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fromYogi Aaron
3 months ago

The Dark Side of Yoga Teaching: What Every Instructor Needs to Know - Yogi Aaron

Effective yoga teaching prioritizes safe, empowering guidance over physical domination, respecting boundaries, avoiding aggressive adjustments, and facilitating self-awareness through movement and breath.
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fromYoga Journal
2 weeks ago

The Worst Yoga Teaching Advice We've Ever Heard

Yoga teachers receive abundant, mixed advice; helpful guidance exists, but rigid prescriptions like required poses each class can compromise safety and sequencing.
Wellness
fromYogaRenew
3 weeks ago

7 Ways Learning Anatomy Can Enhance Your Yoga Practice

Understanding anatomy deepens yoga practice, improves teaching safety, and enhances strength, flexibility, and body awareness.
fromYoga Journal
1 month ago

A Chain Studio Evaluation Shook My Confidence as a Yoga Teacher-But Only for a Moment

I've been teaching yoga for more than eight years, and practicing for many more. I teach strong, fast-paced formats as well as restorative ones. My classes are consistently full, and I know my students leave feeling stronger, challenged, and centered. But after a recent yoga teaching evaluation at a chain yoga studio, I walked out feeling the opposite: not strong, not capable, not enough.
Mindfulness
fromYoga Journal
3 months ago

Yoga Teachers, Are You Falling Into These Common Bad Habits?

The complex space between novice and experienced yoga teaching can lead to common obstacles, resulting in habits that become difficult to change.
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fromYogaRenew
5 months ago

Are You Afraid of the Pregnant Yogi?

When you take time to learn the physiological changes and biomechanics of pregnant bodies, it transforms fear into fascination, enriching your teaching approach.
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fromYoga Journal
6 months ago

30 Things I've Learned from 30 Years of Teaching Yoga

Teaching yoga is a service, not a performance; students are teachers too.
Stay curious and open to learning as a yoga instructor.
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