Yoga Teacher Resource Podcast

Your Yoga Business with Ava Taylor [Book Club Series]

Yoga and business make strange bedfellows. Leaning into that paradox is exactly what’s needed to thrive as a yoga teacher and business owner. Join me for a conversation with Ava Taylor, founder of YAMA Talent and author of Your Yoga Business, on what it takes to build an ethical and sustainable yoga business.
 
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:
Why it’s important to keep things simple when building a yoga business
How to build a yoga business that can withstand the test of time.
Challenges and opportunities in the post-COVID yoga industry
Why 100,000 followers do not equal 100,000 dollars
How your yoga practice can (and should) influence your yoga business
 
EPISODE LINKS & RESOURCES:
YAMA Talent
Your Yoga Busines
Follow Ava Taylor on Instagram @avantaylor
Follow YAMA Talent on Instagram @yamatalent
 
LINKS AND RESOURCES:
Follow YTR on Instagram @yoga.teacher.resource 
Join the Yoga Teacher Resource email list
Join the Yoga Teacher Resource Facebook Group
Learn more about the Impact Club
Leave a review on iTunes
Ask a question for the podcast on the Yoga Teacher Resource website or on SpeakPipe

The Yoga of Parenting with Sarah Ezrin [Book Club Series]

Becoming a parent is a rite of passage that will change your yoga practice forever. Sarah Ezrin was a dedicated yoga practitioner and long time teacher before having children blew her heart open, humbled her to the core, and turned her expectations about yoga practice upside down. This transition inspired her to write the book she wished she could read as a new parent: compassionate, irreverent, and steeped in the wisdom of yoga.
 
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:
How becoming a parent can make your yoga practice more honest
An exploration of Maitressence or the transition into motherhood
How Sarah manages screen use as a parent and yoga practitioner
How yoga can help you desensitize and resensitize your nervous system
The art of asking the right questions to help our children develop their intuition
The advice Sarah wishes she could give the earlier version of herself
 
EPISODE LINKS & RESOURCES:
Sarah Ezrin Yoga
The Yoga of Parenting: 10 Yoga-Based Practices to Help You Stay Grounded, Connect with Your Kids, and Be Kind to Yourself
Follow Sarah Ezrin on Instagram @sarahezrinyoga
 
LINKS AND RESOURCES:
Follow YTR on Instagram @yoga.teacher.resource 
Join the Yoga Teacher Resource email list
Join the Yoga Teacher Resource Facebook Group
Learn more about the Impact Club
Leave a review on iTunes
Ask a question for the podcast on the Yoga Teacher Resource website or on SpeakPipe

Body By Breath with Jill Miller [Book Club Series]

Breathing touches every system of the body, either directly or indirectly. It can be manipulated and shaped to adjust state, to change our perception of pain, to improve and enhance movement, and also to hasten deep restorative relaxation or amplify and excite. In this episode, Jill Miller describes the art and science of using breath as a tool for physical and emotional resilience.
 
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:
Chemical and biomechanical aspects of breathing
Overbreathing, underbreathing, and breath titration
Why deliberate breathing is so effective for mood regulation
5 ingredients for parasympathetic activation
How breath awareness supports compassion and community
Why meditation and savasana can provoke anxiety in some people
The relationship between the heart and the diaphragm
 
EPISODE LINKS & RESOURCES:
Tune Up Fitness
BODY by BREATH: The Science and Practice of Physical and Emotional Resilience by Jill Miller
Follow Jill Miller on Instagram @thejillmiller
LINKS AND RESOURCES:
Follow YTR on Instagram @yoga.teacher.resource 
Join the Yoga Teacher Resource email list
Join the Yoga Teacher Resource Facebook Group
Learn more about the Impact Club
Leave a review on iTunes
Ask a question for the podcast on the Yoga Teacher Resource website or on SpeakPipe

The Luminous Self by Tracee Stanley [Book Club Series]

Rituals are actions repeated with intention. According to Tracee Stanley, author of Radiant Rest and The Luminous Self, rituals are also powerful tools for knowing yourself more deeply. Join me for a candid conversation where Tracee shares personal experiences, observations, and ideas that led her to share deeply personal stories and sacred practices with the world inside her recently released book The Luminous Self.
 
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:
How Covid influenced The Luminous Self to become more personal, vulnerable, and mature than the book Tracee was originally inspired to write.
How Tracee is working to transition from a vertical model of community to a horizontal or circular model.
The role of community care and supportive relationships for creating sustainable transformation.
How to craft an environment that supports growth.
The responsibility for teachers to embody and digest their practices instead of treating them in an extractive manner.
 
EPISODE LINKS & RESOURCES:
Tracee Stanley’s website
The Luminous Self
Follow Tracee Stanley on Instagram @tracee_stanley
 
LINKS AND RESOURCES:
Follow YTR on Instagram @yoga.teacher.resource 
Join the Yoga Teacher Resource email list
Join the Yoga Teacher Resource Facebook Group
Learn more about the Impact Club
Leave a review on iTunes
Ask a question for the podcast on the Yoga Teacher Resource website or on SpeakPipe

Tantra Yoga with Todd Norian [Book Club Series]

Everything in life is for your awakening. This core teaching of tantra yoga is what guides Todd Norian on his quest for whole-hearted self-acceptance. Todd is a musician, founder of Ashaya Yoga, a Kripalu Legacy faculty member, and the author of Tantra Yoga: Journey to Unbreakable Wholeness. In this week’s podcast, Todd shares stories and lessons from forty years as a yoga practitioner, teacher, and spiritual seeker.
 
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:
Todd’s definition of spirituality and how it plays out in his everyday life.
What Todd learned from being at the epicenter of two of yoga’s guru scandals (Kripalu and Anusara)
Power dynamics and lines of spiritual development
Why loving your lesser evolved parts is key to overcoming perfectionism
Three essential questions to help you craft the life you want
 
EPISODE LINKS & RESOURCES:
Ashaya Yoga
Tantra Yoga: Journey to Unbreakable Wholeness - A Memoir
Follow Ashaya Yoga on Instagram @ashayayoga
 
LINKS AND RESOURCES:
Follow YTR on Instagram @yoga.teacher.resource 
Join the Yoga Teacher Resource email list
Join the Yoga Teacher Resource Facebook Group
Learn more about the Impact Club
Leave a review on iTunes
Ask a question for the podcast on the Yoga Teacher Resource website or on SpeakPipe

Trauma Sensitive Yoga with Lara Land [Book Club Series]

There are trauma survivors in almost every yoga room - but you can’t necessarily tell who they are from the outside. In this first episode of a series on recently published yoga books, Lara Land, author of The Essential Guide to Trauma Sensitive Yoga, explains how yoga can support trauma survivors and describes how yoga teachers can help or hinder the process.
 
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:
An expanded definition of trauma
Why yoga is so helpful for trauma survivors
How yoga spaces can be harmful for trauma survivors
The role of secondary trauma
Three facets of safety and how they show up in yoga classes
10 ways to promote safety in your yoga class
 
EPISODE LINKS & RESOURCES:
Lara Land Yoga website
Listen to Lara’s Podcast: Beyond Trauma
Three and a Half Acres Yoga website
Follow Lara Land on Instagram @laralandyoga
The Essential Guide to Trauma Sensitive Yoga
 
LINKS AND RESOURCES:
Follow YTR on Instagram @yoga.teacher.resource 
Join the Yoga Teacher Resource email list
Join the Yoga Teacher Resource Facebook Group
Learn more about the Impact Club
Leave a review on iTunes
Ask a question for the podcast on the Yoga Teacher Resource website or on SpeakPipe

Does alignment make your classes safer? with Dr. Libby Hinsley

Yoga teachers often feel responsible to protect their students from injury during their classes. This is a big reason why many focus on guiding proper alignment during practice. But how much does alignment really protect students from injury? And are misunderstandings about safety, pain, and discomfort actually causing more harm to our students than good? In this must-listen episode, my guest Dr. Libby Hinsley sheds light on the relationship between alignment and safety. 
 
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:
Why yoga teachers tend to be so worried about safety
Is practicing yoga actually risky for the average student?
Which risks are real and which tend to be overblown
Discomfort vs tissue damage
Scope of practice and the yoga teachers’ responsibility
Types of pain
How our narratives around pain affect our experience of it
Alignment vs progressive adaptation
 
EPISODE LINKS & RESOURCES:
Libby Hinsley
Anatomy Bites
Follow Libby on Instagram @libbyhinsleypt
 
LINKS AND RESOURCES:
Follow YTR on Instagram @yoga.teacher.resource 
Join the Yoga Teacher Resource email list
Join the Yoga Teacher Resource Facebook Group
Learn more about the Impact Club
Leave a review on iTunes
Ask a question for the podcast on the Yoga Teacher Resource website or on SpeakPipe

Karma Yoga: Should You Teach Yoga for Free?

Yoga teachers are often asked to teach for free in the name of Karma Yoga. However, when this term is divorced from the context of yoga philosophy, it can be exploited and misused. In this episode, Mado explores the practice of Karma Yoga and some of the less obvious implications behind the decision of whether or not to teach for free.
 
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:
How the term Karma Yoga is commonly misused and a more accurate explanation of what it means. 
How Karma Yoga fits into the framework of the Purusharthas or the four aims of life.
Three approaches to teaching yoga and how they relate to the Purusharthas.
Pros and cons of each approach and how to choose which is best for you based on your circumstances.
How teaching for free might help others or harm others - and ways to mitigate potential harm.
 
LINKS AND RESOURCES:
Follow YTR on Instagram @yoga.teacher.resource 
Join the Yoga Teacher Resource email list
Join the Yoga Teacher Resource Facebook Group
Learn more about the Impact Club
Leave a review on iTunes
Ask a question for the podcast on the Yoga Teacher Resource website or on SpeakPipe

How to Promote Body Autonomy In Your Classes with Dr. Libby Hinsley

Want to promote body autonomy in your classes but aren’t sure what that looks like? Featuring Dr. Libby Hinsley, this episode covers ways that yoga teachers may be unintentionally hindering body autonomy for their students and strategies for making your classes a self-empowering space for your students. 
 
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:
Why body autonomy is essential for yoga practice - and a revolutionary act that will help change the world for the better.
How yoga teachers might accidentally interfere with body autonomy.
Authority and power differential dynamics in yoga classes.
Why hands-on assists should be approached with extreme caution - and alternative teaching methods that achieve the same goal.
Inquiries to help you develop your own approach to body autonomy.
The interplay between autonomy and perfectionism.
The types of cues that are best for encouraging body autonomy (and what cues should be used more sparingly).
How silence supports body autonomy.
Why self-compassion is key for your growth as a teacher.
 
EPISODE LINKS & RESOURCES:
Libby Hinsley
Anatomy Bites
Follow Libby on Instagram @libbyhinsleypt
 
LINKS AND RESOURCES:
Follow YTR on Instagram @yoga.teacher.resource 
Join the Yoga Teacher Resource email list
Join the Yoga Teacher Resource Facebook Group
Learn more about the Impact Club
Leave a review on iTunes
Ask a question for the podcast on the Yoga Teacher Resource website or on SpeakPipe

Bypassing Social Media with Kathy [On Air Coaching Call]

Social media can be a great tool but it can also be a detriment to mental health. In this on-air coaching call, Kathy, a kid’s yoga teacher trainer shares her strategy for bypassing social media to reach her customers more directly.
 
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:
How to balance the benefits and the drawbacks of technology
Old-school marketing strategies
How & why to survey your students
Offering more to existing students vs finding new students
Why it’s important to think through the customer journey for your students
How to create a membership from work you’ve already created
Ways to build a membership without needing to promote all the time
How to reduce time spent on customer service
How much notice to provide when changing up your services
 
EPISODE LINKS & RESOURCES:
Kathy Aruna Humphrys’ websites: Young Yoga Masters & Ambassador Yoga
Zoom
WordPress
If you'd like to be featured in an on-air coaching call, email your topic idea to mado@teachingyoga.net.
 
LINKS AND RESOURCES:
Follow YTR on Instagram @yoga.teacher.resource 
Join the Yoga Teacher Resource email list
Join the Yoga Teacher Resource Facebook Group
Learn more about the Impact Club
Leave a review on iTunes
Ask a question for the podcast on the Yoga Teacher Resource website or on SpeakPipe