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Why I’m Bringing Yoga & Meditation to Teenagers with The Soul Laundry

September 24, 2015 by Guest Author 1 Comment

By Nina Rogocki, The Soul Laundry About three years ago I was new to Auckland from the UK, and embarking on a new journey that was unexpected but welcome. To settle into my new environment, I found myself a gym, as you do, and I started to attend classes and set my routine. One afternoon in a daze, I got in the lift and ended up on the wrong floor. The doors of the lift opened up to reveal a welcoming, warm environment that was quiet and felt like total calm. Upon investigation I realised … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Yoga & Community Tagged With: care, confidence, education, health, kindness, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, self-love, teens, The Heart, yoga

How My Ashtanga Practice Taught me to Practice Courage

September 22, 2014 by Guest Author 1 Comment

Eight limbs of yoga, as defined by Patanjali in Ashtanga Yoga (as opposed to Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga as taught by Pattabhi Jois)

by guest author Pip Bennett After all that darkness of my last article, I decided I wanted to up my practice. I wanted to devote myself and commit to the Ashtanga practice as it demands: six days a week. To take on the challenge and see the benefits of a regular practice. Two weeks later, I hadn’t practiced yoga even once. It’s now been a couple of months since then. I did get myself back into the yoga room, but only for a couple of weeks. Turns out that although you can do yoga anywhere and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: How Yoga Helped Me Tagged With: ashtanga, commitment, confidence, courage, dark spaces, dissatisfaction, failure, home practice, iyengar, philosophy, running away

How to build your confidence (and resume) as a new yoga teacher

January 17, 2013 by Guest Author 1 Comment

by guest author Cailen Ascher, owner of CALMbiz If you’re currently in, or fresh out of, yoga teacher training, chances are you’re thinking about landing your first teaching job. When I was first ready to teach, I dreamt about the kinds of classes I’d have, the sequences I’d prepare, and the kinds of students I’d love to serve. Then I was faced with an all-too-common predicament: No one would hire me  because I didn’t have experience. But, to get experience, I needed to teach… It’s your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Teaching Insights Tagged With: beginner, beginning, confidence, newbie, resume, teaching, teaching career, teaching job

Ten Ways to Deal with a Crisis in Confidence

October 25, 2012 by Kara-Leah Grant Leave a Comment

by Kara-Leah Grant You've finally done it - committed to that big dream of yours even though you're shaking down into your boots. You've taken that big, bold step that shifts your dream from being something inside your head, to something that other people can see. You've maybe even a good way towards making that dream of yours an actual reality out there in the big wide world. Maybe you finally pitching an article to a national magazine, or entered in your first marathon, or recorded your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Living Your Yoga Tagged With: confidence, crisis, doubt, dreams, failure, ferar

How teaching yoga can trigger your issues

August 28, 2012 by Elissa Jordan 9 Comments

by regular columnist Elissa Jordan, Adventures in Teaching I’m feeling utterly dejected this morning. Getting out of bed - struggle. Getting to work - struggle. Talking to people - struggle. What’s got me so down? While teaching last night one of my students remarked about what a difference there was between the Wednesday and Monday night classes. Wednesday, my class, on the night was six people. Monday, another teacher’s class, was overflowing. No real judgement was made - good or bad - … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Teaching Insights Tagged With: bad, class size, confidence, ego, good, labels, process work, storytelling, success, teacher

My perfect job? Right under my nose

July 11, 2012 by Kara-Leah Grant 2 Comments

Perfect job? Right there!

by Kara-Leah Grant, Musings from the Mat Seven short weeks ago, I wrote about my excitement in choosing corporate work over teaching yoga for making a living. Now everybody's asking me if I've found a job yet. Well, yes. And no. What I've found is the ideal company to work with, and what I've found is my people. What I still haven't found is a full-time salaried job. For one, as I applied for both full and part-time work, I soon realised that I was kidding myself about getting a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Musings from the Mat Tagged With: career, confidence, corporate, Enspiral, job, passion

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