Though often surrounded by students or other people\u2014just as any non-traditional job that requires you to go it alone\u2014teaching yoga full-time can be a lonely experience. This isolation can be particularly hard-hitting for yoga teachers, as it can be tough (OK, nearly impossible) to make a living solely teaching group classes in studios. Most yoga teachers supplement their income with other gigs, or teaching private lessons. It can be difficult to connect with the students who\u2019d resonate with you most: It\u2019s just such a big field.<\/p>\n
At the same time, as the yoga world continues to explode in popularity, individual communities can get lost in the shuffle. Some teachers experience a desire for connection after teaching training; the desire to continue building relationships with new people and be part of the bigger mindfulness community. This certainly was true in my life: After completing my yoga teacher training with a group of strangers, I realized how much my awareness of self and perspective of the people around me expanded. At the time, there was no centralized place to find yoga practitioners online at the time.<\/p>\n
Rather than thinking about such a community as a place where teachers would be in competition with each other, I envisioned an online hub where all could shine\u2014particularly those teachers who may feel underrepresented in traditional yoga media. As a nonbinary person with a life-changing muscle injury, I have a personal reason to want to make the yoga world more inclusive. After much ado, Setu Community<\/a> was born.<\/p>\n