Learning a foreign language comes with unique challenges.
Depending on your mother tongue, some languages may be easier to learn than others. But, even when the roots or origins of two languages are the same, vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, and cultural aspects are different.
Most of the time, the purpose of general language classes is to help you pass exams. This is unfortunate when you want to learn a language for teaching yoga. The language aspects we use in a yogic setting are very specific and very sensitive. General language classes usually don’t provide you with the knowledge and skill practice you need to teach yoga in a foreign language.
So, yoga teachers that have never studied language for yoga classes often make mistakes that can
• cause physical and emotional harm
• damage your student-teacher relationships
• cause a lot of confusion
In today’s training I want to discuss with you three of the most common language mistakes I see teachers in our community make. My aim is to help you analyse your language use and find out what you can improve it to
• make yourself understood better
• guide your students with more compassion
• strengthen your student-teacher relationships
Resources mentioned:
Why it's a bad idea to translate your scripts
Ways of being inclusive in your English yoga classes
Ways of including everybody in your English yoga classes
Uncomplicated grammar in your English yoga classes
Teach with Confidence | Mini-Course | 10 - 12 March 2023
Free registration until the 10th of March
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