“WE PROCLAIM HIM, ADMONISHING AND TEACHING WITH ALL WISDOM SO WE CAN PRESENT EVERYONE PERFECT IN CHRIST.” COLOSSIANS 1:28

MODULE 7 LESSON 5

How to Price Your Christian Yoga Classes

Remember in lesson 1 when we discussed having a Christian yoga business based on Proverbs 31? Now we look at some key verses to help us determine how to price our classes fairly. 

Here are some keywords from verses that stand out regarding the Proverbs 31 woman and work. 

Verse 13- Works with eager hands

15- Provides food for her family

16- Out of her earnings, she plants a vineyard

17- sets about her work vigorously 

18- Her trading is profitable

19- She makes linen garments and sells them 

As you can infer, the Bible encourages being a diligent worker. 2 Thessalonians 3:10 says, “If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat:” and Colossians 3:10 tells us to “work heartily.” 

How can we apply this to us as yoga instructors? Quite frankly, it gives us perspective into how we should price our classes and charge for our services. 

Ministry-based class: These will be free or by donation.

Gym-based classes: The average for a gym is anywhere from $15-35, depending on experience and location.

Studio-based classes: The average pay is based on years of experience and location. Expect to make anywhere from $15 for new teachers to $80 for veterans.

Freelance classes: These are the most profitable. Scheduling your classes and setting them up onsite (outdoors or at a private location) will earn the best profit. The average pay for freelance options is anywhere from $50-$150 based on experience, location, and class size. 

How to Set Up a Freelance Class: 

Set up the class with the director of a center (let’s say hospital) and charge the center a flat rate per class or month.Set up the classes at a specific location and have the students pay you directly. Decide how many students you would like to have per class and create a package deal. A package deal could be by the month, season, or semester. 

For example, You want to make $100 per class for a six-week series of Christian yoga at a local women’s club. To get what you desire per class, you have to determine how many students you need and charge fairly. Here are the possibilities: 

Six ladies pay $100 each for six classes. This averages to $16.66 per student/per class. Seven ladies pay $85 each for six classes. This averages to $14 per student/per class. Eight ladies pay $75 each for six classes. This averages to $12.50 per class. And so forth...the more students you have the, less your class cost per person is for those that attend. 

What’s important here is you know WHO you are teaching. Are these students willing to pay what you are charging per class? If the class cost seems too high per person, per class, then it will be hard to fill the spaces and get your desired income for each class. 

Take Note: Whoever helps you set up your class to teach, it would be customary to offer them a discount or free classes in exchange for them to help promote and market your class to the appropriate/interested parties. 

Example: You teach a lunchtime “De-Stress” Yoga class to a local business group. You may want to offer a discounted price or free yoga to the person who brought you in to teach and set up the class. In other words, the one who coordinated for you to come in a teach. 

Going Deeper: 

To make the business of yoga work, you must price your classes in a way that honors your time, energy, and efforts. What you do matters, and you are worth it! 

Money only becomes an issue with our faith when we value it over our relationship with God. 1 Timothy 6:10 says, “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.”

Final Thoughts: 

Whatever profits you gain from teaching, consider regularly giving back to the Lord in tithing t your church or to a charitable Christian organization. 

Financially giving back and tithing is biblical. 

Malachi 3:10 illustrates the impotence of doing so and the blessing we receive as a result. 

God does not need our money but giving back illustrates our obedience and thankfulness to Jesus’s provision in our lives. God loves a cheerful giver (2 Co 9:7), and everything we have is His anyway as Psalm 24:1. 

If you want to discuss how to price your classes or need ideas on where to freelance, schedule a 1:1 mentor call to begin a solid plan of action.