109 Teaching Yoga One-on-One: Community Conversations With Dana Diament Yoga Medicine podcast

109 Teaching Yoga One-on-One: Community Conversations with Dana Diament

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If you haven’t had or taught a one-on-one yoga session, it might feel like a secret club that you’re locked out of. Today host Rachel demystifies the whole process with returning guest and Yoga Medicine Therapeutic Specialist Dana Diament.

In this episode, we talk about the therapeutic benefits of being seen and heard and the importance of helping people clarify their felt experience through both objective and subjective assessment tools.

Listen in to learn tips for teaching private yoga sessions, how to get and prepare for the first session with a new client, and how to manage the challenges that could arise.

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Show Notes:

Dana and Rachel’s first experience teaching yoga one-to-one [2:10]
Take the stress out of teaching one-on-one: minimum number of sessions [7:41]
Establish area of focus beforehand [10:12]
The initial session with a new client: the power of listening [13:12]
Using initial intake assessment tools [18:23]
Ending the first session constructively [22:52]
Developing a working hypothesis between initial and follow-up sessions [25:08]
Choosing homework for your student [29:08]
When your strategy needs to pivot [33:23]
What happens when you hit a wall with a student [41:58]
When you are no longer the right teacher for this student [45:00]
How to find students for one-on-one yoga instruction [48:58]
Final takeaways and resources [53:38]

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Links Mentioned:

Facebook | Instagram | Yoga Medicine Online | Raia Collective

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