Conversations for Yoga Teachers

Looking for ideas to grow as a teacher and build your business? Here are some lessons I’ve learned that I was recently asked to share and I thought they’d be helpful to share here on the podcast as well.  I hope you find them helpful!

In this week’s episode, you’ll meet Francisca Ruff. Fransisca is well versed in movement disciplines, having completed several trainings as well as being enrolled in my Yoga Anatomy Blueprint Learning Program. Her recent experiences in my program have given me a chance to find out more about her and I’ve seen the gains she’s made in her understanding of anatomy. Her approach to learning, including how she makes the process easy and fun is one that I wanted to share. It was a complete inspiration to find out more about her and I hope you enjoy meeting her also. Sharing stories of other teachers is a total joy to me and I hope you find inspiration in listening.

In today’s episode, I share cues for a number of poses, including Triangle, Twisting Triangle and Wheel. Once you listen, if you have any questions, send me a DM on Instagram and I’m happy to help!

In today’s episode, I share a number of stories from the past 15 years of teaching. They cover a wide range of situations and give us a chance to think about how you might have handled them. Let me know what you think after you listen!

In today’s episode, we cover some concepts about the nervous system. For reference, I refer to the Huberman Lab Podcast, Episode on Stretching. You can find it here:

 

https://hubermanlab.com/improve-flexibility-with-research-supported-stretching-protocols/

 

Within my episode, I refer to a study that Dr. Huberman highlighted. Here is the study:

 

https://academic.oup.com/ptj/article/77/10/1090/2633110?login=false

 

I end the episode with an invitation to you to join my summer workshop series that comes with an opportunity to access my online course on anatomy or the full Yoga Anatomy Blueprint Learning Program. The invitation is here:

 

https://barebonesyoga.lpages.co/workshop-series/

 

If you have any questions, please email me at karen@barebonesyoga.com

In today’s episode, I cover some of the common questions I hear and see from teachers. I also share at the end of the episode a shift in the format of my program to offer you more of an opportunity to enroll. If you’re ready to shift your teaching in amazing directions and step into your most powerful self as a teacher, enroll today! Send me an email at karen@barebonesyoga.com to get your special discount off the program’s full rate.

Did you ever think of what it costs you to wait to get the training you need? Many times we only think of the cost of training; we don’t always think of the value we get. Sometimes it can be helpful to identify the costs of doing nothing or even just maintaining what you’re currently doing, knowing that it’s not getting you the results you want. This is part of what I cover in today’s episode.

In today’s episode, I’m excited to share my conversation with Joanna Sapir. 

Joanna Sapir has been a teacher and mentor for more than twenty years, from the classroom to the gym floor and now to wellness practices across the world. She works with established practitioners that are doing innovative and transformational work in their fields on the business-side of things like marketing, sales, and administration. Joanna's special ability is in helping practitioners step into true leadership of their businesses, find more fulfillment and purpose in their work, serve their clients more deeply - and create predictable income and streamlined systems while doing it. A San Francisco Bay Area native, she now lives in Sonoma County, is the mother of two teenaged sons, and is a national champion in Olympic-style Weightlifting.

Learn more at http://joannasapir.com

In the episode, Joanna refers to a podcast she did on her own show with a yoga teacher. To listen to that episode, use this link:

https://www.facebook.com/JoannaSapirConsultant/videos/998221830826408

Also, Joanna shares a valuable asset with us which is a recorded MasterClass where she shares her business strategy with you. To watch that Masterclass, use this link:

https://joannasapir.com/TheBareBonesYogaPodcast

 

I hope you enjoy this episode!

This episode covers how movement can be used as a model to help people process their feelings and it’s viewed through the lens of anatomy.

Where do you spend your energies when you teach? Are they 100% focused  outwardly, on helping your students? 80%? 60% The percentage here reflects how much time you’re actually spending worrying about things that have nothing to do with them.. fears about how you look or how you’re coming across or other things that you perceive are getting in the way of their experience. What would be possible for you if you could drop that entire internal dialogue and really show up 100% for them? This is what we’ll discuss today. This is a powerful discussion and one that might require you drop a few  things you thoughts about yourself that just aren’t true. Ready?