Kirby Gordon on Teaching Yoga Around the World, Hosting Retreats, and Building Confidence as a Yoga Teacher

Kirby Gordon is a yoga teacher based in Austin, Texas and hosting retreats around the world. In this episode we talk about nomadic teaching, building confidence and decisiveness as a teacher, and advice on hosting your first retreat. Kirby also shares tips for teaching yoga and finding your people. If you're a yoga teacher looking to travel, are ready for your next adventure or to take that next step, this episode is for you!

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Time Stamps: 

00:00 intro

01:39 OfferingTree & TEND

05:09 nomadic teaching

13:00 decisiveness & confidence 

19:03 finding your people

26:18 traveling after teacher training 

31:05 consistency in yoga practice

34:35 the importance of yoga retreats

39:20 hosting your first yoga retreat 

44:32 leave your students with something they can take with them

48:00 what makes an exceptional yoga class?

51:32 rapid fire questions

52:36 billboard question