April 24, 2023
The Funny Thing About Yoga
Things Yoga Teacher’s Do Well.
Episode No. 11
Giana and Bradshaw start this episode off with some friendly banter and address Bradshaw’s voice, being called Mrs. Wish and having strangers “yes ma’am” him on the phone. Naturally this leads to a conversation about working through major tangents during their online trainings and holding space for students- a segue to the actual topic of the day, Things Yoga Teachers Do Well. This episode details the skills and qualities they both love to see in a yoga teacher. Though they can agree and disagree at times, they talk about moments of silence, showing up as your authentic self, really seeing your students, using positive cues, fostering autonomy, confidence, critical thinking and the ability to admit when you don’t know something or if something is outside of your scope of practice. Of course they have to share stories about Beyonce, Obama, Giana’s former celebrity client, and a recent absurd and uncomfortable experience at a hot yoga studio. All this before a casual game of Cancel, Explore, Commit and ‘The Funny Thing About Yoga.’ This may be one of the most unhinged episodes yet, but we had a lot of fun recording It.
00:00 Intro
00:30 Welcome Back Shenanigans
04:45 Todays Topic: Things That Inspire Us in a Yoga Teacher
06:32 Allow Room for Silence
07:50 Cultivating Autonomy
11:34 Don’t say Don’t
14:06 Be Authentic
16:03 Beyonce, Obama and Name Dropping
18:58 Appropriation and Authenticity
21:56 Be Confident & Humble - Stay in your Scope
26:10 Teachers can Hold Space and Refer
28:02 Yoga Teachers should See their Students
32:10 Unique and Critical Thinkers
33:37 Cancel, Explore, Commit
34:50 The Funny Thing About Yoga
39:55 Nicaragua Retreat, Join Us!
40:52 Outro
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