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The Advantages of Mentorship Part I – Seeking and Offering Guidance and Support

In addition to being an E-RYT, I am also in graduate school for Dance/Movement Therapy. In the field, consistent supervision with a qualified professional is not only advised - it is most often required to practice. Guidance from another wise individual is not a foreign concept in yoga, as I am sure you as a qualified teacher are aware; swamis and gurus handed down the practice to those eager to learn from them, resulting in yoga surviving to be the practice we know it as today.

Dr. Paul Jerard, E-RYT 5002019-09-11T12:37:05-04:00Categories: Yoga Teacher Issues|Tags: accepting something as truth, as a qualified teacher, curiously seeking the guidance, face-to-face guidance, instructors warnings, support system|4 Comments

Improving Yoga Student Safety: Formatting a Class Wisely

Speaking with your students individually will also give you the opportunity to guide your students to other levels of Yoga classes, or other styles of Yoga, if necessary. For example, if you have a few students who are struggling to keep up with the sequence of asanas you have chosen to teach, or you have a few students who seem to far surpass the ability level of the class that your teaching, you may wish to recommended that these students go to other Yoga classes that more closely match their ability level. As you begin to ascertain the overall level of most of your students in the classes that you teach, you will more easily be able to lead them through a sequence of asanas that is both accessible and challenging, while still maintaining the safety of your students throughout the practice.

Paul2017-04-26T15:29:57-04:00Categories: Yoga Student Safety|Tags: as you gain more experience, formatting a class wisely, general ability level, mixed level class, other Yoga classes, therapeutic sequence of postures|2 Comments

Staying with Yoga Instruction

I also gained a few private students when students whom I tutor in my university’s academic support center discovered I teach yoga, and expressed interests in having me teach them. Though busy and incompatible schedules could make those commitments short-lived, the bits of experiences (and extra cash) were valuable enough to make my efforts more than worth it. For anyone who might have to suspend formal teaching temporarily because of other work and financial obligations, I believe that similar connections are possible.

Yoga Studio Harassment Prevention

By Amruta Kulkarni, CYT 500 Like any other workplace, it is important for yoga teachers to stay up-to-date on harassment prevention, whether it is physical, sexual, verbal, or another form of harassment. With recent headlines seeming to indicate that harassment in the studio is on the rise, it's especially imperative that instructors take steps to [...]

Paul2017-04-26T15:29:57-04:00Categories: Yoga Ethics, Yoga Student Safety, Yoga Teacher Issues|Tags: comfortable with physical corrections, harassment in the studio, inappropriate comments, issues can happen between students, some kind of harassment scenario|0 Comments

Safety Guidelines For Physical Assists

By Gopi Rao The practice of physical assisting or adjusting during yoga tends to receive a mixed review from students and teachers. While some students welcome the idea, others are more comfortable with verbal adjustments due to personal space. There are also teachers who are more at ease with verbal assisting instead of physical. However, [...]

Paul2017-04-26T15:29:57-04:00Categories: Yoga Student Safety|Tags: conducting physical adjustments, how to properly physically assist, stabilize your student, student is struggling, success through physical adjusting, yoga student safety|0 Comments

Preventing Accidents in the Yoga Studio

By Kimaya Singh Any owner of a business understands the need for liability insurance. Accidents happen and it is not possible to control clients although you may caution them against the dangers. Asking clients to sign a liability waiver is certainly a must, but what can you do to prevent accidents in your yoga studio [...]

Dr. Paul Jerard, E-RYT 5002017-04-26T15:29:57-04:00Categories: Yoga Student Safety|Tags: against any privacy laws, assess your students, class size becomes too large, need for liability insurance, prevent accidents, properly performing yoga|1 Comment

How and When to Correct My Yoga Students

By Ishrattasleem Tasleem Nowadays, people are living a busy and hectic lifestyle; fatigue is a common complaint of modern life. The sense of a fragmented and displaced lifestyle is found among people of all age groups and genders. To get rid of all the worries, stale energy, and effects of stress, yoga has proven to [...]

Dr. Paul Jerard, E-RYT 5002017-04-28T17:57:55-04:00Categories: Yoga Ethics, Yoga Student Safety|Tags: common complaint of modern life, improving movements and postures, instruct students to avoid hurrying, perform with full concentration, physical and mental exercises, rest between strenuous postures, vital energy flowing|1 Comment

Secrets of Successful Yoga Teachers

Advertising is bad? How will people know I teach, if I keep it a secret? I've heard it all and the best one was a yoga diva who preached to us about why creating a celebrity presence was wrong. I paid $500 to hear that lecture! No, somebody else paid for me to go. By the way, she has a few dozen DVDs on the market, books, and a huge studio with money rolling onto the sidewalk. So, what do you do if you don't have the celebrity status of a diva? Most yoga instructors just want enough to get by, but I ask you to think a little bigger and stop listening to pessimists.

Dr. Paul Jerard, E-RYT 5002017-04-26T15:29:57-04:00Categories: Yoga Business, Yoga Teacher Issues|Tags: celebrity status of a diva, photographs of people doing yoga, social media marketing, successful yoga teachers, your teaching career|2 Comments

How Do Yoga Teachers Get Jobs

The purpose of the cover letter is to briefly introduce yourself so that prospective employers will look at your resume. After they look at your resume, they may decide to call you in for an interview. After the interview, you should send them the thank you letter for inviting you to the interview. These three documents should be generic in nature; they should be templates that outline the ideas that you wish to communicate. Then, when you need to deploy them, customize them to fit your particular job application.

Dr. Paul Jerard, E-RYT 5002017-04-26T15:29:58-04:00Categories: Yoga Teacher Issues|Tags: an excellent business model, briefly introduce yourself, enthusiastic about yoga, finding a job as a yoga instructor, where people are hiring, you wish to communicate|2 Comments

What to Expect as a Yoga Instructor

One of the expectations of being a yoga instructor is that you should be an avid public speaker. The career does not necessarily require you to take to the podium and articulate about some mantra, ideology or rhetoric, but public speaking traits are a major aspect of any teaching career. This attribute is particularly important when you are teaching corporate yoga. If you are to rise above ranks and get to the level of teaching corporate yoga you need to equip yourself with good language skills and the essentials of effective communication.

Dr. Paul Jerard, E-RYT 5002017-04-28T17:45:20-04:00Categories: Yoga Teacher Issues|Tags: as a seasoned yoga instructor, challenging 200-hour yoga course, continuing education courses, effective and successful instructor, essentials of effective communication, in need of props and utilities, systematic in your approach|1 Comment