Essential Conversations for Yoga Teachers
By Monica Bright
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Episodes: 126
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The podcast for yoga teachers centered around important conversations for yoga teachers to discuss, reflect, and implement. From class planning to business strategy, these conversations help yoga teachers build the business that will help keep them teaching long-term and with a sustainable income.
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Ep 125: Sequencing: Why Less Is More
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May 18, 2026 |
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Ep 124: Teaching Yoga to Aging Students
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May 11, 2026 |
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Ep 123: Great! You’re Not A Physical Therapist, Now What?
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May 04, 2026 |
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Ep 122: Herniated Discs? How To Teach Students Who Have Them
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Ep 121: How To Find The Best Continuing Education
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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Ep 120: Poses That Trigger Hip Discomfort & How to Modify Them Safely
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Ep 119: What to Say When a Student Asks 'Will This Hurt My Injury?
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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Ep 118: Teaching Yoga to Students with Bursitis
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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Ep 117: Do Yoga Teachers Need to Know Anatomy? How Much Is Enough to Teach Safely
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Ep 116: Students With Wrist Pain In Your Yoga Classes? Here's How to Help!
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Ep 115: Mindset, Impostor Syndrome, and Your Scope of Practice
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Ep 114: How to Teach Yoga to Students with Lower Back Pain
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Ep 113: Sequencing Considerations
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Ep 112: What Changes When You Sequence Based on the Idea That Poses Belong Together?
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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Ep 111: The Missing Link Between Anatomy Knowledge and Sequencing
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Ep 110: Teaching Yoga As A Personal Relationship
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Ep 109: Teaching: Shift from Authority to Curiosity-Based
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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Ep 108: Why Your Verbal Cues Aren’t Always Enough
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Ep 107: Why Warrior 2 Looks and Feels Different for Every Student
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Ep 106: The Myth of Perfect Alignment
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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Ep 105: Ever Felt Unprepared in Class? Here’s What To Do
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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Ep 104: Planning For A New Year: How to Work Smarter
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Ep 103: Burnout: Why It Happens & What to Do About It
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Ep 102: Sequencing for Your Students’ Needs
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Ep 101: Sequencing - Why Repetition and Intention Matter More Than Novelty
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Ep 100: Yoga Teachers, I'm Celebrating You!
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Ep 99: How Confident Are You That Your Sequences Support All Students?
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Ep 98: Students with Shoulder Pain is More Common Than You Think
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Ep 97: What’s the Deal with Knee Pain in Yoga Classes?
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Ep 96: Got Students with Hip Pain in Your Classes?
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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Ep 95: How to Talk About Pain in Class Without Creating Fear
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Ep 94: Confidence Is the Key to Teaching Injured Students
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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Ep 93: Anatomy Made Simple: Teach with Confidence
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Ep 92: Repetitive Stress Injuries in Yoga: What You Should Know
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Ep 91: How Foot Injuries Affect A Student's Yoga Experience
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Ep 90: Yoga Rules That Don’t Hold Up
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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Ep 89: Sequencing Struggles That Still Haunt Experienced Teachers
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Ep 88: Feel Unprepared for Multiple Injuries in One Yoga Class?
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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Ep 87: Teaching Beginner Yoga Classes - Pros, Cons, and More
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Ep 86: Teaching the Senses of Proprioception, Interoception, and the Vestibular System
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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Ep 85: The Case for Teaching Students w Injuries
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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Ep 84: Sciatica: What Yoga Teachers Should Understand
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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Ep 83: Mobility: How You Define It Matters!
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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Ep 82: Why Hip Openers Look Different & Understanding Skeletal Variations in the Hip Joint
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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Ep 81: Yoga Poses: Teaching Full Expression vs Functional Variations
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Ep 80: Why Is The Psoas Muscle So Important?
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Ep 79: All Backbends Are Not The Same! Let's Explore Why...
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Ep 78: Upward Facing Dog: Not As Simple As It Looks!
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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Ep 77: All Pelvises Are Not Created The Same, How This Affects The Yoga Practice
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Ep 76: Excessive Hip Flexion In Yoga & What To Do About it
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Ep 75: Should Students w/ Scoliosis Practice Yoga?
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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Ep 74: SI Joint Dysfunction and Yoga
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May 26, 2025 |
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Ep 73: Hip Openers and Labral Tears: Why Deep Stretches Aren’t for Everyone
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May 19, 2025 |
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Ep 72: When to Refer Out: Recognizing the Limits of Your Scope
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May 12, 2025 |
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Ep 71: Injury Prevention in Yoga: What We Can (and Can’t) Control
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May 05, 2025 |
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Ep 70: How Alignment Cues Affect Your Nervous System
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Ep 69: Why Alignment Cues Don’t work For Everyone - Part 2
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Ep 68: The Problem w/ Rigid Alignment Cues - Part 1
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Ep 67: How to Teach Anatomy? - Teacher Questions Answered
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Ep 66: Staying Within Your Scope of Practice While Teaching Injured Students
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Ep 65: Learning Anatomy Feels Overwhelming, Start Here!
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Ep 64: Sequencing for Students with Rotator Cuff Injuries
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Ep 63: Yoga Retreats: A Beginner’s Guide for Teachers
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Ep 62: How to Teach A Student with An Injury
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Ep 61: Guided Meditation - What is Guided Imagery?
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Ep 60: The Complexities of Half Pigeon Pose
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Ep 59: How to Teach Chair Yoga - Creating Accessible Classes for All Ages
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Ep 58: Meditation Sounds Easy, Is It?
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Ep 57: Winter Season - Class Themes Inspired by Ayurveda
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Ep 56: Guided Meditation - Breath & Body Awareness
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Ep 55: Teaching Classes to Beginner Students
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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Ep 54: Goal-Setting: Building a Vision for Your Teaching Career
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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Ep 53: 2024 Yearly Recap - Top 5 Episodes!
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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Ep 52: Self-care for Yoga Teachers - Professional Tips
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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Ep 51: Self-care for Yoga Teachers - Physical Tips
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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Ep 50: Self-care for Yoga Teachers - Mental & Emotional
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Ep 49: The Effects of Chronic Pain on the Nervous System Pt. 2
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Ep 48: The Effects of Chronic Pain on the Nervous System Pt 1
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Ep 47: Acute vs. Chronic Pain - What’s the Difference?
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Ep 46: What is Functional Freeze?
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Ep 45: 65 Strategies to Calm your Nervous System
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Ep 44: Sequencing for General Shoulder Injuries
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Ep 43: Students & Class Expectations – Yoga Teachers Questions Answered
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Ep 42: Teaching students w/ Pain & Injuries - Why Teachers are Hesitant
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Ep 41: Yoga Teachers Questions Answered - Nervous System Regulation
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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Ep 40: Pain Science & Nervous System Regulation w/ Diana Oppenheim
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Ep 39: Managing Pain & Injuries via Nervous System Regulation Pt. 2
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Ep 38: Managing Pain & Injuries via Nervous System Regulation Pt. 1
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Ep 37: Understanding Pain Beyond Tissue Damage
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Ep 36: Advancements in Pain Science: Comparing Current Understanding vs. 2018
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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Ep 35: Anatomy Matters - Why Every Yoga Teacher Needs to Understand the Human Body
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Ep 34: Injuries associated w/ More Basic Anatomy Terms! Pt 2
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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Ep 33: Injuries Associated w/ More Basic Anatomy Terms! Pt 1
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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Ep 32: More Anatomy Terms You Should Know!
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Ep 31: Injuries Associated w/ Basic Terms
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Ep 30: Is Your Proprioception Affected When You Have an Injury?
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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Ep 29: Anatomy & Terms You Should Know
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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Ep 28: Let's Talk Anatomy!
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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Ep 27: The Hyper-sexualization of Yoga
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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Ep 26: All Levels Yoga Classes - Problems & Solutions
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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Ep 25: Yoga, Social Media, Comparison & Competition
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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Ep 24: Yoga Teaching & Enforcing Boundaries
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May 27, 2024 |
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Ep 23: Yoga, Social Media, Body Positivity & Aesthetics
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May 20, 2024 |
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Ep 22: Yoga, Social Media, and Cultural Appropriation
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May 13, 2024 |
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Ep 21: Teaching Yoga and How It Affects Family Dynamics
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May 06, 2024 |
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Ep 20: Somatic Yoga Principles - How To Incorporate Them In Your Yoga Classes
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Ep 19: Your Personal Practice - Where Did it Go & How to Get it Back
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Ep 18: Passive Income - What Is It & Why You want It
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Ep 17: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome - The Key to Unlocking your True Potential
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Ep 16: Online Yoga - Accessible Learning, Scalability, and Diversifying your Content
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Ep 15: Branding - Mastering your Yoga Teaching Identity
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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Ep 14: The Power of Newsletters - Elevating Your Yoga Teaching Business
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Ep 13: Emails - How Building A List Can Catapult Your Business
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Ep 12: Why you need a website
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Ep 11: Are you being strategic?
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Ep 10: Turn your continuing education into offerings
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Ep 9 Why you should diversify your teaching
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Ep 8: Teaching through heartbreak
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Ep 7: How to know if you’re getting in your own way Pt 3
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Ep 6: How to design your yoga teaching career Pt 2
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Ep 5: What does the yoga teaching career typically look like? Pt 1
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Ep 4: How to Find Your Passion
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Ep 1: Why We Love Teaching Yoga
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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Ep 2: If I had to start all over again
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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Ep 3: The emotional process of YTT
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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About me
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Nov 29, 2023 |