Experienced Yoga Instructor

Note: Please provide all the requested information. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Thanks for your understanding.

If you are located outside Gurgaon, you have to relocate yourself at your own costs. We will not bear the relocation costs.

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Globally groomed Yoga Teachers –

Hatha/Iyengar/Vinyasa/Ashtanga/Bikram/Baptiste/Yin/Jivamukti/Pre-natal/Post-natal.

Share your calm and energy through us – (Multiple roles) – Gurgaon - India.

‘DownDog Yoga India’, India's First bespoke Yoga Club, professionally managed by team of well-educated, and well-travelled Indians based out of Singapore with strong love for extending the reach of Yoga among different social demographics but primarily across city living Millennials and Generation X.

Our Flagship club is located off Golf Course Road in Gurgaon and holds a footprint of approx., 12,000sqft. The infrastructure at DownDog Yoga India is at par with the best of the breed Yoga Clubs globally.

Our Business is driven by an inner desire to create a strong positive social impact by bringing Yoga to well-educated, well-travelled, highly successful but time-deprived, stress-ridden human souls. This market demographic comprises of successful entrepreneurs, business leaders, corporate leaders, community leaders and so on. We firmly believe this market segment not only create jobs but also is the key driving force behind positioning India on the leadership path globally. This market segment health, happiness, family cohesiveness is the key to our country’s sustainable market growth.

We believe strongly in:

· Everyone has the ‘right’ to remain healthy.

· Everyone has the ‘right’ to be happy.

· Everyone has the right to experience life’s good things.

· Everyone has the ‘right’ to remain calm and positive.

· Everyone’s has the ‘right’ to love oneself.

· Everyone has the right to do what they want.

· Everyone has the right to be who they are. We love and respect diversity.

DownDog Yoga India’s objective is to gradually teach all 8 limbs of Yoga. But we will start our journey with Asana (yoga postures) training which incorporates all physical aspects of Hatha Yoga teaching (HOT and NON-HOT - Vinyasa, Basic Hatha, YIN, Restorative, Jivamukti, Iyengar, Baron Baptiste, Universal etc). We will also focus on Pranayama (breadth control) which is another limb of Yoga.

What kind of Yoga Teachers we are looking for?

We are looking for humble but committed souls who share their passion and love for Yoga in following ways:

· Ability to teach different styles of Yoga across different age groups and market demographics. You will be specializing in one or maximum three different styles of Yoga.

· Personally assess Members to determine their level of proficiency of Yoga practice and design Yoga postures sequence to suit our Members requirements.

· You bring with yourself a strong work ethics and an internal push to give your best to our Members as they progress through in their Yoga journey.

· You need to be internally driven and be an ongoing learner. We are not looking at 9-5 mindset. We are looking for guys who are self-managed and highly disciplined.

· You will have the flexibility to create your own customized yoga sequence depending upon your target Members needs. But you will have to strictly follow the company’s guidelines for Members safety during practice, Members engagement methodology and best practices in Yoga teaching.

· Assist students to achieve proper breathing techniques and alignments.

· Ability to take full ownership of our Member’s well-being and their Yoga journey.

· Ability to work in a completely flat Organization. We are strictly not looking for a corporate groomed yoga teacher.

· Ability to be personal and interactive with the members such that you can build your own community. We are not looking at ego driven Yoga gurus. Even if you teach HOT Yoga, your teaching delivery cannot be dictatorial but interactive and full of empathy.

· Ability to communicate fluently in Hindi, English and must have a witty and inquisitive mind.. Language proficiency across Korean, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Chinese will be desired.

· Ability to make teaching fun and making sure our Members relax, sweat and get a sense of calm accomplishment towards end of each Yoga session.

· Personal follow-up with each Member of ours is mandatory and non-negotiable.

· Respect and courtesy for every person within the club and every Member is must.

Educational Qualifications and Teaching Experience:

• At least Bachelors but Masters in Yoga (preferred but not necessary) from a credible local/international university.
• Minimum 500 Hours of Yoga Teacher training gained through a registered Yoga school. But with this you will need to have a credible Yoga teaching experience gained both inside and outside India. Note: Online teaching Yoga to international clientele does not count.
• Professional certification directly from R. Sharath Jois, Bikram Choudhury, Dharma Mittra, BKS Iyengar, Kathryn Budig, Kino MacGregor, Shiva Rea, Jason Crandell, Baron Baptiste and other globally recognized Yoga Teachers.
• Have conducted teacher training globally. Online teacher training will not be considered.

If you have what we are looking for, we will love to hear from you:

Remuneration:

Our remuneration will be benchmarked with the best premium Yoga clubs in the world and will come with substantial perks (only come into play after successful completion of probation period), which will include but depending upon skills set and teaching experience – attractive base,, travel allowance, opportunity to become part of elite yoga teacher training club, subsidized education to further your Yoga education in India and so forth.

For us to evaluate your true potential, please ensure you have included all the following details in your application:

· Live video of your teaching so that we can hear your voice and heart. You can pick the aspect of hatha yoga which you love to teach and share with us your teaching style, dialogue, students’ engagement etc. You can either do as a solo or while teaching your class.

· Your detailed work profile which highlights your Yoga journey. We need to hear from you in your own words, why you chose Yoga, why you teach Yoga and what you want to achieve in your life through teaching Yoga. This is must.

· What attracts you to this role, based on what you read in this job description and your personal career goals.

· Steps you take to keep yourself up to date with yoga teaching and grow further internally in your-self yoga practice. In other words, how you fuel your own hunger for Yoga and personal growth.

· In your most recent Yoga work assignment, were you Permanently employed or were on Contract? What were your Reasons of leaving?

· Most recent salary drawn – base (monthly/class) and variable (commission).

· Please attach all your education, work and salaries certificates.

Timelines.

We are always looking for excellent candidates.

All applications have to be sent to:

We appreciate you taking the time to read and apply.

Namaste

DownDog Team