The Caterpillar, A.K.A. The Extraction Economy

A therapist tells a client in crisis to “notice the present moment.” The client destabilizes — and the therapist has no idea why, because they read about mindfulness. They never built a practice, and nobody who has is in the room to say: that’s not how this works.

This episode is about the difference between fields that hire yoga professionals (integration) and fields that borrow yoga’s tools without yoga professionals (extraction) — and why that distinction isn’t territorial, it’s a safety standard.

The One Thing: a simple way to start the referral conversation with allied health professionals in your own network.

Rebecca SebastianAugust 10, 2026yoga and mindfulness, yoga therapy integration, mindfulness in therapy, yoga professional scope of practice, yoga teacher referral, extraction economy yoga, yoga industry trends, Working In Yoga podcast, yoga therapist career, mindfulness withoutComment

The Math Nobody Does: The Yoga Therapy Credential Math

The C-IAYT credential represents a significant investment — in time, money, and professional identity. In this episode we put the full cost of becoming a certified yoga therapist on the table alongside the realistic income outcomes, and calculate what the credential actually needs to return to justify the investment. The math is not designed to discourage you from yoga therapy. It is designed to give you the complete financial picture so you can build a career strategy that works in the real landscape.

Rebecca SebastianJune 15, 2026yoga therapy credential, C-IAYT, yoga therapist career, yoga therapy training cost, yoga therapy income, yoga therapist salary, yoga therapy job market, yoga therapy ROI, yoga therapy certification, yoga professional, yoga therapy career path, yoga therapy business, yoga therapist finances, IAYT, yoga therapy worth itComment

Debt, Standards, and Who's Really Looking Out for You — With Dr. Stevie Inghram (Part 1)

Nobody talks about debt-to-income ratios in the yoga world. Stevie Inghram does. In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, Rebecca sits down with naturopathic doctor and yoga therapist Dr. Stevie Inghram to dig into some of the most under-discussed structural problems in the yoga and holistic health professions — including whether it's even ethical to keep training people at current income levels, how poor working conditions quietly erode professional standards, and what it would take to build an organization that actually advocates for the people doing this work, not just the practice itself. If you've ever felt like the system wasn't built for you, this conversation will help you understand why — and start you thinking about what comes next.

Rebecca SebastianApril 23, 2026yoga therapy training costs, debt to income yoga, holistic health career, yoga therapy ethics, yoga industry standards, yoga professional advocacy, naturopathic doctor yoga, community led yoga organization, yoga working conditions, yoga therapy income, Stevie Inghram, working in yoga podcast, yoga therapist career, yoga professional community, yoga industry reformComment

Nobody Told You Yoga Therapy Jobs Don't Exist

You finished your training. You passed your boards. You have the credential. And now you're discovering that the jobs you were promised aren't there. In this episode we name what the yoga therapy credentialing world has never said clearly: the job market doesn't exist the way you were told it did. That is not your failure. That is a promise that was never backed up with infrastructure — and it's time someone said it out loud.

Rebecca SebastianApril 20, 2026yoga therapy jobs, C-IAYT, yoga therapist career, yoga therapy credential, yoga therapy training, yoga therapy job market, yoga therapy income, yoga therapist salary, yoga therapy healthcare, yoga professional, yoga therapy career path, yoga therapy certification, yoga industry, yoga business, yoga therapistComment