When I teach the Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) program I often have a conversation around the difference between a yoga instructor and a yoga teacher. I like to see myself as a yoga teacher, I actually teach my students something. I educate them. I obviously do...
Top 4 Steps to Staying Up-To-Date & Relevant A Personal Experience One of the main things that yoga teaches us is that things change. Change is the only constant in this world. Of course this is true for the yoga and fitness industry as well. The industry...
“Listen to your intuition!” We see this on shirts, memes on IG and hear Yoga teachers spew it in class constantly. What does it mean? And, as teachers, are we truly helping our students connect to their intuition or making that connection worse through the way that we...
What is Sanskrit? Sanskrit translates to refined speech and it is the ancient language of India. Although it is no longer used in conversation it is used in teaching yoga because yoga was developed in Sanskrit. Why is it important for a yoga instructor to know?...
I am thinking of becoming a yoga teacher and I want to learn about the Yoga Industry. Where can a yoga teacher work? How much money does a yoga teacher make? What can I expect to get paid and where? Once I have my 200-RYT certificate where do I...
At the beginning of every teacher-training program I have my students write an essay on this very question. I ask them to do this before they read any of the manuals or textbooks for the course. As I’m sure you can imagine, I get many different answers. A quick...