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  • Affirmation: The Message Is What Matters

    Affirmation: The Message Is What Matters

    Jan 25, 2025

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    in Teaching, Yoga, Yoga Teacher Affirmations

    Yoga teacher affirmation: The message is what matters.

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  • Building Confidence on Camera: A Must for Yoga Teachers

    Building Confidence on Camera: A Must for Yoga Teachers

    Jan 21, 2025

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    in Teaching

    If you’re a yoga teacher looking to expand your career, confidence on camera is a skill worth developing. Here are some tips from prolific content creator and influencer Jenni Rawlings.

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  • Affirmation: I Don’t Make Things Harder

    Affirmation: I Don’t Make Things Harder

    Jan 18, 2025

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    in Teaching, Yoga, Yoga Teacher Affirmations

    Yoga teacher affirmation: I don’t make things harder than they need to be.

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  • How to Plan a Yoga Class That’s Simple, Balanced, and Inspires Confidence

    How to Plan a Yoga Class That’s Simple, Balanced, and Inspires Confidence

    Jan 14, 2025

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    in Media, Teaching, Yoga

    Lesson planning pose by pose? Here’s a better way to plan your classes: start with a framework that balances movements, engages the whole body, and simplifies your process.

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  • Affirmation: My Enthusiasm for the Yoga I Teach Creates a Better Experience

    Affirmation: My Enthusiasm for the Yoga I Teach Creates a Better Experience

    Jan 11, 2025

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    in Yoga Teacher Affirmations

    Yoga teacher affirmation: My enthusiasm for the yoga I teach creates a better experience for my students.

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  • Teach Your Niche: Why Specializing Makes You a Better Yoga Teacher

    Teach Your Niche: Why Specializing Makes You a Better Yoga Teacher

    Jan 7, 2025

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    in Teaching, Yoga

    When you try to be everyone’s favorite yoga teacher, you wind up being no one’s favorite. That’s because teaching yoga is most effective when it’s authentic to who you are. The secret to building confidence, connecting with your students, and growing as a teacher is to teach your niche.

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  • Affirmation: I Care About My Students

    Affirmation: I Care About My Students

    Jan 4, 2025

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    in Yoga Teacher Affirmations

    Yoga teacher affirmation: I self-evaluate because I care about my students and my own growth. I am willing to undergo a little discomfort during self-review to benefit my students. And I look for the good in myself, as in everyone. For more, listen to S1E14 of Yoga Teacher Confidential.

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  • The Most Painful and Productive Way to Improve Your Yoga Teaching

    The Most Painful and Productive Way to Improve Your Yoga Teaching

    Dec 31, 2024

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    in Teaching, Yoga

    If you want to grow as a yoga teacher, the best tool is already in your hands—and it’s completely free. The catch? It’s a little uncomfortable at first. The secret is simple: record yourself teaching. Whether you start with audio or dive bravely into video, reviewing your own teaching is the fastest way to improve.

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  • Affirmation: I Refill My Well

    Affirmation: I Refill My Well

    Dec 28, 2024

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    in Yoga Teacher Affirmations

    Yoga teacher affirmation: I can’t pour from an empty cup. I refill my well.

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  • Managing Burnout as a Yoga Teacher

    Managing Burnout as a Yoga Teacher

    Dec 24, 2024

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    in Teaching, Yoga

    Teaching yoga is a rewarding career, but it can also be exhausting if you don’t care for yourself. Yoga teacher burnout doesn’t just affect you—it affects your students, too.

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  • Affirmation: I am in a healthy relationship with my students

    Affirmation: I am in a healthy relationship with my students

    Dec 21, 2024

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    in Yoga Teacher Affirmations

    Yoga teacher affirmation: I am in a healthy relationship with my students. I recognize that teaching yoga is a conversation, not a monologue—even though it can feel like one. I am a good conversation partner with my students. I listen more than I speak.

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  • Teaching Yoga Is a Conversation

    Teaching Yoga Is a Conversation

    Dec 17, 2024

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    in Teaching, Yoga

    teaching yoga is a conversation Your yoga class isn’t a monologue. It might feel like one at times, but in reality, it’s a conversation. Even though your students may not be speaking aloud, they’re still responding—to your cues, your open-ended questions, and your overall energy in the room. This idea—that teaching yoga is a conversation—has…

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