Conversations for Yoga Teachers

This episode is a chance to bring your fears to the surface and discover easy ways to re-frame them, move past them and move forward so you can teach and feel confident and empowered. We cover a number of fears that are common but often not discussed so teachers live for years with these fears and just accept them as part of teaching. Nothing could be further from the truth! When you listen, you’ll find ways to dispel these fears and the beliefs that prop them up.

 

I mention a few links in the episode and you’ll find them here:

 

The Yoga Anatomy Accelerator Program

 

https://barebonesyoga.thinkific.com/courses/Yoga-Anatomy-Accelerator

 

My new e book, “From the Interview Chair”

 

https://barebonesyoga.lpages.co/from-the-interview-chair-e-book/

 

In today’s episode, you’ll learn about the key aspects of assisting. We’ll cover both the techniques of assisting and also the mental and mindset related aspects of assisting in your classes. 

 

At the end of the episode, I share a podcast offer with you. If you’d like to take this offer, you’ll need this link:

 

https://barebonesyoga.thinkific.com/courses/Yoga-Anatomy-Accelerator

 

Have you ever thought about what beliefs you have about teaching yoga and how this impacts how you teach? Here’s a simple one: if you believe your students might get hurt in your classes, that might cause you to worry before you go into class. If you believe your students need to see you practicing, that will cause you to be the kind of teacher who practices with their class.

 

In this episode, you’ll discover how beliefs drive behavior, the common beliefs yoga teachers have and how to move past them so that you can find your most empowering way to teach.

 

At the end, I have a special update on the Yoga Anatomy Accelerator Program. Find out more here: 

 

https://barebonesyoga.thinkific.com/courses/Yoga-Anatomy-Accelerator

 

For this episode, I did a query of Chat GPT and asked it, “What are popular questions you’re getting from yoga teachers?” I got the top 3 questions and I answer them in this episode. 

 

I start out speaking from the heart and from my passion for helping you in sharing how this month’s group is doing inside the Yoga Anatomy Accelerator Program and what’s possible for you if you enroll. 

 

The link to the program is here:

 

 

https://barebonesyoga.thinkific.com/courses/Yoga-Anatomy-Accelerator

 

My new e book is out!

 

Get it here:

 

https://barebonesyoga.lpages.co/from-the-interview-chair-e-book/

 

In this episode, we take a look at understanding the “why” behind some cues. These cues were submitted to me via comments on my social media posts by yoga teachers. I put out a call to teachers to submit cues where they’d like to understand more about why that cue might be used. 

 

For this episode, I also did an IG LIve workshop. The link to the workshop is below. 

 

Link to workshop:

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DP4Ata_kXBX/

 

Link to Yoga Anatomy Accelerator Program:

 

https://barebonesyoga.thinkific.com/courses/Yoga-Anatomy-Accelerator

 

Link to Signature Sequence video:

 

https://barebonesyoga.lpages.co/how-to-create-a-signature-sequence/

 

Link to new e book, “From the Interview Chair: Lessons for Yoga teachers”

 

https://barebonesyoga.lpages.co/from-the-interview-chair-e-book/

 

Sometimes you might feel like there’s so many different aspects of teaching yoga: there’s your cues, your sequences, understanding anatomy, feeling confident, sharing philosophy, building community and maybe even building a yoga business and brand.  With all these areas of focus, it’s important to know what your priority is right now, so you can create a plan of action. It’s hard to work on everything all at once and this can be stressful for you so in this episode, you’ll hear how to create an action plan that allows you to gain momentum in the direction of your vision. 

 

Here are links you’ll need for this episode:

 

My new e book:

 

https://barebonesyoga.lpages.co/from-the-interview-chair-e-book/

 

The Yoga Anatomy Accelerator:

 

 

https://barebonesyoga.thinkific.com/courses/Yoga-Anatomy-Accelerator

 

Yoga teachers use lots of common phrases when they talk about how things are going with their classes. I know because over the years, I’ve talked to hundreds of teachers and am always listening to their word choice. It’s part of what I do as a coach and it’s always interesting to me how they classify their challenges and struggles using similar phrasing. You’ll have to listen to the episode to find out more about this but in this episode, I not only give you the clues, I share the process that will allow you to move past limiting beliefs, as expressed by your word choice and instead unleash your most confident, empowered yoga teacher.

 

For this episode, you’ll need these links:

 

The group Accelerator Program:

 

https://barebonesyoga.thinkific.com/courses/Yoga-Anatomy-Accelerator

 

The one on one Blueprint Program:

 

https://barebonesyoga.thinkific.com/courses/blueprint-learning-program

 

The Instagram video I referred to: 

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DPRzuATj_K9/

 

The anatomy test:

 

 

https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/mvUhA7cRp8HNwNKmMfOqnmq-f4VfDifNHmX9JHPHTQyTLXACCOke3SIkqkXqdEEC.oDT3htPBtEC-qxBt?startTime=1714942660000

 

 

Send me a DM on Instagram @barebonesyoga with any questions or thoughts after you listen.

 

This past week, my podcast hit a special milestone with over 2,000 people listening to the show! In this special episode, I share the details of this milestone and share how this inspired me to set a big goal for the rest of this year. 

 

Listen in and when you do, you’ll need these links:

 

 

One on one Program

 

https://barebonesyoga.thinkific.com/courses/blueprint-learning-program

 

Group Program

 

https://barebonesyoga.thinkific.com/courses/Yoga-Anatomy-Accelerator

 

Thank you so much for listening to the show!

 

Are you working a full time job and teaching yoga also? For a lot of teachers I’ve talked to over the years, as well as myself when I was teaching in this model, they share their special challenges that go with this lifestyle. 

 

Yoga teachers sometimes feel that teaching “on the side” isn’t as good or as important as those who are teaching full time. Nothing could be further from the truth. And that’s what this episode is about. I cover some of the myths associated with full time teaching, discuss the steps you need to consider if you want to leave your full time job and present a case for how to approach teaching and working full time in a way that allows you to enjoy both. 

 

In the episode I share a few offers that have links associated with them. Here are the links:

 

My virtual online yoga studio opens 10/1/25:

 

https://barebonesyoga.com/online-studio/

 

The Yoga Anatomy Blueprint Learning Program:

 

https://barebonesyoga.thinkific.com/courses/blueprint-learning-program

 

The Yoga Anatomy Accelerator Program:

 

https://barebonesyoga.thinkific.com/courses/Yoga-Anatomy-Accelerator

 

When you share anatomy in your cues, do you understand the reason for the cue? Many times, teachers tell me they share the words but they don’t understand the rationale for the cue but that doesn’t stop them from sharing it.

 

Imagine using cues that you can actually explain. It’s what I call “Understanding the WHY behind the cue” and it’s transformative. You’ll feel more confident, be able to re-word the cue if you need to and you’ll be able to answer any questions that come up. 

 

To do this you have to learn the fundamentals of anatomy. In this episode, i’ll share some actual cues with you along with the WHY behind them and we’re doing it in a “quiz” format so you’ll be able to test your knowledge. 

 

In the episode, I talk about a few links you can get in the show notes. Here are those links;

 

The Cues Training Video

 

https://barebonesyoga.lpages.co/how-to-share-clear-yoga-cues/

 

 

The Yoga Anatomy Accelerator Program

 

https://barebonesyoga.thinkific.com/courses/Yoga-Anatomy-Accelerator

 

 

The Yoga Anatomy Blueprint Learning Program

 

https://barebonesyoga.thinkific.com/courses/blueprint-learning-program