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What Makes Sunstone Yoga Academys Teacher Training Program Different from Other Yoga Teacher ...
By: Sunstone Yoga Academy    Monday, Nov 21, 2011
Topic: Yoga Teacher Training
At Sunstone, we focus on using what people are already good at. When someone comes to us for yoga teacher training, we like to look at them, and get to know them. We focus on connecting with that person first, before anything else. People come to yoga Instructor training for many different reasons, and we can help them get to where they want to go, but we do it by using what they’re already good at, what they naturally do exceptionally well and how they can apply that in a room full of yogis. Each of us who instructs may have very different talents and skills – we are sometimes at  ...Read More
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How do You Keep Yourself Committed to Being the Best Yoga Teacher You can be?
By: Sunstone Yoga Academy    Wednesday, Nov 09, 2011
Topic: Yoga Teacher Training
One question that is often heard is how to keep yourself committed to being the best yoga teacher you can be. There are many answers to this, but they all come back to the same fundamentals. When talking with yogis, the answers that come are varied: the answer is practice, practice, practice and to surround yourself with other yogis who are equally committed to their practice. the secret is mindfulness – when you’re teaching yoga, watch what is happening for the students, be aware of any possible issues, and discuss any challenges you may have with other yoga instructors. ...Read More
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What is the Ideal Student for Sunstone Yoga Academys Teacher Training Program?
By: Sunstone Yoga Academy    Tuesday, Nov 08, 2011
Topic: Yoga Teacher Training
A yoga practitioner who is considering coming to take the yoga Teacher Training Program at Sunstone Yoga Academy just needs to have a love for yoga. Most people who come want to deepen their practice, or they love yoga and just have to tell others about it, or they consciously want to teach yoga – all of these types of people come to teacher training to figure out how to share their love with other people. We want them to walk out of the yoga teacher training program confident and competent and ready to do all those things. We have had people come in who have a regular practice of four ...Read More
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What is it Like to Teach a Yoga Class for the First Time?
By: Sunstone Yoga Academy    Monday, Nov 07, 2011
Topic: Yoga Teacher Training
A lot of people considering doing yoga teacher training wonder what it will be like to teach their first yoga class. Ideally, your teacher training program will let you ease your way in, but to help you along the way, here is what different yoga teachers said about their experiences: It’s a bit odd suddenly being the one ‘in charge’ of the yoga class and students listen to you and do what you say. The sense of responsibility was big – I wanted to prevent anyone from hurting themselves while doing yoga, I wanted them to have a positive experience and be stretched ...Read More
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With Yoga, How do I Know When to Listen to My Body or When to Push Past the Pain?
By: Sunstone Yoga Academy    Friday, Nov 04, 2011
This question comes up a lot. We encourage people to listen to their bodies. You are your own best teacher and you know your body well enough. The most important question to ask is whether in the moment you are just listening to what your mind is telling you because you’re not really ready to address something, or whether what you are experiencing is purely physical pain. In other words, is this moment challenging because of some type of discomfort / because you’re uncomfortable (for whatever reason) or is it truly pain. If you are truly feeling pain, then you absolutely need to ...Read More
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Whats it Like for a New Student at Sunstone Yoga Academy?
By: Sunstone Yoga Academy    Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011
Topic: Yoga Teacher Training
People usually come for yoga teacher training for one of two reasons: Either they are already yoga practitioners and may not be sure about teaching but they want to learn more about yoga and deepen their own practice or they are people who already know they want to teach yoga and have come to learn the skills and get the experience and certification they need to be able to teach yoga effectively. At Sunstone Yoga Academy, we offer two different ways of learning to teach yoga. There is the intensive program or the weekend version. Which one people select will depend a lot on what they want to ...Read More
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