Teaching yoga at gyms
Hi guys! I have been practicing yoga for 7 years and I got my 200 hr training in 2024. I haven't gotten myself up to the task of actually starting to teach until now. I didn't do my training at a yoga studio, so I don't have any connections to start teaching in a studio. The best advice I've been given is to start teaching yoga at gyms and then after I feel more comfortable and experienced I can approach studios I go to asking if I can sub.
Anyway...All of this is to say I just auditioned and got hired to teach yoga at a large corporate gym chain, at several different locations, 4 classes a week. What I really want is to be a part of a wonderful yoga community in a studio but I will be patient. What I want to know is has anyone else had experience teaching in gyms? Especially if you are more spiritually oriented (not just doing yoga as a form of fitness but as a spiritual and energetic practice).
Do you have any tips for starting out in this environment? Was there anything important you learned as a teacher in the process? Was there anything you didn't like about it?
Thanks!