Inviting other teachers to participate in your training can be a great way to share expertise, entice a new population of students, and off-load some of your own work. However, there are some drawbacks to consider and you need to choose your partners wisely. Let’s look at the pro’s and con’s. Pro’s of Collaboration Have […]
The Financial Realities of Running a Yoga Teacher Training One of the scariest parts of launching a teacher training is the paralyzing thought: “Will I make enough money?” Creating (or purchasing) a 200 hour teacher training is a big investment, and it’s wise to do a little legwork in advance to have a sense […]
Given the challenges of meeting in person during COVID, most yoga teacher trainings have had to move their trainings online in order to accommodate social distancing. Yoga Alliance – notoriously sticky about allowing for online course hours – is allowing schools to teach online through the end of 2020 as a way of supporting studios […]
I know it’s tempting. You want to assign your yoga trainees to do something fun, like write an essay on how the chakra system developed in India or describe their personal relationship to their dosha. But as diligent yoga teacher trainers we have to ask: do these assignments get them closer to their training goal? Prioritizing […]
So you want to create an online course, but aren’t sure where to start? Okay! First of all, take a deep breath! Creating an online course is an exciting way to expand your reach by connecting to people who are geographically distant or unable to meet you in the real world. Here are the first […]
Have you ever been subjected to a lecture-vomit? In the “sage on a stage” model, the learned expert shares their knowledge through a presentation while the students act as passive recipients. Though used in many classrooms, the lecture-vomit can fall woefully short where learning is concerned. And the problem? Well, sometimes yoga trainers act like […]
So you’re creating a teacher training. You’ve got an idea of what your content is, but you’re not sure how to fit it all together. It’s like looking at a blank page. Where to start? What should come first? Whether you’re creating a continuing education, immersion, or certification program, all that white space can look […]
Let’s say that you’re running a teacher training. And Marla, your friend who is also a yoga teacher, is killer at teaching the chakras. They are her jam. So you think, well, maybe Marla should come into my nifty new teacher training and take on some of the time? After all, the students get to hear […]
If you have decided to create and host a teacher training, where you host the training is vitally important. Not only will you have to take into account logistical considerations (ie: do they have bathrooms? do they have enough props?), but it’s also important to ensure that the feeling of the space aligns with your greater vision […]
So you’ve been teaching awhile, and you love yoga. You’d love to share the deeper aspects of the practice with your students. And maybe you’ve even been asked by your students when you’re going to be offering a teacher training. Should you? Here’s what you need to think about before you create a training. Does […]
I call it the Great Mistake. And I’ve made it. A lot. Here it it: As a teacher trainer and educator, it’s natural to want to give your students a lot of information. After all, we are content experts and we have a lot of great stuff to share. So when we’re creating trainings, we […]
Learning is one of the most important activities in life. We don’t just learn when we cram before the exams, but each day we should aim to gather new knowledge that will deepen our understanding of the world around us. Many students feel that they spend days and days just mindlessly fulfilling their to-do lists, […]
“Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise…” – James Kirk Yogis, we’re going on a fantastic voyage. A voyage that reveals the importance of inner space… A famous study entitled “From Jerusalem to Jericho” was conducted in the 1970’s to analyze the good Samaritan story from the Bible. Researchers sought to determine […]
Or, education happens in the darnedest places. A seven year old sidles up next to me on the N train to Astoria. I’ve got my laptop flipped open, working on an article for EME 6414, my Web 2.0 course. He sits quietly for awhile and watches. “You type fast,” he observes. I look over at […]
“People and institutions exist now in information and communication ecologies that are strikingly different from the ones that existed just a generation ago…It is not an either-in person OR online dichotomy; it is an in-person AND the internet AND mobile contact comprehensiveness.” – Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman, “Networked.” Thank God. Reading this book is […]
As my social media course winds to its conclusion, I am reflecting back on the first decision I made in the course: how much of myself do I reveal? At the beginning of the course, I made the decision to post the educational blogs as myself, interwoven into the fabric of my current website. Deciding the my […]
Yoga students friend me on Facebook all the time. See, as a yoga teacher, I work in an industry where personal connection is valued. I have the pleasure of working with some of my yoga students up to four times a week. I know their names, their injuries, their sense of humour. Before and after class, we […]
A Facebook private message happens at 8:57 pm, “out of working hours” (Casey et al., 2014), which leads to a work call and work discussion in the late evening. With the advent of social media as a resource for professional communication, the boundary between work and play is fuzzier than ever. Friends on Facebook are […]
With social learning on the rise, group learning and collaboration is becoming increasingly common in the classroom. Students can use google docs, wikis, and powerpoints to create their group projects, and connect across distance to produce their work. Researchers are watching the trend, wondering if this “collective intelligence” will result in increased “creativity, innovation, and invention” (Gray […]
People, my mind has gone full jumping monkey. As I’ve plunged more fully into social media (with a vengeance, tally ho!) during my Web 2.0 course, my mind has become hyperactive, jumpy, and just a wee bit obsessive. The instantaneous and fractal nature of working online is seductive; I’ve followed so many rabbits down so many holes that […]
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