Yoga Teacher Talk is a series on YBC for current, new or prospective yoga teachers. We also have an entire section on our Yoga Forum for teacher talk and we'd love to chat you up there!
I got back from Costa Rica late last night - what a long travel day, culminating in the discovery that my bag didn't make it home. :( It's somewhere in Miami which is a real bummer because I need to fly back to Miami later this week and really have to do the laundry that's in that bag. Ah well. We had such a great week in Costa Rica, though, and I'm excited to share photos and stories from the trip later this week.
Today I wanted to chat about a few ways I've used to help me become a more confident yoga instructor. I remember when I first started teaching and I would prep for a one hour class for days in advance. I'd write down quotes I wanted to read and sketch out sequences, and practice my welcome speech. It is sort of sweet, looking back on it, but I was also filled with anxiety. I wanted to deliver great classes, yet I was just so nervous that my planning wouldn't translate or that I'd be finished with my sequence and still have 20 minutes left to kill. To ease my anxieties, I did the following things over and over again. These have served me well and hope they'll help someone out there, too.
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