No matter how proficient you are at teaching yoga, the reality is that reaching an audience for your wisdom does requires having students show up to classes. This means a basic understanding of digital marketing is important for anyone hoping to get the word out about their classes, workshops or teaching avenues.  Resistant as many yogis are, being flexible and adapting to the changing world is vital to expand your reach and continue to share the teachings of yoga today. Digital marketing expert and RYT -200, Emily Dailey, shares her advice about how yoga teachers can  embrace Digital marketing in support of their careers to keep current with shifting means of communication today.  

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Teaching yoga is a worthy endeavor, and anyone wishing to embrace the role of mentor to others has good intentions and an inspired heart. But learning the skillset of great communication and creating a strong platform for sharing yoga requires an awareness of more than Sanskrit and postures. Join Ginny Shaddock and Denver Clark, IAYT Yoga Therapists, in a discussion about 7 common mistakes new yoga teachers often make and how to be a more effective and dynamic yoga teacher.  

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Join IAYT Yoga Therapist, Denver Clark, as she discusses Ayurvedic Practices for Spring that keep yoga teachers healthy and build awareness for preparing yoga classes that flow and resonate with the changing energies occurring from Winter to Spring.

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In this episode, Denver Clark, ERYT-500 and IAYT Yoga Therapist, discusses the five Koshas and how they can be integrated into yoga classes and yoga therapy sessions. She offers theory and practice insight as well as exercises that can be integrated with asana to increase a student's awareness and open channels of understanding. 

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Ahimsa means non-violence, which most people familiar with basic yoga philosophy know, at least intellectually.  But becoming a vegetarian and being kind to others only scratches the surface of our interpretation of the teaching. This conversation explores Ahimsa and its relationship to the Gunas and our mindset. Cultivating peace within is pertinent to our ultimately embracing non-harming behaviors, and this demands a continual attempt to remain in the Sattva state mentally. 

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This episode discusses different approaches to learning the yoga sutras, comparing the merits of approaching the teachings academically or intellectually to experiential knowledge and developing the heart knowing. What kind of teacher should we look for? Can we trust teachers? Must we have an Indian guru to learn the teachings correctly? What can we do to deepen our understanding and have a more authentic connection to our spiritual path?

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Join Denver Clark, IAYT Yoga therapist, LMT, and co director of Heartwood Yoga Institute for a candid talk about yoga, body image and diet culture in America. The discussion introduces important considerations for yoga teachers with recommendations on how to focus a class and use language to promote body acceptance, health and a positive association between our physical bodies and our yoga practice.

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Setting boundaries is an important subject for discussion for anyone who is a yoga teacher, mentor or person who serves others in health and wellness. Join Ginny Shaddock and Denver Clark, IAYT yoga therapists, as they discuss the how and why's of setting boundaries for professionalism, sustainability of a career and our personal health and wellbeing.  

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