You became a yoga teacher in order to spread the benefits of yoga, but these days yoga teachers need to do a LOT more than just teach. As a fellow yoga teacher, I know all too well how time-consuming it can be to create content, market and sell yoga offerings, handle...
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Why Every Yoga Teacher Should Study Yama and Niyama
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: Introduction to Yoga Breathwork
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.
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.
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.
Certification, Registration, and Licensing – what does it all mean and what do you actually need?
When you first start looking into becoming a yoga teacher, it can be a little confusing to figure out what all these different terms mean.
Find Your Niche
If you’re struggling with making a living as a yoga teacher, you’re not alone. The exceptions to this are often people who teach specialized yoga classes.
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