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Should I Tell Students it’s My First Class Teaching?

October 23, 2014 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

What does it take to be the best yoga teacher you can be?

by Kelly Fisher “Should I tell the students it is my first class teaching?” I get this question often and there are good reasons to tell them and good reasons not to tell them. My personal bias is for transparency and honesty. Being vulnerable and open enables people to do the same. As yoga teachers we're holding space for our students' personal inquiry and experience. While we can't know what goes on inside of our students' hearts and minds or control it, we can facilitate the kind of raw … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Teaching Insights Tagged With: first yoga class, kelly fisher, mentoring, yoga mentor, yoga teacher

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