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Enjoy exploring these practical tools for teaching yoga. For more introspective and philosophical reflections on teaching yoga, visit Teaching Reflections.

 

Yoga Service Support

Organizations that offer grants to yoga teachers, and support for developing a yoga service project.

 

Lesson Plans for Yoga Class

Basic guidelines for creating your own sequences. Includes ideas for teaching the yoga ethics in asana classes.

 

Need Insurance?

A compilation of liability insurance options for yoga teachers, yoga therapists, and other bodyworkers.

 

Inspirational Quotes from Yoga and Meditation Teachers

Perfect for inspiring yourself and your students.

 

Teaching Awareness in Asana

An excerpt from my teacher training manual, focusing on teaching awareness of sensation and action in asana.

 

Help Students Find Their Own Way

10 strategies for guiding a self-guided practice in a group class.

 

A Guided Relaxation Script

Perfect for guiding students into savasana, or for use in a restorative yoga class.

 

Easy Partner Yoga Exercises

3 partner exercises appropriate for a beginner's yoga class. 

 

Yoga Games

3 yoga games to reconnect yourself, and your students, to a playful attitude.

 

A Handout for Beginning Yoga Students

10 suggestions for taking care of yourself in any yoga class. 

 

Ideas for Developing a Teaching Philosophy

A collection of exercises and questions that will help you articulate your teaching goals and values, by reflecting on your experiences with yoga in and out of the classroom.  

 

Guidelines for Yoga Practice When Osteoporosis is Suspected or Diagnosed

Simple, conservative suggestions for working with students who are at risk for, or diagnosed with, osteoporosis.

 

Music Recommendations

CDs that inspire my classes.

 

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Purchase and download my 169-page teacher training manual, Anatomy, Physiology, and the Mind-Body Connection.