Today’s video is a sequence to prepare your students to do downward dog; it’s full of variations of gate pose.
10: How Anatomy Studies Changes Our Teaching with Guest Teacher Jason Ray Brown
A deep study of anatomy will change the way you teach. It is empowering, clarifying and fascinating! For example, let’s talk about Warrior 2 alignment. 🙂 Specifically, I want to talk about that front knee and how on many of our students it drifts towards, and sometimes past, the big toe. What do you suggest… Read more
9: Useful Language + Our Scope of Practice with Guest Teacher Jules Mitchell
The practice and study of yoga is so vast that the more we all continue to study and teach, the more this question seems to loom taller and taller: what exactly is the job of a yoga instructor? To process this out loud with me, I invited my friend Jules Mitchell for a chat. Jules… Read more
8: The Case for Teaching Without Demonstrating
When you teach yoga classes {group or private} how much are you demonstrating poses? If you have been hanging out in my world for a while you may know that I mostly advocate for a style of teaching that relies on language to convey important information, including subtle movements, instead of relying on the use… Read more
7: Anatomy Informed Yoga with Guest Teacher Dr. Ariele Foster
Anatomy studies can be a powerful tool in the yoga teacher’s utility belt, but I know many of us don’t know where to start or how to apply it to a teaching practice. There is so much to learn and it can feel overwhelming! Today I’m excited to introduce you to my friend Dr. Ariele… Read more
6: How To Teach Better Private Yoga Lessons
In our initial yoga teacher trainings we learn how to teach safe and effective group classes, but what do we do when only one person shows up to class?? Or how do we teach a new student who requests a 1×1 lesson? The truth is, teaching yoga in a 1×1 setting in a way that… Read more
