Over the past several years, I’ve developed my Bare Bones Yoga Mentorship Program and filled it with modules that are done in person or over the phone. They cover a variety of topics, both business related and teaching related and  I’ve been asked a few times about compiling the content I have into a book that would be focused on teaching yoga and I’m in the process of doing that. A few weeks back, I asked via my business Facebook page, Bare Bones Yoga, for volunteers to go through my first draft. I was happy to get a few response and am working on getting it together. I just finished the first draft and have the table of contents. I wanted to share it with you here, to give you a sense of what will be included:

Keeping Yoga Simple: The Essential Guide to Yoga Teaching

Business Chapters:

Selecting a Yoga Teacher Training Program that is Right for You

Understanding the Yoga Teaching Industry

Getting Started with Teaching Once You’ve Completed your 200 HR Program

Building the Infrastructure of your Yoga-Preneurship

Resume Creation and Marketing

Identifying and Evaluating Yoga Teaching Opportunities and Pricing your Classes

Making the Switch from Corporate Work to Teaching Yoga

Using Your Website and Social Media to Create Brand Awareness

Teaching Chapters:

Essential Tips for Teaching

Essential Assisting Tips

Using Essential Language in Yoga Teaching

Managing Challenges in the Classroom

Creating an Approach to Common Yoga Teaching Scenarios

How to Build a Class around a Theme

How to Build Connection with your Students

How to bring Themes of Classic Yoga Philosophy into the Classroom

How to let Yourself come through in your Teaching

Facing Your Fears as a Yoga Teacher

Specialty Teaching Chapters:

Teaching Beginners Yoga

Teaching Children’s Yoga

Teaching Private Yoga Sessions

Finding, Booking and Teaching Corporate Classes

Teaching Students with Injuries and other Specific Medical Conditions

Worksheets/Forms/ Documents

Business Dashboard Sample

Weekly Report Sample

Daily Worksheet of Activities

Sample Resume

Expense Sheet

Teaching Log

Sample Budget

Statement of Work Form

Release Form

This is a big project and one I’m doing completely on my own. I’ll most likely self-publish and sell it via my own website. I have no expectations about how it will do but am enjoying the process of getting all the information down in one place if for no other reason than for myself and for those that work with me individually.

If you have topics you’d like to see in the book that are of interest to you as a teacher, please let me know.

Namaste.