by Amanda Kingsmith | Feb 8, 2016 | Advanced Yoga Teacher, Show Notes
On this episode of the podcast, Lauren shares her journey as a yoga teacher; her experience owning a yoga studio, becoming a partner in YOGO.tv (a Canadian online yoga program with amazing teachers from across the country), and working as a program director for the Vancouver School of Yoga. She shares the business lessons she’s learned throughout her career, and what it has been like to take teaching to the next level.
Enjoy!
Business Lessons
- Consistency is key when owning a yoga studio!
- Ask for help
- Try teaching at a gym – people want skillful yoga teachers
- Find a need that people have and fill it
- There’s an online market for yoga
- Give people something that’s quality at a good price
- Have confidence in yourself – you’re good enough!
- Always come back to your “why” for what you’re doing
- Empower your students, and other yogis who want to learn from you
- Yoga teacher trainings are A LOT of work!!
- Full-time yoga teacher = book keeper, graphic designer, accountant, website designer, etc.
- Simple is powerful
- Scheduling time for you is very important – self care, self practice, self love!
- Take the pressure away from teaching and allow your creativity to shine through
- Share yourself unapologetically
- And much more… Here’s the episode!
Resources
Connect with Lauren
by Amanda Kingsmith | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog, Lifestyle
I first met Carolyn McPherson while completing my Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Calgary. She was completing the same degree as me, and we ended up in a group together for an entrepreneurship class.
We became friends on Facebook, and went our own ways as we completed our degrees. Following university, Carolyn began working abroad and living in numerous countries around the world.
Never for a second did I think that I would reconnect with Carolyn over 5 years later to discuss her travels (check out her interview for The World Wanderers podcast here), and then months later, about our mutual love of yoga.
Since completing her Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) in India, Carolyn has taught in Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic & now she is working & teaching yoga in India. The purpose of this post is to give you an understanding on what a YTT program in India is like, and specifically what it is like to do a program at AyurYoga Eco-Ashram where she studied yoga and now, works.
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by Amanda Kingsmith | Jan 27, 2016 | Blog, Lifestyle
I guide my students into tree pose on the right side, standing at the front of the room, demo-ing the pose for them as I speak.
Find your drishti, and as you find your balance draw your hands to heart centre, moving slowly.
As I cue the students to move slowly and with their breath, I see a student in the back of the room shoot up into tree pose, sending her arms to the sky quickly, and then immediately topple over.
By the time I have cued students to reach their arms to the sky if (and only if) they feel balanced, she has toppled over 3 times.
I can feel her frustration.
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by Amanda Kingsmith | Jan 27, 2016 | Blog, Lifestyle
I sat in front of the class, twenty pairs of eyes staring at me expectantly; I could feel my heart beating heavily in my chest and my palms sweating. I instructed the class to close their eyes and become aware of their breath, and as I cued it to the class, I also took a deep breath, telling myself that everything would be okay.
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by Amanda Kingsmith | Jan 26, 2016 | New Yoga Teacher, Show Notes
On this episode of the podcast, Chelsey Orth discusses what she has learned over the last 7 months as a yoga teacher. She shares her journey as a new yoga teacher and everything that has changed, evolved and grown for her along the way.
Business Lessons
- People will take what they need from your classes
- Things won’t always be perfect, so learn to go with the flow
- Let go of what people think of you
- Write down your sequences & prepare for your classes and your students
- Remember that you are only human!
- Be confident when you walk into the room
- You, as a yoga teacher, make a difference in all your students lives
- Learn to teach your style to different audiences
- Go back through your notes & manuals from your teacher training
- Give yourself to settle after your teacher training
- And much more… Here’s the episode!
Connect with Chelsey
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