Yoga Journal LIVE! Florida 2016

With so much information available to teachers, it can seem overwhelming to create meaningful classes that feel like your own. You don’t have to rely solely on the formulas you learned in teacher training to get out of that teaching rut. Join The Art of Teaching Yoga mentors, Alexandria Crow, Coral Brown, and Giselle Mari, for a full-day workshop for teachers that will demystify the process of creating classes that are effective and inspiring for you and your students. 

By leading three 30-minute practices leading to one pose, Alex, Coral, and Giselle will show you that their different teaching styles have similar and basic common principles. Through in-depth group discussions and workshopping your questions throughout the day, you’ll discover how to apply these principles to design solid sequences, understand how to offer verbal cues and hands-on assists, handle injury prevention and management, and integrate philosophy more fully. Don’t miss this opportunity to simplify and unpack the process of developing your unique teaching style and creating balanced classes that keep students coming back to learn more.

The Art of Teaching Yoga is a new semi-private mentoring program for yoga teachers at Yoga Journal LIVE Florida. Get ready to dramatically refine your teaching skills in three days, so you can step into any classroom and teach yoga with more knowledge, intention, and confidence.

You’ll take classes with master teachers at the main YJ LIVE event and join seasoned mentors Alexandria Crow, Giselle Mari, and Coral Brown for breakout sessions with an intimate group of fellow RYTs. With one-on-one feedback and candid group discussions, you’ll build on your strengths, improve areas of growth, and develop your unique teaching style.

The experience includes master classes of your choice at YJ LIVE, mentoring sessions, classes on Hands-On Assists and Injury Prevention, a pre-event assessment, a kick-off webinar to meet your mentors, access to a private Facebook community, and connections you’ll establish as you advance your career.

Friday, Nov. 11

• Full-day workshop: Infinite Practices, Few Basic Principles: How Seasoned Teachers Build Meaningful Yoga Classes That Hook Their Students

Saturday, Nov. 12:

• 8-10a:  Safe, Effective and Inspired Sequencing with Coral Brown
• 11a-1p: Injury Prevention and Recovery with Alex Crow
• 2-5:30p: Exclusive mentoring breakout sessions 

Sunday, Nov 13:

• 8-10a: Select your own class
• 11a-1p: Master Hands-On Assists with Giselle Mari
• 2-5:30p: Exclusive mentoring breakout sessions

 

Tap into your deep core, move and flow from your center, strengthen the upper body, and stand in your true power with grace. After exercises and variations that build awareness, you’ll safely and skillfully practice crow (and various transitions), headstands, handstands, forearm balances, and more fun variations. Get ready to dance with gravity!

**This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** 

All levels welcome.

What happens when women get together? Something immeasurably powerful and transformative can come from the support of other women. We set down our barriers and dwell in our commonalities, compassion, and understanding. Even though this is only a half of day, the goal is to leave you feeling like you have just been on a weeklong women’s retreat. In her 20 years of teaching women’s retreats, Saidman Yee has come to understand that a lot of times we are struggling with similar issues and thinking that we are alone. Emotional needs of a woman are different from those of a man. We will target common areas where tension, trauma, and secrets can be buried with the intension of unleashing joy. We will use asana, pranayama, meditation, journaling and dialogue to dig into areas that keep us stuck. Why and where are we stuck? What are we afraid of? Are we living our potential? Are we using our voices to speak our truth? Do we understand our importance and validity? We will experiment with practices that address issues such as forgiveness and confidence. We will explore different tools that unlock bindings in the body, breath, and brain that keep you from realizing that you are enough.

Yes, you can soar into inversions and arm balances with grace, confidence, and ease! In this uplifting half-day workshop, we’ll explore “challenge poses” like Handstand, Headstand, Forearm Balance, Hollowback, and a variety of other arm balances in a playful, safe, and supportive environment. 
 
Perfect for teachers and students alike, we’ll dive into breath, bandhas, anatomy, alignment, partner-spotting drills, and the unique architecture of arm balances and inversions. You’ll learn how to connect to the core and summon strength with targeted drills to facilitate a smooth and safe liftoff. We’ll also break down the biomechanics of floating so you can gracefully transition in and out of these challenging poses.
 
Plus, explore the common mental and physical roadblocks that prevent people from progressing on their inversion journey. By the end of the day, you’ll have the physical and emotional support you need to find your wings and fly.