The science of yoga business
Is your current teaching model capable of supporting the income and lifestyle you want?
Explore your numbersA little clarity goes a long way
How to use this calculator
Fill in your numbers
Complete the fields as accurately as you can. If you don’t know an exact figure, use your best estimate.
Check your results
Your results automatically update in Your Business at a Glance as you enter your numbers.
Take a step back
The numbers aren’t a measure of your worth or success. They’re information to help you understand your current business model.
Choose your next action
Review the levers to close the gap and choose one or two areas you’d like to explore or improve.
There isn’t one “right” way to build a yoga career. The goal is to understand your numbers so you can make decisions that are right for you, your business and the way you want to work.
Start with where you are
Your numbers.
Your figures stay in this page and are cleared when you reload.
See the bigger picture
Your business at a glance.
Results update as you change your figures.
Annual gross income
Annual expenses
Net before reserve
Tax / financial reserve
Income after reserve
Income gap / surplus
Studio effective hourly rate
Teaching-related hours / week
What’s included
The income gap compares income after your chosen reserve with your annual take-home goal. The reserve is a simple percentage of positive profit, not a calculation of your actual tax.
The studio hourly rate is studio pay less the per-class cost, divided by your total time per class. Weekly hours include studio and corporate classes plus 75 minutes per private session, as assumed in this model. Workshop, retreat and other work hours are not included. Per-class expenses apply to studio and corporate classes; include other costs in annual expenses.
Choose your next action
Levers to close the gap.
Potential additional gross income using your current rates and teaching weeks, before additional expenses and reserves. Explore each option independently.
- Teach 2 more studio classes per week
- Raise your corporate class rate by $30
- Raise your studio class rate by $5
- Add 1 private client per week
- Add 2 workshops per year