Tag: yoga teachers
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Teach Yoga Effectively; Avoid these Seven Phrases in Class
As yoga teachers, we want to make the practice as clear as we can. But there are several common ways of speaking in a yoga class that make the instructions confusing. I’ve identified seven phrases we can toss out to make our teaching more effective. This list comes from the ‘Vocal Communication’ chapter in my […]
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Yoga Teachers Should Stop Assaulting Students
My wife was assaulted by a yoga instructor at her former yoga studio. She’s cried over it, has lost sleep, and still has dreams about what happened months later. She spoke with a lawyer who confirmed that what happened is the definition of assault.
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Mastery is Just the Beginning
“Ten thousand hours of practice is required to achieve the level of mastery associated with being a world-class expert—in anything,” This is the 10,000 Hour Rule in a nutshell, as explained by Daniel Levitin. I started reading about this “rule” because I’ve logged my 10,284th hour of teaching since I started in 2005. I’ve taught […]