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Dear Teachasana: How Do You Make New Students Comfortable?
Dear Teachasana, I’m sometimes unsure how to make new students comfortable — especially those who are brand new to yoga and are clearly nervous. Any suggestions you have are most welcome! ~A Welcoming Yoga Teacher Dear Welcoming Teacher, What a wonderful question! As yoga teachers, most of us love that chance to work with new [...]
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No Class Too Small
You finished your YTT with visions of huge classes full of eager students, gracefully moving and breathing in unison as you float through the room with a saintly smile on your face, inwardly delighting at their groans as you elegantly direct them into (yet another) sun salutation, didn’t you? Then cold, hard reality hit when [...]
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Dear Teachasana: What is the best way to start a class?
Dear Teachasana: I always get stumped by what is the best way to start a class. Once we get into the flow I feel more comfortable, but the beginning makes me nervous. Do you have any tips or suggestions for starting a class? - Comfy in the Middle YT Dear Comfy in the Middle YT: [...]
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Staying Safe on the Road
A few years ago, I took my teaching on the road and started offering private mobile yoga in my community. It was exciting to be my own boss, and scary to go to the homes of people I did not know. I love being a mobile teacher and bringing yoga to people who might otherwise [...]
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Dear Teachasana: How Do You Teach When You’re in Pain?
Dear Teachasana, Can you address poses for knee pain. I am having trouble with my knees and so many poses require us to use our knees. How do you teach others when the teacher is in pain? ~Hurting Yoga Teacher Dear Hurting Teacher, Thank you for this important question! At one time or another, many [...]
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So You Want To Become A Yoga Teacher?
You see all the yoga instructors out there like Shiva Rea, Amy Ippoliti, Kathryn Budig, Elena Brower, and the other rock star teachers and say to yourself, “Hey, that looks like a lot of fun. I can do that”. But now that you have finished your yoga teacher training you are probably saying to yourself, [...]
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Dear Teachasana: When is a good time to hire more teachers and how do I find them?
Dear Teachasana: I opened my own studio at the beginning of this year. As expected, I am definitely still in the baby stages with lots of room to grow. In order to keep costs low I am currently teaching all my classes. I want to eventually hire teachers so that I can cut back on [...]
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Five Element Series: Water
For someone who does not know how to swim, I love the beach. I grew up by the beach. I have spent countless hours collecting shells, building sand castles, jumping waves. Why don’t I know how to swim, I don’t know; it just didn’t happen. But this post is about Water. So different from Earth: [...]
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Dear Teachasana: Teaching Adults with Learning Difficulties
Dear Teachasana, I have been asked by Mencap to teach a series of 5 yoga classes for adults with Learning Difficulties. They are 1 hour classes and they would like to focus to be on relaxation. They say that although some of the group are quite highly functioning, they tend to have very low levels of [...]
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How to Use Online Yoga Resources for Teaching Inspiration
It’s not unusual and you’re not broken. You’re not a crappy teacher. You’re just a little…tapped out…uninspired. You continue to teach, but the classes feel a little flat. Maybe not to your students, but definitely to you. So where do you look to keep things fresh? To continue to learn and grow, especially if money [...]
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