Practical strategies to inspire your personal practice, fuel creativity, and prevent burnout.
Self Care Reconsidered with Mado HesselinkDemystify the idea of self care and learn how to implement it in your own life. Psst. Want to get an email each time a new episode is released? Episode Highlights Self care is essential for yoga teachers - but easier said...
How to prioritize your personal practice with Mado Hesselink Mado shares how you can use the latest research in neuroscience to turn your personal practice from a resource intensive decision to a nourishing habit. Psst. Want to get an email each time a new...
Social Media Pratyahara with Mado HesselinkFeeling social media burnout? Listen to this episode to learn how you can tap into the benefits of social media without digital overwhelm. Psst. Want to get an email each time a new episode is released? Episode Highlights...
Self-care and body literacy with Tia WallaceExpand your view of self-care and learn how understanding cues from our body plays a role in intuitive self-care. Psst. Want to get an email each time a new episode is released? Episode Highlights Expand your definition of...
Yoga for Mental Health with Maria KirstenMado is joined by yoga teacher and Occupational Therapist Maria Kirsten for a dynamic and wide reaching conversation about mental health, how yoga fits in, and some specific ways yoga teachers can support their students in...
Mindful time management (on-air coaching call) with Mado HesselinkMado coaches Nichi on how to balance having a full-time job with having a family, and teaching yoga. Psst. Want to get an email each time a new episode is released? Episode Highlights Nichi Linder,...
Episode 32: On Being Nervous with Mado Hesselink If you feel nervous before teaching - you are not alone. Psst. Want to get an email each time a new episode is released? Feeling nervous is something that happens to everyone, yet somehow we tent to think we are the...
Episode 29: The Psoas Major in Yoga and Life with Libby Hinsley, PT Learn the significance of the psoas muscle and how yoga teachers can most effectively work with it in their classes. Psst. Want to get an email each time a new episode is released? This week's podcast...
Episode 28: Yoga and Money: An Inquiry with Mado Hesselink Is it ethical to charge for yoga? How can we overcome money mindset issues? What teachings from yogic texts can we apply to our relationship to money? Psst. Want to get an email each time a new episode is...
Use the latest research in neuroscience to turn your personal practice from a resource intensive decision to a nourishing habit.
Episode 21: Healing Our Backs with Yoga with Lillah Schwartz Lillah Schwartz shares wisdom from nearly four decades of teaching about functional anatomy and the best way for yoga teachers to use her book “Healing Our Backs with Yoga”. Psst. Want to get an email each...
Episode 18: Eliminate Self Destructive Behavior with Mado Hesselink Mado shares her personal practice for using mindful awareness to stop engaging in behaviors that are self-sabotaging or self-destructive. Psst. Want to get an email each time a new episode is...
Episode 13: Slow Yoga Revolution with Kristine Kaoverii Weber Kristine shares the benefits of slowing down your yoga practice and how the latest research in neurobiology overlaps with a traditional definition of yoga to explain why slow yoga is so powerful. Psst. Want...
Episode 10: Overcome overwhelm and get focused If you’re like me and tend to get overwhelmed with possibilities and “what ifs”, you’ll love this episode all about how to determine the best places to focus your time and energy and how to keep yourself consistently...
Episode 7: Breathing Basics for Yoga Teachers with Dr Crystal Frazee Dr Crystal Frazee, physical therapist and yoga teacher, shares the essentials of what every yoga teacher should know about the physiology of breathing. This includes why we breath, how we breath, and...
Keeping Your Classes Fresh One of the big things Mado hears from teachers is a struggle to keep their classes and teaching fresh. In this episode, she discusses proven strategies to stay fresh and inspired - and what to do if they don’t work. Psst. Want to get an...
In the first part of this article we discussed the four functions of the mind and the importance of managing these functions. We also talked a little about breath awareness as a tool for preparing the mind for meditation. Now, let's talk further about the breath and...
The psoas major is a deep and mysterious muscle that tends to be overused and, when cranky, causes a lot of problems. All yoga instructors benefit from having a basic understanding of how this muscle works and how yoga can help it stay healthy and supple.
One of the biggest challenges to maintaining a consistent meditation practice is learning how to manage the mind. The mind can be the doorway to the inner peace of deep meditation, or it can be an obstacle. A restless mind can be a formidable foe to meditation...
In part two of this response to William Broad's recent New York Times article and its call to alarm about yoga’s adverse effect on women’s hips, I'd like to offer the following alignment principles for safe practice. I bring to the issue my background as a holistic...
The more teachers who take on the study of these concepts, the more students will be exposed to them. The more students who study them, the more peace, truth, generosity, love, clarity, discipline, and service there will be in the world.
Pranayama is one of the basic practices of yoga, though it is often neglected in exercise based yoga classes as taught in gyms and fitness centers. Prana means energy, life force or breath. Yama is translated as restraint, or control. When we work with our breath, we gain access to our life force energy.
Video classes will never replace the experience of a live class, but for days when you need a quick practice or inspiration or if you live far from other teachers, these websites are an amazing resource.
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.
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Need a shot of inspiration or a pep talk to remind you why you became a teacher? These episodes are just the ticket for teachers who are just getting started or starting to feel burned out.
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