In the aftermath since its closure last week, Yoga Zone is now appealing to its Members to buy a RM99 voucher to support its operations.

If you are a Yoga Zone member, you may have been frustrated when they shut down all their classes last week. This was also featured in TheStar on 1st August.

Basically from my understanding, many teachers and staff have not been receiving salaries for the last 2+ months. Some of these teachers and staff really love what they do and are doing their best to see the club through this difficult time.

So even without salaries, they continue to hold classes out of goodwill and are hoping that Members will buy the vouchers to help them through.

I’m sure many will agree that Yoga Zone has played a huge role in promoting health and yoga in the Klang Valley and even Malaysia. It will be sad to see them go.

Do spare a thought if you have been blessed by them in some way. There are great teachers there… I hope they can sought things out in this restructure and transition period.

Just as I write this article, TheStar reports today that a yoga centre in Bukit Serindit has closed shop with 150 members are crying foul over paid fees and no classes. It is sad to see such things happen.

I hope yoga schools will focus more on quality teaching… there are students and practitioners who would not mind paying higher fees for top quality teaching and a good practice environment. Instead of commoditising the teaching of yoga, I wouldn’t mind seeing higher fees and better services.

Yoga Zone has a huge member base, some 20,000 I believe. If it can scale down its operations and get back to basics, it can still turn a profit and regain lost goodwill among Members. A good start would be to start communicating more with members and reaching out to them with offers and services which add value to their lifestyle and yoga practice.

If you are a YZ student, I hope you will buy a voucher to support the staff and teachers there. The voucher is for unlimited classes for a month until 31-Dec-08 and you can give it to your family and friends too. This will help keep classes open for the time being until they sought things out.