Where Did My Own Yoga Practice Go?
How to Sustain Your Own Yoga Practice as a Yoga Teacher
This week we will talk about how to maintain your own practice once you begin teaching. It's a common problem when we begin studying and teaching - we get busy with study, preparation, admin, and teaching, and we can start to lose track of our own practice. Not all a..read more
Teaching Your First Yoga Class - Cuing
Preparing Your Cues for Teaching Yoga
As a yoga teacher-in-training or new teacher, preparing your cues for your first classes can be overwhelming. But, there are some strategies that can help you to feel prepared, grounded, and empowered as a new teacher. Watch the video below, or scroll down for the transcript note..read more
Yoga Teaching Tip – When do I breathe?
6 strategies for maintaining your own breath as a yoga teacher while you teach a student-focused yoga class.
Watch the video, or scroll down for transcript notes. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx3JAckycn4[/embedyt]Yoga Teaching Tip - When Do I Breathe?
Teaching yoga is a funny job because yo..read more
How to Make Yoga Props More Appealing and Encourage our Yoga Students to Make the Most of Yoga Props
Watch the video discussion, or scroll down to read the transcript notes and practical strategies to add to your yoga classes. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeSemaw5Mq8[/embedyt]How to Make Yoga Props More Appealing and Encourage our Yoga ..read more
Yoga Ethics and Community Action
How Can Our Yoga Community Contribute to A Better World?
Let's talk about how community action can fit into our yoga practice, teaching, and yoga spaces. Watch the video below, or scroll down for the transcript notes. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aKZY1r__o8[/embedyt]How can our yoga community contrib..read more
Mapping Your Dream Yoga Teaching Practice
As yoga teachers in training, it can be easy to focus only on getting through our studies and assessments or teaching our next class. But it’s also useful to pause and zoom out. What might your teaching practice look like in the real world - not just in theory, but in a way that fits your life, your values, and your capacity..read more
Yoga for a Reason, Season, or Lifetime
There’s a saying that some people - or things - come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. I think this applies beautifully to yoga, too. In this discussion we reflect on yoga styles and trends past, present, and emerging and to connect trends back to the fundamentals and timeless..read more
That Time I Learned The Secret to Enlightenment
(Which Wasn’t a Secret at All)
This week I thought I'd tell you about the time I learned the secret to enlightenment (that wasn't a secret at all). Watch the video below, or scroll down for the full transcript. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZxOZOGduME[/embedyt] Let me tell you ..read more
From Yoga Student to Yoga Teacher: The Fundamental Shifts
When you begin your yoga teacher training journey, one of the most important things you learn is that not everyone is like you. Today we’re talking about one of the most important transformations you’ll experience in your yoga teacher training — the shift from yoga student to yoga teac..read more
Does Yoga Alignment Really Matter?
Unpacking yoga alignment myths.
Hi folks, it’s your senior yoga educator Heather Agnew here, and today we ask the question: Does Yoga Alignment Really Matter? We are going to talk about some of the alignment cues and ideas you might have learned over the years in yoga class - some that you might have even learned from ..read more