DC Yoga Podcast- Catherine Marquette

DC Yoga Podcast Episode 33- Catherine Marquette "Elevating voices instead of owning the conversation." - Coming to yoga from athletic injuries - Thinking about opening yoga studio - Leading 200 hour Yoga Teacher Trainings (YTT) - Working in professional sports - The beginning of Yoga Alliance (YA) - Broad overview of YA - Commodification of yoga - Yoga Alliance as the credentialing body for yoga teachers - How does a Yoga Alliance Registered 200 hour YTT work and where does YA fit in? - 200 hour YTT program as the foundation for teaching - How do we incentivize yoga teachers to keep learning after the 200 hour certification? - YA as advocate for all yoga teachers - How do YTT programs work in other countries? - How to start a Yoga Alliance YTT school - What are the standards for a YA YTT school and how are thy changing? - Who approves the programs at YA? - What makes a good yoga teacher and how do we evaluate that? - Making requirements for yoga schools and teachers without defining yoga - YTT programs vs. other group fitness trainings - New Code of Professional Conduct Bio: Catherine S. Marquette Vice President of Marketing & Communications | E-RYT 500 Catherine Marquette is responsible for all of the marketing and communications efforts on behalf of Yoga Alliance and the Yoga Alliance Foundation. In addition, she leads Yoga Alliance’s efforts in public relations, member education, and member benefits as well as government relations and advocacy. She has 20 years of marketing experience with organizations including Pepsi, New Balance, D.C. United, the New York Mets, and New York Road Runners. Her expertise spans community, grassroots, brand, partnership, and experiential marketing. Catherine holds Bachelor of Arts Degrees in both Economics and Communications from the University of North Carolina, where she ran varsity track and cross country, and an MBA from Georgetown University. An Iyengar student for more than 15 years, Catherine has been a member of Yoga Alliance for 10 years as a Registered Yoga Teacher (currently E-RYT 500), became a Level 1 Certified YogaWorks instructor in 2016, and took part in her first YogaWorks teacher training program as an Assistant Teacher Trainer in 2018. She teaches classes and workshops in and around Washington, D.C. For more about Catherine: http://www.yogacatherine.com/ For more about Yoga Alliance: https://www.yogaalliance.org/