Working in Yoga
Working in Yoga
Rebecca Sebastian
The Math Nobody Does: The 200-Hour Training Math
13 minutes Posted May 25, 2026 at 12:00 pm.
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Everyone assumes yoga teacher trainings are a cash grab. The actual math tells a very different story. In this episode, we build the real financial picture of running a 200-hour yoga teacher training from the trainer's perspective — the 500 hours of labor behind 200 hours of delivery, the costs that eat into gross revenue, and the hourly rate that results. For many trainers, that number lands around $20 per hour before taxes. This episode is for everyone who has ever assumed the trainer got rich off their tuition — and for every trainer who has never actually sat down and calculated what their work is worth.
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