Join me, Shawna Krueger, and my guest Andre Harris for an episode focused on the art and experience of teaching yoga. I sat down in-studio with Andre, founder of The Misfit Yogis to discuss Rocket yoga, Ashtanga yoga, teaching advanced yoga, finding discipline and inspiration, handstands, and finding joy in yoga.
Andre’s teaching style and approach of “Honoring the lineage, bending the rules” is inspired by Rocket and he has been teaching since 2013. He is also a 500 hour Rocket trainer facilitator.
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Time stamps:
00:00 Intro
03:30 Pushing the furniture out of the way to teach in his living room.
05:00 Opening an in-home yoga studio.
07:00 The “7th Series” in Ashtanga is family
08:00 What does “Misfit Yogis” mean?
10:00 Building a community as a yoga teacher
13:50 Larry Schulz and Rocket yoga influence
15:30 Andre’s teaching style and teaching origin story.
21:00 Finding Ashtanga yoga and Rocket yoga
24:00 Starting to teach yoga. 20+ classes a week.
29:20 Where does discipline come from?
33:50 Teaching advanced yoga classes and postures.
36:00 The more people they see doing it, the more accessible it becomes.
38:00 Injuries and healing.
45:00 Merch
56:00 Ideal coffee chat
58:20 What makes an exceptional leader?
1:00:00 Billboard message: Show up. No excuses.
