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So You Want To Start A Yoga Union with Markella Los Ep.13 The Business Of Teaching Yoga
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- Alternative Therapien
In November 2019, Yoga Teachers at YogaWorks in New York city came together to create the world’s first ( that we know of ) Union For Yoga Teachers.
From The Yoga Works Union:
“We are Yoga and Mindful Fitness Educators. We’ve come together to have a voice in our industry, raise industry standards, and create a more equitable and sustainable profession for all. Our goal is for employees, students and businesses to thrive”
I was lucky enough to interview Markella Los, one of the union organizers for today’s podcast.
Markella is a yoga teacher, movement educator and one of the organisers of the worlds first union for yoga teachers teachers. I’ve been following Markella on instagram for a few years, because we share a similar philosophy about movement. We’ve had similar experiences with a long period of “yoga only” movement, and suffered pain and injuries as a result. After which learning from humans outside the yoga system, and upgrading our knowledge of how to keep the body healthy and resilient through movement.
But then… last year, I noticed that Markella was part of a group of teachers at YogaWorks studios in new york who were organising a union. Markella was one of the first people I reached out to, to be on the new show - and due to the fact that the union was literally forming when I asked her to come on - we had to postpone recording until a few weeks ago.
We talk about:
Why Markella & the Yoga Works teachers began to pursue creating a unionPay barriers to becoming a yoga teacherPay transparencyWhy the burden of getting a pay rise shouldn’t fall on the individual An update on where the YogaWorks union is now (after the YES vote in November)How a union works - collective bargaining, creating a contractWhat types of things the union is able to ask forHow much time takes to organise a unionThinking globally and acting locallyBottom up organising in your communityCriticism & union busting tacticsOrganizing for independent contractors ( vs. employees ) Misclassification of yoga teachers as independent contractorsThe personal investment and growth of organisingThe first thing to do if you’re thinking about starting a unionThe main criticisms / challenges of yoga union organisingUnion busting tacticsHow the financial backing of a union worksHow a yoga union can help foster diversity and access in yogaFIND MARKELLA
Markella’s InstagramMarkella’s WebsiteFIND CORA
Cora's InstagramCora's WebsiteTeachers Club WaitlistFor full show notes & links to resources mentioned in this show head to www.corageroux.com/podcastepisodes/episode13
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In November 2019, Yoga Teachers at YogaWorks in New York city came together to create the world’s first ( that we know of ) Union For Yoga Teachers.
From The Yoga Works Union:
“We are Yoga and Mindful Fitness Educators. We’ve come together to have a voice in our industry, raise industry standards, and create a more equitable and sustainable profession for all. Our goal is for employees, students and businesses to thrive”
I was lucky enough to interview Markella Los, one of the union organizers for today’s podcast.
Markella is a yoga teacher, movement educator and one of the organisers of the worlds first union for yoga teachers teachers. I’ve been following Markella on instagram for a few years, because we share a similar philosophy about movement. We’ve had similar experiences with a long period of “yoga only” movement, and suffered pain and injuries as a result. After which learning from humans outside the yoga system, and upgrading our knowledge of how to keep the body healthy and resilient through movement.
But then… last year, I noticed that Markella was part of a group of teachers at YogaWorks studios in new york who were organising a union. Markella was one of the first people I reached out to, to be on the new show - and due to the fact that the union was literally forming when I asked her to come on - we had to postpone recording until a few weeks ago.
We talk about:
Why Markella & the Yoga Works teachers began to pursue creating a unionPay barriers to becoming a yoga teacherPay transparencyWhy the burden of getting a pay rise shouldn’t fall on the individual An update on where the YogaWorks union is now (after the YES vote in November)How a union works - collective bargaining, creating a contractWhat types of things the union is able to ask forHow much time takes to organise a unionThinking globally and acting locallyBottom up organising in your communityCriticism & union busting tacticsOrganizing for independent contractors ( vs. employees ) Misclassification of yoga teachers as independent contractorsThe personal investment and growth of organisingThe first thing to do if you’re thinking about starting a unionThe main criticisms / challenges of yoga union organisingUnion busting tacticsHow the financial backing of a union worksHow a yoga union can help foster diversity and access in yogaFIND MARKELLA
Markella’s InstagramMarkella’s WebsiteFIND CORA
Cora's InstagramCora's WebsiteTeachers Club WaitlistFor full show notes & links to resources mentioned in this show head to www.corageroux.com/podcastepisodes/episode13
Support the show
1 Std. 25 Min.