Yoga Teacher Resource Podcast

How to Create Interactive Workshops

The best workshops are interactive. They engage the student on multiple levels and with multiple senses. In this episode, I’ll share some tips and strategies for leading interactive workshops.
 
Episode Highlights: 
 
The balance between moving vs lecturing in a workshop
When visual aids and other assets are useful and when they are not
Different types of workshops assets and how to decide which to use (if any)
How grouping your students in different sized groups helps to create interaction
Why we learn from other students in a group setting - and how to facilitate that as a teacher
 
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How & Why to Interview Your Students

Ever wonder what programs to offer next or the best way to talk about your work? Market research is a powerful strategy that helps you tap into the minds and hearts of the people you are trying to help. This helps you create the right programs, at the right time, with the right messaging. The best way for yoga teachers to implement this strategy is to interview your current students.
 
Episode Highlights: 
 
Why talking about your work is challenging
Why it’s important to find out your students wants and needs from their own perspectives
Different methods of market research including pros and cons of each
Key questions to help you learn what’s actually relevant to your teaching
What to do with the answers after you get them
 
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Authentic teaching when times get tough

When your personal life falls apart, how much should you share with your students? There’s a fine line between being authentic and oversharing. In this week’s episode, we discuss specific guidelines and benchmarks to help you navigate staying real when times get tough.
 
Episode Highlights: 
 
Why your teaching might actually improve during difficult times
A simple test to help you decide whether or not to share your challenges with your students
How to know if it’s time to take a break from teaching
The difference between authenticity and oversharing
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How to balance being real vs. being positive
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Banish Burnout (when you’ve been teaching 10+ years)

Burnout is real and it can show up for a multitude of reasons. Have a listen to this week’s podcast episode to learn why it might happen to a long time yoga teacher and how to turn things around when it happens.
 
Episode Highlights: 
Reasons you might be feeling sparkless and how to find your spark
3 Strategies to help reinvigorate your passion for teaching
The hidden messages behind feeling blah about your teaching
How your students can help you remember the why behind your offerings
 
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Days when you want to throw in the towel

Have you had days where you feel like you want to throw in the towel and quit teaching yoga? You are not alone! Teaching yoga can be a stressful high demand career and burnout is a real possibility. Listen for strategies on what to do when you feel like giving up.
 
Episode Highlights: 
Reasons you feel defeated and think about giving up.
4 tools to use on those days you feel you can’t teach anymore
How your personal practice can help.
How testimonials can help.
How to reconnect to your vision and purpose to re-ignite your passion for teaching
 
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Hiring Help for Work/Life Balance

How can we balance growing a business with life’s other responsibilities? Mado shares a bit about her story in creating the Yoga Teacher Resource and shares tips and strategies for hiring help to grow your business sustainably.
 
Episode Highlights: 
Balancing motherhood or a full time job and entrepreneurship
How to find time to work on your business when you have other responsibilities
How and when to hire help
One avoidable mistake you can avoid when starting your business
Strategies having more control over your time
 
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Rethinking Gender with May Nicholson

Questioning your assumptions and conditionings around gender is not only important to those who are gender non conforming but it’s also a gift to yourself. Enjoy this discussion on rethinking gender with May Nicholson.
Episode Highlights: 
Language and behaviors that require conversations
What brave space is and how to create it
The use of affirming language 
The harm caused by a strict gender binary - and the benefits of questioning it, no matter how you identify
How our culture will understand sex and gender in the future
 
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Embrace Yoga's Roots by Susanna Barkataki
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Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon
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A Queer Dharma by Jacoby Ballard
Jacoby’s website
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Trans Yoga Project
www.transyogaproject.com
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Transgender Training Institute
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Tristan Katz
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Allé K
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Terra Anderson
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Check Your Privilege: Live Into the Work by Myisha Hill

Is Yoga Bad for Bendy People? with Libby Hinsley

Ever been told that hypermobile people shouldn’t practice yoga? Yoga is not bad for bendy people, but there are different considerations for people with hypermobile joints. Dr. Libby Hinsley, author of Yoga for Bendy People joins us to debunk some myths and talk about the ways that yoga is amazing for bendy people.   Episode Highlights:  Hypermobility basics - what does it actually mean to be bendy? Unique needs for bendy people in Asana practice Alternatives to passive stretching that work better for bendy people What yoga practice injuries are telling us Libby’s new book, Yoga for Bendy People   Links & 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   Follow Libby on Instagram @libbyhinsleypt Libby Hinsley’s website Yoga for Bendy People - The Course

Yoga Objections and How to Address Them

Learn to correct common misunderstandings about yoga. As teachers we have an important role to play in improving the public perception of yoga. In this episode, you will learn the most common misconceptions that prevent people from trying yoga, why yoga is misunderstood in the wider culture, and what you can do about it as a yoga teacher.   Episode Highlights:  4 misunderstandings that make (some) people resistant to yoga Tips for sharing what yoga is really about How incorrect public perceptions of yoga spread and solidify Why hearing an objection about yoga is an opportunity and a gift Mini scripts to help you speak clearly about yoga   Links & 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   Thinking Fast & Slow - By Daniel Kahneman

YouTube for Yoga Teachers with Berenice Miles

Learn how one yoga teacher built her business online during the pandemic with YouTube as her outreach strategy. Berenice Miles shares how she learned to stand out in the noise of the online yoga world, why consistency matters, and why it’s not too late to get started with YouTube.   Episode Highlights:  How to connect with your students without people pleasing Mistakes to avoid when putting your content online Easy ways to improve video quality Channels for marketing your YouTube content The single most important strategy for making great yoga videos.   Links & 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   Berenice’s YouTube Channel Berenice’s Website Berenice’s Facebook Page Berenice’s Facebook Group