Yoga teacher

As a yoga teacher, you could:

• design course and lesson plans to suit different abilities
•  teach simple and complex yoga positions
•  adapt positions for conditions like pregnancy or arthritis
•  teach breathing techniques
•  assess students and review your own courses and teaching skills
•  market your classes and do business admin tasks, if you're self-employed

• knowledge of teaching and the ability to design courses
• customer service skills
• the ability to work on your own
• leadership skills
• to be thorough and pay attention to detail
• the ability to teach pupils how to do something
• the ability to come up with new ways of doing things
• patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations
• to be able to carry out basic tasks on a computer or hand-held device

You can get into this job through:

• a college course
• specialist courses run by private training organisations

With experience you could run your own yoga workshops or yoga retreats.

You might also:

• train as a yoga therapist
•  specialise in working with particular age groups
•  take further qualifications to train and mentor new yoga teachers
•  combine yoga teaching with teaching other fitness classes