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The Mentor Sessions — 177 episodes

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174: Yoga For Cancer with Tari Prinster

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173: Getting Your Yoga Studio Ready For ICE with Lucia Yess from Minneapolis

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172: Why So Many Yoga Teachers Burnout (And What Actually Works Instead)

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171: Six Things I Would Do This Week if I Were an Overworked, Underpaid Yoga Teacher on the Edge of Burnout

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170: ​​A Yoga Nidra Deep Dive + Great Advice For Yoga Teachers with Indu Arora

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169: Yoga's Role In Navigating The World with Sarah Capua

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168: The Yoga Teacher's Guide To Fighting Fascism

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167: We Don't Want AI Yoga with Cyndi Lee

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166: Do We Want AI in Yoga? with Lizzie Lasater

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165: The Intended Benefit + How To Remove Linear Hierarchy

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164: Taking Movement Patterns Down To The Studs with Geneva Jimreivat

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163: The Four Reminders (It's A Pep Talk!)

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162: The Purpose of Asana Part Two With Cecily Milne

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161: How The Legacy Of The Caste System Shows Up In Yoga Spaces with Anjali Rao

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160: Having A Point of View Makes You A Better Teacher + Studio Owner with Michael Jay

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159: What Is The Purpose of Asana? (A Deep Inquiry)

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158: The Yoga of Calling In with Janie Ganga (A Public Apology)

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157: The Business Support Every Yoga Teacher Needs with Jessica Gulley

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156: Why and How to Find Virtual Private Yoga Clients

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155: Unexpected Private Client Hot Takes

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154: How I Make Posting On Social Easier

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153: 12 Ways I Stay Engaged In The World, Protect My Nervous System And Uplevel My Teaching

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152: Advice For New Teachers PART TWO (The Business Stuff)

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151: What To Look For In A Retreat (And What To Expect At Mine)

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150: Daily, Weekly + Monthly Routines That Make Me The Teacher I Want To Be

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149: What I'm Doing to Keep My Private Teaching Calendar Full

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148: My Advice For New Yoga Teachers

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147: Foundational Business Practices Every Yoga Teacher Needs with Lauren Schoenfeld

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146: What The Teachings Say About Current Events with Hari-kirtana Das (PART 2)

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145: How To Give a Dharma Talk When The World Is On Fire with Hari-kirtana das (PART 1)

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UPDATE: More Content, What Do You Want To Hear?

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144: We Don't Practice for Ourselves with Reema Datta

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143: Should You Talk About Current Events In Yoga Classes??

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142: What Makes Americans Unhealthy with Dr. Jessica Knurick

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141: The Best Way To Find Private Yoga Students

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140: Rest Is Sacred with Octavia Raheem

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139: What It Takes For a Locally Owned Yoga Studio to Survive with Deb Flashenberg

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138: A Business Strategy Pep Talk with Jackie Murphy

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137: Yoga For Hypermobility with Libby Hinsley

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136: Holding Our Seat with Ethan Nichtern

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135: Moving Forward After Our Teachers Let Us Down with Karin Carlson

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134: Reckoning With Abuse Of Power In Our Lineage With Trauma Expert Jenn Turner

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133: How To Make The Teaching Of Yoga Accessible with Katie Blecker

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132: The Journey From Student To Thriving Teacher with Emily Anderson

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131: What Practice Looks Like During Heartbreak with Sara Avant Stover

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130: Coming Home To Ourselves with Miles Borrero

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129: Do THIS To Make Your Teaching Even Better with Jivana Heyman

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128: Neurology Is The Missing Link In Movement Education with Missy Bunch

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127: Q+A Private Lesson: Body Stuff, Business Stuff And Dharma Teaching #4

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126: Loving Kindness + Active Backbends (Practice with Francesca!)

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BONUS: Inclusive Yoga Illustrations with Harmony Willow Hansen

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125: How To Create And Lead Your Own Teacher Training with Cyndi Lee

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124: Yoga and Dominant Culture with Anjali Rao

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123: The Yoga Sutras with Vikram Jeet Singh

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122: A Week In My Life (Updated for 2023!)

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121: How To Teach When You're Not Feeling Inspired

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120: Poses We're Not Teaching Anymore (A Sangha Convo!)

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119: All About My Morning Routine (And Suggestions For Yours!)

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118: My Group Class Planning Process

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117: Yoga for Seniors with Chintamani Kansas

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116: Integrating Buddha Dharma and Asana with Meredith Witte- Live Mentoring Session

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115: The Case For Teaching Leveled Classes

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114: Pelvic Health in Yoga Classes with Shannon Crow

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113: How To Respond To Students Who Want "Correct" Alignment with Ariele Foster

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112: How To Find New Private Clients with Mary Reddinger

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111: Planning A Beginner's Series with Dara Madigan

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110: Q+A, Taking Time Off, Hamstrings, Continuing Ed + More!

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Ep. 109: The Ten Things Saving My Life Right Now

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108: Anti Capitalist, Anti Racist Yoga with Avita Bansee

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107: The Science of Tissue Adaptation + Motor Control with Dr. Garrett Neill

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106: The Power of Rest with Octavia Raheem

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105: Yoga And Social Justice with Jivana Heyman

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104: Postnatal Considerations in Asana with Deb Flashenberg

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103: The Yoga Teachings Are Inherently Political with Jacoby Ballard

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102: Decolonizing The Wellness Publishing Industry with Rebekah Borucki

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101: Working With Injuries (A Solo Episode)

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An Important Announcement + A Request

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100: What Good Quality Teaching Looks Like with Dr. Janna Dresden + Dr. Ronald Cervero

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99: A Collaborative Yoga Membership Model with Catherine la O'

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98: Trauma-Conscious Yoga Is A Philosophy, Not A Specialty Class with Hannah Davis

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97: Masks, Vaccines + Polarization In The Yoga Community with Wolf Terry

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96: The "BEST" way to teach twisting movements!

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95: How To Use Fascial Slings and Whole Body Cueing In Your Teaching (PLUS: The Biopsychosocial Model!) with Kearsten Lyon

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94: What Compelling Marketing Looks Like with Mado Hesselink

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93: Teaching Kids Yoga Has Lessons For Us All with Crystal McCreary

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92: Q+A Planning And Progress In Private Lessons #3

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91: Legal Protections For Yoga Teachers with Cory Sterling

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90: Super Practical Answers To All Your Yoga-Tech Questions with Alex Haley

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89: An Update On Online Teaching + A Deep Dive Into The Camera On/Camera Off Debate

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88: How Not To Teach Yoga with Tori Lunden

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87: The Nuances Of Trauma-Informed Yoga with Sangeeta Vallabhan

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86: What It REALLY Looks Like to Regress or Progress Movement with Trina Altman

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85: The Trans* Yoga Project with M Camellia + River Redwood

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84: The Power of Pranayama with Mirabelle D'cunha

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83: A Teacher Owned Co-Op with Shamina Rao + Elizabeth Barnett of The Connective

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82: The 12 Routines That Saved Me Last Year

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81: Yoga In India + Yoga In The West with Arundhati Baitmangalkar

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80: An Evidence-Based Approach to Mindful Movement with Jenn Pilotti

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79: Embracing Yoga's Roots, Studentship and Anti-Racism Work with Susanna Barkataki

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78: Injuries + Teaching Yoga with Monica Bright

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77: Letting Go of Alignment (And What To Teach Instead) with Derek Cook

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76: I Opened A Virtual Studio!

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75: Where Do We Go From Here? with Amber Karnes + Susanna Barkataki

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74: Where Do We Go From Here? with Theo Wildcroft + Matthew Remski

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73: Where Do We Go From Here? with Jules Mitchell + Arundhati Baitmangalkar

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72: Where Do We Go From Here? With Crystal McCreary + Monica Bright

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71: Where Do We Go From Here? With Jesal Parikh + Bryn Chrisman

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70: Yoga, Human Rights, and Accessibility with Jivana Heyman

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69: Teaching Yoga Online

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68: Teaching Yoga in Corporate Settings with Samantha Harrison

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67: Evolving as a Yoga Teacher- A Live Mentoring Session

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66: An Intro to Low Back Pain with Jesal Parikh

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65: Marketing for Yoga Teachers with Nikki Naab-Levy

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64: Yoga for Arthritis with Dr. Steffanny Moonaz

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63: Self Care is Bigger Than You Think with Gracy Obuchowicz

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62: Q + A About Private Lessons with Francesca #2

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61: Rethinking Yoga Teacher Training with Cecily Milne

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60: A Union for Yoga Teachers

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59: ROM, Neuroscience + Yoga with Garrett Neill

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58: All About The Shoulder with Diana Zotos

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57: Building Strength with Kathryn Bruni-Young

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56: Avoiding Burnout: Self Care, Boundaries + Daily Routines

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55: Yoga is Dead with Tejal + Jesal

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54: Unpacking Cultural Appropriation with Susanna Barkataki

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53: The Science of Yoga with Ann Swanson

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52: Cult Dynamics, Abuse + Healing in Yoga with Matthew Remski

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51: An Applied Neuroscience Approach to Yoga + Movement with Erin Jade

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50: Very Special Episode: Interview With My Two Best Friends!

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49: How To Offer Modifications in a Group Class with Gabby DeLorenze

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48: Not Teaching Yoga Anymore with Caitlin Casella

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47: How To Hold Space with Octavia Raheem

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46: Resistance Bands + Yoga with Giulia Pline and Laurel Beversdorf

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45: Incorporating FRC Into Yoga Classes with Clayton Weakly

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44: Taxes for Yoga Teachers with Michelle Linane

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43: Practicing and Teaching Meditation with Cyndi Lee

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42: How Side Gigs and Great Referrals Can Build Your Private Yoga Practice with Janie Ganga

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41: Deep Dive Teaching in Luzerne, Switzerland with Karen Kurzmeyer

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40: Full Time Teaching in Greenville, North Carolina with Samantha Harrison

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39: Expansive Teaching Within Our Scope of Practice with Megan Spears

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38: Full Time Teaching in San Francisco with Raquel Scalon

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37: Q + A About Private Lessons with Francesca

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36: How To Teach A 2 Person Private Lesson

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35: The State of Yoga Education with Jules Mitchell

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34: A Creative Use of Props with Guest Teacher Trina Altman

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33: Accessibility and Community With Guest Teacher Dianne Bondy

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32: Incorporating Non-Yoga Movements In Your Classes with Guest Teacher Cecily Milne

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31: How To Work With Pregnant Yoga Students with Guest Teacher Deb Flashenberg

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30: Expanding Your Lens with Guest Teacher Crystal McCreary

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29: The Power of Simple Teaching Guest Teacher Sarah Capua

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28: Hip Injuries and Yoga with Guest Teacher Ariele Foster

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27: Yoga in a Clinical Setting with Guest Teacher Lara Benusis

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26: What Real Body Love Looks Like With Guest Teacher Anna Guest-Jelly

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25: Yoga and The Pelvic Floor with Guest Teacher Diana Zotos

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24: The Myth of the Ideal Private Yoga Client

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23: The Support / Challenge Matrix of Private Yoga Lessons

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22: 7 Ways To Be A More Confident Yoga Teacher

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21: How To Teach Private Clients Who are Yoga Skeptics

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20: How To Teach Open Level Vinyasa Class- LIVE MENTOR SESSION

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19: Integrating Spiritual Teachings Into Asana Classes

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18: Staying Inspired in ALL Your Teaching with Guest Teacher Jennifer Brilliant

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17: Why Yoga Research Matters with Ariana Rabinovitch

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16: Creating Truly Inclusive Yoga Spaces with Guest Teacher Amber Karnes

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15: A Week In the Life (A Peek Inside My Daily Schedule and Rituals)

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14: How To Support + Inspire a Student's Home Practice

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13: Obstacle As Path with Guest Teacher Cyndi Lee

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12: Creating a Sustainable Movement Practice

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11: The Yoga of Discernment—What It Is And How To Teach It

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10: How Anatomy Studies Changes Our Teaching with Guest Teacher Jason Ray Brown

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09: Useful Language + Our Scope of Practice with Guest Teacher Jules Mitchell

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08: The Case for Teaching Without Demonstrating

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07: Anatomy Informed Yoga with Guest Teacher Dr. Ariele Foster

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06: How To Teach Better Private Yoga Lessons

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05: Mindful Strength with Guest Teacher Kathryn Bruni-Young

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04: How To Deal With Schedule Drama And Chronic Re-Schedulers

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03: Yoga Deconstructed with Guest Teacher Trina Altman

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02: No Right & No Wrong? Why Teaching Yoga Is So Scary!

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01: Introducing the Mentor Sessions: A Conversation with Francesca Cervero + Rachael Cook