This episode is looking at a niggle in the yoga teaching world; competition from other yoga teachers.  We’re looking at  why a bit of competition is a good thing how to not let it get the better of you - with practical, implementable tips here as always how to stay in your lane how yoga philosophy can help understanding that more than one yoga teacher can thrive at a time how we can build a network of collaboration over competition Let’s do this!  -- Training for yoga teachers: Yoga for Menopause April 24 Yoga Mythology & the Deeper Significance of the Āsanas May 24 T ..read more

One of the things that frustrates me endlessly about teaching yoga is: 'Yoga is so beneficial, it should be accessible to absolutely everyone!’ Vs ‘Don’t teach for free! You’ll undervalue yoga!’ I really struggle to think of another industry or another career where one person will come across the same conflict of ‘charge more!’ and ‘charge less!’ time and time again.  This episode  explores the question: Should yoga teachers care about money?  We cover: Why yoga teachers often feel guilty about charging for classes.  Why there’s commonly an issue with yoga teachers valuin ..read more

Introducing philosophy into your asana classes can be overwhelming, how do you do it? When? Should you say the Sanskrit? What if you're not confident pronouncing the Sanskrit? What if you can never remember the Sanskrit? What if you get emotional speaking about a concept that has changed your life? ⁠ There are so many things that can potentially hold us back! ⁠ ⁠ In this episode we take some that are really common, and break them down, and in doing that, if you feel more confident to bring even a touch of philosophy in to your asana classes, well that is just brill!⁠ ⁠ In this episode we'll lo ..read more

This episode is exploring the answer, your individual answer, to the question: Should yoga teachers demo while teaching? We’ll look at some reasons to demo, some reasons not to demo, and a few things to bear in mind overall.  Demoing, for many yoga teachers, takes a lot of the fear around teaching. Your body does the pose and that facilitates how you find the language to guide your yogis in to the pose. But, cultivating the skill to teach verbally only can be really really useful.   Enjoy!  Highlights:  Why teaching yoga is like using a sat nav The times when demo ..read more

This episode is exploring the answer - your answer - to a question that’s probably asked in every single teacher training: Should yoga teachers use Sanskrit? We’ll look at some reasons for using Sanskrit, and some concerns around using Sanskrit, and then a few questions to help you make your own mind up. The absolutely incredible Sanskrit teacher; Hali Schwartz, coming to Yoga Hero in Leeds on 1st June to teach us a day of Sanskrit. So if you’re ignited and inspired to bring Sanskrit in to your classes, don’t miss this, it really is such a fantastic day! Take a look here -- Training for yoga ..read more

This episode is essentially the epitome of this whole podcast: When we boil it down, it’s teaching what you love and making a fair living from that. Teaching yoga should pay your rent, it should put food on the table, it should pay all the bills and leave a little left over for a buffer or a rainy day or savings…  This episode breaks down the ways that you can bring Yoga Nidra in to your offerings and your teachings to benefit you and your yogis. We’ll be looking at different ways to share and charge for Yoga Nidra, how much to charge for Yoga Nidra and some general inspiration too. Enj ..read more

There’s so many things that we want to do as yoga teachers; including keep a steady practice going for ourselves and add to our knowledge and ability to keep our offerings absolutely great for our yogis (and all our other roles and responsibilities too!)…  This episode addresses the barriers to setting up and executing a regular Yoga Nidra practice, and - spoiler alert - it’s basically a repeating reminder to be kind to yourself. To refine that balance of the discipline, the tapas of setting goals and sticking to them, whilst layering in an understanding that life is busy, so how can we ..read more

This episode is a very special episode - it’s a Yoga Nidra for yoga teachers.  But this is a yoga nidra with a difference. This special Yoga Nidra is designed to help you learn about Yoga Nidra whilst practising Yoga Nidra! You might - hopefully you will - be so relaxed that you feel like you’re not consciously taking the information in; like you’re not paying attention.  But trust us, you will be.  Trust that, the more you relax and let go, the more impactful the Yoga Nidra will be and the more you’ll learn all about it; for you, and for your yogis.    Enjoy! -- Tra ..read more

This episode is about the power of Yoga Nidra.  We’ll start off with an introduction to Yoga Nidra, before looking at Yoga Nidra’s relationship to yoga philosophy. We’ll then dive in to the understanding Yoga Nidra’s impact on the brain wave states, and we’ll finish with a summary of the benefits in the context of everything that we’ve just learned.  Yoga Nidra is such an underrated, powerful, impactful practice. Yoga Nidra, “yogic sleep” is a powerful practice that guides participants into a state of deep relaxation while maintaining a state of heightened awareness. Through system ..read more

This episode is a bit different; it’s our first ever bonus episode, and it’s about my journey to becoming a full time yoga teacher.  Our last episode; episode 35 was entitled ‘how to become a full time yoga teacher’, and I was acutely aware that the yoga teaching landscape looked so different when I made the leap a decade ago, than it does now, and I thought it might be useful to dig a bit deeper.  So, if you’re not bothered about my story, and to be honest I wouldn’t blame you - this isn’t the episode for you and I’ll see you next time.  But if you are, well here we go!  ..read more