3 Key Elements for Planning Yoga Classes (and how to use them skillfully)
What is your message? If you don’t know, your class won’t be as powerful. With that in mind, here are three elements to a great yoga class to contemplate & plan out before you teach.
Kleshas into Lakshmis Week 1: anger into passion
This is the first in a set of three classes that could be taught in consecutive weeks, building on the same theme of “kleshas into lakshmis”, each week turning a different klesha (scar) into a lakshmi (mark of distinction).
Teaching Teachers: Strategies for bringing yoga to schoolteachers
Because of their high stress jobs typically combined with a caring disposition, school teachers are a great target market for yoga teachers.
No Excuses! 5 ways to jump start your personal practice.
We’ve heard it time and time again, you can’t teach if you don’t practice. But when life gets busy, practice can go by the wayside before you even realize what’s happening. Make a decision to feed yourself first so that you have the strength & energy to help others. Here are some strategies I’ve used to get myself on the mat no matter how busy or unmotivated I become.
5 Outside the box ideas for making a living teaching yoga
As yoga teachers, we’ve all heard the complaint that the market is saturated with yoga classes and it’s hard for newer teachers to find jobs. Here are 5 ideas to break out of the “yoga studio or gym” paradigm and reach a larger student base.
Beginner Arm Balances
This class offers an accessible approach to the most basic arm balances. While designed for a mixed level group, it would also work for a class of strong beginners.
Slow & Mindful Transitions
This sequence for a 90 minute mixed level class focuses on becoming more skillful at graceful transitions between poses.
100 Yoga Class Themes
Please use this list of yoga class themes as inspiration for your classes. The most important thing when using a theme, especially one that someone else thought up is to contemplate what it means to you personally.
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3 Key Elements for Planning Yoga Classes (and how to use them skillfully)
What is your message? If you don’t know, your class won’t be as powerful. With that in mind, here are three elements to a great yoga class to contemplate & plan out before you teach.
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Kleshas into Lakshmis Week 3: Overwhelm into Creativity
This is the third in a set of three classes that could be taught in consecutive weeks, building on the same theme of “kleshas into lakshmis”, each week turning a different klesha (scar) into a lakshmi (mark of distinction).
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Kleshas into Lakshmis Week 1: anger into passion
This is the first in a set of three classes that could be taught in consecutive weeks, building on the same theme of “kleshas into lakshmis”, each week turning a different klesha (scar) into a lakshmi (mark of distinction).
Read More
Kleshas into Lakshmis Week 2: fear into curiosity
This is the second in a set of three classes that could be taught in consecutive weeks, building on the same theme of “kleshas into lakshmis”, each week turning a different klesha (scar) into a lakshmi (mark of distinction)
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Because of their high stress jobs typically combined with a caring disposition, school teachers are a great target market for yoga teachers.
Read More
No Excuses! 5 ways to jump start your personal practice.
We’ve heard it time and time again, you can’t teach if you don’t practice. But when life gets busy, practice can go by the wayside before you even realize what’s happening. Make a decision to feed yourself first so that you have the strength & energy to help others. Here are some strategies I’ve used to get myself on the mat no matter how busy or unmotivated I become.
Read More