Yoga Therapist

Duties and Responsibilities:  Yoga therapy is the use of the exercise yoga to help people become more self-aware of themselves.  Yoga therapy might be a very good coping mechanism for people that battle depression, PTSD, or even bipolar disorder.  Yoga therapists are instructors that teach their patients how to do yoga, either by themselves or in a class with various people.  Not only do yoga therapists teach this, but they teach their patients how to be more healthy in all ways, including physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health.  

Salary: Yoga Therapists can earn up to $70,180 a year.

Education:  Yoga Therapists must be very well-trained before they can actually help people.  It is important that they know about the body’s anatomy, yoga philosophy and teaching skills, and understanding physiology in health.  These skills, added on to on-the-job training, will help a Yoga Therapist’s likelihood of becoming employed.

Demand or need for this profession: The employment rate for yoga therapists is expected to grow about 30% by the year 2020.

Do you think you would like to be one?  Why?  Why not?

I would not like to be a yoga therapist because I feel that it is a job that requires a lot fo patience, which I lack.