with YuMee Chung
Saturday & Sunday
11:30 – 2:00 pm & 3:00 – 5:30 pm
15 hour
$250 + HST
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The Art of Teaching is a pedagogical skills training for yoga teachers and teachers-to-be who are committed to the craft of teaching yoga. Offering seven essential topics over six efficient weekends, this training systematically unpacks the tools and techniques in the yoga instructor’s toolkit. Whether you teach active or introspective styles of yoga, or both, this training will support you as you deepen your self-awareness and capacity for accurate self-assessment; deconstruct poor teaching habits; move past teaching ruts and plateaus; and uncover your unique teaching voice. Lessons will be reinforced through well-designed homework exercises and practical assignments. Graduates will leave with renewed energy, purpose and confidence in their ability to teach.
COURSE CONTENT:
• Authentic voice and vocal exercises for yoga teachers
• Deconstructing language habits
• The poetry of yoga (imagery, simile, metaphor, vibrant verbs)
• Storytelling
• Cuing clarity