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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The podcast currently has 447 episodes available.

Yoga Teacher Resource Podcast episodes:

August 26, 20214 ways to theme your classes
Themes can help you as a teacher and benefit your students at the same time. In this episode, you’ll learn about four ways to incorporate themes into your classes and gain insight on which will best fit your situation.

Episode Highlights:
Inspiration for creating themes regularly
How to make your personal stories feel relevant to your students

The biggest benefit of adding a theme to your class

The most common rhythms for creating new themes and why you might choose each one

Links & Resources

Follow YTR on Instagram @yoga.teacher.resource

Join the Yoga Teacher Resource email list

Downloadable list of 100 yoga class themes
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17min
August 19, 20215 Steps to Run a Yoga Challenge
Learn to run a yoga challenge step by step. Mado and her guest Amanda McKinney talk through the nuts and bolts of why you might want to create a challenge and how to do it in 5 simple steps.

Episode Highlights:
What to consider before you decide to run a challenge
The benefits of running a yoga challenge

Free vs paid offerings and why paid offerings often attract more clients

Tips for growing your email list

How to approach a launch with less anxiety and more focus

Links & Resources

Follow YTR on Instagram @yoga.teacher.resource

Join the Yoga Teacher Resource email list

Amanda’s Instagram @amandamckinneyyoga

Amanda’s Yoga Challenge in a Box

Marketing Yoga with Confidence Podcast
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48min
August 12, 2021Make Friends with Tech
Show Notes

Examine your relationship with tech and how it aligns with your vision for the future. Mado speaks with Avi Gordon, director of the Integral Yoga Teachers Association, about how our yoga practice can directly influence our relationship with tech.

Episode Highlights:
How to foster a healthy relationship with technology
The most helpful attitude to take when dealing with tech challenges

Habitual behavior vs higher thinking function

The benefit of beginner’s mind

Intention and conscious decision making

Links & Resources

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Integral Yoga Podcast
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36min
August 05, 2021Teaching Underserved Communities
Learn how to connect with people who have less access to yoga. Mado and Brandon Dawson-Jarvis talk about how to best communicate about yoga to underserved communities and people who don’t think of themselves as yoga practitioners, as well as how to challenge common misconceptions about yoga.

Episode Highlights:
Simple ideas to get started sharing yoga with underserved communities
The benefits of yoga for people who don’t see themselves represented in media depictions of yoga.

Inspiring stories about the powers of a simple yoga practice

The importance of representation in yoga

Yoga for preventative mental health

Links & Resources

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Grove Campus - a company that organizes and executes community events and donation based yoga sessions.

Win one of Brandon’s Cork Yoga Mats
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46min
July 29, 2021Four types of successful yoga workshops
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 the other and the upsides and downsides each.

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.

This episode originally aired on January 2, 2020. Enjoy the replay!

Links & Resources

Freebie for listeners: Get a free download of 100 yoga workshop ideas when you sign up for Mado’s email list.

Sign up for Workshops that WOW

Become a patron of the Yoga Teacher Resource Podcast to support weekly ad-free podcast episodes and get bonus resources each month.

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13min
July 22, 2021The difference between classes and 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.

This episode originally aired December 9th, 2019. Enjoy the replay!

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.

How to name & price your workshops.

Links & Resources

Freebie for listeners: Get a free download of 100 yoga workshop ideas when you sign up for Mado’s email list.

Sign up for Workshops that WOW

Become a patron of the Yoga Teacher Resource Podcast to support weekly ad-free podcast episodes and get bonus resources each month.

Follow YTR on Instagram @yoga.teacher.resource
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11min
July 15, 2021How to price your offerings
If you struggle with pricing or are unsure about how to set prices for your teaching, this episode is a mini-training to help you set a minimum hourly rate.

This episode originally aired in Dec 6, 2018. Enjoy the replay!

Episode Highlights
Why you should set a minimum hourly rate
Whether or not to discount your rates for charity

The 3 basic considerations to setting your hourly rate

How to compare yoga teacher rates to massage therapist rates

Some strategies for using your minimum hourly rate to price workshops

Links & Resources

Take the interactive pricing for yoga teachers quiz

Join the Yoga Teacher Resource Email list

Become a patron of the Yoga Teacher Resource Podcast to support weekly ad-free podcast episodes and get bonus resources each month.

Follow YTR on Instagram @yoga.teacher.resource
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21min
July 08, 2021Student retention: why some students ghost
Mado shares reasons new students might not be coming back to your classes and solutions to help you attract the people who truly want what you are offering. This information in this episode will help yoga teachers build their class attendance faster and find their authentic voice as a yoga teacher.

This episode originally aired on October 31st, 2019 - enjoy the replay!

Episode highlights:
Reasons people don’t come back that have nothing to do with you as a teacher
The most common ways that yoga teachers make their students feel uncomfortable without realizing it and the quick fixes for this problem

How to make sure that the advertising for your class is as accurate as possible

The importance of naming your classes and considerations for choosing a class name

How to talk to your regular students to get feedback on what they enjoy and get out of your classes

Links & Resources

Become a patron of the Yoga Teacher Resource Podcast to support weekly ad-free podcast episodes and get bonus resources each month.

Join the Yoga Teacher Resource Facebook Group

Follow YTR on Instagram @yoga.teacher.resource
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20min
July 01, 2021Why students struggle to step forward from down dog
Ever wonder what’s actually happening in the transition from downward facing dog to lunge? Why is it so challenging for some? Is it an essential transition to master? Listen to learn how you can help your students navigate this common movement while still offering them an empowering yoga class experience.

This episode originally aired on February 27th 2020, enjoy the replay!

Highlights from this episode:
Understanding the mechanics of this particular movement and what is required of your body.
Specific cues for that will help your students be successful.

Why repetition of important cues is helpful to students.

Building the poses and your cues progressively.

Alternatives, modifications, and how to determine when they are appropriate.

Strengthening movements that prepare your students for what it takes to step forward from down dog.

Links & Resources

Become a patron of the Yoga Teacher Resource Podcast to support weekly ad-free podcast episodes and get bonus resources each month.

Follow YTR on Instagram @yoga.teacher.resource

Join the Yoga Teacher Resource email list
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18min
June 24, 2021Sequencing Warm Ups
Warm ups are an essential part of your yoga sequence - so how do you know if you are choosing the right poses? By listener request, I share my thoughts on the topic in this episode including:
The two main purposes for warming up
The kind of movement that is best for fulfilling these intentions

How to choose warm up poses based on the more challenging poses you plan to teach later in the sequence.

Why I think that most basic yoga poses are actually pretty complex - and how to prepare our students to get the most out of them.

A simple guideline you can use for any class

How to modify warm ups based on the population you teach

This episode originally aired April 11, 2019 - enjoy the replay!

Email subscribers also have access to three short videos of warm up sequences that I use personally. Subscribe now to get access to this and other bonus content.

Links & Resources

Join The Yoga Teacher Resource Email List

Become a patron of the Yoga Teacher Resource Podcast to support weekly ad-free podcast episodes and get bonus resources each month.

Follow YTR on Instagram @yoga.teacher.resource
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16min

FAQs about Yoga Teacher Resource Podcast:

How many episodes does Yoga Teacher Resource Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 447 episodes available.

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