I've been there.

I went to India in February 2025 with the intention of becoming a yoga teacher. After an intense 1-month training, I came back to Sydney, and it felt like...

Nobody wanted me.

Some studios were saying that all of their teachers have 10 years of experience and would eat me alive. Really? Yoga teachers? Would "eat me alive"? Community centres already had teachers, gyms were full, and a few new pilates studios that were hiring a yoga teacher were either too fitness-oriented or were expecting me to work for minimum wage. Even more places that I reached out to have never come back to me.

That did not feel right, so I found an empty community centre in one of the most Posh areas in Sydney (hoping I can make a living there) and tried to build my own business. After 3 months, I was at $-616.62 and had to stop as my second job in a cafe couldn't support me anymore.