Claudia Brown is a yoga teacher and regular OM magazine columnist (yogabyclaudia.com)
I ’m a yoga teacher but I’m stressed! Last year I went on an amazing three day Yin Yoga course with Norman Blair. I went for two reasons: I wanted to learn more about Yin and I wanted to do something for myself which gave me a bit of time and space to enjoy my yoga. There were about 30 yoga teachers on the course and every single one of them said they were stressed, or even worse, heading for burnout. One teacher said that she was teaching 18 classes a week.
It really made me stop and think about the irony: many yoga teachers, an integral part of the wellness industry, are on their knees with stress, overload and burnout.