Teaching with Sanskrit

Teaching with Sanskrit

I remember being intrigued by the beautiful language of Sanskrit as a yoga student, before I began teaching.  There was something captivating and mysterious about hearing the names of the postures in Sanskrit as I was practicing them.  Some became familiar, “Tadasana, Uttanasana, Ardha Uttanasana… ” and I would take comfort, and some pride too, […]

Top 5 Places to Teach Yoga Other Than a Studio

Top 5 Places to Teach Yoga Other Than a Studio

During these strange times, new yoga teachers (all yoga teachers actually) might have difficulty finding a job teaching in a yoga studio.  Even with studios beginning to open with new protocol and class size limitations, some students just aren’t ready to return to the studio.  But we ARE all ready to see each other again, […]

Six Secrets of Effective Cueing

Six Secrets of Effective Cueing

You’re well on your way to teaching your first class, or maybe you’ve already started but still lack confidence in the cueing department.  The first step is to know you’re not alone!  All new teachers struggle with confidence in the beginning. It’s a scary thing to get up in front of a group of people […]

10 Tips for Finding Your Niche

10 Tips for Finding Your Niche

As a new teacher you will be super excited about receiving your teaching certification (as you should be!) and will most likely jump at your first opportunity to teach. This is perfectly understandable and normal! You will need to experience teaching for some time before you decide on a niche for which you are best […]

How to Theme a Yoga Class

How to Theme a Yoga Class

Themes? I’m not even sure that word came up in our teacher training. Well, maybe it did. It certainly wasn’t something we focused on or spent any serious time discussing. And honestly, in my opinion, it can be one of the most difficult aspects of planning and teaching a class. You’ll most likely want to […]

How to Plan and Teach Yoga Workshops

How to Plan and Teach Yoga Workshops

So, you’ve decided to teach a workshop! Now what?  Where do you begin?  In this post, I will share my experience and strategies for developing, planning, and teaching workshops. You may assume since I have not been teaching yoga for very long that I don’t have much experience in this area but in a former […]

Teaching With Music

Teaching With Music

Have you ever taken a yoga class without music? When I first started practicing, my teacher didn’t use music of any kind during our practice.  Since I hadn’t practiced yoga before, I didn’t know any difference and actually, since I was just learning and focusing completely on the teacher, it might have been a good […]