Yoga Teacher Confidential: Secrets of Becoming a Great Yoga Teacher

5. Are Your Strengths as a Practitioner Holding You Back as a Teacher?


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Could the very things that drew you to yoga be standing in your way as a teacher? In this episode, let's explore how the strengths that make you a natural fit for yoga can also become blind spots in your teaching. When you haven’t had to struggle with certain aspects of the practice, it can be harder to empathize with students who do. I have some stories and guidance on how to identify and work through these blind spots to become a more effective teacher.

And we lean into the "confidential" with a quick pointer that you don't know how to work with the body parts you don't have!

Listen to hear:

  • How your natural strengths in yoga can create blind spots in teaching
  • Why you are the best teacher for the student you once were
  • Tips for identifying and working through your teaching blind spots

Are you aware of your teaching blind spots? Let me know on social media: @sagerountree, and check out my resources to help you grow as a teacher at sagerountree.com.

Help me reach more yoga teachers like you by following the show and leaving a rating or review on Apple and Spotify!

Want to become (almost) everyone's favorite yoga teacher? Get in the Zone at Comfort Zone Yoga, my virtual studio focused on teacher development. I have a ton of Sage advice in there for you—let's chat there!

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