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Essential Conversations for Yoga Teachers — 125 episodes
Ep 124: Teaching Yoga to Aging Students
Ep 123: Great! You’re Not A Physical Therapist, Now What?
Ep 122: Herniated Discs? How To Teach Students Who Have Them
Ep 121: How To Find The Best Continuing Education
Ep 120: Poses That Trigger Hip Discomfort & How to Modify Them Safely
Ep 119: What to Say When a Student Asks 'Will This Hurt My Injury?
Ep 118: Teaching Yoga to Students with Bursitis
Ep 117: Do Yoga Teachers Need to Know Anatomy? How Much Is Enough to Teach Safely
Ep 116: Students With Wrist Pain In Your Yoga Classes? Here's How to Help!
Ep 115: Mindset, Impostor Syndrome, and Your Scope of Practice
Ep 114: How to Teach Yoga to Students with Lower Back Pain
Ep 113: Sequencing Considerations
Ep 112: What Changes When You Sequence Based on the Idea That Poses Belong Together?
Ep 111: The Missing Link Between Anatomy Knowledge and Sequencing
Ep 110: Teaching Yoga As A Personal Relationship
Ep 109: Teaching: Shift from Authority to Curiosity-Based
Ep 108: Why Your Verbal Cues Aren’t Always Enough
Ep 107: Why Warrior 2 Looks and Feels Different for Every Student
Ep 106: The Myth of Perfect Alignment
Ep 105: Ever Felt Unprepared in Class? Here’s What To Do
Ep 104: Planning For A New Year: How to Work Smarter
Ep 103: Burnout: Why It Happens & What to Do About It
Ep 102: Sequencing for Your Students’ Needs
Ep 101: Sequencing - Why Repetition and Intention Matter More Than Novelty
Ep 100: Yoga Teachers, I'm Celebrating You!
Ep 99: How Confident Are You That Your Sequences Support All Students?
Ep 98: Students with Shoulder Pain is More Common Than You Think
Ep 97: What’s the Deal with Knee Pain in Yoga Classes?
Ep 96: Got Students with Hip Pain in Your Classes?
Ep 95: How to Talk About Pain in Class Without Creating Fear
Ep 94: Confidence Is the Key to Teaching Injured Students
Ep 93: Anatomy Made Simple: Teach with Confidence
Ep 92: Repetitive Stress Injuries in Yoga: What You Should Know
Ep 91: How Foot Injuries Affect A Student's Yoga Experience
Ep 90: Yoga Rules That Don’t Hold Up
Ep 89: Sequencing Struggles That Still Haunt Experienced Teachers
Ep 88: Feel Unprepared for Multiple Injuries in One Yoga Class?
Ep 87: Teaching Beginner Yoga Classes - Pros, Cons, and More
Ep 86: Teaching the Senses of Proprioception, Interoception, and the Vestibular System
Ep 85: The Case for Teaching Students w Injuries
Ep 84: Sciatica: What Yoga Teachers Should Understand
Ep 83: Mobility: How You Define It Matters!
Ep 82: Why Hip Openers Look Different & Understanding Skeletal Variations in the Hip Joint
Ep 81: Yoga Poses: Teaching Full Expression vs Functional Variations
Ep 80: Why Is The Psoas Muscle So Important?
Ep 79: All Backbends Are Not The Same! Let's Explore Why...
Ep 78: Upward Facing Dog: Not As Simple As It Looks!
Ep 77: All Pelvises Are Not Created The Same, How This Affects The Yoga Practice
Ep 76: Excessive Hip Flexion In Yoga & What To Do About it
Ep 75: Should Students w/ Scoliosis Practice Yoga?
Ep 74: SI Joint Dysfunction and Yoga
Ep 73: Hip Openers and Labral Tears: Why Deep Stretches Aren’t for Everyone
Ep 72: When to Refer Out: Recognizing the Limits of Your Scope
Ep 71: Injury Prevention in Yoga: What We Can (and Can’t) Control
Ep 70: How Alignment Cues Affect Your Nervous System
Ep 69: Why Alignment Cues Don’t work For Everyone - Part 2
Ep 68: The Problem w/ Rigid Alignment Cues - Part 1
Ep 67: How to Teach Anatomy? - Teacher Questions Answered
Ep 66: Staying Within Your Scope of Practice While Teaching Injured Students
Ep 65: Learning Anatomy Feels Overwhelming, Start Here!
Ep 64: Sequencing for Students with Rotator Cuff Injuries
Ep 63: Yoga Retreats: A Beginner’s Guide for Teachers
Ep 62: How to Teach A Student with An Injury
Ep 61: Guided Meditation - What is Guided Imagery?
Ep 60: The Complexities of Half Pigeon Pose
Ep 59: How to Teach Chair Yoga - Creating Accessible Classes for All Ages
Ep 58: Meditation Sounds Easy, Is It?
Ep 57: Winter Season - Class Themes Inspired by Ayurveda
Ep 56: Guided Meditation - Breath & Body Awareness
Ep 55: Teaching Classes to Beginner Students
Ep 54: Goal-Setting: Building a Vision for Your Teaching Career
Ep 53: 2024 Yearly Recap - Top 5 Episodes!
Ep 52: Self-care for Yoga Teachers - Professional Tips
Ep 51: Self-care for Yoga Teachers - Physical Tips
Ep 50: Self-care for Yoga Teachers - Mental & Emotional
Ep 49: The Effects of Chronic Pain on the Nervous System Pt. 2
Ep 48: The Effects of Chronic Pain on the Nervous System Pt 1
Ep 47: Acute vs. Chronic Pain - What’s the Difference?
Ep 46: What is Functional Freeze?
Ep 45: 65 Strategies to Calm your Nervous System
Ep 44: Sequencing for General Shoulder Injuries
Ep 43: Students & Class Expectations – Yoga Teachers Questions Answered
Ep 42: Teaching students w/ Pain & Injuries - Why Teachers are Hesitant
Ep 41: Yoga Teachers Questions Answered - Nervous System Regulation
Ep 40: Pain Science & Nervous System Regulation w/ Diana Oppenheim
Ep 39: Managing Pain & Injuries via Nervous System Regulation Pt. 2
Ep 38: Managing Pain & Injuries via Nervous System Regulation Pt. 1
Ep 37: Understanding Pain Beyond Tissue Damage
Ep 36: Advancements in Pain Science: Comparing Current Understanding vs. 2018
Ep 35: Anatomy Matters - Why Every Yoga Teacher Needs to Understand the Human Body
Ep 34: Injuries associated w/ More Basic Anatomy Terms! Pt 2
Ep 33: Injuries Associated w/ More Basic Anatomy Terms! Pt 1
Ep 32: More Anatomy Terms You Should Know!
Ep 31: Injuries Associated w/ Basic Terms
Ep 30: Is Your Proprioception Affected When You Have an Injury?
Ep 29: Anatomy & Terms You Should Know
Ep 28: Let's Talk Anatomy!
Ep 27: The Hyper-sexualization of Yoga
Ep 26: All Levels Yoga Classes - Problems & Solutions
Ep 25: Yoga, Social Media, Comparison & Competition
Ep 24: Yoga Teaching & Enforcing Boundaries
Ep 23: Yoga, Social Media, Body Positivity & Aesthetics
Ep 22: Yoga, Social Media, and Cultural Appropriation
Ep 21: Teaching Yoga and How It Affects Family Dynamics
Ep 20: Somatic Yoga Principles - How To Incorporate Them In Your Yoga Classes
Ep 19: Your Personal Practice - Where Did it Go & How to Get it Back
Ep 18: Passive Income - What Is It & Why You want It
Ep 17: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome - The Key to Unlocking your True Potential
Ep 16: Online Yoga - Accessible Learning, Scalability, and Diversifying your Content
Ep 15: Branding - Mastering your Yoga Teaching Identity
Ep 14: The Power of Newsletters - Elevating Your Yoga Teaching Business
Ep 13: Emails - How Building A List Can Catapult Your Business
Ep 12: Why you need a website
Ep 11: Are you being strategic?
Ep 10: Turn your continuing education into offerings
Ep 9 Why you should diversify your teaching
Ep 8: Teaching through heartbreak
Ep 7: How to know if you’re getting in your own way Pt 3
Ep 6: How to design your yoga teaching career Pt 2
Ep 5: What does the yoga teaching career typically look like? Pt 1
Ep 4: How to Find Your Passion
Ep 3: The emotional process of YTT
Ep 2: If I had to start all over again
Ep 1: Why We Love Teaching Yoga
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