Seems a huge amount to me, too. But this is woo-woo woman singing, and all that stuff seems to cost twice enough as anything in the normal world. All the participants have names other than what they were born with, and the teachers have no surnames (until they collect the checks for their fee). There is one named Maniko that seems to be getting at least $2,000 a year from us.
I tried to carefully explain that I have just lost 1/3 of my retirement account, and we just can't be putting out that kind of money until the economy comes back.

-Joe-