Podcasts about yoga students

Ready to attract your ideal students and grow your yoga business online? Join us as we delve into the crucial step of defining your ideal students. Discover how to understand their desires, challenges, and aspirations on a profound level. In this episode, we go beyond demographics and explore the power of connecting with your audience on a personal level. Gain clarity on their goals, preferred learning styles, and values. With this deep understanding, you'll craft a targeted message that resonates and stands out in the crowded online space. Unlock the key to creating captivating content, building meaningful connections, and growing your yoga business to new heights. Tune in now on your favorite podcast platform!

Episode 17: Adrienne and Mia interview Justine; former naval officer, future yoga teacher, and life long San Antonio native. They discuss her trajectory in the Navy, how she found yoga, and how she wants to use what she has learned through yoga.Follow us on TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@yogachangedFollow us on Instagram:https://instagram.com/yogachanged?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=For more, go to https://howyogachangedmylife.com Wanna be on the show? Click here to fill out our guest info form or drop us a email at yogachanged@gmail.com

Are you struggling to make sales despite having a sizable email list? In this podcast, we discuss the importance of nurturing relationships with your subscribers and how it can impact your sales. If you have an email list of subscribers who have signed up for your freebie, you're off to a great start! But what happens next? In this podcast, we dive into the process of nurturing relationships with your audience, building trust, and educating them on how you can solve their problems. We'll cover the benefits of creating an automated email sequence, offering personalized emails, and how you can leverage your email list to offer more value to your subscribers. Plus, we'll share some tips on how to keep your subscribers engaged and convert them into paying customers. Your email list is your greatest marketing asset, and in this podcast, we'll show you why. Join us to learn more and start nurturing your email list today!

Aime MacDonald – Dubai | Greg Barker – UK | Joanne Conway – UK | Lisa Robbins – Italy | Meggy Roussel – France | Nani Vinken – Germany | Nicola Nixon – UK | Paloma Villela – Spain How did you get into Ashtanga? | Benefits of online Mysore | The shift to self practice | How has the practice changed your life? | How do you keep motivated? | Aims for the future? This episode is sponsored by Momence, the booking system we use and highly recommend. Momence facilitates online, in-person and hybrid classes and events, and there are packages to fit self-employed teachers to multi-site studios. With Momence, you can: ·  ·       Manage your class and workshop schedule ·       Organize your appointment types and availability ·       Create marketing and win-back campaigns ·       Organize your on-demand videos and courses ·       See exactly how your business is doing through insightful reporting. ·       Have customers self-check-in via kiosks ·       Sell products and services with a fully integrated point of sale With live support by chat, phone and email Momence is easy to use for yourself and your customers. 2 MONTHS FREE TRAIL: for more information click on the link https://www.keenonyoga.com/momence/ or book a demo and quote “Keen on Yoga”   Support Us Subscribe, like, comment and share with your friends Donate: https://keenonyoga.com/donate/ Buy us a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infoRf Become a Patron:  https://keenonyoga.com/membership/  Exclusive content, yoga & lifestyle tips, live Zoom meet-ups & more.  €10 per month, cancel at any time.  Connect With Keen On Yoga Instagram Keen on Yoga: https://www.instagram.com/keen_on_yoga/ Instagram Adam Keen: https://www.instagram.com/adam_keen_ashtanga/ Website: https://keenonyoga.com/             

A short solo episode with Arundhati on how to help your students identify with an Asana approach that helps them build a steady , life long connection with practice. This episode is inspired by countless years of observing, understanding and having conversations with students about why students grow in Asana and other aspects of yoga and why some quit. This simple 2 step approach is something all yoga teachers need to be sharing with their students. Let us know if you apply these in your classes. Join our mailing listWAITLIST - Pranayama Teacher Training 2022Find all the resources mentioned in this episodeConnect with us on Instagram

Yoga teacher Jenni Rawlings and Exercise Science professor Travis Pollen discuss the topic of micromanaging in yoga and movement classes.Points of discussion include:What does “micromanaging” mean in a yoga or movement context?Do we see micromanaging tendencies in other movement fields, such as personal training, physical therapy, or somatics-based practices?What are some examples of micromanaging that we see in yoga classes?Why is it common for yoga instructors to use a micromanaging approach in their teaching?How can micromanaging in yoga be unhelpful?In what contexts can teaching in a detailed manner (which is not necessarily the same thing as micromanaging) actually be helpful?Are these common alignment cues in yoga examples of micromanaging? “Externally rotate your shoulders in down dog”, “pull your navel to your spine”, and “find a neutral pelvis”?…And much more!Enjoy this engaging and eye-opening discussion for yoga, movement, and fitness geeks!Resources mentioned in this episode:YouTube video: 3 Tips for Shoulder Pain in Down DogJenni's email newsletterStrength for Yoga Remote Group Training – ongoing, interactive monthly strength program for yogis created by Jenni & TravisOnline yoga classes & continuing ed workshops with JenniTo find out more about Travis Pollen: website / InstagramMusic used with generous permission from Dischord A Cappella.

Welcome to the Next Level Yoga Academy podcast! This episode will give you 5 Tips On How To Keep Your Yoga Students Coming Back For More! ***Grab our Free E-Book Beyond Yoga Teacher Training! Practical steps to getting your yoga teaching journey started: https://bit.ly/NEXTLEVELEBOOK Join our ever growing Facebook group with lots of insight and community support here https://www.facebook.com/groups/877157179591939/. Have a question? Email us at hello@nextlevelyogaacademy.com . Need personalized mentorship? Schedule a discovery call with Pedro here https://calendly.com/nextlevelyogaacademy/60min. Follow us on Instagram at @nexlevelyogaacademy. More about us and our mission at www.nextlevelyogaacademy.com

Apri is Stress Awareness Month.I am so lucky to have a special guest, Brandi Gibson, return to the podcast as a guest.  Brandi is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor with 17 years of practice experience.  She is also a Yoga Instructor and Reiki Master.  She combines all these healing modalities to heal her clients and Yoga Students.Find Brandi at:Facebook: Yogaby BrandiInstagram: @Yogini_BrandiWhat are the signs of stress on your physical body?What are the signs of stress in your emotions?Brandi walks us through a Body Awareness Practice you can do even if you're busy while you're listening.  This a beautiful, simple practice you can do at any time.Let Brandi walk you through relaxing your body to alleviate your stress while you listen.Sign up for my weekly newsletter to get this podcast emailed to you to download and listen on your device.As a thank you for listening, here is a free download of my free eBook that can support your stress awareness here:9 Ways to Ground Your EnergyWelcome to the Art of Healing Podcast.Let's explore your mind, body and spirit through Integrative Medicine, Meditation and Reiki.Don't miss the latest episodes. Sign up to get the weekly newsletters and get the Art of Healing Podcast in your inbox:Healing Arts Weekly Newsletter Thank you for listening to the Art of Healing Podcast.Ready to start your journey into Meditation, Mindfulness or Reiki?Learn about the Programs at Healing Arts here.Want to make sure you catch every episode of the Art of Healing? Click here for my weekly newsletter.

Beginning yoga students often struggle to breath properly in class. As a yoga teacher, we want to provide our students with skillful, accessible techniques to support their journey. This discussion shows 3 simple, universally beneficial ways to help your students learn to breath when they practice yoga.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/yogaland. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Beginning yoga students often struggle to breath properly in class. As a yoga teacher, we want to provide our students with skillful, accessible techniques to support their journey. This discussion shows 3 simple, universally beneficial ways to help your students learn to breath when they practice yoga.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/yogaland. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Regular students all have one thing in common—passion for the practice of yoga. In this episode, Darren talks about how you awaken that passion for yoga in your students. FREE FOR A LIMITED TIME: 10 Essential Ways to Guarantee a Profitable Yoga Business Video Course: https://darrenmain.thinkific.com/courses/10-essentials

In a world where no one listens, a yoga teacher that takes the time to listen actively will really stand out. In this episode, Darren talks about the art of active listening and how it can create a refuge for your students. FREE FOR A LIMITED TIME: 10 Essential Ways to Guarantee a Profitable Yoga Business Video Course: https://darrenmain.thinkific.com/courses/10-essentials

Surrender can be explained...or better said.....surrender can be experienced first at a somatic level. Being that the majority of students arrive to yoga practice for the physical benefits, but often stay practicing for the mental, emotional, & spiritual benefits; we can encourage our students to first feel release in the postures before explaining the meaning. Pamela Seelig, author of "Threads of Yoga, Themes: Reflection and Meditations to weave into Practice," provides insight to the two types of surrender found in the yoga sutra and how we can explain these concepts to our yoga students.Show notes and contact information visit www.theElegantOutlaw.com

This episode with Amber Hagberg is about putting yourself first! Yoga teachers who show up for themselves, can show up in a greater way for their students. We are presented with many opportunities, to teach in different arenas. Stepping out of the studio and into teacher trainings, virtual teaching, and retreats gives us motivation to enhance our self study. However, we also have to know when to say "No" and use our time wisely.For Show Notes and Contact Information Visit: www.TheElegantOutlaw.com

There's this common misconception that yoga is supposed to feel good. And it does. The practice is known to help us heal our injuries, relieve stress, and foster inner peace, but every yogi would be lying if they said yoga feels great all of the time.  To be completely honest, yoga practice trains us how to become equanimous with our pain. That serene and peaceful look you see on our faces comes with years of asana practice and meditation that teaches us how to sit and truly experience our pain. Whether it's emotional or physical, yoga gives you the tools to face pain and discomfort and accept them rather than running away.  But yoga isn't a challenge. The practice isn't designed to make you push harder or work faster. We aren't trying to generate more experiences of pain. Yoga is here to prepare you to overcome the pains you are currently facing. As you sit on the yoga mat, I invite you to explore these uncomfortable spaces and learn to recognize how your body reacts to negative experiences of pain, sadness, hurt, and discomfort. I discuss how the asanas are designed to get you in tune with your body. From sun salutations to standing poses to the spiritual closing series, each step is there to guide you closer to inner peace. If you're practicing inversion, this is an excellent opportunity to learn more about the benefits of shoulder and headstands and to join the July Challenge of Handstands for Everyone all this month. The path won't be easy, and many yoga students get very frustrated at how “hard” the practice can be. But instead of worrying about perfecting the asanas right off the bat, try starting with a meditation practice instead. Meditation is a way to explore discomfort without the risk of injury. You can't run from pain when you're in a seated, comfortable position, so if you're new to yoga, this is an excellent place to start.  Tune in now for more helpful tips for new yoga students, including yoga diets and how to practice yoga with an injury. Stay connected: @kinoyoga and @omstarsofficial View my teaching schedule, blogs, etc on Kinoyoga.com Get your free 30 day membership on Omstars.com& use code: PODCAST

Meet Kloee Joseph! This episode is a conversation with Kloee the newest member of the Elegant Outlaw. Kloee is a genuine human and allows her truth to shine in a vulnerable way while she teaches yoga. Together we discuss showing up in an authentic way to create a safe space for your yoga students and explore multiple ways to create genuine connections. For show notes, and contact information visit:  www.TheElegantOutlaw.com

Have you started seeing students privately for yoga since the pandemic ended? Listen in as I share a number of scenarios of students you might see in one on one sessions and suggesting for what you can offer.    In this episode, I start out by sharing the offer for my Practice Portal. You can find out about that here:   https://barebonesyoga.lpages.co/bare-bones-yoga-practice-portal/

This is the last episode of the 3-part series on adjusting asana to better support yoga students' constitution. Donna, who is a nationally renowned ayurvedic practitioner, speaks to the three Doshas (vatta, pitta & kapha) and directly speaks to balancing them with the use of poses and variations. In this episode Donna specifically discusses the dosha of Kapha; it's qualities and ways the teachers can support students with "high kapha."For show notes and contact information visit www.theElegantOutlaw.com

After a year of teaching yoga online, you might be wondering, what now? Where's it going? What's next? In this episode I'm talking to Kyle from Interval about teaching yoga online, how to provide the best experience to your students that will allow you to stand out, what equipment you really need to film great classes, why you should add a video library and so much more.Interval is a software that lets you schedule and stream yoga classes, accept payments, sell memberships and host unlimited class recordings. It looks really really great and I'm so excited to share it with you. Here's what you'll learn:What video libraries are and why they are so valuable How to price yourself and your offerings The importance of a community experience for your students The equipment that Kyle recommends & see's often within the industry Learn more about Interval: https://interval.com/ Join the FREE Webinar: https://www.susannerieker.com/interval Thank you for listening!✨Read the full blog post: https://www.susannerieker.com/give-your-students-the-best-experience-kyle-sanok/ ✨If you liked this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts – your review helps spread the word about the show and I read each and every single one.✨Never miss a new episode and subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.✨If you want to give me feedback or want to be a guest on my show, please get in touch.✨Share your biggest takeaway on Instagram stories - just be sure to tag @susannerieker so I can see them.✨To learn more about how to work with me one-on-one, my courses and membership or to get instant access to freebies, templates, workshops and more go to www.susannerieker.com right now.

This is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to understanding  how to support in harmonizing a yoga students constitution (the individual energy pattern) through the yoga practice from the lens of ayurveda. Donna, of AyurYogi, explains to us how she uses "the asana and the adjustments within the asana as medicine creating balance.” This is the second episode of a 3-part series on applying ayurvedic principles to better support our yoga students when one of the three doshas is imbalanced. In this episode, the dosha of Pitta is specifically explored.Show notes and contact information visit www.theElegantOutlaw.com

We are experts in yoga and actually teach yoga to the public, but do we understand the sister science of Ayurveda? Ayurveda, although closely linked to yoga, is largely overlooked. Donna, a nationally renowned expert in Ayurveda, provides us with an easy-to-understand picture of how these two sciences are so closely overlapped together. This is a 3-part episode of the applications of Ayurveda into our practice of teaching yoga. Together we explore asana, yoga practice modification and more to assist students with imbalanced doshas. In this episode specifically, we will explore students with Vatta imbalances and what tools to support them in our teaching.Show notes and contact information wwwtheElegantOutlaw.com

Learn 5 ways how we can better support our yoga students living with diabetes from Dawn Browning PhD of HolSol Wellness. Dawn is a yoga teacher, soon-to-be yoga therapist, and she has lived with Diabetes for 30 years.  She has established program focused on Yoga Therapeutic Applications for Living with Diabetes.  Show notes and contact information www.theElegantOutlaw.com 

I’ve been asked to talk about “finding new connections online” a lot lately. Because love it or hate it, we live in a digital world. And so we’re tackling this today and I’ve got 4 ideas for you. By the end of this episode I want you to focus on just one thing and I’m even going to tell you what that thing is - you don’t even have to pick this time! Show notes available with all links mentioned here: https://www.amandamckinney.com/podcast

With the ever changing bodies of the pregnancy journey, there are many ways in which we can adapt poses to better support prenatal yoga students. Listen to Julie, of MOGA Moms, as she breaks down specific poses to adapt for a student with a pregnant body.For show notes and contact information visit www.theElegantOutlaw.comSupport the show (https://www.theelegantoutlaw.com/become-patron)

The yoga student with a pregnant body navigates many physiological changes. In this episode, Julie of MOGA Moms Prenatal Yoga Teacher Trainings, speaks to the hormonal, cardiovascular and respiratory changes encountered along the pregnancy journey. More importantly she provides us with applicable ways to modify the practice & critically think about better supporting our students in breath, body and practice.Show notes and contact information available at www.theElegantOutlaw.comSupport the show (https://www.theelegantoutlaw.com/become-patron)

Effortless Luminous Awareness Point of Light Yoga Nidra Meditation with Hot Yoga Teacher Melissa Abbott recorded Live at Steam House Hot Yoga & Pilates in Epping NH USA on Monday Night Jan 4, 2021 after a Live Hot Power Vinyasa Yoga Class. Yoga Students are able to integrate their wellbeing with an open expansive Yogic Sleep Session. Enjoy this meditation session at home yourself by lying quietly on your yoga mat, bed, or couch with perhaps a warm shawl or blanket over you and a pillow under your knees. Perfect to do before bedtime or anytime you want a deeply transformative Yoga Nidra experience.  To sign Up for this weekly Mon Night Live Event: www.steamhousenh.com or your MindBody App  

How do you ensure that what you're creating is something that your community actually wants to watch, read or listen to? ⁣ ⁣ You've likely experienced that nerve-wracking moment when you share a blog post in a Facebook group or on Instagram, crossing your fingers that it will drive traffic over to your website.⁣ ⁣ And then…⁣ ⁣ You wait and wait and your blog post doesn't get one single comment. ⁣ ⁣ You dig a little deeper into google analytics and realise no one even viewed the post!⁣ ⁣ And so all of that hard work feels like a waste of time because you didn't get the results you wanted. ⁣ Most people give up at that point, never to write and share a post again. ⁣ ⁣ But the thing is, we must be consistent in sharing our content. It's not a case of share once and that's it job done. We must re-purpose our content (I talk about this during this episode) and share it multiple times to continue to drive our community over to our website to read more. That's important.⁣ ⁣ In this episode, you'll discover three exercises to help you create content your students actually want and need. The Digital Yoga Academy Facebook group is a community of thousands of yoga teachers all over the world.    There are weekly live trainings with Kelly McHugh, our founder & CEO, business talks with inspiring yoga teachers, daily educational content and loads of support.   Join the private Digital Yoga Academy Yoga Teacher Marketing Facebook group here:   https://www.facebook.com/groups/digitalyogaacademy/   Follow us on Instagram Subscribe to our Youtube channel Like us on Facebook Sign up to our mailing list 

Far too often I see students pause from their practice and give a little massage to achy wrists. It can feel helpless as a yoga teacher to know that your students suffer from wrist complications. For yoga students, it can be so frustrating to have discomfort at this joint which prevents you from continuing through your practice. Here are 5 useful tips to incorporate in your teaching that will help support students and hopefully prevent future injuries and pain to the wrist joint.Show notes and contact information at www.theElegantOutlaw.comSupport the show (https://www.theelegantoutlaw.com/become-patron)

The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast 196: 4 Steps to Attract Yoga Students with Steph Crowder   Description: Attracting yoga students to our yoga classes is something we could all use help with. We are also coming up to one of the biggest times for yoga students to sign up for classes - January. This is when people make their New Year resolutions and want to "get back to their routine" or "take care of their emotional and physical wellness". That's why it's so important for us to put our offers out there in front of all these people, and having a simple process can help you get started - Steph Crowder (she/her) has an easy and actionable 4-step process to share.   Steph Crowder is the Founder & CEO of Courage & Clarity, LLC. She's a former Sales Training Director of a giant tech company who struck out on her own to become a sales coach & business strategist, helping thousands of entrepreneurs across all industries. In 2017, she launched the Courage & Clarity Podcast and grew her business to 6 figures in 9 months. Steph focuses on teaching her clients to sell with ease by building a “small but mighty” community who can't wait to buy from them through courses, and webinars.   Steph is adept at taking a concept like getting more yoga students and breaking it down into easy, actionable steps that you can put into practice immediately. Steph walks us through the 4 steps that will help us to go from an idea for our yoga offer to new registrations and real students. She also explains the biggest mistake that business owners make that keep customers walking right past their offers, and gives us some of her tips to overcome that.   If you're aiming to get more students into your yoga classes in 2021 (or even today!), this is the episode to listen to!   Key Takeaways: [6:23] Shannon introduces her guest for this episode - Steph Crowder. [8:12] What is the work that Steph does and who does she do it for? [11:40] Steph's four steps are covered in greater detail in her mini-training, Same Day Sales. [13:27] What is the big mistake many business owners make that keep customers walking past their offers? [16:18] Steph addresses the fact that this process requires some vulnerability. [17:39] Instead of thinking of it as validating your idea, think of this process as co-creating your offer. [18:52] Step 1: Identify your idea. It doesn't have to be something complex or difficult! [22:55] What comes naturally to you that people are always asking you about?  [24:21] Step 2: Locate your leads. Steph has a dirty Internet secret about where your leads are coming from. [28:05] Don't think about this step as pitching your network. Think about it as opening up conversations. [31:33] Step 3: Co-create your offer. Approach this from a place of curiosity. [35:11] Shannon shares a few examples of how co-creating an offer has (and creating offers in a vacuum hasn't) worked for her. [37:54] Shannon and Steph discuss why you should focus on uncovering the pain or pleasure point you are addressing in your co-creation conversations. [38:33] Someone's willingness or unwillingness to pay is a reflection of how well they understand the transformation. [39:27] Step 4: Tweak and book. Steph shares an example of how she used this in her own business. [44:24] Do it scared! You don't need to have a perfect offer before you put it out there. [44:53] What should you do if you follow these steps and you offer doesn't get the traction you're looking for? [46:42] What does Steph recommend if you're sending emails and posting on social media but still not seeing students sign up? [50:01] Check out Steph's podcast, The Courage & Clarity Podcast, to learn more from her. [50:16] Steph has some tips for you around selling. [52:31] Shannon shares her key takeaways from this interview with Steph.   Links: Steph Crowder, Courage & Clarity Courage & Clarity Podcast Crickets to Customers Same Day Sales Mini-Training The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast Episode 180: Sticky Note Secret for More Students with Shannon Crow The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast Episode 162: Fill Your Yoga Workshop with Mado Hesselink The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast Episode 049: Grow Your Yoga Student Base [Part 1] with Shannon Crow The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast Episode 050: Grow Your Yoga Student Base [Part 2] with Shannon Crow Fill Your Classes 3-day Challenge with Amanda McKinney The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast Episode 043: Minimum Viable Income with Steph Crowder The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast Episode 177: How to Connect (aka Network) with Natalie Eckdahl Year on the Wall with Steph Crowder The Connected Yoga Teachers Facebook Group Pelvic Health Professionals   Gratitude to our Sponsor Schedulicity.   Quotes from this episode:   "The big mistake that most people make... is creating your offer in a vacuum." - Steph Crowder   "The core of the Same Day Sales Process is using real human beings, with real experiences, real problems, real desires to help you shape your offer." - Steph Crowder   "Every single person who's listening to this has innate talents and abilities that have been so ingrained in you, you totally don't realize they have value." - Steph Crowder   "Personal network is so overlooked!" - Steph Crowder   "Where are potential customers hiding in my everyday life that I'm not thinking about right now?" - Steph Crowder   "Once you open up the conversation, it is so much easier to get a customer, yes, but also to understand if they're not going to become a customer - why?" - Steph Crowder  

faith / life is just a series of questions & answers / respect for teachers / mental speculation / you teach what you know & don’t fake it / yoga epistemology - sense perception, inference, and hearing / training for the service attitude SB 2.8.25-29

faith / life is just a series of questions & answers / respect for teachers / mental speculation / you teach what you know & don't fake it / yoga epistemology - sense perception, inference, and hearing / training for the service attitude SB 2.8.25-29

As yoga teachers….we all know about the importance of Non-Attachment (Aparigraha) the last Yama of the 8 Limbs. We most likely talk about it with our yoga students, theme a class around it and do our best to practice it ourselves.BUT….How about practicing non-attachment when it comes to receiving feedback (positive or negative) from your students? Do you crave positive reinforcement after class because it makes you feel good enough? Or if you receive negative/constructive feedback does it spiral you into believing you aren’t good enough?ORDo you think a ‘full’ yoga class means your a good teacher? And an empty class means you aren’t?It is SO easy to become attached to all of the above as a yoga teacher. In this episode I chat about:Practicing non-attachment as a yoga teacherFinding your own sense of self-worth and center beyond the feedback (positive or negative) from your students and the numbers in your classesJoin the online course Grow Your Yoga Business by Niching Down - https://taylorwrayyoga.podia.com/grow-your-yoga-biz-by-niching-downStay in touch and join the free Yoga Teacher Circle facebook group and community! Most YTC episodes are recorded live in the Yoga Teacher Circle FB group where YOU can join the trainings/conversations in real time and ask questions!Find me on Instagram @taylor_wrayyoga

There are definite barriers and beauties to teaching yoga online. One of the most prevalent difficulties is the ability to connect with students online. Vikram provides us with several pointers for connecting with student in the digital format.Show notes and contact information available at www.theElegantOutlaw.comSupport the show (https://www.theelegantoutlaw.com/become-patron)

You know when you interact with a brand online and it feels like they knew your next step before you even did? You see something on Instagram and then all the sudden you’re buying the dang yoga pants and don’t even know how you got there? This is because that company mapped out your customer journey. This episode is how you can do this for your students so they have a great experience each step of the way. Let’s dig in! Show notes available with all links mentioned here: https://www.marketingyogawithconfidence.com/podcast 

Starting a yoga Facebook group creates an amazing place for your students to get trustworthy support from you and from each other. In this episode, I share the top reasons why you should start a yoga Facebook group for your students! The Digital Yoga Academy Facebook group is a community of thousands of yoga teachers all over the world.    There are weekly live trainings with Kelly McHugh, our founder & CEO, business talks with inspiring yoga teachers, daily educational content and loads of support.   Join the private Digital Yoga Academy Yoga Teacher Marketing Facebook group here:   https://www.facebook.com/groups/digitalyogaacademy/   Follow us on Instagram Subscribe to our Youtube channel Like us on Facebook Sign up to our mailing list at www.digitalyogaacademy.com

You’ve heard it before - get testimonials from your students. But how?! In this episode I’m sharing my go-to method to gaining testimonials from your students. You will have 5 testimonials this week that you can use on your website, post to social media or simply have on hand to read when you’re having a rough day and need a confidence boost. Listen in, let’s do this! Show notes available with all links mentioned here:https://www.marketingyogawithconfidence.com/podcast

Melissa Abbott Teaching 26/2 90 min Hot Therapeutic Yoga Class at Blue Yoga Group, Swampscott, MA This is for all the Yoga Students that may need to socially isolate during the Covid19 situation and can’t get to the studio. Enjoy the 26 postures and 2 breathing exercises from the comfort of your home. Remember your natural state is a state of Grace and Yoga is your True Self. The 26/2 postures align your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual energies using the Hatha Method of Yoga. Stay Safe You can access Melissa Abbott Yoga and Meditation Podcasts featuring Yoga Classes, Visionary Tantric Meditation Techniques and Yoga Nidra Meditations on Spotify, iTunes, YouTube, and Podbean Namaste, Melissa  

We know drinking water is a healthy behavior. But proper hydration is even more important if you practice Hot Yoga, as we do at Alkaline Wellness.

Review three specific pointers to use, in order to compassionately encourage students to slow down. Some students may not even know how important it is to decelerate and to disconnect.Show notes and contact information available at www.theElegantOutlaw.comSupport the show (https://www.theelegantoutlaw.com/become-patron)

In this episode, John and Chris will answer a question from one of their good friends and students. The question is based on whether or not they would advice a yogi setting up a new yoga studio to offer discounted prices to attract students or just start off with their full prices from the get-go.The answer to this is sort of multilayered, because from their own personal experience of owning yoga studios, they applied different pricing tactics when they set up each of their current four studios. When they were starting out, they didn’t have much in terms of information on how to run a yoga studio successfully, so they would just throw a launch party, which was more like a launch campaign, where they would give bonuses to people who signed up for their various packages.As far as the prices were concerned, they would go low, but they eventually shifted towards charging full prices when they set up a new location, because they discovered that clients who pay, pay more attention. One of the biggest challenges that yoga entrepreneurs face when they open up new yoga studios is that there’s always a huge upfront cost to setting it up, and so they have to get students coming in the door almost immediately they open, which makes offering free packages or charging lower prices a disadvantage. Stay tuned as John and Chris share all their wisdom on this subject, so you can be better prepared when you set up your new yoga studio.. Key Points Discussed:What do you charge when you open up a yoga studio for the first time? (01:17)Believing wholeheartedly in what you do and knowing the value of it (03:52)Creating a defined front end offer or promotion (05:56)How charging more indoctrinates people into the experience that you want them to have (07:36)Dealing with the issue of people who can’t afford your prices (10:43)The process of creating great offers when it gets busier (15:48)The perception that higher prices means way better results (17:30)--If you haven't already, be sure to join our Facebook Group! This is where we are diving into the concepts and strategies discussed on this podcast in more detail through our weekly Facebook Live sessions.--Be sure to subscribe to the podcast on Apple, Spotify, Google, or your favorite podcast app! Also, it would be amazing if you could leave us a review on Apple Podcasts.

The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast  Ep 146: How to Empower Your Yoga Students with Yonnie Fung   Description: As yoga teachers, we want our classrooms to be safe spaces that empower our students and maximise their choice, but this may not always be the case. People may come to our classes wanting us to tell them what to do and trust that it's our job to know better, and also, some practices in yoga may erode empowerment, take away student agency, and undermine safety.   Yonnie Fung recently wrote an article on this topic, and what it means to teach inclusive, safe and ethical yoga. She is the founder of Yoga with Yonnie, an award winning yoga and movement space in Beijing that focuses on small classes, non-commercialism, integrity and cultivating real human connections. Yonnie values a collaborative learning environment over an authoritative styles, and seeks to help students and clients in discovering what they need to feel well and whole.    Some common practices in modern yoga fall short of what we want to achieve. Yonnie and Shannon dive into why replicating inherited behaviours and practices from past generations may not necessarily be appropriate, and how yoga teachers can move away from dis-empowering their students.   This episode is in no way about shame and blame. We often look back at the things we could have done differently as newer yoga teachers, and that work is sometimes uncomfortable. Listen in if you would like to learn more about how we can move forward as yoga teachers to empower our students and increase their agency in our classrooms.   Key Takeaways: [4:59] Shannon introduces her guest for this episode - Yonnie Fung. [6:15] Where did Yonnie's journey with yoga begin? [9:44] What made Yonnie decide to become a yoga teacher? [12:05] What is the work that Yonnie does now? [18:53] What prompted Yonnie to write her list of how we might be unintentionally harming our yoga students? [23:16] Did Yonnie expect her article to go viral? She shares her experience with publishing her article. [25:36] How did Yonnie develop her list? [26:21] Shannon highlights some of the things that stood out to her from Yonnie's list. [26:43] One of the items on Yonnie's list is participating in power structures. Shannon and Yonnie discuss the power dynamic that exists in a yoga class. [34:06] Yonnie shares a powerful experience she had during her yoga teacher training that has influenced her way of teaching yoga. [37:37] It is a common thread in many settings where the teacher is expected to know the student better than the student knows themselves! [38:26] This week's hot top from Schedulicity! [39:15] Yonnie highlights how teachers making adjustments to students' postures is not empowering. [41:28] What are some of the ways that yoga teachers can move away from dis-empowering their students? Yonnie highlights how the language that we use can be the simplest place to start changing. [48:37] What is Yonnie's response to yoga teachers who want to say as few words as possible in their classes? [50:10] It can be challenging for students to learn how to listen to their body. Yonnie explains more about interoception and how this ties in with trauma and yoga. [53:45] Yonnie and Shannon talk through an example of how this might play out in a class. [57:19] It takes a lot of pressure off the teacher if we understand and accept that the students are the experts of their own bodies. [1:02:01] Yonnie has subsequent follow-up articles that she has written on this topic. [1:05:26] Get in touch with Yonnie via her website or on Facebook. [1:06:18] What are some techniques you have learned to empower your yoga students? Share them with Shannon!   Links: Pelvic Health Professionals Resources Yonnie Fung  Yonnie Fung on Facebook Teaching Inclusive, Safe And Ethical Yoga – Part 1: Empowerment, By Yonnie Fung How We Can Unintentionally Harm our Students List by Yonnie Fung Yoga is Dead / Gurus Killed Yoga Teaching Inclusive, Safe And Ethical Yoga – Part 2: Safety And Trust, by Yonnie Fung Yoga for Pelvic Health Teacher Training Mama Nurture Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training in Meaford, Ontario Work with Shannon 1:1 Gratitude to our Sponsors Schedulicity and Pelvic Health Professionals.   Quotes from this episode: "There wasn't one single incident. You could say that there were lots of little incidents and it happened very steadily over a period of time that suddenly hit critical mass."    "It was encouraging to know that I wasn't alone, and that other people had these frustrations and concerns."   "Yoga at its best is an empowering path."   "We're practicing disembodiment from a really young age."   "I think it's very important to distinguish the promise of yoga and the potential, from the actual delivery as it plays out."   "It doesn't matter how good your intentions are as a teacher."   "You can have all the best intentions in the world, but if you are not empowering them to make choices for themselves, you will have impeded their recovery."   "We are actually experts of ourselves."   "Having the question is so much more valuable than having the answers all the time. Answers are just easy ways to shorten the lifespan of the inquiry."  

What do you consider when you adjust a student? As a yoga instructor it is important to be intentional in all that we do, which includes adjusting students. Review four prompts to consider when adjusting students, interview with Jenny Clary E-RYT 200.Show notes and contact information available at www.theElegantOutlaw.com.Support the show (https://www.theelegantoutlaw.com/become-patron)

In this interview, Natalie and I de-bunk a couple of common student (and teacher-held) misconceptions. We go into depth about specific ways in which to strengthen poses safely and mindfully.Show notes and contact information available at www.theelegantoutlaw.comSupport the show (https://www.theelegantoutlaw.com/become-patron)

In the interview with Natalie Ramos 200-RYT, we discuss safety in the skeletal and muscular structure of each pose. Natalie's history with yoga has shifted her perspective and her emphasis toward safety within whatever type of yoga practice she leads. Listen to her insight.Show notes and contact information available at www.theelegantoutlaw.comSupport the show (https://www.theelegantoutlaw.com/become-patron)

Did you learn to correct students in your first yoga teacher training? Holly Rae questions the idea of correcting students...rather she informs us how to motivate students and to place the power of discernment for what is right in each individual body into their own hands. This is the second part of the interview with Holly Rae E-RYT, YACEP. She has taught for several years at several different studios and even has her own Yoga School registered through Yoga Alliance.Show notes and contact information available at www.theelegantoutlaw.comSupport the show (https://www.theelegantoutlaw.com/become-patron)

This is changing the face of yoga. And this is episode one 10. My guest is Linda Lang and Linda was on, , earlier in the year, but she said something that really intrigued me. I have taught seniors, mature adults, , for over 10 years now. And the way she talked about it was very, very different from the way I taught. And I wanted to explore that a bit more. , I'm going to let Linda introduce herself and then we're going to start. So thank you Linda for coming on again. I appreciate that. And tell the listeners a little bit about yourself. 01:28                                     Thank you, Stephanie. I started practicing yoga in my late teens. I was part of a generation introduced to yoga when the Beatles brought their guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to the United States. So my foray into eastern philosophy and yogic practices began in my late teens and early twenties. I will be 66 years old this s mer. I always wanted to be a yoga teacher, but did not become one until the late 1990's so now I am full 20 years into a teaching career. During that period of time for about 15 years, I taught as full time as I possibly could in studios, community centers, memory units in assisted living centers. I worked for eight years at the Center for Integrative Medicine at George Washington University where I worked with patients in a clinical setting and taught medical students electives on yoga therapy so that they could learn how to embody the benefits of practice. And then take it into their medical practices, knowing that they would affect far more people in the course of their lives than I, than I ever might. So that's my work in a nutshell. I do my best to educate in the greater community in the Washington DC areas through the Smithsonian institution there, the Smithsonian associates educational programs, and I mentor other yoga therapists and train yoga teachers when I can. 03:18                                     You have the whole spectrum there. I appreciate the communication issue. I  think we were talking earlier and we decided the first thing we're going to start with is what does it mean or when do you become old? What criteria would you be looking at, Linda, if, if you had to define it. 03:46                                     Yes. Well, if I had to define it, I would emphasize the, the experience of working with individuals in their late forties and fifties who, because of illness or debilitating conditions or the impact of medicines, chemotherapy or radiation, accidents, trauma might consider themselves old because they are no longer feeling vital and already feeling quite limited on many different levels. So I can tell you, I've met people in their forties and fifties who have the characteristics of people who reach into old age and began to experience frailty on many different levels.                                                 I think of older students, quite frankly, as anyone over 60 years old is an older student, which doesn't mean that I have not taught headstands to people in their sixties. I have so you can approach older students and people with potentially severe limitations in some ways, but continue to teach them asana practice in ways that raises the bar in terms of what they believe they can do themselves. So, age is a huge factor, obviously and what makes a student old. But I just wanted to be clear that some people really do feel quite limited when they're younger than that. 05:38                                     And I think you brought up a really good point, which was self-limiting thoughts. That's it sometimes isn't so much what's actual as what you think it is. And I think that's an important topic that we might want to explore a little bit. 06:05                                     It is one of the greatest obstacles and because yogic philosophy focuses a great deal on obstacles and the deity of Ganesha is the remover of obstacles. It's nice to be able to literally bring these very profound images into the classroom, working with students, particularly older students and remind them that the stories that they tell you about themselves physically are meaningful to them. But when I hear people talk about what they cannot do or things they no longer do, I asked them to think about things in terms of realistically, is it because you're choosing not to do it anymore because you physically cannot do it anymore. Really important to differentiate on because you know, Stephanie as well as I do that you start to do something in a class and somebody will say, oh, I can't do that. And then you give them some modifications and 30 seconds later they're doing it. So, my suggestion to anyone who wants to know more about self-limiting thinking is to think of the things that you feel you cannot do or in the past did not think that you could do that you have already overcome. That's our job as teachers working with people who are feeling very limited because of age. Our responsibility is to eliminate possibilities for them to modify practices so that they can feel successful but still hold out hope that they actually will be able to achieve something beyond what they might expect for themselves. 07:58                                     You said in our earlier podcasts that you actually help them set goals. 08:04                                     I do. 08:06                                     And, and could you kind of explain that and give us an example of what you mean by that? 08:14                                     Yes, I'd like to differentiate intentionality from goal setting. If I come to the mat with an intention of quieting and calming my mind while stretching and relaxing my body. That's a very nice intention. But if my goal is to create strength, then I approached my practice with a different intention. I'm being very specific that there's an outcome. Goals have outcomes. So let's imagine well this just happened to me this morning. One of my students is 82 years old and she works with a physical trainer. She's got a lot of individual strengths in her body, but she has some inherent weaknesses in her feet and her hands. So if we don't pay attention to building strength from the tips of her fingers up into her knuckles, her palms, her wrists, all the way up to her elbows and shoulders, whatever strengths she has and her biceps and triceps and her trapezius muscles and whatever's going on in her neck and back. If she loses strength in her hands, she will become diminished with her strength in the rest of her body. Same thing is true with her feet. So we set a goal this morning of being able to literally to bear weight longer in her hands, doing a variety of different postures that we're not totally weight bearing, where she had a lot of control over her movement and she was ecstatic because she started off saying, oh, my arms are tired, my shoulders hurt already. We just went immediately to the modifications and she said, oh, this is great. Oh, Oh, if I just do it, isometrically, oh, I really can feel my strengths there. Oh, I really feel the weakness there, or I really feel the vulnerability in my neck. So by being clear about the goal, she started sensing things in her body and asking me questions and giving me feedback that I could use to illuminate her challenge and help her feel successful by building on existing strengths rather than saying, oh gosh, well, I guess that's just going to be a weak spot and going on to something else. Another goal, for instance, it's really important with older students is being able to walk longer distances to build endurance and resilience, able to hold certain poses longer. So let's say my goal with you, let's say that when we practice tree pose, you always hold onto the wall or the chair. My goal with you might to be, you're going to practice tree pose using my index fingertip. And then the ultimate goal is for you to be able to practice tree pose without using a support, having it close enough by, but to begin to play with the possibility of becoming stronger, more balanced, more grounded. Another goal might be to say, you know, normally we practice 15 minutes doing these specific asanas. Let's expand to half an hour. What is my expectation of you in your home? Practice your homework. I don't want you to just practice this for 10 minutes once a day. I'd like you to practice it for 10 minutes in the morning and 10 minutes at night. That kind of thing. Finite goals. 12:14                                     These are all more or less physical goals - balance and endurance and resilience. Do you also work with them on emotional or mental goals? 12:26                                     Yes. This same woman this morning has a lot of aches and pains and she said to me, Oh, you must be so tired of me complaining. And, I said, you know, for me to grow tired of your complaining isn't really part of the nature of my experience with you. You're complaining is your way of communicating to me your frustration. And my question to you is, is what are you really frustrated with? So the goal setting that she and I have has to do with acceptance. She's 82 years old. She's going to have aches and pains. What I did tell her was that given the nature of what she complains to me about, I would take every one of her complaints in the grand scheme of things, it's what she's complaining about is not so bad as I see it. And she wanted to know more about that. So I'm not afraid to open the door to inquiry through yogic lens, I'm not trained as a psychologist, but when someone says to me, asks me how I feel about, their complaining to me, it's an opportunity. Another example of this is when she's in Shavasana and another student that I work with, their hands start speaking. You know what I mean? They get a little impatient and all of a sudden I see the hands starting to move. And so it's an opportunity during the Shavasana or guided imagery to say, I notice that impatience is present. I see movement in your hands telling me that you're feeling restless. And then I'll give them some breathing cues. I might ask them to place their hands on their belly. So for instance the goal of my noticing, I will be very clear about it. I will ask them to put their hands on their belly and a specific mudra. I will tell them what the intention of that mudra is. And that for me it would be a goal, help them set the goal of calming and comforting themselves whenever impatience or restlessness is present. 15:18                                     You're basically giving them a tool to help manage that. Did you ever ask them or give them the invitation to kind of explore why they're restless during Shavasana? 15:35                                     You know, I have. And usually the answer has to do with the fact that people are challenged by stillness. They're happy to move at my instruction or invitation. They're happy to try the pranyam. Lying quietly in the presence of another person has a certain intimacy to it. And sometimes somebody will say, it just feels weird for me to be lying here quietly with my eyes closed or open in front of you while you're just talking to me and I'm not doing anything. So the answer to your question is yes, I will ask them, but not all the time. Sometimes I will simply notice and invite them into the opposite of what I'm noticing. So if I noticed restlessness, I invite them into patience by guiding them and giving them something else to think about. Yes, I think it's important to inquire as to where that might be coming from. I will do that. But it depends if it's during the course of class, but if it's already in Shavasana and I want to try to set a tone that they can remember, I might not, I might not do the inquiry then maybe if I'm doing yoga Nidra with them, it might be more appropriate to inquire, but sometimes I just will guide them to, to a state of mind that would be more, what shall I say, appropriate. 17:20                                     I understand. I'm just fascinated by this idea. I feel like I've really concentrated on the physical issues of people aging and that I haven't been as noticing or open to some of the mental issues. I have, as I'm sure you do, that insomnia can be a problem. I always do a Yoga Nidra at the end and that always went very well. But I know what you're talking about. That's the first thing I would do as I was talking, I was looking around and saying, is there anyone restless here? Is there anyone that's not really going into it? And yeah, I think that's something you do, but I never, addressed it. 18:15                                     You have permission, you have permission to do that. And I think that that's part of your voice. And I will tell you that I think it's one of the things that has made the biggest difference in my teaching when I ask someone to come into bridge pose, which I very rarely practice bridge unless it's at the end of a session because that's just the sequencing that I like to use. It could be an hour long session or it can be a 20 minute session, but bridge is always a transition from an active dynamic aspect of practice moving into quieter, more yinful mode. So I always talk about transition in bridge. Setu bandhu is a construction where your head and your shoulders are in one place, but your feet are in a very different place. And I might even invite them into a visual imagery of what that might be, but especially working well, people of all ages, but especially when you're working with older population transitions are profound and rarely discussed. So in bridge pose, I invite them into the idea of this is a transitional pose from one part of practice to the other. Just the way there are things in your life right now that are in transition. And I want you to savour this pose as a symbol of transition. And breathe softly, deeply, gently. And so I build the experience of being in bridge pose into something metaphorical. The other thing I want to tell you is that all of my poses, so imagine you're standing with people in there in mountain pose, they close mountain pose at the end of every post, I have people close the poses. You bring your hands in front of your heart and Anjali Mudra you close the pose and you keep your hands in front of your heart until you begin the next pose. Because every pose has a beginning, a middle and an end. So let's say you're practicing eagle pose and so your hands are together in front of heart and you get the guidance to float into Eagle and very frequently people fall out of eagle pose and then they step back in and then they step out. But when it's over, it's over. And in a yoga pose, if you're practicing eagle and you lose your balance or control, you step out, you close the pose. It's just a pose. So you close it and then we talk about control. And so over a short period of time the person in your class or the people in your class all begin to acknowledge that I use the control I have at the beginning, in the middle and then I learned to step out of my asana with control and I close the pose. But if I lose control I just close the pose anyway. So by teaching, people about transition and process and beginning, middle and end, you opened the door to deeper conversation. 22:02                                     Yes I can see that. That would be something that is very easy to take off your mat and think about how much control do I have? And walking, not walking away, but closing something down that really needs to be closed down. Because sometimes, at least I used to run into students who were really, well, the word you used was acceptance, which was, you know, no, I know I'm this age and yes, my body's changed, but I can still do all this stuff. Well, okay, but have you thought about doing it this way? I really loved that idea of closing the pose. I never have done that, but I just might take that one up. I just think it has real value. 23:01                                     People move through life with certain sets of expectations and believe that part of my responsibility as a teacher of yoga is to help people have realistic expectations. And sometimes that can be demoralizing. It's my responsibility to keep it uplifting and life-affirming. So I might have realistic expectations for one student who at the age of 72, retired and immediately fell into quicksand, emotional quicksand, psychological quicksand, physical quicksand. It manifest as a quick onset of arthritic conditions. Die hard, tough man who went through a series of falls, triggered by one very terrible fall and we have been in the process over the last two and a half years of reclaiming strength.                                                 Now, something else I want to talk about teaching older students, and this is really important given our scope of practice as yoga teachers, it's really important that your students know the impact of side effects of the medications they're taking. It doesn't come up in yoga classes in the community, but it will come up when you start teaching older people because there is a tendency, unfortunately for people to be on more medicines. I can't tell you how many people I've worked with who have after hour classes sat down with their physicians and gone through the physical complaints that they have had once they realized that the onset was coincidental with taking these medicines. 25:17                                     So in our work it's critically important for us to be very clear with students that some of the things that they may talk about in terms of self-limiting or aches and pains that create something called kinesiophobia, which is fear of movement can really arise from side effects of medicine. 25:46                                     Yes. When I had my intro forms, I always asked how much medicine they were taking. And I was sometimes just appalled and 15, 18 different kinds of pills during the day. And I thought, how can anyone figure out how all of those side effects are acting and interacting? It's a very important thing to do because often it does affect balance rather badly. And so that's something you want to be aware of and I'm kind of anti-pills these days. 26:29                                     It's easy to be, but it's important for people to know that many cholesterol lowering drugs create extreme joint pain drugs and not sure what family Tamoxifen is in, in terms of, of the type of drug that some people will be put on a five year regimen after a cancer treatment. Those drugs can create inordinate joint pain that simply go away when the drug is discontinued at the end of those five years that people don't know it. There's this fearfulness and this is the other thing that's really important when we're working with older students is that there are legitimate fears. The fear, I mean, not that no fear is ever not legitimate, but if my short term memory seems to be fading and I'm taking Lipitor and I stopped taking Lipitor, the chances are very good that my short term memory will be better. And that's a side effect that's on the bottle. So we need to be aware as teachers that without coming across inappropriately, we want our students to be as well informed as they can possibly be about what they're experiencing in their bodies. And why and continue to try to build strengths where there seems to be weakness, but be really careful because if, if I have a lot of pain in my shoulders, I'm going to be afraid to move and that fear alone is going to trigger pain. So that's the other thing I would, I would say in this realm of working with people who are older and whose bodies may be becoming more compromised and more compromised because of the impact of medicines, we need to know more about what our students are experiencing and why and tailor our asana and pranayama practice with them. And whatever philosophical discussions we have to really try to help them cope with what can be quite overwhelming. 28:48                                     Well, you really wouldn't want to make a decision of taking something like, the cancer drug that supposedly keeps it from coming back as opposed to having all the side effects. I mean, that would be a horrible decision. 29:07                                     But my idea is not that I would, I would never, so this one woman, I, who used to be in my classes stopped coming because she developed terrible pain in her wrists. 29:16                                     And I suggested that she never had pain in her wrist before. And that my hunch was that it might, I'm not a diagnostician, I'm not a doctor, but it might be something to do with her medicine, but just to keep it in mind. But she was becoming so demoralized that she thought this was an arthritis. She thought it was another comorbidity. And in fact, at the end of those five years when she went off her medicine, she had no pain in her wrists. 29:50                                     So really it's more of an education; these kinds of things might be happening, but it might not be your body. It might be a side effect, which to me, if someone told me that, that would be a very positive piece of information for me because, it can turn around if you stop taking the medicine for whatever reason, it's no longer diagnosed or whatever. I think that's really important. I have someone who has Parkinson's and the mental fog of Parkinson's I sometimes think has much more to do with the medicine than the actual disease. And so it's important to know that yes, medicine is good, but there may be things that you also will be dealing with because of that. And I'm with you. I don't have that kind of background, so I can't say for sure, but I think it is something like that. Just in general, we as teachers of older people can say, you know,  medications do have side effects. Just be really, really aware of what's happening. 31:21                                     Yes. And as you know, it, it, it can also get into sleep patterns. It affects diet. It, it affects so much cognitive functioning. One other thing I didn't want to forget to talk about is that especially with older students, when they present with a new ache or pain or if you, or if you haven't worked with them before and they've got anything going on in their hips and low backs, this is really fun ask them when they think these symptoms started and ask them if they've gotten a new car. Oh, the new car chassie's are a little bit higher than many of the old frames and so people have to step up a little bit higher and swing themselves into a seat that's a little bit higher. And I can't tell you how many times people look at me and their jaw drops open. Then they go, oh my God. And I literally go out to their cars with them and teach them how to get in and out of the car was less strain and, and so that's taking your yoga off the mat. If you think about balance lunges, twists, all of those things are required when you get into a larger car. And when you go to get out of your car and you swing your leg and you throw one leg out and the other leg is following the impact on people's knees is not to be underestimated. So I see my responsibility as a teacher, especially of older people, is to really think outside the box and think about where else is this person moving? What are they doing on a regular basis that might be exacerbating pre-existing conditions or creating new ones.                33:28                                     No, that's amazing. I'm glad I always have old cars. Linda, this has been great. I love the way that you approached this; it's really different from, from how I do it and I think I need to learn from you. But I want to thank you. Is there anything else? I know you've been really good about bringing out stuff that you thought the listeners might be interested in and, and need to know about, but is there anything else that you would like to finish the podcast with that you would really like to explore in more depth or just bring up a new topic? 34:12                                     Quite frankly, one thing that drives my teaching and I would discuss it with students is that and it can come up many times during any class. People are frequently wondering how long, when, they wonder if ,they wonder why. There's a lot of specific wondering and I invite them into wonderment so that when we're in an asana or we're practicing the cues, the invitations, the language, the vocabulary the cadence, the tone is to inspire a sense of wonderment so that when they step out of, let's say, a more challenging pose or move out of a longer yin hold that what they're left with is a quiet state of appreciation. So that's one thing. The other thing is that there are a great many things that we can know but more things that we cannot. And so being able to embrace the unknown and the unknowable is really fundamental when I'm working with older people because they want answers to questions that may not even be the right questions to be asking. So I try to create time in all of my classes for some type of dialogue driven by whatever's on the student's mind that I can then respond to through this yogic lens where we're looking to find the extraordinary and the ordinary and approach the unknown and the unknowable with a sense of wonderment. 36:15                                     Yes, I think that's a really critical in that perhaps as we age, we do lose our sense of wonderment in it's important to cultivate it. 36:40                                     Yes, yes. And what you do and what I do puts us in a position to shine a light on that path towards wonderment, just like any other piece of the landscape we want our students to dwell in. 36:57                                     Excellent. Okay. Well this is as usual been a fascinating podcasts. I love talking to you, Linda. I think you'll find that she's an incredible Yogi who has really taken the precepts of what we all do and applied them in very interesting and creative ways. Thank you so much, Linda. I appreciate it so much that you came on again. And I think this is a great podcast. Podcasts on yoga for older people have proven to be extremely popular and I think this has many new ways to think about it. So thank you so much. 38:38                                     You are so, so welcome. Thank you. Contact: Email: Lindalang @Theopen-hyphen door.com. Websites: www.therapeutic yogaDC.com and www.yogaaslifestylemedicine.com.

With the recent shooting at a yoga studio, it reminds us that we are (possibly) especially vulnerable to crime. Here are some tips to take into your practice. It’s just a reality, so although there’s no need to panic, there is always a need to be aware and vigilant. Be safe! Go in peace. NAMASTE! www.lovebreezybreeyoga.com ---> Did you know you can listen on Spotify & Stitcher & now iTunes? Download the Apps today & never miss an episode. Don’t forget to check out my new Yoga Pose Breakdown series and FREE Yoga Classes recorded during live studio practices for your personal practice, just listen & practice! Please rate this podcast with ALL the stars and move this podcast up the rankings so others will find it! I greatly appreciate it! Consult medical advisement before beginning any exercise regimen including yoga. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yogapodcast/message

Have you ever had a pregnant yoga student walk into your group yoga class and immediately think, “Oh crap. I don't know how to modify the practice for her or keep her safe without changing my whole plan!” ?   Today's podcast episode with prenatal yoga expert (and my old friend!) Deb Flashenberg will cover everything you need to know on this subject! Deb is the founder and director of the Prenatal Yoga Center in NYC and host of the podcast, Yoga | Birth | Babies.  She is also a certified prenatal yoga teacher, labor support doula, childbirth educator, and mother of two. Deb is passionate about establishing safe, effective, and empowering yoga classes for pregnancy and beyond and she is full of wisdom for all yoga teachers. In this episode you'll hear: Some of the most important things teachers can keep in mind when trying to accommodate a pregnant student in an open level asana class. What can happen when a pregnant student doesn't modify her practice and how might it affect her birth. How we feel about the saying- "if you did it before you were pregnant you can continue to do it pregnant".

Increase your impact as a yoga teacher, reduce the time and energy you spend on marketing, support your personal practice, increase your confidence as a teacher, and promote a sense of cooperation and community with other yoga teachers by taking this one key step in your yoga business.   Highlights 6 compelling reasons for yoga teachers to get clear on their ideal yoga student. Why some yoga teachers end up turning off their ideal students without even realizing it. Common myths and fears about niche plus realities and solutions The two most important things you need to find out about your ideal yoga student The (more effective) alternative to trying to please everyone. 3 strategies for validating what you think you know about your ideal student - and how to use what you discover to help your ideal students feel understood and nurtured.   Invitation for Inspired Action Write down who your ideal student is and how you help them. Then please come to the yoga teacher resource private facebook group to share or ask for feedback.   Links and Resources Want personalized help to select or refine your niche? Book single strategy session with Mado.

Many people think mineral deficiencies only occur in the developing world where food is scarce; but the reality is that most people are deficient in at least a few vitamins or minerals. Our soils are over-farmed leaving our foods nutrient poor, so even people eating the highest-quality of foods are susceptible to imbalances. Enter: magnesium. It's the 8th most abundant mineral on earth and affects everything from bowel regularity and cramps to sleep quality and digestion. It's found in nuts, seeds, greens, and even rice—and yet, most people only get about 1/2 their daily recommended allowance from food alone. For yoga students, magnesium is one of the top minerals (right up there with sulfur) as it helps muscles relax and balances the nervous system—both essential for bendy bodies. On this week's Yoga Talk Show, you'll learn why magnesium deficiency is so common, and more importantly, some very simple tests to fix it safely at home. ------------ Listen & Learn: Why most people only get about 200mg of magnesium per day How magnesium dosage will self-regulate by sending you to the toilet if you have too much Why magnesium is essential for ATP (energy) production How to get tested for magnesium deficiency Recommended dosage: up to 600 mg/day of magnesium citrate (orally) or 2 cups of Epsom salts in a bath ABOUT OUR GUEST Carolyn Dean is a medical doctor and naturopath. She has authored and co-authored over 35 books including The Magnesium Miracle, IBS for Dummies, Hormone Balance, Death by Modern Medicine, and 110 Kindle books. She graduated from Dalhousie Medical School in 1978, holds a medical license in California and is a graduate of The Ontario College of Naturopathic Medicine – now the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine (CCNM) in Toronto. She served on the board of Governors of the CCNM for six years. Nutritional Tip of the Week: Polyphenols Links & References from the Show: Carolyn's Site Carolyn's Books Got Questions? Send me a voicemail here: Ask Lucas a Question Or write to us: podcast@yogabody.com  Like the Show? Leave us a Review on iTunes Thanks to our sponsor: FreshBooks - a cloud accounting solution specially designed for small business owners. Join 10 million people using FreshBooks and spend less time on accounting and more time doing the work you love. Freshbooks automates tasks like invoicing, organizing expenses, tracking your time and following up with clients in just a few clicks. It is also offering now Yoga Talk Show listeners a free 30 days trial. Go to freshbooks.com/yoga and enter “yogapodcast” in how did you hear about us section. Learn More

In today's episode we explore how you can leverage Instagram to create a flow of new yoga students while remaining authentic and not spammy at all!

    Podcast Links:  Shannon's Website The Connected Yoga Teacher Facebook Group Art of Assists 50-hour Yoga Teacher Training with Shannon Assisting Yoga Students Without Touch A great hands-on assist can make all the difference to a yoga student. It can be a communication tool for the kinaesthetic learners, it can give a relaxation to held tension and it can help students to have more awareness of their proprioception and alignment. But what if we want to assist without touch? Some people don't want to be touched, for various reasons. For example if a student is home with a baby attached to her all day, hands-on touch might be the last thing she wants. Another student may feel that touch is distracting. Beginner students may feel strange about being in a new class. Sometimes students are ticklish or they just don't know the teacher well enough to feel comfortable with an assist. These are all great reasons to use consent cards, so that students can decide. There are also times when students would love to receive touch, but the teacher is not up for giving hands-on assists. For example a teacher can be feeling out of balance and low in energy due to illness or a full schedule. Sometimes a teacher is so busy watching the safety of an advanced pose that they don't have time to assist, or they are leading a quick flow class that has everyone moving so fast they find it hard to connect. Just like every yoga class we take is unique, every instructor has unique teaching experiences too. _____________________________________________ Other Reasons for Assisting Without Touch: Student feels resistant or uncomfortable Tension increases during assist, instead of student “sinking into a pose” Student indicates not wanting assists Any pain or discomfort for student or teacher New yoga student who is already sensitive about being new Teacher's attention is needed for the entire class Student or teacher feeling rushed, tense, or out of breath Recipient of assist moves out of a pose quickly Student had a previous assist that caused injury or discomfort Recent or triggered trauma When our intuition or our instincts tell us to assist without touch we still want our students to feel attended to. I have come up with a list of how I assist without touch. Feel free to add your points in the comments below. _____________________________________________ Assisting Yoga Students Without Touch 1. Breath  Our audible breath offers an assist. Students hear teachers breathing and mimic us. When our breath is calm and lengthened, our students will feel the intention we are giving as we walk around the room. 2. Props Blocks, bolsters, and straps are the props we typically turn to. Don't forget the wall, chairs, cushions, blankets, balls, sandbags, and sometimes other students. These objects provide a type of feedback to the body. Partnering is especially helpful when we know our students, as some new yogis find partnering adds stress to the class experience. Partner yoga poses can give the benefits of hands-on assists in a situation where students are open to touch, but the instructor doesn't have enough time to get to everyone. 3. Demo We show yoga poses all the time, and this is a type of assist. We can show the entire class a pose at the front of the room or we can quietly move next to a student who looks puzzled and show the pose to bring clarity and understanding. 4. Verbal Cues The words that we use when describing a pose, or a feeling that we would like to convey in the pose can be very powerful.  For example, in relaxation pose: “Relax your entire body, imagine you are on a warm beach and the sand is contouring to your body and giving you all the support you need”. 5. Self-Directed Assists Hands-on assists that students can do for/to their own body in a pose. I've incorporated this into yoga from my Thai Yoga Massage trainings. We try out certain massage techniques on ourselves, so I started incorporating a similar approach into postural assists. It can be as simple as asking students to massage their hamstring muscles before a seated forward fold. “Touching ourselves” can bring up an awkward feeling for some students, but it's a wonderful way to encourage people out of their comfort zone, taking one more little action step toward self-love. Every yoga style approaches hands-on assists uniquely. No matter what the style, hands-on assists are intimate, so they can cause discomfort or bring up a lack of confidence for both new and experienced students or teachers. Whether offered with or without touch, assisting is an art form that all yoga teachers can learn with practice. _____________________________________________ What Is a Yoga Assist? A Yoga Assist Offers: Help to the student Enhancement Understanding Alignment awareness Relaxation Proprioception Increased confidence Safety within postures Deepening Muscle memory Attention of teacher Another form of communication Nurturing Support Hands-on assists are something that I now love to receive and give. I feel it is an art form and I am continuing to learn as I go. My intention behind why I am offering a yoga assist is key. A quick check to see if an assist will offer enhancement or understanding of a posture at a deeper level will help you to assist your students at a new level. _____________________________________________ To me — A Yoga Assist Is Not: – An adjustment – Correcting – Fixing – Altering Often I have heard assists referred to as “adjustments” and for me this word sounds like there is something that needs to be fixed or altered. It sounds really technical, almost like a teacher would adjust a student to correct them or show them how a pose “should be done.” My belief is that a yoga assist is not intended to adjust, correct or fix a student or pose. Don't feel bad if you have called an assist an adjustment. I have. I try to say assist and I focus on what my intention is as I move in to assist a student.  

If you want to start an argument among yoga students, just mention the phrase "hot yoga." Love it or hate it, Hot Yoga has spread across the globe faster than any other style—and there are solid health benefits that few people are aware of. As a yin to the yang that is Hot Yoga, cold therapy and cryotherapy are now the new new thing with ice baths and freezer chambers all over social media. But is heat really good for you? And what about cold? And why? On this week's Yoga Talk Show, Lucas dives into some of the latest research about the benefits and risks associated with heat and cold therapy for yoga students. MEDICAL DISCLAIMER: both heat and cold therapy can be dangerous and even fatal. This is meant for informational purposes only and should not be considered medical advice. Never practice heat or cold therapy alone, and ideally practice under expert supervisions. ---------------------------------------------------------------   What You'll Learn: Why sweating does release toxins How heat can help build muscle How heat and increase growth hormone How heat can improve sugar metabolism How cold can trigger norepinephrine Why cold is not always a smart choice Nutritional Tip of the Week: Are black beans a good source of protein? Links & References from the Show: Nickel, Copper, Zinc, and Lead Arsenic & Lead Phthalates (DEHP and MEHP) [1] [2] Reduced heart attack risk (23%-48%) – 2300 Finnish men Increased anti-oxidant system of the body Improved Lipid Profile (lowers LDL and triglycerides)[1][2] Increased Endurance Performance (red blood cells and plasma up) Human Growth Hormone 100-500% increase Got Questions? Write to us podcast@yogabody.com Thanks to our sponsor: Yoga Teachers College The YOGABODY Teachers College combines new technology and age-old apprenticeship to deliver a level of education previously The YOGABODY Teachers College combines new technology and age-old apprenticeship to deliver a level of education previously unavailable anywhere. We train students not just teach, but to become local business leaders in the mind-body wellness industry Join the Early Notification List for First Application Preference: www.YogaTeachersCollege.com

Over-the-counter drugs like aspirin and ibuprofen are cheap, easy to obtain and provide instant pain relief - but they are more of a coverup than a cure. For these reasons, it's no surprise that yoga students often look toward natural remedies first, and to help you with this area of study, Susun Weed joins this week's Yoga Talk Show to share her wisdom about herbal medicine with a specific slant toward yoga students.  Susun Weed began studying herbal medicine in 1965 and wrote her first book, Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year (now in its 29th printing) in 1985 followed by a series of books including: Healing Wise, New Menopausal Years the Wise Woman Way, Breast Cancer? Breast Health! The Wise Woman Way, and Down There: Sexual and Reproductive Health the Wise Woman Way. Susun Weed is a contributor to the Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women's Studies, peer-reviewed journals, and popular magazines, including a regular column in Sagewoman. Susun appears on many television and radio shows, including National Public Radio and NBC News. In this Show, You'll learn: What types of herbs help with sore muscles, sore joints, and connective tissues Which kind of teas and infusions are the most beneficial for you Whether plants can help with nervous system health and nervous system training Coffee and cannabis: friend or foe?    Links & References from the Show: www.WiseWomanMentor.com    Got questions? Write to us: podcast@yogabody.com Visit us on: www.YogaBody.com www.facebook.com/Yogabody.Naturals www.instagram.com/yogabodyfitness  

Joan Arnold, an Alexander Technique teacher in New York City and Columbia County in upstate New York, talks with Robert Rickover about ways in which the Technique can help make your yoga practice easier and safer. Joan's website: joanarnold.com Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com. More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com

For my Yoga Students, and anyone who is interested in a powerful mantra for healing and clearing your life circumstances, feel free to listen and repeat this mantra, at least once a day for a month to begin the process. Good luck in your healing and all the best in heath and wellness, Namaste, Marti Angel

Hamsasana, Mayuri Asana and Pincha Mayurasana - three variations to try out for intermediate Yoga Students who want to make progress in their Hatha Yoga Asanas or want to try out something new. Demonstrated by Narayani in Sahasrara Room in Yoga Vidya Ashram Germany. Narayani is a 62 year old Yoga teacher and Master. Recording from Yoga Vidya Ashram Meinberg, Germany. Narayani is teaching Yoga Seminars and Teachers Training Courses in Yoga Vidya Germany. More on http://my.yoga-vidya.org

Hamsasana, Mayuri Asana and Pincha Mayurasana - three variations to try out for intermediate Yoga Students who want to make progress in their Hatha Yoga Asanas or want to try out something new. Demonstrated by Narayani in Sahasrara Room in Yoga Vidya Ashram Germany. Narayani is a 62 year old Yoga teacher and Master. Recording from Yoga Vidya Ashram Meinberg, Germany. Narayani is teaching Yoga Seminars and Teachers Training Courses in Yoga Vidya Germany. More on http://my.yoga-vidya.org

Hamsasana, Mayuri Asana and Pincha Mayurasana - three variations to try out for intermediate Yoga Students who want to make progress in their Hatha Yoga Asanas or want to try out something new. Demonstrated by Narayani in Sahasrara Room in Yoga Vidya Ashram Germany. Narayani is a 62 year old Yoga teacher and Master. Recording from Yoga Vidya Ashram Meinberg, Germany. Narayani is teaching Yoga Seminars and Teachers Training Courses in Yoga Vidya Germany. More on http://my.yoga-vidya.org

Atmanshanti demonstrates Mayurasana the Yoga Peacock in an advanced Asana Variation. This is for advanced Yoga Students who want to try out something new. More information on Mayurasana http://www.yoga-vidya.de/Asana_Uebungsplaene/Pfau.html

Atmanshanti demonstrates Mayurasana the Yoga Peacock in an advanced Asana Variation. This is for advanced Yoga Students who want to try out something new. More information on Mayurasana http://www.yoga-vidya.de/Asana_Uebungsplaene/Pfau.html

Atmanshanti demonstrates Mayurasana the Yoga Peacock in an advanced Asana Variation. This is for advanced Yoga Students who want to try out something new. More information on Mayurasana http://www.yoga-vidya.de/Asana_Uebungsplaene/Pfau.html

Mentioned in this Free Anusara Yoga Podcast (good for beginners to advanced yogi's): Call me to share how you may feel alone and how your practice reminds you that you are connected to something bigger pose you want to work on that I can teach 206.984.0347 - and check out my main website. YOU are INVITED to MEXICO to CONNECT w/ OTHER YOGI'S ON THE BEACH APRIL 6-12 2008 MORE DETAILS CLICK HERE MY SWEET FRIEND Jeffrey Grubb's new collection alchemi sport alchemi SPORT by Jeffrey Grubb - this jacket is a must have!!! FEELING TECHY??? PLEASE JOIN MY NETWORKS: ADD your FACE to my facebook group for Hillarys Yoga Practice Podcast Listen in to Mudra Moments and hear how yoga is off the mat for yoga teachers Hillary and Elsie Escobar!!! CHECK OUT the YJ BLOG REVIEW OF MUDRA MOMENTS!!! click here : CITY YOGA WORKSHOP for TEACHERS LEARN HOW TO TEACH NEW STUDENTS OF YOGA!! __________________________________________________________ Anusara Yoga Class Sequence for All Levels of Yoga Students to Strengthen Upper Body and: Sukasana - Easy Posture Down Dog to Uttanasana - Standing Fwd Bend Urdvah Hastasana - Arms Over Heatd to Samasthiti - Pose of Alignment then Extend One Arm Up Other Down - Scissor Arms to Shoulder Stretch Uttanasna to Plank to Cobra to Down Dog Straight Leg Lunge to Uttanasana Uttanasana to Vira III Legs - Warrior III (Finger Tips on Floor) Vinyasa Vira II - Warrior II to Parsvakonasana - Extended Side Angle Plank to Belly Stage I Core Work - Salambasana Variations Cobra to Down Dog to Crescent Pose Down Dog Bring Knees to Chest Anjaneasana - Low Lunge to Parvritta Parsvakonasana - Twisted Extended Side Angle Uttanasna with a Roll Under Feet - Stage II Core Work: Navasana - Boat Pose Ardha Navasana - 1/2 Boat Pose 2X Danurasana - Bow Pose Child's Pose Stage III Core Work: On Back Legs Scissored then Crunches Knees To Chest Bridge Pose then to Urdvah Danurasana (or just a second bridge) Jathara Parvittasana Happy Baby Savasana or Meditation Namaste!

Mentioned in this Free Anusara Yoga Podcast (good for beginners or advanced yogi's): Call me to share what you are cultivating in your life or if there is a pose you want to work on that I can teach 206.984.0347 - and check out my main website. This episode of Hillary's Yoga Practice is powered by alchemi SPORT by Jeffrey Grubb alchemi SPORT by Jeffrey Grubb - this jacket is a must have!!! 5 Week Anusara Fundamentals Course Come to Mexico in April 2008 for an Anusara Yoga Retreat PLEASE JOIN MY NETWORKS: . Listen to Elsie and me talk about yoga off the mat... Anusara Yoga Class Sequence for All Levels of Yoga Students to Strengthen Upper Body and: Sukasana - Easy Posture Child's Pose All 4's Hands and Knees Down Dog to Down Dog Split Child's Pose to All 4's Lift Opposite Arm and Leg Down Dog Plank to Belly Salambasana Variations On Back for Supine Chattarunga Dandasana Down Dog Plank to Chattarunga Push Ups Belly to Cobra to Down Dog Uttanasna the Clasp Hands Stretch Arms Over Head Samasthiti - Form of Mountain Pose Urdvah Hastasana - Arms Over Head Uttanasana - Standing Fwd Bend Lunge then Twist Down Dog to Plank to Chattarunga to Cobra Back to Chattarunga then Child's Pose L-Pose at Wall to Warrior III L-Pose with Twist - video of Elsie doing this pose... [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZHPuk2q0egc] On back Jathara Parvitasana Suptapadangustasana Happy Baby Child's Pose Meditation or Savasana Namaste!