Conversations for Yoga Teachers

In today’s episode, I share a few stories about different things that have come up in my teaching career so that you can see some of the general themes and have different ways to handle similar situations. I also share a bit about managing your energy as a teacher and cover a bit about assisting your students. As always, reach out to me on Instagram at barebonesyoga with your thoughts, questions and ideas for future episodes.

This week’s episode is an anatomy lesson with themes that have come up in my coaching calls with yoga teachers in my program. Listen in and see what resonates with you!

Are you getting lost teaching your sequences or finding you need to practice with your class to remember what comes next? In this episode, I challenge a lot of the beliefs out there that cause teachers to create complex sequences and share a few strategies you can use to increase your confidence AND create better sequences. Send me any questions you have on Instagram @barebonesyoga

I’ve been using frameworks as a way to show you how my teaching method helps you transform as a yoga teacher into a more confident, authentic, skilled teacher. In today’s episode, I share some of the frameworks I’ve built. Listen in and then hop over to my Instagram to see some of these in action.

Whether you’re a long time listener or today’s your first time tuning in, in today’s episode I share how I started out as a yoga teacher and how I developed my brand, Bare Bones Yoga. I’m sharing to not only help you get to know me better but to share some of what I’ve done in an effort to share ideas and strategies you can use if you want. At the end, you’ll hear how I pull it all together both from the business and teaching side. DM me your questions at @barebonesyoga

Do you know who are you are as a yoga teacher? What’s your teaching method? If you were to meet someone in a coffee shop, could you easily share in a minute what kind of yoga teacher you are? These are all important questions because they show that you’re in charge. You own who you are as a yoga teacher. You’re empowered. You’re confident. You’re UNBOTHERED by what others are doing because you love what you do and how you do it. Listen to this week’s episode to find out how you can shift into this way of being. You can also watch on my YouTube channel which you can get to here: https://www.youtube.com/user/karenyoga

Sometimes we need proof to help us see what’s possible for us. In this episode, I share some case studies of yoga teachers I’ve been working with and some of the amazing transformations they’re experiencing. This is also the first podcast episode where there is a video AND audio pod. For the video pod, visit my You Tube channel right off my website, www.barebonesyoga.com

Guess what? This is the episode about something you can do that can change your life but you’re probably not doing it… evaluating your week of teaching at the end of every week. It’s easy to do and it can keep you on track, head off problems before they get worse and allow you to grow and have exactly what you want as a teacher. Once you listen, DM me “Dream vision” and I’ll see if you’re a teacher I can help make that vision come true! DM me on Instagram @barebonesyoga

Are you a teacher who practices with their class and does most of the sequence with the class and at the same time, wishes you could do the “walk and talk” instead? Listen in to this conversation where I share with you not only HOW you can transition to that way of teaching to the “walk and talk” where you’ll have more energy and be able to help your students more but I also will uncover the beliefs that are driving you to practice with them. Uncovering these beliefs is THE key to fully re-claiming your power, confidence and authenticity as a teacher.

I’ve covered this topic before but since it comes up so much when I speak with teachers, I wanted to cover it again. I frame this conversation from the perspective of premises we cam have that lead to beliefs and then things you can control and things you can’t. DM me on Instagram with any questions. This is a really important topic so set aside some quiet time to listen.

What’s your dream vision as a yoga teacher? What do you really want to be doing? What lights you up? We explore this today in the episode AND I walk you through a framework to help you get there.

Today’s episode covers all three topics: Mindset and how to identify beliefs that are holding you back; Anatomy, in how to understand the WHY behind the cue and Business, in how togrowo your business and develop opportunities to teach outside of studios.

In this episode, I share some of the questions and themes that have come up in conversations over the past week I’ve had with yoga teachers. Listen and see what resonates with you. As always, DM me on Instagram with any questions you have!

This week’s episode is a three-part conversation. First, I share the results one of the teachers in my program has experienced and it’s nothing short of a powerful transformation. Next, I go into lessons we can learn from Taylor Swift, as we watch her Eras Tour on the countless videos tracking her as she tours the world. There are so many transferable lessons in the way she carries herself, her body language and the way she handles the inevitable mistake that’ll happen when you’re performing at the highest level. There’s a lot we can learn from her. I close the episode with a conversation about the training path for teachers, in an effort to help you re-set your expectations and re-frame your experiences in a way that will empower you to take charge of your path as a teacher so you can be confident and authentic.

This episode covers two themes: one, moving past the limiting belief that to be a teacher you need to look a certain way and the second, the impact of yoga on different groups and overall health as a way to help you further appreciate the positive impact you have on others when you get out there and teach.

Getting stuck transitioning from one part of your sequence to the next? Join me for this conversation about sequence building and you’ll learn lots of new ways to make sequence building easier!

Teaching yoga is in part a skill and in part a mindset skill as well. We need to have a clear mind and a positive outlook in order to effectively teach. But we can also hold negative beliefs about our abilities and think that people are judging us. This can get in the way of feeling confident. Enter Diana Sofia, Subconscious Reprogramming Coach. Diana works with clients to help them uncover negative beliefs and bust through them so they can be their best. Listen to this episode and see how you can do the same thing so you feeling confident when you teach.

When you look at the work you do as a yoga teacher, what results do you want? Most teachers tell me they want to feel more confident. That’s a result. But there are a number of steps that happen to ALLOW you to FEEL confident. In this episode, you’ll hear more about the kinds of results you can strive for, so that you can FEEL more confident. You’ll also hear from a yoga teacher in my program and the results she got as a result of working with me. If you want results, DM me on Instagram and mention this episode along with the phrase, “I want results” and I’ll set up a Results Call with you to see if you’re a teacher I can help too.

Sometimes you may feel it’s a mystery how to be a confident, authentic yoga teacher. Maybe you’re having problems with sharing cues, you feel nervous, you spend more than an hour a week prepping for your classes and you don’t understand anatomy. You want to feel confident but you’re not sure how to do it. Listen to this week’s show and I’ll walk you through the step by step way to get your dream outcome- being a confident teacher.

Quick- what’s your dream outcome as a yoga teacher? Do you know? Do you feel like you’re on the right path to get there? When will you get there? Sooner or later? In this week’s episode, I’ll walk you through creating a plan to get you to your dream outcome sooner. We’ll talk about how to make good decisions and how to be more in the driver’s seat when it comes to getting where you want as a teacher.

This episode will help you to discover how to operate from your higher self. Once you do this, anything is possible!

In this conversation with Anna, she shares how she created her business and all about her mission to reach as many people as possible and share the benefits of daily meditation. We also dive into some of the details of how she transitioned to working for herself from a corporate position in finance and also how she started her business. This is a great episode for yoga teachers who are looking for tips and inspiration around starting their own brand and business. Anna can be found at www.choicesoutcomes.com

I’ve been getting a few requests to discuss yoga business as a topic so today’s show will give you some tips on how to grow your classes and keep students coming back.

What would it be like if you followed your dreams and created the life you wanted to live? Lauren Dunne and Molly Casto are doing just that and as the Founders of On Point Yoga Adventures, they’ve created a travel/tour/yoga company that takes people on adventures to amazing locations all over the world. I recently joined them on their trip to Italy and knew that I had to have them on the show once I was there for a few days because the experience was so transformative. In this episode, you hear as well how they started the business and the things they’ve got on the books for future trips. You can check them out at https://www.onpointyogaadventures.com/

You’re teaching poses but are you highlighting key movements you’re students are doing AND finding ways to integrate other functional movements in your classes so that your students get even MORE benefit than they expected? Join me for this episode where I’ll share key functional movements you should be including in your classes and why.

Are you teaching a style of yoga that resonates with you and feels easy and fun? In today’s episode, I tackle this question and share tips and ideas for how to help you if you’re finding the style of yoga you’re teaching is not a good match.

In this episode, you’ll learn about pain and pain management, the definition of pain, how it effects people and the work that Dr. Kross is doing with patients in this area. We also talk about pain as it relates to teaching yoga and conversations we might have with our students about pain and how they can practice while feeling pain of some kind. You can find Dr. Kross on Instagram at dr.tawny.kross

In this episode, I’ll share a number of ways you can find teaching jobs outside of yoga studios. This all comes from my book, “Stretched: Build Your Yoga Business, Grow Your Teaching Techniques” which you can find on Amazon.

In today’s episode, learn some new and fresh approaches to cueing in restorative poses. Several approaches and techniques are shared and some can be used by any teacher, regardless of anatomy knowledge and experience. Others will require more anatomy knowledge and can be used once that knowledge base is more developed so that you can feel more confident in sharing them.

Josh is an Integrated Bodyworker and Movement Coach with Denver Pain and Performance Solutions. His approach to client care one of looking at the client in an embodied way, not just through the lens of functional movement. In this conversation he shares his approach to working with clients, how he helps them and share his approach to helping clients get to the underlying cause of their pain or limited movement. We cover a number of topics in this episode and we end with a reference to yoga teaching that I think you’ll find interesting. Josh has his B.S. in Kinesiology and Rehabilitation and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and a Licensed Massage Therapist. He also has a number of certifications including Active Release Techniques, Craniosacral Therapy, Intuitive Energy Work, Level 3 NeuroKinetic Therapy, Proprioceptive-Deep Tendon Reflex, and Yoga Tune Up. You can find Josh on YouTube and Instagram at integrated_strength_training.

In today’s episode, I share my framework for cueing and take a deep dive on anatomy based cues, giving you ways to share them with your students.

After a short intro with a quick review of a few topics, I share a short lesson on assisting your students.

What kind of teacher type are you and what challenges might you be facing as a result? Listen to this episode all the way to the end because I share how you fix the problem too!

In the framework I teach for “types of cues” we have action, alignment, anatomy and feeling based. In today’s episode we take a deeper look at the somatic based/ feeling based cues. This can be an interesting area for you to explore with your students and I share it, not necessarily in the context of teaching just restorative yoga, but instead, ways you can seamlessly blend somatic cues into any class to enhance the experience of the student.

What makes one feel momentum? Why does it feel so magical when we’re making progress? Find out more in this episode where I share lots of ways to gain momentum in different areas of your teaching so that you can feel confident and help more people.

I start this episode out with a short conversation about some things yoga teachers do to try to fix some of the teaching problems they have and in an effort to save you the time, I share them so you can recognize them if you’re doing them. I then get into a discussion about types of stretching.

Listen to this short guided meditation to help you tap into your most powerful authentic self so that you can teach from that powerful place.

Discover some key muscles you need to know for yoga teaching. I share the details of each along with an easy format to learn them.

In today’s episode, I interview Jill Foubister, an intuition coach, yoga teacher and Reiki Master. Jill leads a program called “Raise Your Vibration” and she helps people do just that- raise their vibration so they can do more, be more and enjoy life to the fullest. This conversation takes us into some of the “woo-woo” world, as they say, and out of the “3-D” what you can see and touch. If you can keep an open mind, there’s so much here you can learn. I hope you enjoy this one. It’s magical!

Based on the numerous conversations I have every week, I find that teachers fall into one of four categories. When you listen, you’ll hear some of the challenges and tips for each. Also, listen for the free download that goes with each and DM me on Instagram to get your free guide- the one that you’d find most helpful for where you’re at now.

Listen in as I review the muscles of the shoulder and cues you can use that speak to shoulder anatomy. As always, DM me any questions to my Instagram.

When I work with teachers inside my program, The Yoga Anatomy Blueprint Learning Program, we do things a little bit differently than in other trainings. My whole goal is to support them in being an authentic teacher and how that happens and the way we get there is pretty unique. In today’s episode, I pull back the curtain and share some of the terms we use inside the program to define what we’re doing, the goals we have and the strategies we use. Ultimately, these are things that any yoga teacher can pursue as benchmarks or goals, if they decide they resonate with them. Of course, it’s much easier when you’re enrolled in the program. I hope you find inspiration in this episode to guide you on your path as a teacher.

In this episode, I cover a few teaching topics and then dive into a candid discussion about money and charging what you’re worth.

In today’s episode, you’ll meet yoga teacher and Hypnotherapist, Laurnie Wilson. She works with clients to help them move past limiting beliefs, move past struggle and live more fulfilling lives. We discuss a lot in this episode about the power of mindset and make specific references to how this can benefit yoga teachers. You can find her on Instagram at laurnie.wilson

When our body gives us a sign, we need to listen to it. But with all the outside influences, sometimes it can be difficult. Hear in this week’s episode from health coach Meredith Wilensky as she shares her personal story as well as how she has transformed her health and life and now helps others.

It’s the beginning of the year and I’ll bet you’re seeing a lot of beginners in your classes. Here are some tips focused on teaching beginners yoga.

It’s the new year and a great time to get your house in order! Join repeat guest, Allison Chamberlain Jones, as she speaks from her experience as a money manifestation coach about the topic of money. We cover a lot of ground here, bringing up ways that you can examine your relationship with money so that you can save more, earn more and have less stress.

We’ve all heard of New Year’s resolutions and this episode is not about that! Instead, I share in this episode several powerful tips and activities you can do so that your 2023 is the best ever. Grounded in neuroscience, manifestation and mindset, this episode is full of actionable things you can do to make this year your best ever!

Join me as we review all the guests and topics we covered in 2022 as well as talk about ways to set up next year powerfully for you as a teacher.

Do you ever feel like it takes too much time to prepare for your classes and there are just too many steps involved? In today’s episode, I’ll share ways you can make things easier so you have more time to enjoy teaching!