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 […]
Yogic Myths You Can Share With Your Students
School starts in September up here in Canada and last week while I was registering my oldest child for high school, I had an awkward experience that you may be able to relate to. Due to a variety of circumstances, my child is attending a new high school with none of their friends, so we […]
Yoga Alliance Core Competency: Teaching Methodology – Yoga Manual Writing Series Part 4
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]
Learn how Mandy makes the Ambassador Curriculum Her Own – Yoga Teacher Training
Lately, we’ve been sharing lots of details about how easily you can host your own Yoga Teacher Training and thought it might be time you hear more about the experience directly from a lead trainer. We recently spoke with Mandy, owner of Salty Dog Yoga and Surf in North Carolina to ask how her students […]
How Non-Yoga Teachers Have a Yoga School
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
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
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?
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 […]
What happens on a Discovery Call?
Have you ever heard the phrase ‘Be the Forklift’? It means that part of our work as yoga teachers is to meet people where they are and help them rise. In the video below, Aruna and I talk about how that philosophy fuels our work at the Yoga Trainer Fast Track as we meet regularly […]
Hacks to Get Your Newsletter Done Fast!
Talking out our emails is my favourite hack. I’m a super passionate entrepreneur that can talk business forever, but when it comes time to promote and share something interesting in a newsletter, I go blank staring at the computer. If this is true for you, these time-saving hacks that stimulate creativity will really help. Social […]
Rebuilding your Yoga Business
Welcoming two new Trainers to the Yoga Trainer Fast Track! We’re opening up business again with some new marketing ideas. What about you?
Yoga Teacher Training Manual Standards, What’s Changed?
When I registered for Yoga Teacher Training in 2006, the manual I received was a combination of blurry photocopies from other textbooks. The pages were often cut off and there was no consistent theme. You may be able to relate because this was typical back then. Aruna said the manual she got from her yoga […]
Do You Need to Register a School with Yoga Alliance?
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
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 […]
4 Scheduling Considerations for your Yoga Teacher Training
I used to think that being a Yogi meant that my restless spirit got to live a carefree life. Of course, Yoga philosophy has taught me, and others to see obstacles as lessons and to trust the universe. However, one thing I didn’t consider when I opened my studio was the importance of scheduling. At […]
Successful Delivery Formats for Your Training
While growing up, my dad had a friend that owned a patio pub in a small northern tourist town. The pub was popular all summer long as annual cottagers and tourists returned to the area, but like most businesses, he had a slow time of year and in this case, it was all winter long. […]
Strategic Considerations for Setting Yoga Teacher Training Dates and Rates
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
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
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 […]
Expert Business Advice from a Self-Made Multi-Millionaire
We interviewed Leonie Dawson (she/they), a best-selling author, marketing specialist and self-made millionaire. They are a business mentor to Aruna and I because their advice is refreshing and their strategies are simple. In the videos on our YouTube channel, Leonie talks about their motivation for starting the business, the mindset it still requires and answers […]
Open House: Logistics to offer Yoga Teacher Training
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
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
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
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, […]
The Big Mistake we Almost Made
We’re fans of The Yoga Teacher Resource podcast, so Aruna and I signed up for a goal-setting workshop with Mado last week. Although we’ve led these types of workshops ourselves, we wanted a new perspective and we knew if we paid, we would get our yearly review done. The highlight of the workshop was the reflection on the true meaning of success and how success showed up last year. I was taken aback to see that it was teaching that brought me the most joy last year but planning for 2022, I was considering teaching less! Aruna and […]
How to become a Yoga Lead Trainer Fast?
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 […]
Why we Changed Our Mind about Online Training
We have never thought of conducting online yoga teacher training before the pandemic arrived. There was no need for us to dive into it, setting up teaching portals and conducting zoom classes. For us, that was unnecessary. The 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training has a lot of interactive activities, making online classes for us unimaginable. […]
Registering a Yoga Alliance RYS? Learn from our Mistakes!
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
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
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
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”
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
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
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 […]