Yoga Teacher Confidential: Secrets of Becoming a Great Yoga Teacher
Yoga Teacher Confidential is your backstage pass to the unspoken truths of being a yoga teacher. Sage Rountree, PhD, E-RYT500, dives into the real challenges and rewards of teaching yoga, offering expert advice and secrets to help you build confidence, connect with your students, and teach with authenticity. Sage draws on her two decades of experience teaching yoga, running a studio, and training teachers to share practical insights you can use right away. You'll also hear advice from her books, including Teaching Yoga Beyond the Poses, The Art of Yoga Sequencing, and The Professional Yoga Teacher's Handbook. Whether you’re navigating imposter syndrome, mastering classroom presence, or refining your skills to teach specialized niches like athletes, this podcast empowers you to lead your classes with clarity, grace, and ease.
Yoga Teacher Confidential: Secrets of Becoming a Great Yoga Teacher
Class Planning Made Easy: Modular Sequencing for Confident Yoga Teachers
sequencing. With this approach, you’ll think big and small at the same time, creating balanced, engaging classes with ease.
Chapters:
1.[00:00:00] Don’t Start at the Pose Level
Why starting your planning with individual poses is like spinning your own thread—it’s inefficient and unnecessary.
2.[00:01:24] Get Granular: Think Through Planes of Movement
How breaking poses into forward-back, side-to-side, and rotational movements simplifies planning and creates balance.
3.[00:07:02] Go Big: Sequence in Chunks
How to create modular class segments, like putting together outfits or meals, to streamline planning and save time.
4.[00:11:20] Modular Planning Helps Everything
Why modular sequencing gives students the consistency they crave and helps you teach with confidence.
5.[00:12:05] Affirmation
“I don’t make things harder than they need to be.”
6.[00:12:22] Resources to Help You
Books, tools, and mentorship opportunities to deepen your understanding of modular sequencing.
Links and Resources Mentioned
- My book The Art of Yoga Sequencing
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- Join the waitlist for Mastering the Art of Yoga Sequencing
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