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Search Results for: yoga teacher training

The Best Guide to NZ Yoga Teacher Trainings 2022

September 1, 2017 by Cara Butler

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Filed Under: Best Guides, Paid, Teacher Training Tagged With: new zealand teacher training, Teacher training, yoga teacher training

How Do I Know if a Yoga Teacher Training is Good Value for Money?

July 9, 2015 by Lucinda Staniland 2 Comments

By Lucinda Staniland It's the holy grail of the yoga world: A Yoga Teacher Training that is transformative, comprehensive, and great value for money. But how do we find such a thing? Currently, the price of Yoga Teacher Trainings can vary hugely, from (very rare) free or koha based trainings, to  $4000 for an average NZ or Australian based training, to upwards of $16,000 for the likes of big name studios like Bikram Yoga. As someone who is seriously considering undertaking a Yoga Teacher … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Teacher Training Tagged With: accessible yoga, money, value for money, yoga teacher training, yoga teacher training cost

How To Overcome Your Fears During Yoga Teacher Training

March 19, 2014 by Guest Author

by Kelly Fisher, Urban Yoga Kelly works as a mentor for students wanting to move toward teacher training, currently training as teachers, or fresh out of training. In these articles, she shares some of the questions she's asked. You can ask her your questions by sending her an email. Question: I am in teacher training and I feel as if my teachers aren't giving the structure or guidance I was expecting to find my "voice". They kind of just throw us in it and then critique us … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Teacher Training Tagged With: authenticity, Discomfort, kelly fisher, Teacher training, urban yoga, voice

How to get the most out of any yoga teacher training – ask questions!

March 15, 2012 by Elissa Jordan 5 Comments

by Elissa Jordan Adventures in Teaching Revised 2021 by editor Veronica King I’ve had the same conversation a countless number of times since I started training to be a yoga teacher - a conversation about continuity in access to a skilled senior teacher. Traditionally yoga was taught over many years from a guru to a student. This student would often live in their guru’s home and what was given to them for a practice was never once questioned. Times have changed and in this busy world people … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Teacher Training Tagged With: advanced training, healium, jenifer parker, resources, support, Teacher training, wellington, yoga teacher training

How a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis led to daily home yoga practice and teacher training

February 21, 2013 by Guest Author 10 Comments

By guest author Susan Kitson, author of In Search of Health Ed. note: See the bottom of this article for a chance to win a copy of Susan's book. Fifteen years ago I had barely heard of yoga. Eleven years ago I was attending two classes a week in the hopes it would help improve my chances of conception. Now I practice every day. Here's how my yoga journey unfolded: In June ’07 I left Napier with my family for our annual winter break in Fiji. Bliss right? Not so much on this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Living Your Yoga, Teacher Interviews Tagged With: book, ebook, food, health, In Search of Health, Multiple Sclerosis, Susan Kitson, weight loss, yoga, yoga teacher training

The challenges of Yoga and pain management.

May 25, 2022 by Veronica King Leave a Comment

More questions than answers on how we view and work with pain in yoga By Veronica King A recent post about a pain relief ad in a pharmacy sparked a lively discussion around yoga and pain, one which I was interested in exploring further. It seems to have created more questions than answers. A topic dear to my heart as I tore my hip labrum in a yoga class, this injury and the subsequent pain management was to become my greatest teacher. Many teachers and students have been injured in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: How Yoga Helped Me, Musings from the Mat, Teaching Insights, Uncategorized, What's Real Yoga & a Real Yogi? Tagged With: ahimsa, chronic pain, teaching yoga, yoga therapy

Does ambition belong on your yoga mat?

April 20, 2022 by Veronica King Leave a Comment

Teaching yoga as your career By Veronica King Luckily my first and most influential teacher always spoke about being a yoga professional. This was her livelihood and treated it with that respect. This helped shape me. As a yoga teacher, I would always treat my career with that same respect. It's not uncommon to feel shy about sharing this. There is in the teaching of any spiritual tradition an ongoing tension between being of service and charging for that service. You have every … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Living Your Yoga, Musings from the Mat, Teaching • The Business of Yoga, Teaching Insights, The Business of Yoga, Uncategorized Tagged With: teaching career, teaching yoga, yoga teaching tips

Yoga Therapy vs Yoga Class

December 8, 2021 by Veronica King Leave a Comment

Isn’t all yoga therapeutic? By Veronica King You can be forgiven if you are a little confused about why the term yoga therapy exists, after all, isn’t all yoga “therapeutic”? Well, the answer is Yes AND No. Let’s look at why the need for this distinction has arisen and its applications and implications. Ultimately this distinction between Yoga Therapy and a Yoga Class is making sure that we practice the Yamas and Niyamas, in particular Ahimsa (not harming others) and Satya … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Teacher Training, Teaching • The Business of Yoga, The Business of Yoga, Uncategorized Tagged With: yoga teacher training, yoga therapy

Touch as a form of yoga communication, the benefits and the pitfalls

July 8, 2021 by Cara Butler Leave a Comment

YogaNZ Online Forum 2021 In recognition of 'International Yoga Day 2021' (globally celebrated on June 21st) Yoga New Zealand hosted an online panel discussion. The topic of discussion was 'Touch as a form of yoga communication, the benefits and the pitfalls'. Yoga New Zealand invite the global yoga community to view this forum and engage in this important yoga conversation with us. Facilitated by Dr Felicity Molloy, you will hear a variety of perspectives from five of New Zealand's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Teaching Insights, Video Interviews, Yoga & Community Tagged With: 2021, forum, International Yoga Day, panel discussion, yoga

Karla Brodie and Neal Ghoshal: Talk about the powerful practice of Restorative Yoga

June 24, 2021 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

by Sandy Farquhar, Contemporary Yoga Restorative Yoga practices are now part of many Yoga classes. Karla Brodie and Neal Ghoshal have a combined 35 years of experience teaching Restorative Yoga in classes and courses, to individuals and through in-depth retreats, as well as tailored workshops and teacher trainings. Ahead of their next Restorative Teacher Training they share their passion for Restorative Yoga with fellow teacher and CY administrator, Sandy Farquhar.  Sandy: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Teacher Interviews Tagged With: restorative, retreat, teacher, training, yoga

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