Conversations for Yoga Teachers

Discover how to create anatomy cues based on what you know, rather than just repeating cues you’ve heard.

I put the call out to my mailing list for yoga teachers with inspiring stories and was thrilled Crissy responded. She’s a long time yoga teacher with a wealth of experience and she also went through the challenge of a breast cancer diagnosis in 2020. In this episode, we talk about how surviving cancer has changed her as a person and as a yoga teacher as well as her approach to teaching. She shares her empowering approach to teaching her students and what she does so that she can be her most confident, authentic self when she teaches her classes. 

 

You can find out more about Crissy on her website, www.healinginharmony.net

In this episode, I share a journal exercise you can do to be sure you’re teaching in a way that’s consistent with what you value about teaching yoga. I also share excerpts from Mark Singleton’s book, Yoga Body: The Origins of Modern Posture Practice.”

I interviewed Kat on the show before and I wanted to have her back on to talk specifically about energy healing and a specific technique called Akashic Records readings. 

She recently did a session with me and I was amazed at how much of what she said resonated. In this episode, we cover some of the basics of energy readings, talk about what it means to hold space for your students and go into detail about what Akashic records readings are and how you can benefit from one.

 

Kat’s website is www.katfowler.com and she is on Instagram as @katfowler

Learn some easy ways to share yoga philosophy in your classes without feeling overwhelmed.

Most yoga teachers tell me they believe that learning anatomy is hard. What I’ve always known is that when you learn it in a particular way, step by step, with regular testing of what you’ve learned, it’s much easier and you get better results. 

 

In this episode, I review the science of learning and how you can apply it to learning anatomy. The content comes from the teachings of Dr. Andrew Huberman, as he covers the science of learning in one of his podcast episodes. 

 

For a link to the episode and the studies he cites, see: 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddq8JIMhz7c

 

Learn the fundamentals of teaching Sun Salutations, from the anatomy involved to the action cues you can share.

When you think about having a more positive attitude, being more confident and having a more powerful mindset, do you think about how your brain plays a role in this? In this episode, you’ll learn about neuroplasticity, the brain’s ability to change in response to experience, and how to leverage it to be the yoga teacher of your dreams. 

 

This episode is also available on my You Tube Channel to view: https://www.youtube.com/@KarenFabian

 

This episode will walk you through how to develop a growth plan that’ll have you teaching confidently and authentically. I’ll share the steps to take, what signs to look for and offer you a chance to get some free one on one coaching so that you can have a plan in place that will help you move forward.

In this episode, you’ll meet Kelly Smith, Founder of Yoga for You. Kelly is an RYT-500 Hour and YA Continuing Education Provider. She hosts two podcasts and is the author of two books as well as a yoga teacher educator, hosting trainings all over the world. 

 

Kelly was on the show in November in 2021 and in this episode, she shares more about her background as a yoga teacher, what’s inspired her to host her long running podcast and write her books as well as how she and her business have evolved. 

 

To find out more about Kelly, her retreats, books and podcast, see https://www.yogaforyouonline.com/