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What To Do if Yoga Classes Are Slow in December?

December 21, 2022 By Ambassador Yoga

December yoga classes typically slow down. My Thursday online class had 2 students one week and one student said she won’t be back for the rest of 2022 because of conflicts. That’s not slowing down, that’s stopping! What to Do When You Have a Slow Period? When things are quiet, we catch up on: Playlist […]

2023 Financial Goal Setting for Yoga Teachers: Predict Your Yoga Teacher Training Income

December 8, 2022 By Ambassador Yoga

Learn about the overwhelming tone that seems to be cycling through our industry right now. This video starts off a little gloomy, but watch until the end because we share our insight on how to add reliable income to your yoga teaching business. Yoga Business and Personal Life My son had notes and a display […]

10 Ideas for End of Yoga Retreat or YTT Graduation – Celebrating Your Students

November 16, 2022 By Ambassador Yoga

From closing out a retreat to graduating from Yoga Teacher Training, we’ve got 10 ideas you can use to make your students feel special.

Timeline to Promote 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training

October 6, 2022 By Ambassador Yoga

Text: Behind the Scenes of the Yoga Trainer Fast Track with images of Claire working at her computer, Aurna and Claire looking at the training manuals, and Parmpreet and Aruna on a zoom call.

We started our 200 Hour YTT last week! What a treat to have a new community forming to support these future yoga teachers. Behind-the-Scenes and Update on our 200 Hour YTT As a trainer, you may be interested in the timeline we followed to promote the training, but it’s becoming quite long so Claire and […]

10 Ways to Promote Your Yoga Teacher Training

September 28, 2022 By Ambassador Yoga

We’ve put on our marketing caps for our upcoming Yoga Teacher Training. Come along for the ride and use whatever ones you want to put out feelers to see if you can have a successful training this fall. 10 Ways to Promote your Yoga Teacher Training 1. Collaborate: Work with other trainers to promote to […]

Yoga Alliance Core Competency: Teaching Methodology – Yoga Manual Writing Series Part 4

September 14, 2022 By Ambassador Yoga

I feel a little embarrassed that when I first started teaching yoga I had trouble with pacing. I would run out of time and cut the savasana to 2 minutes. Then overcompensate for the next class and run out of poses and give a 15-minute relaxation! It took me a couple of years to get […]

7 Yoga Myths Examined: Yoga Philosophy for Yoga Teachers

September 7, 2022 By Ambassador Yoga

I’ve spent a lot of time as a Yoga Teacher worrying about how to teach complete classes. Knowing that students attended mostly for movement and breathwork with a side of inspiration, I found it difficult to highlight deep and rich philosophical concepts between guiding inhale, exhales, and the placement of each foot on the mat. […]

This Yoga Philosophy Will Make a Difference in Your Training

August 31, 2022 By Ambassador Yoga

I come from a yoga style that did not allow only one trainer to lead a teacher training, there always had to be at least two trainers. Which meant students got more than one perspective. The 40 hours of online training were inspired by this notion. When Parampreet Singh came on board to teach Indian […]

Business Tips for Scheduling + Pricing your Yoga Teacher Training

August 24, 2022 By Ambassador Yoga

September has typically been a great time to start offering a 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training and if I still had my in-person studio, I would be doing just that. However, covid has changed the way we work. The introduction of fully online programs combined with the variance in student availability depending on their work-from-home arrangements […]

How to Find Out if You Have Enough People to Offer a Yoga Teacher Training

August 17, 2022 By Ambassador Yoga

You’re probably seeing back-to-school messages all around you and it is not only directed at youth, you’ve probably seen a lot of adult learning ads as well. Adults want something to look forward to now that summer is coming to an end. Claire and I wanted to see if we have enough people to offer […]

What is Yoga really? Humanities Competency to Include in Your Yoga Teacher Training

August 10, 2022 By Ambassador Yoga

What does yoga mean to you? What is it about yoga that is so deeply meaningful to you that you want to pass it on to others? In our 3rd video on Yoga Alliance Core Competencies, we discuss the Yoga Humanities topic requirement for a 200 Hour Yoga School. Yoga Humanities Category of the Core […]

Anatomy Competencies to Include in Your Yoga Teacher Training

August 3, 2022 By Ambassador Yoga

Anatomy is a required topic in yoga teacher training, and people either love it or hate it. I’m not talking about students; I’m talking about trainers for this one. Students love to learn about anatomy when it is presented in a digestible way. But in my experience as a trainer and with helping other trainers, […]

Writing Your Yoga Teacher Training Manual

July 27, 2022 By Ambassador Yoga

A big hurdle for us starting our Yoga Teacher Training was getting the manual written. When we originally registered our school with Yoga Alliance (YA) a manual was not required, but now it is. With YA’s enhanced standards you actually need to have details in your yoga teacher training manual and your application for the […]

Introducing the 200 Hour Yoga Trainers

July 22, 2022 By Ambassador Yoga

Last week was special because Claire, my business partner, and I got together in real life! Even though we see each other on zoom a lot, being together in person is a treat. We talked about little things we don’t have time to share when we are in a meeting. We also talked about our […]

How to Start or Keep Your Newsletter Going for Your Yoga Business

July 18, 2022 By Ambassador Yoga

We want to stay consistent with the newsletter for our yoga business. If communicating for your business is something you think about too, I share our methods with you today. We do a weekly newsletter about being a yoga trainer, but you could choose monthly or even more frequently depending on what works for your […]

Admin and Policies for your Yoga Teacher Training

July 6, 2022 By Ambassador Yoga

As an experienced yoga teacher, you may have spent years acquiring insight and information that can help your students live a more simple and inspired life. I think we have that in common because knowledge sharing for healthy living is part of the reason why we created the Yoga Trainer Fast Track. As yoga teachers […]

Yoga Teacher Trainer: Philosophy FAQ’s

June 29, 2022 By Ambassador Yoga

We all have unique motivations for exploring the transition from Yoga Teacher to Yoga Trainer, but we also have a lot in common. Learning from one another’s experiences is the philosophy behind the Yoga Trainer Fast Track. Today we answer the question, why would you use this program instead of writing your own? Writing and […]

Strengthen your brand with Yoga Teacher Training

June 22, 2022 By Ambassador Yoga

Get ready to guide your yoga students through a powerful and rewarding experience with a 5-star rated Yoga Teacher Training certification course! As an experienced yoga teacher, you can make the transition to Yoga Trainer quickly by using a simple and affordable program that will strengthen your brand and build purposeful relationships within your yoga […]

How You Can Have Your Own RYS with Our Help

June 15, 2022 By Ambassador Yoga

Are you still thinking about leading your students through a 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training (YTT)? I was both nervous and excited after Aruna and I finished writing our curriculum. I finally had everything I needed to move forward with my own Registered Yoga School (RYS), but I wasn’t quite sure how students were going to […]

How Non-Yoga Teachers Have a Yoga School

June 1, 2022 By Ambassador Yoga

Did you know that people that are NOT Yoga Teachers, can actually be Yoga School owners? This is great news for gyms, fitness academies, high schools, colleges and universities or yoga teachers that are not registered with Yoga Alliance. All these people can take ownership of a professional yoga school registered with Yoga Alliance by […]

Yoga Alliance Series: How to Up-Level your Designation

May 25, 2022 By Ambassador Yoga

We helped someone upgrade their designation on Yoga Alliance. They were a registered yoga teacher and they wanted to become Experienced Registered Yoga Teachers E-RYT. The Yoga Alliance dashboard can be a little tricky. So today we walk you through it, to help you upgrade your designation and add teaching hours to the Yoga Alliance […]

Yoga Alliance Offers New Options for Yoga Teachers

May 18, 2022 By Ambassador Yoga

Oh my goodness! We just found an exciting update on the Yoga Alliance website that creates a huge opportunity for experienced yoga teachers. Watch the Video to Know What it is! For as long as I can remember, Yoga Alliance would only allow graduates from a Registered Yoga School the Registered Yoga Teacher designation. This […]

Yoga Teachers, Who Should Not Book a Discovery Call?

May 10, 2022 By Ambassador Yoga

Be specific!  Marketing experts across many platforms give this advice, so we made a video for you about alignment. As an experienced yoga teachers, we can help you become the lead trainer in your own yoga school. This is a quick and simple process IF what you need aligns with what we offer. Watch the […]

Rebuilding your Yoga Business

April 20, 2022 By Ambassador Yoga

Welcoming two new Trainers to the Yoga Trainer Fast Track! We’re opening up business again with some new marketing ideas. What about you?

Do You Need to Register a School with Yoga Alliance?

April 6, 2022 By Ambassador Yoga

Yoga Alliance (YA) sure is a big topic amongst teachers these days. There is a healthy debate on many industry forums and social groups about the purpose they serve and the value they offer. We’ve been working closely with Yoga Alliance for many years and leading our own teacher trainings, so we’ve heard it all! […]

Comparing Yoga Teacher Trainings that You Can Buy

March 30, 2022 By Ambassador Yoga

Did you happen to meet us at the Toronto Yoga Conference? We have a booth in the trade show for the Yoga Trainer Fast Track. Watch this video for the Comparison of YTT’s In today’s video, we compare three programs you can buy to help you launch your YTT. We consider price and also value […]

Strategic Considerations for Setting Yoga Teacher Training Dates and Rates

March 9, 2022 By Ambassador Yoga

How do you set your Yoga Teacher Training dates and rates? We’re writing today with some strategic considerations about setting dates and rates for a successful Yoga Teacher Training program.  If you need some tips on setting your training dates and rates strategically considerate, we shared some tips on how we do it based on […]

Peek Behind the Scenes of the Yoga Trainer Fast Track

March 3, 2022 By Ambassador Yoga

Have you been feeling tired and uninspired as a yoga teacher? We got an email addressing this feeling last week from a yoga teacher who recently began using the Yoga Trainer Fast Track program. She said that her love of teaching yoga has been shadowed by so much busyness lately that she felt disconnected. However, […]

Business Hacks for Success that won’t Upset your Soul

February 24, 2022 By Ambassador Yoga

Is our enthusiasm shining through? Can you tell we believe in the power of yoga and want to spread its healing reach without sacrificing our souls on social media? This, plus knowing there are so many talented and qualified yoga teachers who feel the same, is why we love learning from Leonie and why we […]

Open House: Logistics to offer Yoga Teacher Training

February 22, 2022 By Ambassador Yoga

We had an Open House to connect with yoga teachers where we let Yoga Teachers and Trainers ask the things they wanted answers to when it comes to starting up their Yoga Teacher Training (YTT). Five amazing yoga teachers and/or trainers attended with great questions. Watch the video below: What Yoga Teachers wanted to know […]

How We Started Working Together

February 16, 2022 By Ambassador Yoga

How we started working together

Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than the one where they sprang up – Oliver Wendell Holmes Who would have thought that Claire and I (Aruna) are working together for almost 10 years now! I met Claire in 2012. At that time in my yoga teaching career, I had figured out that […]

Guidance on Writing a Yoga Teacher Training Manual

February 16, 2022 By Ambassador Yoga

We’ve all been there. You’re working on a project, perhaps something like a Yoga Teacher Training Manual, that you think will take a few months to finish, and before you know it the project is dragging on for over a year with no end in sight. That was our story of when we started writing the manuals for the 200-hour yoga teacher training (YTT). Want […]

How to Finance your Yoga School

February 15, 2022 By Ambassador Yoga

Do you want to expand your business to include Yoga Teacher Training? Maybe you wonder if you should write a program or buy an already made Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) program. If you buy one, how could you finance it? The reason we developed the Yoga Trainer Fast Track is to support experienced yoga teachers, […]

How to become a Yoga Lead Trainer Fast?

January 10, 2022 By Ambassador Yoga

Claire and Aruna have their hands in the air and are enjoying a ride in an airplane through a blue sky with white clouds.

Are you an experienced Yoga Teacher and now you want to level up by offering Yoga teacher training? Maybe you are thinking of all the things you have to do to achieve this goal, and you realize that this requires years of research, preparing syllabus and manuals, lesson plans, and all the requirements that Yoga […]

Registering a Yoga Alliance RYS? Learn from our Mistakes!

December 17, 2021 By Ambassador Yoga

We’ve registered over a dozen schools with Yoga Alliance and we’re sharing our insights from registering under the enhanced standards. Learn from our mistakes!

What Counts as Online Learning – Yoga Alliance New Standards Series

February 22, 2020 By Ambassador Yoga

what counts as online learning with Yoga Alliance registered yoga schools?

On February 24, 2020, Yoga Alliance (YA) will launch its new application system for 200 Hour Registered Yoga Schools (RYS). This means RYS’s will need to meet the new standards announced by YA last year. We’ve been doing a series on the new standards including: Enhanced Lead Trainer Requirements: what they are and when you […]

New Application Process, Educational Categories and Core Competencies

January 19, 2020 By Ambassador Yoga

Yoga Alliance is introducing a new application process and a common core curriculum for Registered Yoga Schools (RYS). This is another big change for Yoga Schools. In the past, you would apply to Yoga Alliance (YA) for an RYS with a syllabus, get it approved, and that was it for the life of your school. […]

Enhanced Lead Trainer Requirements: Yoga Alliance New Standards Series

January 18, 2020 By Ambassador Yoga

If you are an experienced Yoga Teacher considering offering Yoga Teacher Training, take note: Yoga Alliance’s School application process changed on Feb. 27, 2020 to refect the new Yoga Alliance Standards. . This is the first of a 4 part series on the new Yoga Alliance (YA) standards, starting with what I consider the biggest, […]

Anatomy and Yoga – “The Fuzz” Video”

January 8, 2017 By Ambassador Yoga

Yoga Teacher Training:  Anatomy of the Muscles If anyone is looking for a reason to do yoga – just show them “The Fuzz” video. Note: a real cadavers are used in this video – may be a sensitive watch for the squimish: A must-see for all Yoga Teachers in Training

How Not to Hyperextend in Yoga

June 12, 2016 By Ambassador Yoga

What happens in elbows and knee joints that are hyperextended in a yoga pose? We all know it is not good to hyperextend, but what does it really mean? These videos show what happens and how you can remedy the situation in your practice, as well as how to guide your students if you are […]

How to Hold Your Arms in Chaturanga

May 12, 2016 By Ambassador Yoga

How to hold your arms in Chaturanga is a discussion and debate for yoga teachers and kinesiologists. Here’s some food for thought to consider to educate yourself on new methods and techniques. We are not going to change the whole world, but we can change ourselves and feel free as birds. We can be serene […]

Visit Us at the National Kids Yoga Conference and Get Your Free Poster

October 8, 2015 By Ambassador Yoga

Teen Yoga Poster - Free 12 x 18 inch from AmbassadorYoga.com where kids yoga teachers become Yoga

Come visit Claire and Lisa at the Ambassador Yoga Table and get this Yoga Poster FREE! We’d love to see you there. National Kids Yoga Conference 2015 November 13-15, 2015 Washington DC   We are proud to be a sponsor at The National Kids Yoga Conference this November in Washington DC! Please consider joining hundreds […]

National Kids Yoga Conference Presenter

September 1, 2014 By Ambassador Yoga

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Ambassador Yoga was honoured to present at the first National Kids Yoga Conference on September 27, 2014. From Teen Yogi to Yoga Teacher Our workshop at the conference was part of the Teen Track.  We were invited to speak because of our new Yoga Teacher Training geared towards teens. As far as I’ve seen, no […]

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