Yoga Teacher Resource Podcast

By Mado Hesselink

Information, support, and inspiration for yoga teachers. Topics include the business of yoga, teaching skills, philosophy, ethical and legal considerations, and more.... more

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Yoga Teacher Resource Podcast episodes:

January 22, 2025How to Teach Better Yoga Workshops
Got a yoga workshop coming up and want to brush up on your faciliation skills? No matter how well you know your topic, your workshop will flop if you don’t understand how to keep your students engaged. In this episode, I'll share the most common mistakes that workshop leaders make and how to avoid these pitfalls to teach better workshops.
Episode Highlights:
Strategies to capture your students’ attention and engage them in the learning process
Common presentation mistakes and how to turn them into strengths
How to plan your workshops so that you cover what you promised AND leave enough time for closure at the end.
How to make your workshop memorable so your students feel excited for your next event.
Want me to walk you step-by-step through planning, promoting, and presenting a yoga workshop? Check out Workshops that WOW
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14min
January 21, 2025How to boost workshop attendance
Curious about how to boost attendance at your workshop? In this episode, I offer simple strategies to help you create workshops without the worry of needing to cancel due to low attendance.
Episode Highlights:
The two most important factors for healthy workshop attendance
How to find out what topics your students will find appealing
How to choose the right title for your workshop
Four essential qualities for your workshop promotion
How to make your workshops an easy ‘yes!’
Considerations for working with a studio vs producing your own workshops
When and how often to promote your workshop
A powerful way to boost the effectiveness of your promotion
Minimum numbers and when to cancel
Workshops that WOW
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21min
January 20, 2025Steal these workshop ideas: four types of successful yoga workshops
Need some ideas for your next yoga workshop? There are four basic types of yoga workshops that have a proven track record for consistently attracting students anywhere in the world. In this episode, Mado explains each type in detail including why you might choose one over plus examples of each type.
Want more examples? Download this list of 100 yoga workshop ideas broken down into the four categories when you sign up for Mado’s email list.
Episode highlights:
The different kinds of yoga workshops and which ones tend to get a lot of registrations.
How to decide which type of workshop is right for you.
The best ways to promote the different types of workshops.
Tips for collaborating with another person on a workshop.
Links & Resources
100 yoga workshop ideas freebie download
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14min
January 16, 2025Classes vs Workshops
Learn the essential differences between yoga classes and yoga workshops and how understanding them can help improve your teaching and help your students see the value of both types of offerings.
Get a free download of 100 yoga workshop ideas
Episode highlights:
How knowing the differences between weekly classes and workshops can help you market your classes more successfully.
Side by side comparisons on the frequency, structure, and duration of classes, vs workshops
Information-based vs experience-based workshops and why you’d want to offer one or the other.
The unique opportunities workshops offer yoga teachers.
Sign up for Mado’s email list & get 100 yoga workshop ideas download
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11min
December 30, 2024 The #1 Cueing Mistake Yoga Teachers Make (and How to Fix It)
Are your words secretly sabotaging your students? Many yoga teachers unknowingly use language that creates limitations and fear in their students. This episode explores the subtle ways your words can impact your students' physical and mental experience of yoga. Learn to identify and eliminate fear-based cues, cultivate confidence through positive communication, and empower your students to embrace their unique abilities.

Episode Highlights:

01:25 How fear-based cues can hold your students back, while a focus on your students' strengths and unique abilities will help them progress more quickly.
06:02 How cultural norms influence our perception of discomfort and how to navigate
10:06 Common nocebic cues and learn how to avoid them.
17:59 Practical tools to cultivate confidence and help students own their practice.
21:26 How to handle common challenges and ethical dilemmas that arise in the yoga class setting.
31:09 How anatomical knowledge empowers you to release fear-based language while teaching with precision and confidence.

Links & Resources
Anatomy Bites Website
Libby’s Website
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40min
December 12, 2024Strategies for teaching mixed abilities group classes with Dr Libby Hinsley
Bodies come in a beautiful variety of shapes and abilities - and this means they have different needs. So how can you provide a positive experience for unique individuals during a group class? Dr. Libby Hinsley is back on the podcast to discuss strategies for adapting your teaching for diverse bodies and abilities.

Episode Highlights:
How to change your yoga sequence on the fly and still provide an excellent class
Understanding anatomy and movement to uplevel your confidence teaching people with different physical abilities
The key to accommodating multiple levels in your class
Building blocks of human movement
How to simplify and slow down so you (and your students) can savor practice
The difference between “complicated” and “advanced

Links & Resources
Follow YTR on Instagram @yoga.teacher.resource
Join the Yoga Teacher Resource email list
Join the Yoga Teacher Resource Facebook Group
Anatomy Bites

Episodes with Libby
Yoga & Self Massage
Q&A with Libby
Anatomy Myths
Hypermobility & Yoga
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39min
November 28, 2024Manicures aren't self-care (and why it matters)
Self-care is essential for yoga teachers - but easier said than done. In the fast pace of modern culture, our role has partly become a cheerleader for self-care. Yet, many of us live with life circumstances that cause us to neglect our own self-care. In this week’s episode of the podcast I demystify the idea of self-care and offer a simple way of thinking about it that will help you understand how to implement it in your own life.
A simple way of describing self-care from a yoga perspective.
A review of the structure and function of the human nervous system and how it relates to self care.
Why understanding the nervous system is helpful for yoga teachers.
How the modern self-care movement oversimplifies self care and portrays it in a misleading and potentially harmful way.
Additional ways to think about and practice self care that are more effective and accessible.
How to talk about self care with your yoga students.
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16min
November 14, 2024 How To Align Your Goals with Your Values (& Why It Matters)
Centering your values when you set goals can help you create a sustainable, inspiring business. In this episode, you'll hear some of the structures I use personally to move forward in my business without compromising my principles.

Episode Highlights:
03:01 Finding the Sweet Spot: Logic & Intuition in Goal Setting
06:03 Why Knowing Your Values is Key for Choosing the right Goals
7:01 Values Check In Ritual
11:53 Goal Setting Step-by-step
12:33 Stuck in a Rut? Try This Unexpected Brainstorming Trick
14:15 From Dream to Reality: Scheduling Your Goals for Success
17:39 Goal-Setting Inspiration: Real-World Examples to Get You Started
24:19 How to Evaluate & Refine Your Goals

Links & Resources

Join the Yoga Teacher Resource Facebook Group
Sign up for Mado's email list and get a free download of 100 yoga class themes

Book Recommendations
The Artist’s Way
The 12 Week Year

Tag @yoga.teacher.resource on Instagram to celebrate your accomplishments!
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26min
October 31, 2024Self-Doubt and Impostor Syndrome
This episode from 2019 was inspired by a facebook post I made on the Yoga Teacher Resource Facebook Group. I was having my own moment of doubt and decided to share in order to help normalize the experience for other teachers. The response was overwhelming! That post has gotten the most comments in the group so far. It made me realize that there is a need for yoga teachers to hear that they are not alone when they doubt and to understand where the doubt comes from and what to do about it.
Highlights
Why self-doubt is getting more and more prevalent among yoga teachers
The positive aspects of impostor syndrome
What to focus on in your teaching during moments of doubt
My personal process for self-care when I experience doubt
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19min
October 17, 2024 Yoga: Anticolonial Philosophy with Dr. Shyam Ranganathan
Yoga is a system of moral philosophy that has long been overlooked by Western scholars and appropriated by the fitness industry. Dr. Shyam Ranganathan, author of Yoga: Anticolonial Philosophy provides context for the dissonance between modern yoga and its roots. We discuss how to frame yoga practice authentically, how philosophy is the unifying force between varied practices, and why decolonization requires embracing discomfort.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:
00:00 Yoga and personal agency
05:53 The role of philosophy in understanding yoga
09:52 Challenges and rewards of yoga practice
15:34 The problem of modern yoga
22:15 Defining colonialism, philosophy, and ethics
26:12 Understanding Yoga: Capital Y vs. Small Y
28:27 Why embracing dissonance is key for decolonization
29:14 Philosophy's role in decolonization
31:26 The physical and emotional impact of philosophy
40:53 Teaching yoga in a capitalist society
46:32 Conclusion and further resources

EPISODE LINKS & RESOURCES:
Yoga Philosophy
Book: Yoga: Anticolonial Philosophy
Yoga: Anticolonial Philosophy Study Group
Follow Dr. Shyam Ranganathan on Instagram @yogaphilosophy_com
Follow Dr. Shyam Ranganathan on Facebook

LINKS AND RESOURCES:
Follow YTR on Instagram @yoga.teacher.resource
Join the Yoga Teacher Resource email list
Join the Yoga Teacher Resource Facebook Group
Learn more about the Impact Club
Leave a review on iTunes
Ask a question for the podcast on the Yoga Teacher Resource website or on SpeakPipe
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48min

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