The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast

By Shannon Crow

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What's The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast about?

Helping yoga teachers to stay connected to information, entrepreneur advice and a community of supportive yoga teachers and professionals.

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209: Online Yoga Teacher Tr...

03.01.2021

Teaching yoga online is hard, but what about hosting conferences and teacher trainings? Jivana Heyman (he/his) talks about his experience moving everything online, including the entire Accessible Yoga Conference and his yoga teacher trainings. Show notes available with all links ...

The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast episodes:

03.01.2021 209: Online Yoga Teacher Training with Jivana Heyman Teaching yoga online is hard, but what about hosting conferences and teacher trainings? Jivana Heyman (he/his) talks about his experience moving everything online, including the entire Accessible Yoga Conference and his yoga teacher trainings. Show notes available with all links ...
02.22.2021 208: Four Years of Podcasting with Shannon Crow The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast celebrates its 4th anniversary! Host Shannon Crow (she/her) answers questions inspired by listeners about why she started the podcast, getting sponsorship and challenges she faced, in this behind-the-scenes episode. Show notes available with all links ...
02.15.2021 207: Biopsychosocial Model & Yoga with Carolyn Vandyken The biopsychosocial model of care is a whole-person approach to health and wellness. Expert Carolyn Vandyken (she/her) explains how this framework relates to pain, movement, function. She also breaks down the science of pain in relation to yoga, and more! ...
02.08.2021 206: Get More Private Yoga Clients with Megan Spears Wondering how to get more private yoga students? Megan Spears (she/her) shares how she built up the confidence and knowledge to teach private yoga, and her unique marketing strategy that helped grow her business from 0 to 15 students! Show ...
02.01.2021 205: Tech Guide for Online Yoga with Dominique Gauthier Figuring out the tech and equipment to teach yoga online can be overwhelming. Dominique Gauthier (she/her) shares some of her tech challenges, the tips and tricks she used to overcome them, and her tech recommendations for teaching hybrid classes. Show ...
01.25.2021 204: What to Charge for Online Yoga with Shannon Crow Wondering what to charge for your yoga classes now that they’re online? Shannon Crow (she/her) shares more about the factors to consider in pricing your yoga offerings, including the perceived value of your classes, the hidden costs, and more. Show ...
01.18.2021 203: Do Politics Belong in Yoga? with Chara Caruthers & Maria Kirsten How does your yoga inform your politics? Chara Caruthers (she/her) and Maria Kirsten (she/her) highlight the intersections of yoga and politics, and explain how the philosophies of yoga ties in to all aspects of our lives, including politics. Show notes ...
01.11.2021 202: Yoga and Masks with Clare Kelley Should we be wearing masks in yoga classes? There has been a lot of confusion on this topic, but Clare Kelley (she/her) shares valuable insights about risks, virus transmission, best practices for mask-wearing and safe distancing, and more. Show notes ...
01.04.2021 201: Leaning Into Hope Happy New Year with Shannon Crow Happy new year! What a year 2020 has been. Shannon Crow (she/her) reflects on the challenges and accomplishments of the year, and challenges you to find inspiration in the small wins. Show notes available with all links mentioned here: http://www.theconnectedyogateacher.com/201
12.28.2020 200: Practice, Parenting & Perfectionism with Judith Hanson Lasater & Lizzie Lasater How does yoga relate to parenting, perfectionism and your own practice? Judith Hanson Lasater (she/her) and Lizzie Lasater (she/her) share from their unique perspective as a mother-daughter team about raising children, running a yoga business and more. Show notes available ...
12.21.2020 199: Creating Inclusive Yoga Spaces with Erin Ajayi What does an inclusive yoga space look and feel like to our BIPOC students? Erin Ajayi (she/her) shares her experiences as a Black yoga student, and gives suggestions on how yoga teachers, practitioners and studios can create more inclusive yoga ...
12.14.2020 198: Share Your Yoga Specialty with Megan Mulrine [Consultation Call] How important is niching down for your yoga business? In this Consultation Call, Shannon helps Megan Mulrine dig into her true passion in yoga and how she can specialize to share that with more people, while creating a sustainable business. ...
12.07.2020 197: How to Keep Your Studio Open with Nicole Blackwood Through the pandemic, yoga studio owners have faced additional challenges. Nicole Blackwood (she/her) shares the story of how she realized she might need to close her yoga studio, and her efforts to keep it open through these challenging times. Show ...
12.04.2020 BONUS: Yoga Teacher Conf - Dream Business You are invited to the Yoga Teacher Conf happening on December 14, 2020. Shannon Crow is one of the many presenters that will be there. Let's hang out online and talk about how you can create your dream yoga business. ...
11.30.2020 196: 4 Steps to Attract Yoga Students with Steph Crowder Looking to attract more yoga students? Steph Crowder (she/her) has an easy and actionable 4-step process that will turn your ideas into registrations. Steph also explains a big mistake business owners make in sales and tips to avoid it. Show ...
11.23.2020 195: LGBTQ Awareness for Yoga Teachers with Tristan Katz How can we create brave, safe and inclusive spaces for the LGBTQ+ students in our community? Today on the podcast Tristan Katz shares a lot of actionable steps that we as yoga teachers and studios can easily implement. We talk ...
11.16.2020 194: Bladder 101 for Yoga Teachers What do we as yoga teachers need to understand about the bladder? So many of our students are dealing with urinary incontinence. Studies have shown the benefits that yoga and education can have. Today Shannon outlines why yoga is good ...
11.09.2020 193: Pelvic Symmetry Sequence with Shannon Crow Shannon Crow shares a pelvic symmetry sequence that she has used for years as a yoga teacher and practitioner. It is one that Dr. Sinead Dufour adapted from a sequence that Cecile Rost, PT created. This sequence is often helpful ...
11.02.2020 192: Everyone Has a Pelvic Floor with Shannon Crow All of your yoga students have a pelvic floor. Shannon Crow specializes in sharing Yoga for Pelvic Health. Today on the podcast she talks about the 5 functions of the pelvic floor and how yoga and physio can help those ...
10.26.2020 191: Self-Care Tips to Fuel Your Business with Shunta Grant Running a yoga business can be stressful and often self-care falls to the bottom of the list. Shunta Grant, creator of Best Today Brand, is a parent running three businesses. She shares how she fits it all in and how ...
10.19.2020 190: How to Create Guided Meditations with Kelly Smith Yoga teacher, Kelly Smith, has created an entire business focused on guided meditation. She talks to us on the podcast about the benefits of meditation, how to write our own and how to record and share guided meditations with our ...
10.12.2020 189: Your Movement Science is Racist with Jesal Parikh Jesal Parikh, yoga teacher and co-host of the Yoga is Dead podcast, talks with us today about why our movement science is racist. This conversation is one of those that asks us to question what we have been taught and ...
10.05.2020 188: Effective Yoga Cues with Libby Hinsley How do you cue effectively? Libby Hinsley talks to us about the importance of intention and reason for cues. We also talk about cueing for safety, the importance of cueing for beginners or those who are new to yoga, and ...
09.28.2020 187: How to Choose a Yoga Teacher Training with Cecily Milne How can you choose or create an amazing yoga teacher training experience? Cecily Milne of Yoga Detour, talks to us about what to consider for our next YTT. We talk about diversity, inclusion, evaluation and the business side of things. ...
09.21.2020 186: How to Get Booked as a Podcast Guest [Part 2] with Kelly Glover Kelly Glover is an expert in podcasting, pitches and media. She is the CEO of the Talent Squad, a podcast pitching company. Today, she talks to us about how to find the shows your target audience is listening to, and ...
09.14.2020 185: How to Get Booked as a Podcast Guest [Part 1] with Shannon Crow Being a guest on a podcast is a great way to showcase your offering or expertise. Seasoned podcasters Amanda Kingsmith, Mado Hesselink, and Amanda McKinney have tips on how to get booked on a podcast, from pitching to promotion. Show ...
09.07.2020 184: Is Yoga Cultural Appropriation? with Shailla Vaidya Is yoga cultural appropriation? Dr. Shailla Vaidya tackles this complex question by sharing her own experiences with yoga in a Western context. She also talks about how we can share yoga respectfully, and honor its history, culture and traditions.
08.31.2020 183: How to Plan a Productive Week with Shawn Radcliffe No matter where you are in your yoga teacher journey, we could all use some tips around improving productivity. Shawn Radcliffe shares how he uses the 15-minute planner method created by Steph Crowder to get things done in his yoga ...
08.24.2020 182: Yin Yoga vs Restorative Yoga with Nyk Danu What is the difference between Yin and Restorative yoga? Today Nyk Danu, yoga therapist and Yin trainer, shares the similarities and differences. We talk about the number and length of poses, props and the intention and origin of each style ...
08.17.2020 181: Grow an Online Yoga Business with Nikki Naab-Levy The COVID pandemic has drastically changed the world we live in. Many of us have had to make the leap to shift our businesses online and offer our yoga classes and offerings virtually. Today Nikki Naab-Levy shares tips on how ...
08.10.2020 180: Sticky Note Secret for More Students with Shannon Crow Today on the podcast Shannon shares her sticky note secret to getting yoga students registered for your next offering. She walks you through the very simple and easy steps to figure out your minimum and maximum numbers and how to ...
08.03.2020 179: Get Confident with Video with Alicia Berruti We all have heard how impactful video is to connect with new yoga students, especially with how social media and physical distancing are these days. Video is also scary. Today Alicia Berruti from BombBomb shares how we can all get ...
07.27.2020 178: Tired of Social Media? [Consultation Call] with Devon Pelto Have you ever felt overwhelmed and tired of social media? If this is you, today's episode with Devon Pelto is going to give you some ideas for how to deal with this. It is a live consultation call and we ...
07.20.2020 177: How to Connect (aka Network) with Natalie Eckdahl Do your friends and family know about the work that you do? When we learn to connect (network) it can really help us to grow our yoga business. Natalie Eckdahl shares actionable steps and strategies that will help us to ...
07.16.2020 BONUS: Anti-Racism & Yoga with Michelle Johnson Today, in this bonus episode, we hear from Michelle Johnson on the topic of anti-racism and yoga. How we can, as yoga teachers (and studios), hold space for the conversations that need to happen? How can we move into the ...
07.13.2020 176: Email Marketing Strategy with Jessica Stansberry Do you have a strong email marketing strategy? Email is a powerful way to stay connected to your yoga students. Jessica Stansberry is an expert in email and today we cover which email platform to use, how often to email ...
07.06.2020 175: Coping During a Crisis with Diane Liska 2020 has been a challenging year and a lot of yoga teachers have told us that they are feeling like they are in a state of crisis. Diane Liska, yoga teacher and psychotherapist shares some brain science education along with ...
06.29.2020 174: Time for a Break with Shannon Crow Are you feeling like you need a break in your yoga business? Today on the podcast, Shannon shares the planned breaks she takes daily, weekly and monthly. She also talks about unplanned breaks and how one just happened for her ...
06.15.2020 173: Social Justice, Politics & Yoga with Chara Caruthers and Maria Kirsten In this episode, Shannon shares an interview she did for the Live Like You Love Yourself Podcast, hosted by Chara Caruthers and Maria Kirsten. We dug into the topics we sometimes shy away from. Social justice, racism and politics. It's ...
06.10.2020 172: Checking In with the Team During COVID-19 This podcast episode is a check-in with The Connected Yoga Teacher team. Shannon talks to SuZen, Crunch, Nyk, Sinead, Kelly, Shelly and Schedulicity to see what life is like since the COVID-19 pandemic arrived. They share how life has changed ...
06.01.2020 171: Pelvic Health & Movement Goals with Antony Lo Antony Lo is a physiotherapist who specializes in pelvic health and helping those who love to move and do CrossFit. Today's podcast is a snippet of the talk that we had inside of our Pelvic Health Professionals membership. Show notes ...
05.25.2020 170: Is this Movement Safe? with Shannon Crow Is this movement safe? I hear this question a lot from both yoga students and yoga teachers. Today I cover the four questions I ask to determine how to make any movement safe. These four questions can also help us ...
05.18.2020 169: Integrating Pelvic Health into Yoga with Shannon Crow & Mado Hesselink Today Mado of the Yoga Teacher Resource podcast interviews me about how I integrate pelvic health and yoga. We talk kegels, mula bandha, how this is a great specialty for yoga teachers and how I built my 1:1 business cooperatively ...
05.11.2020 168: Social Media Marketing Strategy with Andrea Jones Social media can feel overwhelming when we are looking at what to post and where. Andrea Jones is a social media expert and today on the podcast she walks us through how to make a social media strategy that will ...
05.04.2020 167: How to Make a Recruiting Plan with Reneé Clair Reneé Clair helped Shannon when she was hiring two of our amazing team members. In today's episode, Reneé walks us through the process that she uses to help yoga teachers when they are ready to hire someone. She also shares ...
04.27.2020 166: When & How to Hire a VA (virtual assistant) with Sandra Booker Sandra Booker, the founder of Any Old Task, talks with us about how to know when to hire a VA (virtual assistant). She covers how to pass tasks over, how much to pay and how to hire for the role ...
04.20.2020 165: Offer Online Yoga Masterclass with Shannon Crow & Amanda McKinney Today's podcast is a masterclass that Amanda McKinney and Shannon Crow did live and online. Over 900 yoga teachers registered for this to hear how to offer yoga online. We cover how to teach on Facebook, Instagram, Zoom, and YouTube. ...
04.13.2020 164: Deepen Your Yoga Practice with Barrie Risman Barrie Risman talks about how to deepen your yoga practice and how this has been the key to her yoga business growth and sustainability. It fits well in this time of uncertainty with the coronavirus. We know how beneficial our ...
04.06.2020 163: Collective Yoga Studio Model with Jenifer Parker We have talked about various yoga studio models in previous podcasts. In today's episode, Jenifer Parker shares how a collective studio model is an option we can look at to divide the work between yoga teachers, even without a physical ...
03.30.2020 162: Fill Your Yoga Workshop with Mado Hesselink Today on the podcast, Mado Hesselink talks with us about workshops. She covers how to know when you are ready to offer a workshop, the four categories of workshops and how to fill them. Mado also has a list of ...

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