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This ep is taken from a super important masterclass held recently on The Base: How to boost your short term yoga income.Now many of our trainings for yoga teachers at Yoga Hero are £400... So I thought rather than talking about generating extra income in a hypothetical way, wouldn't it be great to have a figure to work towards, so, how about £400?!There's four suggested methods of boosting your short term yoga income.Within each of the four methods, we'll look at:- the general requirements so...

Before we dive in, let’s be clear that the only thing that will help you build your confidence offering physical adjustment in your classes is: getting experience offering physical adjustments in your classes!There’s no shortcuts unfortunately!However, twice a year at Yoga Hero, we hold half day workshop to go through the stages of offering adjustments to yogis and then loads of time to practice under the watchful eye of our trainers, to give you the experience that you need to be ...

Introducing Sanskrit in to your yoga classes can be daunting for all the reasons we talked about in episode 41, which was ‘Should yoga teachers use Sanskrit?’However, it doesn’t have to be daunting. (Promise!)This episode is 7 simple ways to add Sanskrit in to your classes, let's take a look: Go slow and steady - no need to rushBuild confidence in your pronunciationSay the Sanskrit with the EnglishSuggest a mantra for your yogisLead a chantLead Pranayama techniquesPick your time, and yog...

This episode is looking at a niggle in the yoga teaching world; competition from other yoga teachers. We’re looking at why a bit of competition is a good thinghow to not let it get the better of you - with practical, implementable tips here as alwayshow to stay in your lanehow yoga philosophy can helpunderstanding that more than one yoga teacher can thrive at a timehow we can build a network of collaboration over competitionLet’s do this! --The BaseA community for yoga teachers...

One of the things that frustrates me endlessly about teaching yoga is:"Yoga is so beneficial, it should be accessible to absolutely everyone!"Vs"Don’t teach for free! You’ll undervalue yoga!"This episode explores the question: Should yoga teachers care about money? We cover:Why yoga teachers often feel guilty about charging for classesWhy there’s commonly an issue with yoga teachers valuing their time, knowledge and effortsThe morality of earning money from yogaTeaching yoga f...

This episode is exploring the answer, your individual answer, to the question: Should yoga teachers demo while teaching?We’ll look at some reasons to demo, some reasons not to demo, and a few things to bear in mind overall. Demoing, for many yoga teachers, takes a lot of the fear around teaching. Your body does the pose and that facilitates how you find the language to guide your yogis in to the pose. But, cultivating the skill to teach verbally only can be really really useful. &nb...