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Yoga
Do Yoga Instructors Really Need Yoga Insurance?
You already protect your students from injuries, now protect yourself from any potential risk of liability. beYogi has a yoga insurance solution for you.
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Here’s Why Curse Words and Teaching Yoga Go Together
Being a yoga teacher means being authentic. If you love to cuss and use curse words in yoga class, this article explains why that’s perfectly acceptable.
Lara Falberg | August 7, 2017
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Yoga Lineage – A Brief History and Why it Matters
The world of yoga is diverse and ever-changing. Learn about yoga lineage to help you find your place on your mat and in the world.
Alexander Berger | July 19, 2017
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Yoga
7 Effective Tips For Yoga Teachers to Build Your Class Size
Yoga teachers, don’t get discouraged if your class isn’t full. Apply these effective tips to increase your yoga class size.
Lara Falberg | July 4, 2017
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Videos
Meet Tabay Atkins, The Youngest Yoga Teacher in the US (Video)
At just 11 years old, Tabay Atkins is the youngest yoga teacher in the US. Watch this inspiring video on how he discovered yoga.
Morgan Garza | June 22, 2017
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Yoga
10 Habits All Great Yoga Teachers Share
Yoga teachers have the ability to make a huge impact on their students. These are the things that make great yoga teachers GREAT.
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Life
Yoga Teachers: This is How to Get Booked at a Yoga Festival
There are currently over 50,000 registered yoga teachers and hundreds of yoga festivals happening each year. So how do you get asked to teach at one?
Lynann Politte | May 8, 2017
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Yoga
4 Practical Methods to Avoid (or Overcome) Yoga Teacher Burnout
Teaching yoga brings joy, gratitude, and wellness, it can also burn you out. Finding the inspiration and energy to lead a class can be a real challenge.
Jenn Bauer | April 28, 2017
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Life
Build a Strong Online Yoga Presence With 4 Productivity Tips
Build your online presence to showcase your yoga career - there are many wonderful tools and services that can help you be an online warrior!
Emilie Blum | April 19, 2017
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Life
10 Effective Yoga Teaching Cues to Empower Your Students
As yoga teachers, we have a responsibility to our students to ensure they feel safe and comfortable during class.
Vicky Simpson | April 15, 2017
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Yoga
This Is the #1 Most Important Marketing Tip for Yoga Teachers
Are you a yoga teacher looking to build your student base, your following, and your reach? Who isn’t,...
Lynann Politte | March 11, 2017
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Yoga
3 Ways You Can Use Journaling to Become a Better Yoga Teacher
Becoming more self-aware will in turn create a more confident and capable yoga teacher. Here are writing exercises to help you become a better yoga teacher
Lara Falberg | March 2, 2017
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Yoga
Follow These 7 Steps for a Successful Yoga Career
As a new yoga instructor, there’s a lot to learn! You just graduated with a certificate proving all you learned about teaching, but now it’s time to dive further into the business aspect.
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Yoga
Yoga Teachers! JOIN the 2017 Global Yoga Teacher Challenge
What are two of the most common problems for yoga teachers? Keeping up with their personal practice and...
Ryan Rockwell | December 28, 2016
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Yoga
Tips for Teaching Yoga to Professional Athletes: An Interview with Dana Kraft
Her experience offers insight in not only how she got her job teaching professional athletes, but also offers tips on how to find, interview, and work within unique opportunities for teaching yoga.
Lynann Politte | December 23, 2016
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Life
A Yoga Teacher’s Response to Trump Getting Elected
Wow - clearly we didn’t see that one coming! I, just as much of the world, believed it wasn’t...
Tiffany Leeson | November 17, 2016
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Yoga
7 Simple Pieces of Advice for Teaching Yoga to Kids
I was a newly qualified kids yoga teacher . . . fresh out of my training, with bundles...
Katie Ness | October 17, 2016
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Travel
Travel and Yoga – The Formula for Finding Your Voice
College, they say, is a time of self-exploration. It’s the time in our lives we’re told we’re supposed...
Shayla Law | October 16, 2016
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Yoga
8 Reasons Every Yoga Teacher Should Get Their 500-Hour Certification
Whether you want to deepen your knowledge as a teacher, or simply find growth in a painful time, yoga teacher trainings are not just for you as a teacher; they are for you as a student and as a person too.
Jessie Wren | September 2, 2016
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Get to Know a Yogi
Yogi Highlight: An Interview with Nina Camille
This month’s yogi is the talented and inspiring Nina Camille. Nina: My life mantra is “love today.” Part of the yogic path is to dedicate our practice to something higher than ourselves
Elisha Thompson | August 23, 2016
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Yoga
Everything You Need to Know About Teaching Yoga at a Gym
It’s no secret in the yoga instructor world that teaching yoga at a gym is far different than teaching it at a yoga studio.
Alexis Kristan | August 17, 2016
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Yoga
Yoga Teachers: 5 Steps to Maintain Your Personal Yoga Practice
Even as yoga teachers, we can sometimes fall out of our personal yoga practice. It’s easy to do - we are all so busy and the to-do list is endless.
Bec Weeden | July 11, 2016
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Life
Interested in Teaching Yoga at a Resort? Here’s How to Do It
Lots of travel companies are popping up, offering people in the fitness world an opportunity to go teach at various resorts.
Lara Falberg | July 7, 2016
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Yoga
An Interview with Pete Guinosso – Professional Advice for Yoga Teachers on How to Build Community
In this interview with Pete Guinosso, we will explore the idea of community and how it applies to being a yoga teacher and building your student base.
Lynann Politte | June 15, 2016
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Product Reviews
Review of the Yoga Sequence Builder Service – Sequenched.com
Sequenched is a simple tool designed for yoga instructors to create custom yoga sequences. It’s great for any level of yoga teacher, but particularly ideal for new teachers or individuals currently in teacher training.
YogiApproved | May 27, 2016
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Product Reviews
Yoga’s Touch: Hands-On Adjustments, Alignment & Verbal Cues (Book Review)
Self-described as “an easy to use reference book that will become every teacher’s go-to source for the foundations of alignment, verbal cues, and hands-on adjustments, Yoga’s Touch acts as a comprehensive guidebook for yoga teachers.
YogiApproved | May 20, 2016
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Yoga
5 Things You Should Know About Teaching PRIVATE Yoga Classes
Like many, I viewed private yoga classes as a yoga class for a party of one. I imagined that they ran similar to group classes except the class was sequenced to the individual’s needs and there was just two people: student and teacher.
Kate Connell | April 27, 2016
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Yoga
How to Adjust Your Yoga Students in 6 Poses
As yoga teachers, we cannot be afraid to touch, we cannot knowingly allow people to practice poor alignment, and we cannot deny our value and self-worth as guides and healers.
Allie Flavio | March 29, 2016
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Yoga
5 Habits to Make Your Yoga Business Successful
Here are 5 pro tips to keep your yoga business side of life healthy, happy and successful:
Lynann Politte | March 2, 2016
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Yoga
How Yoga Teacher Training Changed My Life
Day one of yoga teacher training (YTT) came on a Sunday. I found myself in a circle with 7 other future yoga teachers. The fear was still there. We went around and introduced ourselves and said why we were there.
Dr. Kristian H. | February 25, 2016
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Yoga
So. . . You Graduated From Yoga Teacher Training. Now What?!
Here are several tips based on personal and professional experience to help you focus in on where to go now that you’ve finished yoga teacher training:
Michelle Thielen | February 17, 2016
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Life
10 Perfect Songs For Your Yoga Playlist
Building a yoga playlist is no joke. You can’t just throw random songs together and expect the class - or your personal yoga practice - to flow well. It takes intention, thoughtfulness, a keen ear, and vision.
Lara Falberg | February 16, 2016
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Yoga
Dear Yoga Teachers: Please Don’t Skip Savasana
For most teachers, this probably doesn’t apply. But I’ve been to one too many classes lately where the final savasana has been all but completely forgotten.
Jessie Waite | December 28, 2015
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Yoga
Confessions of an Egotistical Yoga Teacher
When I first started teaching yoga, it was all about me. I wanted students to think I was a “good” teacher. I wanted to move students and their bodies through never-before-seen sequences.
Meredith DeCosta | April 30, 2015
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Yoga
6 Things You Should Know About Being a Yoga Teacher
Being an advanced yoga practitioner doesn’t make you an advanced teacher. There is a big difference between knowing something and being able to explain and transfer that knowledge to students.
Yogi Ram | March 18, 2015
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Yoga
For Yoga Teachers – Don’t Call it a “Belly”
This is for my fellow yoga instructors. There are parts of the body that we are more sensitive about than others. No one is offended if a teacher says “hug your quad muscles to the bones” while students are in plank pose.
Ilonka Michelle O’Neil | March 3, 2015
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Yoga
6 Things Every New Yoga Teacher Should Know
As you step into the next chapter of your life as a yoga teacher, honor the time you have devoted to this accomplishment and go forth with confidence and compassion towards all that you meet.
Elisha Thompson | September 8, 2014
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