Create a Safe Space

by Bergmann, Gudjon

• ISBN13: 9781453890790
• ISBN10: 1453890793
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-04-27
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub

Summary

A valuable guidebook intended for newly graduated yoga teachers and teachers in training, written by an experienced yoga teacher (E-RYT 500), a man who ran his own studio for five years, has taught over 6000 yoga classes, written seven books based on yoga, and trained 80 yoga teachers. The guidebook is practical and explains how yoga teachers can create a safe space for their students and how both the students and teacher can prosper and grow. Topics include clear boundaries between teachers and students, personal practice, teaching philosophy, time management, self-confidence, the myth of the yoga voice, marketing, boredom, using prior experience, encouraging growth and questioning, ethics and more, all the time drawing on the author's years of experience and his interactions with his yoga teacher trainees through the years. The book is not written for any specific style, branch or brand of yoga, but for all yoga teachers, regardless of their affiliations and background. Experienced yoga teachers may also find this book helpful for comparing ideas and approaches, the book may even appeal to teachers in general, because of its emphasis on the student-teacher relationship and practical applications.