How to Find Your Yoga Teaching Style

By Simone Douglas-Martin May 14th, 2014 1304 Views

One of the harest things to o when you first !e"ome a yoga tea"her is e#elo$ your
own style% &or years, you may ha#e !een ins$ire !y your tea"hers, your fa#ourite yoga
guru's an other ama(ing yogis% )ow you want to !e"ome one yourself% *ere's how to
o it+
1. Explore The Styles of Other Teachers
Don't ,ust go to the same $erson's "lass an e-$e"t to "o$y them% O$en yourself u$ to a
wie range of tea"hers .may!e of ifferent styles of yoga too/ an ta0e ins$iration from
their s$e"trum of ways an methos%
2. Be Yourself
Ma0e sure that when you are on the mat in front of your "lass, you are still you% Don't
!e"ome a totally ifferent $erson% Be natural% Don't !e false% Don't !e fa0e% 1our "lass
wants to 0now you% 2hey lo#e the real you% 3n if they on't, they will go to another
"lass anyway, so on't worry%
Sure, you will nee to $ut your !usiness to one sie an get into 4tea"her4 moe, !ut
ultimately you will still !e you% Don't try to !e su$erhuman or anyone else, you are
lo#ely%
. !nfuse Your "ractice #ith Your "assions
5#ery!oy has their own $assions outsie from yoga% 1ou might lo#e !oo0s, film,
tennis or s"ien"e fi"tion% 2ry to infuse your $assions into your tea"hing style% 6 was traine as a an"er from a young age an in my first year as a yoga
tea"her, 6 trie to hie it a little !it% 7hy8 6 on't 0now% 6 was more of a self-"ons"ious $erson !a"0 then% But in a"tual fa"t, when 6 !egan to let my an"e flow into my yoga
style, $eo$le starte to feel the freeom an the rhythm of my tea"hing an suenly, magi" ha$$ene%
Bring your $assions into your style, howe#er irrele#ant to yoga they might seem% 1ou
ne#er 0now% 1our "lass may ,ust lo#e your 9uir0s%
$. %onsider the #hole "ac&age' %lothes( Style( )usic
:onsier all the fa"tors that "ontri!ute to your style% 7hat 0in of musi" will you use .if
you use any at all/8 7hat 0in of "lothes will you wear8 6f you are more of a ynami"
tea"her, you may !e in more athleti" yoga wear% May!e you tea"h a yin style "lass an
total "omfort is most im$ortant% 3re you a yoga-gaget frea0 .yoga $aws, !ager !alm
an stra$s/, or are you more of the "lean an sim$le ty$e8
;emem!er there is no right or wrong answer, only your $referen"e%
*. +et Your Style E,ol,e
Don't !e afrai to let your style e#ol#e% O#er time your life will "hange, therefore so
will you, an so will your tea"hing% Don't !e afrai, an ,ust go with it%