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For yoga teachers at every stage of their careers - not a what-to-teach guide but a how-to-teach guide**Includes guidance on adapting your teaching to online platforms**There's so much more to teaching yoga than doing yoga -- from building a relationship with a studio (or opening your own) to navigating client relationships, publicising classes, and avoiding burnout. Sage Rountree has been training yoga teachers for over a decade, and she's heard the same concerns over and over: How can I help my students best? How can I keep my teaching fresh? How can I make smart choices around my schedule, my money, and the next steps in my career?
The Professional Yoga Teacher's Handbook speaks directly to these concerns in a warm, friendly voice --boosting teachers' confidence in their ability to construct a heartfelt, balanced class, and to build a career that suits them. Rountree includes stories from her own experience, journal prompts, and thoughtful workbook exercises to help aspiring yoga teachers discern their path, and to provide current yoga teachers with much-desired continuing education. This is
the book every yoga teacher needs!
List of contents
PrefaceIntroductionPART 1: CHARTING YOUR COURSEChapter 1: So You Want to Be a Yoga Teacher
Chapter 2: Education and Personal Development
Chapter 3: Clarify Your Vision
PART 2: BUILDING YOUR CAREERChapter 4: Promotion
Chapter 5: Getting a Regular Class
Chapter 6: Managing It All
PART 3: HOSTING A CLASSChapter 7: Developing Your Class: Planning and Reflection
Chapter 8: Nailing It: Executing Your Plans in Class
Chapter 9: The Student-Teacher Relationship
PART 4: LEVELLING UP AS A TEACHERChapter 10: Beyond the Regular Class
Chapter 11: Making Yoga Your Full-time Job
Appendix: A TimelineRecommended ReadingAcknowledgementsIndexNotesAbout the Author
About the author
Sage Rountree
Summary
For yoga teachers at every stage of their careers - not a what-to-teach guide but a how-to-teach guide
There's so much more to teaching yoga than doing yoga -- from building a relationship with a studio (or opening your own) to navigating client relationships, publicising classes, and avoiding burnout. Sage Rountree has been training yoga teachers for over a decade, and she's heard the same concerns over and over: How can I help my students best? How can I keep my teaching fresh? How can I make smart choices around my schedule, my money, and the next steps in my career?
The Professional Yoga Teacher's Handbook speaks directly to these concerns in a warm, friendly voice --boosting teachers' confidence in their ability to construct a heartfelt, balanced class, and to build a career that suits them. Rountree includes stories from her own experience, journal prompts, and thoughtful workbook exercises to help aspiring yoga teachers discern their path, and to provide current yoga teachers with much-desired continuing education. Includes guidance on adapting your teaching to online platforms.
This is the book every yoga teacher needs!
Foreword
For yoga teachers at every stage of their careers - not a what-to-teach guide but a how-to-teach guide
