The yoga industry is the fourth most rapidly growing industry. Also, learning yoga is low cost and you need no special setup to start earning from yoga. It is the best part-time job and if you want to earn extra money it is definitely the best job for you. More than 300 million people practice yoga, and it is estimated that more than 1 crore people will be doing yoga in upcoming years.
Job Opportunities
In India only, more than 3 lakh certified yoga instructors are required. And there are multiple job opportunities in the cities. Job opportunities in yoga centers, yoga institutes, private clubs, spas, in housing colonies, as a personal trainer, and incorporate house also. The field has no working limit and you can start in this field at any age. Salary varies from 5000 INR to 50,000 INR depending on your experience, skills, city, and position. Readout about some of the jobs, you can go for after completing a particular yoga course.
- Yoga Instructor: The yoga instructor generally instructs yoga positions to students.
- Yoga Teacher: It is a senior job position. After an instructor position, you will become a yoga teacher.
- Hybrid Yoga Instructor: Combining yoga with other activities like dance, aerobics, and teaching Aqva yoga, Zumba yoga, etc.
- Yoga Presenter: Presenting yoga is also a trending job because of television, youtube, and workshops. A person needs to be confident and skilled in his work because he needs to present it to different persons.
- Yoga Therapist: Therapists heal particular diseases with various yoga poses like diabetics migraines, etc.
- Yoga Specialist: In certain conditions, we need yoga specialists like senior citizen yoga, corporate yoga, child yoga, yoga faculty, and yoga researcher.
- Publication Manager: Publishing or marketing yoga through magazines, and other ways.
- Yoga center Manager: A position where a person needs to handle franchise or independent yoga centers.
Importance of Learning Yoga
Yoga is a heritage of this land. It is a really good career option. Offering yoga is a very significant and important job. Yoga is helping and working for millions of people. It is a responsible job and teaching online yoga makes tasks more responsible because people and their health is affected by it. You need to constantly increase yourself and a person needs to be passionate and dedicated to his work.
Yoga Courses
There are different bachelor and master’s courses which you can do after the 12th class:
- BA (Bachelor in Arts Yoga/Philosophy): This BA course is a three-year course and it requires a minimum of 45% in your 12th class.
- Undergraduate Diploma in Yoga: This course is and a half-year course with 6 months of training included in it.
- Bachelor of Naturopathy and Yogic Science: This course is five and a half year course and is close to a doctor’s degree.
- There are different ayurvedic universities offering various courses. You will learn yoga, natural pathy, ayurvedic science, etc
- Post-graduation diploma course in yoga therapy which is a one-year duration course.
- Master of Arts (MA) of Yoga a two-year course is also a good option.
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Teacher Training Programs
If you are interested in yoga but not interested in any degree or not at the age to pursue any degree course and want to make a career in the yoga field then there are various teacher training programs. These programs teach you a complete course in the duration of 200 hours. And after completing the training program you will become a certified yoga instructor.
QCI Exam
There were no uniform exams for students to go in the yoga field. With changing times Ministry of Ayush has launched the QCI exam. The scheme is known as the scheme for voluntary certification by QCI (Quality Control of India). There are two levels of exam, level one is instructor, and level two is of a teacher. Students need to study for three months to six months and by practicing yoga you can easily clear the course. After completing the course you will become a certified yoga instructor under the government of India. You can also apply for government jobs with the QCI score.
Top Colleges and Different Options
These colleges offer courses for graduation, master’s, and Ph.D. Colleges also have one month to two month residential and distance learning programs to become a yoga professional.
- Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya
- Kaivalyadhama Yoga Institute, Pune
- Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana
Other than these top colleges there are other colleges also, which are offering different courses: Moraji Desai National Institute of Yoga, Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan, Bihar School of Yoga, etc. There are some government ayurvedic universities offering BAMS degrees and Gujarat, Jodhpur, Punjab has facilities and is offering BAMS (Bachelor in Ayurveda and Medical Science) degrees to students. A startup like Zorba is also offering yoga courses and is a good option for students.
