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So You Finished Your Yoga Teacher Training… Now What?

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How to Land Your First Job Teaching Yoga

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5 Common Sequencing Mistakes Yoga Teachers Make

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9 Tips for Adjusting Your Online Yoga Students

Bria Tavakoli

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How to Best Address Your Students’ Needs When Teaching Online

Amy Ippoliti

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10 Tips for Building Real Yoga Community While Teaching in the Virtual World

Bria Tavakoli

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I was not prepared to be younger than everyone in class—and everything that went with that.

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A Chain Studio Evaluation Shook My Confidence as a Yoga Teacher—But Only for a Moment

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The One Element of Yoga That Teachers May Be Missing Out On

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7 Controversial Yoga Cues You Need to Rethink

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This 71-Year-Old Yoga Teacher Turned Her Driveway Into a Yoga Studio

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Want to Teach Yoga Outside? It Might Cost You.

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Mindfulness Won’t Fix Everything. It’s Okay to Have a Bad Day.

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Yoga Teacher Training Wasn’t Life-Changing—And That’s OK

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Forget Mindfulness, This is How You Actually Get Your Kids to Love Yoga

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It’s Time to Rethink the Rules Around Counterposing in Yoga

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Why Are So Many Yoga Teachers Falling Into These Common Bad Habits?

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So You Want to Take a Yoga Teacher Training? Here’s What to Know About Each Type.

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I Actually Don’t Care if My Yoga Teacher is Cool

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Should Yoga Teachers Ever Give Hands-On Adjustments? Here Are 5 Things to Consider.

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You’re My Yoga Teacher. That Doesn’t Mean You Actually Know Me

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10 Mistakes I Made as a New Yoga Teacher (So You Don’t Have To)

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My Preferred Way to Teach the Benefits of Yoga? Let Students Find Out for Themselves.

Tamara Y. Jeffries

I Had to Learn That My Students’ Post-Yoga Adoration Wasn’t About Me

Danielle Brunson

The Courts Ruled Against Beach Yoga in San Diego. Here’s How Local Teachers Brought it Back.

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17 Ways to Cue “Breathe Into Your Belly” (Without Saying That)

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Yoga Teachers, Your Cues to Keep Students “Safe” May Be Backfiring

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For Yoga Teacher Andrew Sealy, Getting Ready for Class Begins Within

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30 Things I’ve Learned from 30 Years of Teaching Yoga

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3 Anatomy Apps That Help You Know Your Body Better

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70 Lessons from My 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training

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No, Asana Isn’t the Least Important Part of Yoga. Here’s Why.

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This Yoga Teacher Themes Her Classes to Astrology—With Playlists to Match

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Closure and a First Class: My Final Weekend of Yoga Teacher Training

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How Yoga Studios Showed Up for Their Communities After Natural Disasters

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I Got a Job Right After Yoga Teacher Training. Here’s How.

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6 Things I Miss About Life Before I Was a Yoga Teacher

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A Rusty Wheel and Discernment While Chanting: My Sixth Weekend of Yoga Teacher Training

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5 Things Every Yoga Teacher Needs to Know

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Are There Certain Yoga Poses You Shouldn’t Teach?

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Yoga Teachers, Feeling Stuck in Your Sequencing? This One Trick Will Unleash Your Creativity.

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Tight Traps and Lessons in Sequencing: My Fifth Weekend of Yoga Teacher Training

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Struggling With Student TMI? Yoga Teachers, Here’s How to Curb Oversharing.

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Where Many Yoga Teachers Go Wrong When an Older Student Walks Into Their Class

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Yoga Teachers, Ever Feel Like Oversharing is an Occupational Hazard? Here’s How to Share Responsibly.

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Flexibility, Vocal Fry, and Flow: My Fourth Weekend of Yoga Teacher Training

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Yoga Teachers, Here’s How You Know When It’s Time to Break Up With a Class

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6 Things You Might Be Getting Wrong About Yoga

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10 Thoughts I Had During My Third Weekend of Yoga Teacher Training

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Knowing This Can Change the Entire Vibe of Any Yoga Class You Teach

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Yoga Teachers, Sometimes You Need to Call in Sick, Tired, or Heartbroken. Here’s Why.

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10 Thoughts I Had During My Second Weekend of Yoga Teacher Training

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The One Sequencing Mistake Almost All New Yoga Teachers Make

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So You Want to Open a Yoga Studio? 18 Things to Consider First.

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10 Yoga Teacher Cheat Codes (That No One Tells You in YTT)

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5 Essential Things I Learned About Teaching Yoga—After YTT

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5 Unexpected Things I Learned From My Yoga Teacher Apprenticeship

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What I Learned About Cues in Yoga Teacher Training Wasn’t Working. Here’s What I Do Instead.

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I’ve Been Teaching Yoga for a Decade and I Still Make These Common Mistakes

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11 Things Many Yoga Teachers Have Stopped Doing in Their Classes

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8 Absolutely Hilarious Yoga Teachers You Need to Follow on Instagram

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Teaching Yoga Won’t Make Me Rock Star Famous. Here’s Why I’m Okay With That.

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The Subtle & Profound Magic of Chair Yoga

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Every Week Unruly 75-Year-Olds Pack This Yoga Class (And Request ZZ Top)

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How to Tell Your Yoga Teacher Their Cues Don’t Work for You

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Yoga Teachers, Here’s How to Get 5 Completely Different Classes Out of the Same Exact Sequence of Poses

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San Diego Enforced Stricter Regulations on Beach Yoga Classes. These Teachers Are Suing the City.

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33 Things Students (Desperately) Want in a Yoga Teacher

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What No One Told Me About Being a Yoga Teacher in a Bigger Body

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A Random Stranger Inspired Me to Become a Yoga Teacher

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Yoga Teachers, Are You Still Doing This on Instagram?

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