5. Are Your Strengths as a Practitioner Holding You Back as a Teacher?

Could the very things that drew you to yoga be standing in your way as a teacher? In this episode, let's explore how the strengths that make you a natural fit for yoga can also become blind spots in your teaching. When you haven’t had to struggle with certain aspects of the practice, it can be harder to empathize with students who do. I have some stories and guidance on how to identify and work through these blind spots to become a more effective teacher.And we lean into the "confidential" with a quick pointer that you don't know how to work with the body parts you don't have!Listen to hear:How your natural strengths in yoga can create blind spots in teachingWhy you are the best teacher for the student you once wereTips for identifying and working through your teaching blind spotsAre you aware of your teaching blind spots? Let me know on social media: @sagerountree, and check out my resources to help you grow as a teacher at sagerountree.com.Help me reach more yoga teachers like you by following the show and leaving a rating or review on Apple and Spotify!Join the Comfort Zone Yoga 200-hour yoga teacher training—curriculum is open now and our live cohort runs September through November 2026. Be sure to tell your students who are interested in teaching, too!Read all about it here.Want to become (almost) everyone's favorite yoga teacher? Join Comfort Zone Yoga, my virtual studio focused on teacher development. I have a ton of Sage advice in there for you!For more insights, subscribe to Yoga Teacher Confidential, check out my YouTube channel, and follow me on socials:InstagramFacebookThreadsAnd come explore my mentorship program, Yoga Class Prep Station membership, continuing education and 200/300/500-hour teacher training programs, and my many books for yoga teachers. It's all at sagerountree.com....