Ekta

Years of Experience in Yoga Classes

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Teaching Experience in detail in Yoga Classes

It can be super hard to navigate life as a brand new yoga teacher. There’s nothing to do about it than dive into it and giving it ones best shot! …and get used to the thought that you’re not going to be the world champion of teaching the first many times you do it. After my first month of teaching yoga I have made embarrassingly many mistakes. But at least I have learnt so much from them. Aim for too easy rather than too difficult! It can be super difficult to predict how the sequence you’ve prepared for your class will be received when you’re a new yoga teacher. I had a hard time determining what the level of my sequences were the first couple of times I taught. That’s why I ended up overreaching a couple of times teaching something way too difficult. Different aspects of the yoga practice is difficult for different people! Some people are naturally flexible. Some have great balance and some are strong. Remind yourself that everyone has a different starting point! Then the class becomes a better experience for everyone. You are better able to adjust the level of your class to fit meet the students at the level they need on a given day if you show up without too many expectations of the students. It has been a great help for me to prepare a sequence which is in the easy end of the spectrum when it comes to flexibility, balance, and strength. When I then go teach a class I notice how well the sequence is received. If it seems to be more than enough for the average student in the room I will stick to it. If it looks like most students could use more of a challenge I weave some more poses or small sequences into my class (always with options for different variations). This way I can meet my students where they’re at on any given day. So the class becomes a good experience for most of my students. Back to Basics I made the mistake of thinking there was supposed to be something challenging, creative, unique, and new in every class I taught. Which there really isn’t anything wrong with. But being a new yoga teacher, this was quite a challenge. As goes with anything in life it’s about finding a balance. It can be super demotivation as a student to be instructed in something which seems to be impossible for your body to do. Or if the class goes way too fast for you to keep up. Especially if it’s not an isolated incident, but it’s the feeling you get throughout the entire class. Thankyou