My gym is discontinuing all yoga classes... (1 Viewer)

[centen]

And I feel weird about it, and weird for feeling weird about it!

The owner sends a monthly newsletter and announced that she was discontinuing all yoga classes, because she could keep expanding, but mostly, she wants to work less. Which fine, legit on its own.

But she employs 8 other yoga teachers (that I'm personally aware of, there are some classes at times I can never attend, IDK who teaches those), and so I don't really get why she doesn't just stop teaching the one she leads on Saturdays, but allow her teachers to keep teaching their classes? Unless it's also a way for her to cut costs on something she's also lost interest in, since she's effectively announcing that all of them will no longer be employed at her studio.

And just personally, having a weekly yoga class to stretch out and work on flexibility, mobility, and stability makes all my other workouts so much easier throughout the week. So I'm annoyed I'm going to have to get a separate gym membership and drive to the second closest gym to switch to their yoga classes.

It's a minor annoyance in the grand scheme of things, but I'm also just like... but why tho?

 

[ChiaraStar169]

that is annoying... but maybe you could find a different gym that does do yoga?

 

[centen]

that is annoying... but maybe you could find a different gym that does do yoga?

I'm thinking maybe I'll check in with my favorite teachers and find out where they're going? I suppose it's possible that all of them simultaneously decided to quit teaching yoga, but I kinda doubt it.

 

[Ahsoka]

And it’s a little weird because yoga isn’t something that’s super specialized that you need a ton of special equipment for or anything. Though I guess it could make sense that for a gym owner, yoga isn’t just as simple as hiring people to teach and getting equipment and time. They probably need to spend time to plan the program, budget, track expenses and profits, monitor the status of the program, and all the other stuff that comes with having any program as part of a commercial gym setting. So maybe the reason comes from something along those lines rather than just her personal interest.

 

[centen]

And it’s a little weird because yoga isn’t something that’s super specialized that you need a ton of special equipment for or anything. Though I guess it could make sense that for a gym owner, yoga isn’t just as simple as hiring people to teach and getting equipment and time. They probably need to spend time to plan the program, budget, track expenses and profits, monitor the status of the program, and all the other stuff that comes with having any program as part of a commercial gym setting. So maybe the reason comes from something along those lines rather than just her personal interest.

Yeah, I'm sure there's a combination of factors. And I get how "I don't want to do this anymore" makes everything more tedious, even if you don't mind the tasks otherwise.

All we got as an explanation was "This change largely comes from my own desire to simplify my life. We’re at a point where I can either continue expanding the business more and more or I can reel it in and really focus on what gives me the most life. I’m choosing the latter."

Which is just kind of a weird explanation to cancel ALL of the classes when she only teaches one yoga class anyway? So I think you're right that it's probably all those other elements, "oh the teacher is out today, so I have to find someone else who also knows this type of yoga and coordinate schedules and make sure the classes are up to my standards, etc." when she doesn't seem interested in yoga anymore.

I do wonder if she'll change the name because the name of the gym is literally "[Local City] Yoga & Fitness."

 

[Ahsoka]

Yeah, I'm sure there's a combination of factors. And I get how "I don't want to do this anymore" makes everything more tedious, even if you don't mind the tasks otherwise.

All we got as an explanation was "This change largely comes from my own desire to simplify my life. We’re at a point where I can either continue expanding the business more and more or I can reel it in and really focus on what gives me the most life. I’m choosing the latter."

Which is just kind of a weird explanation to cancel ALL of the classes when she only teaches one yoga class anyway? So I think you're right that it's probably all those other elements, "oh the teacher is out today, so I have to find someone else who also knows this type of yoga and coordinate schedules and make sure the classes are up to my standards, etc." when she doesn't seem interested in yoga anymore.

I do wonder if she'll change the name because the name of the gym is literally "[Local City] Yoga & Fitness."

Yeah that name would be a little unfortunate then hopefully there isn’t already a gym called [Local City] Fitness because that would at least be an easy option