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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

Yoga Training and Taming the Ego

In western culture, the egalitarianism, democratic ideals and Socratic dialogue makes the idea of shared privileges the norm. Student selection is not based on merit or attitude but merely the ability to pay the requisite fees to attend a session. This may give students a sense of entitlement since they are paying. If the teacher fails to measure up, then their yoga business may close down.

Dr. Paul Jerard, E-RYT 5002019-09-16T15:55:41-04:00Categories: Yoga Teacher Issues|Tags: between teachers and students, cannot hear your instructions, teacher chose only select students, want a hot or flowing class, yoga business may close down|2 Comments

Yoga Teacher Education as a Spiritual Quest

The most important qualification for a student is proper attitude — specifically a passion for enhancing and deepening the spiritual journey by practicing a healthy lifestyle. This attitude should reflect a deep respect for a tradition that arose centuries ago to refine mind, body, and spirit. Someone who enrolls in a yoga-teaching course should be inspired to aspire for deeper spiritual understanding about the nature of life.

Paul2017-04-28T17:58:42-04:00Categories: Yoga Teacher Issues|Tags: aspire for deeper spiritual understanding, learning yoga at a deep level, reasonable level of fitness, skills like teaching methodology, spiritual development|2 Comments

Rules for Yoga Instructors Who Teach Corporate Classes

Company policies and attitudes toward Yoga vary from one corporation to the next. Discussing issues like insurance, waivers, and etiquette prior to preparing for a new class clarifies everyone’s goals and attitudes. Establishing guidelines and giving written copies to students before or during the first class helps to avoid confusion and awkward situations down the road.

Dr. Paul Jerard, E-RYT 5002017-04-26T15:30:03-04:00Categories: How to Teach Yoga, Yoga Teacher Issues|Tags: corporate yoga instructors, corporate yoga offers, not all yoga schools are alike, online yoga teacher certification programs, yoga training sessions create|1 Comment

Teaching Yoga Students About Relaxation

As you learned when you decided to become a yoga instructor: Each student is different, but all of them need to learn when, how, and why to relax. Some students don't want to relax initially. They might be so wired up that it feels unnatural to chill out.

Paul2017-04-26T15:30:06-04:00Categories: Yoga Teacher Issues|Tags: become a yoga instructor, teaching yoga students, yoga instructor training, yoga training|0 Comments

Yoga Changed My Life

Over the six months of treatments, Eleanor's physical appearance changed drastically. Although her body weakened, however, Eleanor gradually began to demonstrate an emotional and mental strength I hadn't seen before. She began to talk of her cancer favorably, sharing her insights and thirst for life with me and my students. I will never forget the last thing she told me, the week before she died, "Even though I started practicing yoga during the worst time of my life, it has changed me for the better. I have only ever accessed this deep peace I feel with my life and illness through yoga. I never would have made it this far without it."

Dr. Paul Jerard, E-RYT 5002018-02-06T15:22:58-05:00Categories: Yoga Teacher Issues|Tags: diagnosed with cancer, intermediate yoga student, managed to practice asana, yoga changed, Yoga teacher training intensive|2 Comments

When Yoga Students Need Private Lessons

When an intern is going through yoga teacher training, he or she might envision classes full of students. Long before yogic methodology became so popular; yoga training sessions were often private, semi-private or consisted of small groups.

Dr. Paul Jerard, E-RYT 5002017-04-26T15:30:11-04:00Categories: How to Teach Yoga, Yoga Teacher Issues|Tags: yoga students, yoga teacher, Yoga Teacher Training, yoga training|2 Comments

When Yoga Students Need Private Lessons

When an intern is going through yoga teacher training, he or she might envision classes full of students. Long before yogic methodology became so popular; yoga training sessions were often private, semi-private or consisted of small groups.

Paul2018-02-10T15:03:32-05:00Categories: How to Teach Yoga, Yoga Teacher Issues|Tags: choosing private instructors, different degrees of health, physical conditions, therapeutic class, yoga students|1 Comment

Teaching Private Yoga Sessions for Back Pain

We know that when pain is apparent in the back area the cause can often be due to tightness or strain in other areas of the body. Sometimes tight hamstrings, the neck or shoulders are to blame. Yoga teachers should explain this important concept to the client as they provide them a variety of stretches that focus not only on the back specifically but also on the limbs and core.

Paul2017-04-26T15:30:11-04:00Categories: Back Pain, Yoga Teacher Issues|Tags: teaching private yoga, yoga instructor, Yoga Teacher Training, yoga training|2 Comments