Tomasz Goetel’s Hot Yoga Evolution-style teaching considerations have proven valuable for teachers from many different styles of hot yoga, e.g Bikram, Moksha, Absolute, etc.
Our teacher training for Hot Yoga teaching skills is called The Game Changers.
The last videos were about ‘Location’ and ‘Location, Part 2′, and in this video, we take a look at considerations related to standing, movement, and speaking.
backbendingnikki
/ February 4, 2013Reblogged this on BackbendingNikki's Blog and commented:
I don’t walk around the room at the studio I’m at per the studio directors request. However, I teach from a high podium. I’m very good with my view of the students, my words follow my eyes. I stay on that tempo on my feet in one spot for 90 minutes. Its been effective for me but I’m sure not the only method. As a student, when a teacher walks around I try not to let it distract me. I would point out that I have observed yoga teachers missing a lot when their back is turned. The best option for a new yoga teacher to calm the energy is to start grounding into their space and keep focus flowing from that spot till they can control their energy. Thanks Tomasz. I will not be as good as you walking around the room.
Tomasz Goetel [Hot Yoga]
/ February 4, 2013Hi there,
thank you so much… There are certainly as many different approaches to teaching a yoga class, as there are styles of yoga, and then the studio owners policies. When I work with teachers who teach from a podium, staying for the whole class in one place, and teaching with their voice (words), no demonstration, no touching, no adjustments, no rapport-building through close proximity, etc. – the question I always ask is: Why have a teacher at all? why not just play a CD with the recording?
Saves payroll, no social taxes, students can just listen and follow. 