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Interview with Carlos, Part 3

October 18, 2021 by Veronica King Leave a Comment

What to look for in a yoga teacher, By Cara Butler In this final instalment of conversations with my teacher, Carlos Pomeda, I asked what advice he would give someone seeking a ‘Teacher’ or ‘Guru’ in these modern yoga times.  Witnessing so many schools and lineages of yoga facing serious allegations and having terrible abuse exposed, I believe that discernment of your teacher is something to take very seriously!  With SO many yoga trainings on offer, with huge variance in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: What's Real Yoga & a Real Yogi? Tagged With: Teacher training, Teacher/Student relationship, teaching yoga, yoga teacher ethics

Sandey Hoskin & Kylie Rook on Handstands, Creative Sequencing & Showing Up

June 14, 2018 by Lucinda Staniland 1 Comment

Om Yoga Teacher Training

by Lucinda Staniland Meet Sandey Hoskin and Kylie Rook, two yoga teachers who are committed to doing the hard work of showing up, being seen and constantly learning. They are also part of the team (alongside Fiona Liu) who are leading a brand new 300 Hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training at Om Yoga Studio in Auckland. Sandey has been a teacher of teachers for a long time, and she's been teaching yoga teachers at Om Yoga Studio for the last four years. She's also been busy bringing some … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Paid, Teacher Training, Video Interviews Tagged With: OM Yoga, Teacher training, yoga teacher

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

The Inside Story on Nadi Yoga’s 200Hr Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training

October 27, 2016 by Guest Author 1 Comment

By Kara-Leah Grant When you're contemplating which Yoga Teacher Training is right for you, one of the best resources can be speaking to someone who has already done that training. Of course, it can be hard to track down former trainees, so we've done that hard work for you. We spoke to Helen Thomas, a Napier-based yoga teacher who did her teacher training with Nadi Yoga nearly two years ago. Helen had been practicing yoga for over ten years before finally making the decision to train as a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Teacher Training, Teaching Insights Tagged With: Helen Thomas, Nadi Yoga, Nianna Bray, Sandi Murphy, self-inquiry, Teacher training, teaching yoga, yoga teacher, yoga teacher training

The Ethics of Teaching Newly Learned Material in Your Yoga Class

December 2, 2015 by Kara-Leah Grant 3 Comments

by Kara-Leah Grant Once, I taught a weekend workshop to an eager group of students, including the studio owner and some teachers from the studio. My style of yoga and teaching was fairly different to the usual style on offer at this particular studio. My offering was lapped up and everyone enjoyed the workshop, excited to have a new way to approach yoga. So far so good right? This is exactly the kind of response one wants from teaching a workshop. A day or two after the weekend, one of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Teaching Insights Tagged With: ethics, integrity, teacher skills, Teacher training, yoga teacher

On the Dilution of the Genuine Transmission of Yoga Part 2

December 1, 2014 by Kara-Leah Grant 5 Comments

The Soloist by Alex Seton

by Kara-Leah Grant, Musings from the Mat I've been contemplating the many reactions I received to this article over the past week or so, On the Dilution of the Transmission of Yoga. One person unsubscribed from the website (or at least - one person told me they had because of this article, more people may have!) saying that I had made some good points but she found the article judgemental and unyogic. Other people rejoiced that someone was speaking such things out loud. It does feel … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Musings from the Mat, What's Real Yoga & a Real Yogi? Tagged With: consciousness, enlightenment, Teacher training, teaching

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 I Completed 500 Hours of Teacher Training In 6 Months and Stayed Sane

November 22, 2012 by Guest Author 18 Comments

by guest author Kate Southward, Yogi's Basket At the beginning of Peter Jackson’s 2005 remake of King Kong there’s a scene where the savage natives tie up damsel-in-distress Naomi Watts as an offering. Then they bash repeatedly on a 3-meter wide gong calling to the beast to come and take his fill. The reverberating gong is haunting, loud and penetrating, as the sprinting monster smashing through the forest gets closer and closer to collect his prize. Eighteen months ago, I was that savage … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Teaching Insights Tagged With: diet, food, Kate Southward, mark breadner, meditation, new zealand, sane, self-compassion, Teacher training, The Heart, The Yoga Lunchbox, tips, yoga, Yoga Alliance

How yoga helped me….find my beautiful truth

July 4, 2012 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

Tracy Pepper

Submitted by Tracy Pepper of Mount Maunganui My yoga teacher training programme required that I spend 25 days on an ashram practicing, and this had a profound effect on me. We happened to start these 25 days with hip opening.  As we went through the various types of postures - which are grouped into these emotional releasing areas, it brought up a lot of "stuff".  Stuff I thought I dealt with through years and years of therapy.  Stuff I didn't want to deal with again.  Stuff that made me … [Read more...]

Filed Under: How Yoga Helped Me Tagged With: hatha yoga, self realization, swami shantimurti, Teacher training, the journey, truth, yoga

Thinking of Quitting Your Job to Teach Yoga? 10 Questions to Ask First

May 21, 2012 by Guest Author 8 Comments

by guest author Louise Thompson, Positive Balance Are you working in corporate but dreaming of jacking it all in to be a yoga teacher? Do you fantasize of days wafting about from class to class, no rush, and no hurry? It seems like nirvana as you struggle to focus on yet another board presentation. But, (as you can see from Kara-Leah’s excitement over her new job), is it? Is teaching yoga all leisurely days and packed classes and a blissed out existence? Having escaped corporate life … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Teacher Training, The Business of Yoga Tagged With: business, career, corporate, job, marketing, quitting, sales, Teacher training, teaching, work, yoga

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