The MatCount magazine
Practical reporting for yoga studio owners on teacher pay, class schedules, insurance, leases and the daily work of keeping a roster covered.
Nine articles, written for the owner who signs the checks and still teaches the Thursday six o'clock. Every one answers a question studio owners ask us on the phone, with the numbers and the paperwork spelled out.
regulation and compliance
Per class pay is normal in yoga. Contractor status is not automatic. Here is how the federal economic reality test and stricter state ABC tests read a studio roster, and what changes when a teacher is an employee.
numbers and benchmarks
Sub pay collides with attendance on the quietest slots of the week. This breaks down flat rate, per head and hybrid structures, the break even math per class, and where each one starts to hurt.
practical guide
A teacher policy covers the teacher. It rarely covers the studio, the landlord or the front desk. Here is how studio general liability, professional liability and additional insured endorsements stack up.
comparison
Two week, four week and quarterly schedule cycles each trade flexibility against retention. Compare them on sub rate, teacher churn, marketing lead time and how much rework each one creates.
mistakes to avoid
Roster churn usually traces back to changes made without the teacher present. These are the scheduling and pay decisions that quietly push out the people holding your week together.
case study
A studio teacher training looks like margin until you count lead trainer hours, manuals, Yoga Alliance registration and the studio time you pull off the public schedule. Here is the full build.
trends and outlook
Rising rent and hybrid attendance are pushing studios to rework pricing. This examines unlimited, packs, tiers and hybrid models against visit frequency, breakage and revenue predictability.
checklist
Floor load, sound transmission, restroom count and a personal guarantee can decide whether a second location survives. Run this list before the letter of intent, not after.
field report
Late sub requests are where goodwill leaks out of a studio. Owners describe the coverage rules, escalation windows and pay adjustments that keep a class covered without a group chat scramble.
MatCount holds teacher availability, sends sub requests that get claimed in one tap, and builds the pay run from the classes actually taught. Tell us how your week is shaped and we will show you the board with your own schedule in it.
Book a MatCount walkthrough for your studioEvery other decision on this site eventually lands on the same night: a class without a teacher and a phone in your hand. The coverage guide pulls the pay rules, claim order and escalation windows into one place you can act on tonight.
How do other studios handle sub requests at ten at night without losing the whole roster?
Then work outward: the eight other pieces in The Studio Desk each take one part of it further, and every one links back here.
