The journey from yoga teacher training to leading students through their practice is a beautiful, challenging journey.

Are you in the early days of your teaching?

Respect to you. :)

You may be struggling at first, trying to find your words, but remember— it’s going to get easier from here! You were called to teach yoga for a reason. Stay true to that.

Here are a few challenges you might be facing as you start teaching classes, and some ideas for how to overcome them.

Challenge: I keep forgetting the sequence of poses. I can’t remember what’s next.

Ideas for how to overcome this challenge:

During class: Slow down. Allow students to stay in a pose for longer before you transition to the next. If you need, have them take a few breaths in child’s pose while you gather your thoughts.
Before class: review your notes. The day or two leading up to your class, recite the series of poses you’re having trouble remembering while you’re in your car. Say the cues out loud. This is a great technique for memorizing!

Challenge: I keep forgetting to teach both sides of a pose. Or I forget which side I’m on.

Ideas for how to overcome this challenge:

During class: Give yourself permission to make mistakes and not be perfect. If you can, speak to this! Be honest with your students, have a good laugh, and remember that it’s really not the end of the world if your sequence gets a little jumbled.
Before class: do the sequence you are going to teach. Feel it in your body. Cue yourself through it. You could also write it down a few times to help you memorize the sequence of power yoga poses.

Challenge: My timing is off. I run out of time at the end of class, I go over time and students leave the studio late, or I end up finishing the sequence early and have extra time at the end of class.

Ideas for how to overcome this challenge:

If you’re running out of time at the end of class: write out your sequence in detail and see where you can take a few poses off your list. Also, know exactly when on the clock you need to be at a certain point in class. Example: If class ends at 6pm, I know I need to teach my cool down and rest sequence starting at 5:50pm. At this time, I will transition students to their backs and start teaching backbends and transition to shavasana.
If you’ve got extra time at the end of class and feel an awkward gap that you’re not sure how to fill: extend shavasana by 2 or 3 minutes. Do a breathing exercise at the very end of class. And/or do a 2-3 minute meditation at the end of class. These are very powerful and potent moments to lead your students through! It can feel like you’re not “doing” enough at the end of class, and sometimes the silence can feel awkward or you feel energy bubble up from your students if they are uncomfortable with slowing down and being still… and that is the real practice. That’s the good stuff ;) It is in the silence and the stillness that profound healing happens. If you feel uncomfortable as the teacher holding the space, good! That’s your practice! Stick with it. Let them marinate in it. These are the moments when the practice integrates.

Need a reminder of what the sequence is for a power vinyasa class taught in the style of Baron Baptiste? It goes a little something like this.

Introductions
Warm ups
Sun salutations
Warrior poses
Balancing poses
Triangle series
Backbending
Abs and core work
Hips
Forward bending
Inversions
Cool down and shavasana

Shameless promo…In case you need more support, I sell a helpful yoga script that goes into detail about how to teach these poses. I figure if you’ve read this far on this post, you might be a good fit for using it to develop your voice as a new yoga teacher.

If it doesn’t resonate, no worries!
And if you want to hear more about it before buying a copy, or you want specific support, I encourage you to reach out!

Sending you a deep breath and all my love as you step into your power when you show up to teach. What a gift! Your yoga community needs you, and I as a fellow yoga teacher thank you for doing what you do! It isn’t easy and it is so, so appreciated. Keep it up :)

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This 48-page script includes:

Introductions
Warm ups
Sun salutations
Warrior poses
Balancing poses
Triangle series
Backbending
Abs and core work
Hips
Forward bending
Inversions
Cool down and shavasana

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