Essential Conversations for Yoga Teachers
The podcast for yoga teachers centered around important conversations for yoga teachers to discuss, reflect, and implement. From class planning to business strategy, these conversations help yoga teachers build the business that will help keep them teaching long-term and with a sustainable income.
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67 episodes
Ep 66: Staying Within Your Scope of Practice While Teaching Injured Students
One of the biggest concerns you might have as a yoga teacher is whether or not you’re stepping outside of your scope of practice. We are not doctors & we cannot diagnose an injury, however, we can AND SHOULD learn about them becaus...
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Ep 65: Learning Anatomy Feels Overwhelming, Start Here!
I wholeheartedly believe every yoga teacher must have a working knowledge of anatomy, it is the responsible thing to do because you're teaching movement and working with bodies. Your students trust you, therefore you should be well-educated.&nb...
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Ep 64: Sequencing for Students with Rotator Cuff Injuries
Your shoulder is one of the most mobile—and vulnerable—joints in your body, and the rotator cuff muscles play a crucial role in its stability. When a student is dealing with a rotator cuff injury, it can be challenging to know how to sequence a...
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Ep 63: Yoga Retreats: A Beginner’s Guide for Teachers
I’m a couple of weeks back from hosting another yoga international yoga retreat. While I was away, I had a few yoga teachers ask me about how to start hosting retreats. I’ve also coached teachers on planning and organizing their own retreats, a...
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Ep 62: How to Teach A Student with An Injury
You want to create a safe and inclusive space for everyone who walks into your classes. But when a student is dealing with an injury, it can feel overwhelming to know how to support them. Do you resort to telling them, “Do what feels right for ...
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Ep 61: Guided Meditation - What is Guided Imagery?
In this guided meditation, I want to take you on a journey… a different journey than the guided meditation in Episode 56, in which I guided you through an awareness of your body and breath. In this meditation, I’m going to ...
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Ep 60: The Complexities of Half Pigeon Pose
You either love Half Pigeon pose or you hate it!! Which is it for you or your students? It can be a powerful hip opener, but it’s also a pose that begs respect for the body’s limits. Understanding the pose on a deeper level (more than anatomy a...
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Ep 59: How to Teach Chair Yoga - Creating Accessible Classes for All Ages
Have you ever considered teaching chair yoga? It’s a versatile and accessible style of yoga that opens the doors of the yoga practice to students of all ages, abilities, and levels of mobility. If you’re thinking of offering chair yoga c...
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Ep 58: Meditation Sounds Easy, Is It?
Meditation is a practice of focusing the mind to regulate your nervous system by reaching for a state of mental clarity, emotional calm, and overall awareness. However, the thought of starting a meditation practice can feel out of r...
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Ep 57: Winter Season - Class Themes Inspired by Ayurveda
Is it winter where you live right now? While the cycle of the seasons is more apparent in certain parts of the world, winter brings its own unique challenges: shorter days, colder temperatures, and a natural tendency for your body & mind to...
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Ep 56: Guided Meditation - Breath & Body Awareness
Welcome to meditation! Today is the perfect day to explore how your breath can help calm and regulate your nervous system. Guided meditation, also called Yoga Nidra, is a powerful tool for rest and renewal. It allows you to connect with your bo...
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Ep 55: Teaching Classes to Beginner Students
Teaching beginner classes sounds easy, but when you have a room full of students who have never practiced yoga or have preconceived notions of what yoga should be or what it looks like because of the images they've been fed. Well, teachin...
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Ep 53: 2024 Yearly Recap - Top 5 Episodes!
This year, I have loved covering different topics from yoga’s roots and history to tips on building your business. As well as anatomy info to episodes mapping out your nervous system & injury information. And it feels like I’ve just touched...
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Ep 52: Self-care for Yoga Teachers - Professional Tips
Welcome to week 3 of quick self-care episodes! I’ve enjoyed talking about the many different ways for you to care for yourself. So far, I’ve talked about mental, emotional, and physical ways to embrace self-care. In this episode let’s ta...
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Ep 51: Self-care for Yoga Teachers - Physical Tips
As we continue this month of quick episodes that are tailored to your health, I realize the holidays can be a lot to manage. Are you busy preparing for the holidays with friends and family? Are you planning special holiday classes or workshops?...
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Ep 50: Self-care for Yoga Teachers - Mental & Emotional
Teachers!!!! I am so excited for this month full of quick episodes that are tailored to your health. I realize this is a busy month for so many - Maybe your month is full of preparing and gathering for the holidays with friends ...
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Ep 49: The Effects of Chronic Pain on the Nervous System Pt. 2
The last few episodes we've been discussing pain, how you experience it, how to deal with it, and the different types of pain. Last week’s episode was part 1 of this conversation on the effects of chronic, long-term pain on your nervous syst...
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Ep 48: The Effects of Chronic Pain on the Nervous System Pt 1
Chronic and persistent pain is not just a physical sensation. Instead, it's a complex experience influenced by your brain structure, your nervous system activity and your emotional processing. And one way it reveals itself is via dysregulation ...
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Ep 47: Acute vs. Chronic Pain - What’s the Difference?
In my Yoga for Injury Management mentorship for teachers, I recently facilitated a lecture on injuries in the upper body. But you can't talk about injuries without also talking about pain. Therefore, I took some time to explain the differences ...
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Ep 46: What is Functional Freeze?
What is functional freeze? Functional freeze is also known as freeze or the freeze state, and is a response of the autonomic nervous system that happens when you perceive a threat, but feel powerless to act.Unlike the fight or flight res...
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Ep 45: 65 Strategies to Calm your Nervous System
This is a very special episode because I think we all need some strategies right about now! Get your journal and jot these down! Whether you're listening for the first time or you've come back to this episode when you have a chance to sit...
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Ep 44: Sequencing for General Shoulder Injuries
Shoulder injuries make me think of a lack of range of motion and overhead shoulder movement. I've been reflecting on a few times when I had shoulder issues myself and couldn't lift my arm overhead. Frozen shoulder was by far the wor...
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Ep 43: Students & Class Expectations – Yoga Teachers Questions Answered
In this episode, I have more questions from teachers that I want to answer that center around students feeling frustrated or irritated with their practice and how you as a teacher can help them. Just as a side note. I realized as questions were...
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Ep 42: Teaching students w/ Pain & Injuries - Why Teachers are Hesitant
In recent episodes I've been talking a lot about pain, injuries and the nervous system a lot. That's because I believe it's such an important topic to discuss. Because you're a movement teacher it's important that you tak...
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