Quotes to End Your Yoga Class With
Words are so powerful. Have you ever taken a yoga class and your teacher ends savasana or closes class with a quote, short poem or excerpt that left you feeling connected to your true self? …
Yoga Teacher Tips
Yoga Teacher Tips. You Have Your RYT 200 and Even 300 But We all Grow in our Knowledge as We Teach and Grow in The Knowlege of our Yoga Teacher Training
7 Things You Need to Do After Completing Yoga Teacher Training
Congratulations on completing your RYT 200! What an accomplishment and time for self growth. Even after the self inquiry and transformative experience, you might still have some questions on the more technical side of things. …
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My Experience of Shades of Yoga 200h Teacher Training in Bali
Hello, my name is Charlotte, and I have just graduated from Shades of Yoga’s 200 hour yoga teacher training course in Bali! Woohoo! It still feels so surreal! Back when I was trying to decide …
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10 things you need to know to become a Yoga Teacher
1. Serve others and share your Yoga passion. Above everything you have to be committed and willing to serve other people and help them on their healing and spiritual journey. You have to understand that …
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Top 10 Yoga Teacher Trainings in Bali 2020
Embarking on a yoga teacher training is an exciting journey filled with personal growth and transformation. With its rolling rice paddies and rich spiritual culture, Bali is the idyllic hub to dive deep into your …
Why choose Shades of Yoga
If you are reading this blog post, you are probably in search of the perfect Yoga Teacher Training that will suit you. Search no more! After reading this, I can assure you, you will be …
How do I choose a Yoga Teacher Training Course
First of all, search for the Yoga Teacher Training that resonates the most with you. The moment you decide that you want to do a Yoga Teacher Training, it might seem a bit overwhelming for …
What is Yoga Really about?
Yoga is about being able to do cool yoga poses in expensive yoga clothes to take nice pictures for social media….just kidding. When I walked out of my first yoga class, I knew I would …
How to Become a Yoga Teacher
These days yoga studios are popping up right and left. From Costa Rica, to Croatia, Morocco, and of course, Bali, Yoga teacher trainings are covering the globe faster than eager study abroad college students. Though …
How Do I Choose a Yoga Teacher Training Course?
Choosing the right Yoga Teacher Training course is vital for starting your journey of self-discovery on the right foot. There are hundreds of amazing (and less than stellar) yoga training schools out there, so how …
How Much Does Yoga Teacher Training Cost?
Embarking on a Yoga Teacher Training course can be one of the most transformative journeys of your life. No student ever emerges the same as they were going into the training. Yoga teacher training offers …
Teaching yoga to Scuba Divers
Why scuba divers should do yoga? Yoga – in this context we mean asana (yoga poses) – has some excellent benefits for other activities. If you are a scuba diver, it can help us to …
Selecting the RIGHT Yoga Course
No matter whether you intend to take up yoga as a long-term career or simply wish to deepen your understanding of yoga and strengthen your practice, you’ve set out on an incredible journey. The first …
Things to look for while choosing a Yoga School
Any learning organization is like a pyramid – good stuff filters down from the top. It’ll do good to remember this when choosing a yoga teacher training course in Bali or anywhere else in the …
The lessons I learnt as a Yoga Teacher
It is said that – to learn, you need to teach. How true! I came to understand that as I began teaching after my yoga teacher training in Bali. When I first started out learning …
Why you should practice yoga EVERY DAY!
Till a few weeks ago, I used to practice yoga almost every day. I’d diligently go through vigorous practice on a daily basis, punctuated occasionally by a couple of off days. Seeing that I used …
What they are not telling you: Challenges of Being a Yoga Teacher
I bet you all had moments where you looked at your yoga teachers’ serene auras, gracious movements and said “what a wonderful profession”. And you were absolutely right, being a yoga teacher is wonderful. But …
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Why Most Yoga Won’t Increase Your Flexibility
It is common to hear yoga teachers encouraging their students to keep coming back to work on those tight areas in the body. Promising their students that by returning to class they will increase their …
Wall Yoga Sequence Tips
Have you ever done a wall yoga? As a yoga teacher, we always want to bring our students safely through their yoga asana practices, yet improving their strength and flexibility. So, during our teacher training …
Restorative Yoga Sequence to Soothe Upset Stomach
Having upset stomach and not knowing what to do for your practice? An important aspect in our teacher training is to learn how we listen to the wisdom of our body. During our Self Practice, …
5 Tips to Safely Enter Forward Fold Poses
Forward Fold or Forward Bend Poses are one of the “must-do” poses in a yoga class. Yet many of us can do it better and safer. So, during our teacher training we enter the forward …
Finding Your Yoga Teacher Voice
Yoga in its core is a spiritual practice. And the teaching style of the teacher will reflect their own spiritual practice. There is a lot of discussion about finding a yoga teacher voice. My best …
Tips on Preparing Amazing Yoga Sequences 1
It’s all about intention. The intention is the key when preparing our sequences. The intention defines the action. Even a simple and clear word “yes” can have so many different meanings depending on the intention. …
We’ve Got Your Back
At Shades of Yoga, we’ve got your back in more than one way. As you’ll quickly learn when you come to complete your RYT 200 or RYT 300 yoga teacher training with us, we place …
Challenge pose this week: the Dancer’s Pose
Preparation Challenge pose needs proper preparation. Therefore, in our teacher training, we learn that it is important to build up strength and flexibility before attempting any challenge pose. Here we will focus on one of …
What do you do after you graduate from a yoga teacher training?
Yoga teacher trainings give you tools to start teaching and improve your skills further with experience. As soon as you graduate you will probably a lot of ideas about what to read or research, or …
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How to Register with Yoga Alliance After Graduation
How to Register with Yoga Alliance After You Graduate from Your Yoga Teacher Training Yoga Alliance is an international institution that regulates Yoga schools and yoga teacher certifications. It is important to know that they …
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You’ve Earned Your YTT Certificate, Now What?
While some people sign up for yoga teacher training to simply deepen their own practice, others plan to use the skills they learn to create a career teaching yoga. With thousands of practitioners becoming Yoga …
There’s Magic in Mudras
Use mudras to deepen your yoga practice, prepare you for yoga teacher training, and focus your prana or life force energy. Over the years we’ve noticed that most students who come to Shades of Yoga …