis. A few decades ago, you could also go to an ashram in India and learn yoga for a small volontairy donation. But now everything has become a business of certification courses to get people ready fast to set up their yoga shops or expensive yoga spa vacations. The heart of yoga is being pulled out in order to make yoga more appealing to the masses, because that is good for business. This is the mindset of people. Simply because there are more people going to yoga classes, doesn’t mean there are more yogis. It means that there are more people in yoga pants bending over and talking about their auras and chakra alignment. There are probably less yogis, because people get caught up in this crap, instead of practicing authentic yoga.
So true. At one time, doctors and medicine men/women administered relief and cures purely out of spirit, and received gifts in return. Now it costs $5,000 to have a baby in the U.S. Outragious!
Used to be a time when men would get up early and go off on the hunt, bring back the kill and the women would prepare the meat (no grief, mind you!). Then, as a tribe, they would divy up the spoils - no charge. You just did your bit around the cave, tree, or tent. Now, I can’t even get a break at the grocery store anymore. What nonsense!
That is quite outragious, yes.
Used to be a time when men would get up early and go off on the hunt, bring back the kill and the women would prepare the meat (no grief, mind you!). Then, as a tribe, they would divy up the spoils - no charge. You just did your bit around the cave, tree, or tent. Now, I can’t even get a break at the grocery store anymore. What nonsense!
Apples and oranges.
Matter of perspective.
I don’t mean to be rude (well, maybe a little :)). Part of my yoga practice includes living in the here and now. That means an acceptance of things as they are, not as they were or meant to be. There are a lot of things that were such and such, or meant to be such and such. Isn’t this gross desire? Irresistable at times, I know.
I am fully supportive of any ordained yogi setting up outside Yogaworks in L.A. and offering to teach for free / donations. Go for it. That’s the beauty of a free society. But, if you want to take it indoors, well there’s rent etc. Perhaps you can find an enlightened landlord who will trade rent for free yoga. I’m sure there are plenty of those around now.
It’s all good.
[QUOTE=Sarvamaṅgalamaṅgalā;69368]That is quite outragious, yes.[/QUOTE]
I live in Canada. My three kids came in for free (well, a bit of taxes into the communal pot).
[QUOTE=FlexPenguin;69369]Matter of perspective.
I don’t mean to be rude (well, maybe a little :)). Part of my yoga practice includes living in the here and now. That means an acceptance of things as they are, not as they were or meant to be. There are a lot of things that were such and such, or meant to be such and such. Isn’t this gross desire? Irresistable at times, I know.
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That is a slacker’s attitude. Yoga philosophy emphasises effort and discipline.