The Heart of Teaching

Substance over script. Thoughtfulness that keeps it real.

The Heart of Teaching is a teaching lab – a hands-on space for learning, practicing, and refining your teaching skills. With plenty of sequencing, teaching practice, and feedback, you’ll build confidence and teach in a way that feels natural and connected.

This training is for anybody who has graduated from any 200hr Teacher Training and wants to build your “in the room” teaching skills. This is the training you actually want, but are scared to do. I promise you, we will have fun. We will learn and grow together : )

4-weekends, Saturdays & Sundays, limited space.

Your Guides

Bryn Chrisman + Amanda McDonald, Danielle Harbord

The Heart of Teaching Includes:
—All scheduled weekend sessions
—A training manual
—2 Months of Unlimited Yoga at Yogamaya (October 1 – November 30)

Want to know more about how we think about teaching?
Even a well-crafted class sequence written on paper still needs you, the teacher, to bring it to life—to walk into the room and respond to the people in front of you—adjusting in real time, and co-creating a class experience that is alive (not scripted). It’s your ability to hold a clear vision while remaining open to the moment and the unique human beings in front of you.

The heart of teaching a great yoga class is multi-layered, like a collage. In this training, we’ll explore the two key elements—sequencing and teaching— that will enable you to craft a cohesive story in your classes. We will teach you a framework that allows for your complete creativity while providing a clear structure and specific tools for building and teaching classes that are intelligent, meaningful, and physically feel good.

To grow into an effective and inspiring teacher, you need to develop a set of skills that allow you to communicate clearly, intuitively, and authentically in the classroom. These skills bring your sequence to life and help you respond in real time to the students in front of you. That’s what were going to dive into these 4 weekends. Will you join us?

*There will be individual and group work outside of scheduled session times.

*Please note: This training will be done in-studio/in-person. In the case there are Covid restrictions or other unforeseen concerns, the training will shift to online. In the case of shifting to online, there will be is no change in the training schedule, no change in the training cost, no refunds, and no transferring to a different training. All contracts, agreements and tuition payments will continue unchanged.

*Please note: Space is limited in our yoga teacher training. Payment is due directly after application. Please do not apply unless you are committed to doing this training and ready to make your payment upon application submission. Terms & conditions are outlined in the Tuition Agreement and Student Agreement in your application.