When I started teaching yoga, I felt confident that my experience in business would serve me well. I had good people skills. I could manage and motivate a group. I possessed strong time management skills and could dispense clear…
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“You’re not giving the student the experience. You’re creating the container for the student to have the experience themselves.”– Judith Hanson Lasater There are a few factors, in my opinion, that shift a Restorative class from good to great. Some…
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You have a yoga email list. You’re ready to blog or send out an email. You know it’s important. You know your people want to hear from you. You know there are things you want to talk about. Problem is,…
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Writing has become an integral part of being a yoga teacher – we’re not just in the classroom anymore, we’re online, on social media and in print. Whether it be your blog, an Instagram post, or an article for a…
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By Lori Snyder It’s a fairly safe bet that no one ever woke up and thought, “Hey, I love to write! I think I’ll become a yoga teacher!” In fact, for the vast majority of teachers who start to build…
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This past week I took down the last of the decor from my yoga teacher pity party. I spent my summer feeling anxious, angry, and negative and quite frankly it was exhausting. However, for whatever reason, changing always seems so…
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By Amy Ippoliti and Joey Gottlieb Yoga is a constantly evolving field with many changes since the arrival of asana classes in the West. One of the most noticeable shifts in recent years has been the shortening of public…
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We loved this Instagram post from our most recent Innovative Teaching Methodology Module graduate, @rebekahboatrite, which put in to words what many of us were feeling after the weekend: Serious brain dump about to happen here so don’t say I…
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At the start of every teacher training, I often ask yoga teachers what they hope to get out of studying together. Inevitably teachers share that they feel timid or doubt themselves and want to boost their confidence in the…
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By Sarah Diedrick With most yoga classes being about 60 minutes in duration in many studios these days, workshops are a wonderful way to dive deeper into the practice. By contrast to group classes, workshops are typically anywhere from 2-4…
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By Sarah Diedrick It’s been said that community is the number one reason a yoga student comes to class, and the number one reason they return. Cultivating community in a yoga class can serve students and teachers in a profound…
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By Amy Ippoliti Conversational threads on political social media posts among yogis, like anywhere else, have not necessarily been pleasant these days. You would think yogis would generally be united around their politics but surprisingly just like everywhere else there…
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Dear friends of 90 Monkeys, 90 Monkeys was created to help yoga teachers all over the world enhance their teaching skills and pass those on to their students. Yoga means union and as such, that encompasses values such as inclusiveness,…
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Have you ever been asked to teach a “Yoga for Athletes” yoga class? Maybe you were asked because you’re community knows you’re an avid runner in addition to having a yoga practice. Surely, they assume, you must know exactly how…
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Almost every yoga teacher training has a section on ethics, specifically the yamas and niyamas as outlined in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. Ethics are particularly important in the teacher-student relationship in yoga because students may be vulnerable when they come to…
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