Yoga Teacher Talk

Rebecca Schmidt
  • 5.0 (16)
  • Mental Health
  • Updated Biweekly

Yoga Teacher Talk (YTT) is authenic yoga conversation with your favorite yoga mentors, trend-setting yoga teachers, and wellness experts who are changing the paradym on traditional instruction. YTT invites you add to your 200 or 500-level yoga teacher training and elevate your presence as an instructor. Host Becca Schmidt, E-RYT5000/YACEP, has more than 20 years experience on the lead mat, having taught more than 10,000 classes, workshops and wellness retreats. This show, formerly, The Language of Yoga, offers a fun, engaging platform for yoga teachers of all branches of yoga to gain confidence and continue their YTT for years to come.

  1. Teaching Svadhyaya? Add a Splash of Science!

    May 22

    Teaching Svadhyaya? Add a Splash of Science!

    In this episode, host Becca Schmidt shares ideas on how using the scientific method can help your students understand Svadhyaya — the practice of self-study. Just like the scientific method, Svadhyaya emphasizes observation, questioning what appears to be true, creating some educated guesses, experimentation through trial and error, and oftentimes a paradigm shift.  Yoga teachers typically cue our students to make an intention at the beginning of class. In this episode, Becca suggests we cue our students not to to start their yoga practice with intention (knowing the outcome) but rather, with inquiry (not knowing the outcome). Throughout the practice, encourage your students to question “why” and “what if”,  prompting them to create a series of hypotheses, exploring the effects of subtle adjustments in breath control, energy management, alignment, drishti and transitions between poses.  By experimenting with incremental shifts, students will better understand the importance of deep self-study and change, as it pertains not only to the yoga pratice, but in life as well.   Becca Schmidt has been teaching yoga since 2004 and strives to help students understand yoga philosophy as it pertains to Twenty First Century Living. Reach out to Becca with your ideas for future podcasts at becca@bluemoon.yoga

    10 min
  2. Go With the Flow and Get Unstuck

    May 8

    Go With the Flow and Get Unstuck

    Why does flowing yoga feel so good?  Because flow is the natural order of the universe. When we move like water, or air, or fire, we are experiencing an extraordinary connection with life all around us. This experience is known as life force, or prana or chi. Becca shares stories from the book “The Well-Lived Life” by Dr. Gladys McGarey, who believes that movement is a human’s most natural state, and stagnation is detrimental to a person’s health. This episode demonstrates how yoga teachers can help their students recognize where mental and physical energy is blocked, and, with a flowing yoga practice, learn to release stagnation and connect to the natural rhythms of the Earth.

    12 min
  3. Let's Go to India With Krystal Gignac

    Apr 17

    Let's Go to India With Krystal Gignac

    Bask in the vibrant colors of New Delhi. Walk in the footsteps of the Beatles at the Maharishi Mahesh ashram and visit the sacred Kunjapari Temple in Rishikesh. Experience Ayurvedic foods and treatments from master instructors. Dance to sacred music, and even get a gorgeous henna tatoo! In this episode, Krystal Gignac, yoga instructor and founder of Adventure India, takes Becca on a virtual tour of Northern India, and shares her tips on the best ways to plan a life changing trip to the land of aromatic spices.       Contact Krystal / Adventure India / Grounded University at  Krystal.grounded@gmail.com FB/Insta Krystal Gignac  FB/Insta: Grounded University  Website: www.grounded.university Background music via https://www.FesliyanStudios.com

    37 min
  4. "Tag, You're It!" Co-Teaching With Holly Idzik & David Ricklick

    Mar 20

    "Tag, You're It!" Co-Teaching With Holly Idzik & David Ricklick

    Are you ready to co-teach your next yoga class or workshop? Becca invites you to the inside lane of tag-team teaching, with dynamic duo, Holly Idzick and David Ricklck, who share their five best practices for a seemless class. Discover why co-teaching with someone you trust is guaranteed to bring an game-changing energy to your programs. A few highlights from this episode: Holly and David present Five Best Practices for Co-Teaching:    1. Clear Communication: Establishing open and transparent communication channels.   2. Defined Roles: Clarifying each co-teacher's responsibilities and strengths.   3. Seamless Integration: Ensuring smooth transitions between teaching styles.   4. Trust and Flexibility: Being adaptable to changes in the classroom setting including equipment failure or inclement weather.     5. Reflective Practices: Regularly evaluating and improving co-teaching strategies  To find out more about Holly, find her here: Instagram: @yogabyholly Sweatpals - Yogabyholly To reach David check him out here:Facebook: David RicklickLinkedIn: David Ricklick To connect with your host, Becca Schmidt, take a look here:  www.yogateachertalk.com  Becca@bluemoon.yoga

    37 min
  5. An Interview With Yoga Teacher & Spiritual Healer, Rachel Chase

    Feb 28

    An Interview With Yoga Teacher & Spiritual Healer, Rachel Chase

    Welcome to Yoga Teacher Talk (formerly The Language of Yoga) and what a season premiere it is! Host Becca is joined by her guest Rachel Chase, a dancer-turned-energy healer, yoga teacher, and therapist whose path is anything but ordinary. Rachel's story begins where all great stories do: in the body. She came into this world moving, and dance became her first language — her communion with the divine. But the road from semi-professional dancer to Reiki master, yoga teacher, past life regression practitioner, and Holistic Mental Health Counselor and Spiritual Guide was paved with injuries, personal breakthroughs, and a courageous journey that has brought her to where she is today. Rachel shares how she blends gentle yoga, somatic processing, energy work, breathwork, creative movement, and self exploration into an integrative healing practice, and why she intentionally stepped away from rigid alignment cuing to hold space for her students' inner wisdom instead. Join us as Rachel and Becca share practical advice on the creative spirit of yoga teachers, leading your first workshop, and giving yourself permission to teach in your own beautifully imperfect way. Enjoy! Connect with Rachel Chase:Rachel's website: www.rachelchase.com Her ebook Healing with Self Compassion: www.freecompassionbook.com Somatic Healing Sessions Podcast: www.rachelchase.com/podcast Online on-demand courses: www.rachelchasecourses.com Hummingbird Medicine Wisdom School, a devotional community for wise women: www.rachelchase.com/hummingbird-medicine/html Connect with host Becca Schmidt, E-RYT500 / YACEP: Email: becca@bluemoon.yoga Website: yogateachertalk.comInstagram: @bluemoonyogaorlandofl

    33 min

  6. Season 3, Episode 7 Trailer

    Yoga Teacher Talk Promo

    Welcome to a sneak peak of our newly rebranded show, Yoga Teacher Talk. We have transitioned away from our name "The Language of Yoga", but the spirit is still very much alive. Make sure to tune in to our first episode of Season 4 with Rachel Chase. Thanks for listening!

    1 min
  7. An Interview With Author and Founder of FUNIQ Fitness®, Bethanne Weiss

    Feb 13

    An Interview With Author and Founder of FUNIQ Fitness®, Bethanne Weiss

    Bethanne Weiss, Author of the book  "Move Your Assets: From the Chair, Not the Bank", and founder of FUNIQ Fitness®, shares her strategy on keeping students motivated to move. A big secret is using humor and radient positivity. Join Becca and Bethanne in this fun episode where you will begin to feel  "more joy and less oye” about teaching! Find out about Beth’s programs at BethanneWellness.com. Podcast: MoreJOYLessOYpodcast.com  Book: Move Your Assets: From the Chair, Not the Bank on Amazon or you can purchase a signed copy from me at a live event. Email: Bethanne@moveyourassets.com Contact host, Becca Schmidt, E-RYT500 / YACEPbecca@bluemoon.yogaWebsite: bluemoon.yogaInstagram: @bluemoonyogaorlandofl

    32 min
  8. Unlocking the Magic of Somatic Cuing with Dr. Kelsey Evans-Amalu (aka, the Mindful Prof)

    Jan 23

    Unlocking the Magic of Somatic Cuing with Dr. Kelsey Evans-Amalu (aka, the Mindful Prof)

    Somatics may be the missing link in how you help your yoga students shift into a deeper mind-body connection. In therapy, as well as on the yoga mat, somatics focuses on internal body awareness, emphasizing sensations and feelings to help release deeply stored stress, trauma and habitual holding patterns by exploring what feels safe and good in the body. Dr. K shares stories about how somatic therapy helped her through personal trauma and why she is so passionate about bringing this approach to her clients on and off the yoga mat. Learn the many benefits of using somatic cuing in your classes which include greater comfort and freedom in the physical and emotional body, self awareness, confidence, a sense of well-being and even improved proprioception. Finally, learn about the “red light, yellow light, green light” method of coaching your students to listen deeply within to what feels engergecially safe on the yoga mat. And, as a special bonus, listen in as Dr. K leads host Becca Schmidt in a real-time somatic experience to help release some of the “heaviness” of their discussion. Website: themindfulprof.comInstagram: @themindfulprof & @dr.kelseyamalu Facebook: The Mindful Prof LLCLinkedIn: The Mindful Prof Find our more about Dr. Kelsey's Couples Retreat here! Check Dr. Kelsey out on Research GateSee her dissertation here Contact host, Becca Schmidt, E-RYT500 / YACEP becca@bluemoon.yogaWebsite: bluemoon.yogaInstagram: @bluemoonyogaorlandofl #Somatics#Somaticsinyoga#TheMindfulprof#mindbodyconnection#yogateachermethods#emotionalbody

    42 min
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Yoga Teacher Talk (YTT) is authenic yoga conversation with your favorite yoga mentors, trend-setting yoga teachers, and wellness experts who are changing the paradym on traditional instruction. YTT invites you add to your 200 or 500-level yoga teacher training and elevate your presence as an instructor. Host Becca Schmidt, E-RYT5000/YACEP, has more than 20 years experience on the lead mat, having taught more than 10,000 classes, workshops and wellness retreats. This show, formerly, The Language of Yoga, offers a fun, engaging platform for yoga teachers of all branches of yoga to gain confidence and continue their YTT for years to come.

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  • Creator
    Rebecca Schmidt
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    34
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Rebecca Schmidt
  • Show Website
    Yoga Teacher Talk