Teach Yoga: Top 10 to Become a Successful Yoga Teacher
Through my ‘Yoga Teacher Lesson Plan Kit’ I’ve been fortunate enough to help hundreds of yoga teachers all over the world improve their yoga lesson planning skills. Most weeks I receive an email from an eager wannabe yoga teacher asking for my advice on how to become a yoga teacher. Now I’d like to share my top 10 tips with you. Tip #1 – To Be Or Not To Be Why do you want to be a yoga teacher? The first step in becoming a successful yoga teacher is to unearth the reasons why you want to become one. Most yoga courses last two to three years and believe me when I say this… It’s going to be a lot harder than you think! All my fellow yoga teacher trainees (when I was doing my course) said the same thing, “It’s much tougher...
How to Become a Yoga Teacher: Sequence Around A QUOTE
You can sequence around any quote you’re curious about. Read the quote at the beginning or end of your class and repeat it lots of times during the class. Here are some interesting yoga ‘quotes’ you could use… “You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.” “You cannot do yoga. Yoga is your natural state. What you can do are yoga exercises which may reveal to you where you are resisting your natural state.” “Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.” “When asked what gift he wanted for his birthday, the yogi replied: “I wish no gifts, only presence.” “When the breath wanders the mind also is unsteady. But when the breath...
Yoga Teaching: Sequence Around Twists
Yoga Instructor Training Tip Here’s a quick yoga lesson plans for teachers tip… You could sequence around several Twists and Abdominal Toners such as: Double Leg Raisers, Boat, Revolved Easy, Seated Half Spinal Twist, Sage Twist, Twisting Forward Stretch, Seated Gate, Revolved Abdomen, Revolved Chair, Half Bound Lotus Twist, Spinal Twist In Half Lotus, Bound Sage, Bound Sage, Noose, Scales, Pendant, Half Lotus Heron and Extended Leg Fish. For more yoga lesson planning resources click...
Yoga Instructor Training Tip – Sequence Around Standing Postures
Yoga Instructor Training Tip Here’s a quick yoga lesson plans for teachers tip… You could sequence around several Standing Postures such as: Mountain, Tree, Warrior Pose 2, Standing Side Stretch, Triangle, Half Moon, Chair, Warrior Pose 1, Warrior Pose 3, Revolved Half Moon Pose, Wide leg Forward Bend, Deep Fold Forward Bend, Forward Releasing Forward Fold, Standing Splits, Single Leg Forward Bend, Single Leg Swan Balance, Revolved Triangle, Eagle, Revolved Side Angle Stretch, One Legged Garland Pose, Half Lotus Toe Balance, Half Bound Lotus Stretch, Upright Big Toe Sequence, Standing Half Bow Balance and Dancer. For more yoga lesson planning resources click...
Yoga Sequences: Sequence Around Seated Postures
Becoming A Yoga Teacher Here’s a quick yoga lesson plans for teachers tip… You could include Inversions such as: You could include several Seated/Floor Poses such as: Child, Extended Child, Seated Staff, Easy Seated, Toe Stretching Forward Bend, Lion, Perfect, Head Beyond The Knee, Revolved Head To Knee, Double Leg Forward Stretch, Hero, One Leg Forward Bend, Heron, Double Toe Hold, Gate, Seated Angle, Seated Side Stretch, Cobbler, Reclined Bound Angle, Garland, Cow, Cow Face Forward Fold, Sage Forward Bend A, Half Bound Lotus Forward Bend, Sage Pose B, Toe Stretching Head Beyond The Knee Pose, Lotus, Bound Lotus, Fetus In The Womb, Plank, Four Limbed Staff, Downward Facing Dog, Reclining Hand To Toe, Monkey God, Tortoise and Yogic Sleep. For...
Yoga Lesson Planning: Sequence Around Inversions
Teaching Yoga Here’s a quick yoga lesson plans for teachers tip… You could include Inversions such as: Easy Inversion, Raised Leg Downward Facing Dog, Hare, Shoulderstand, Plough, Headstand, Tripod and Full Arm Balance. For more yoga lesson planning resources click...