8 things to stop doing as a yoga teacher before you crash out: remembering the heart & soul of why you teach

This is not just a list of “stops” to regain energy. It’s a call to remember why you started teaching yoga in the first place.

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Time stamps:

00:00 intro

01:00 opening poem: teaching yoga like we play music

03:00 let’s hang

08:00 stop procrastinating your meditation 

10:30 creating a coherent message in class

12:30 stop thinking you need to practice exactly what you teach

15:40 stop trying to do it all on your own

17:55 the three S’s rule

23:00 stop grinding & start creating art

25:30 when u find joy in the process, others find joy in it

28:45 stop saying i don’t have time to slow down

30:00 laundry basket analogy 

33:00 u are the seer of your thoughts, but do u remember?

34:01 stop being scattered & ignoring strategy 

40:30 stop losing all your great ideas

42:00 how to define your mission

43:01 if u want more ppl in your class, why?

44:20 stop needing to prove anything about yourself

46:30 graduation speech & homework