Ep #104: Feedback and Resilience with Abi Carver

In this week’s episode of Going Pro, Michael sits down with guest Abi describes her background as a personal trainer and how she started Yoga 15, yoga for athletic performance and recovery. She shares the development of this thriving company that serves a niche space for athletes as someone who was always incredibly athletic herself.  She and Michael discuss various types of yoga teacher trainings and Abi emphasizes the importance of learning from many teachers and taking a variety of trainings in order to find the combination that helps you develop your unique voice. She shares details of her yoga journey and how each training, each teacher helped her find her passion and deep love for yoga. Abi also talks about her path in the virtual space as opposed to a more “conventional” studio teaching style. She dives into all the opportunities in the online teaching world.  Michael talks about yoga as a self-awareness practice and the inclusivity of the body in that. So by teaching people about their physical body, they can better understand themselves. Abi adds in to say how very small pieces of information can radically change and create results especially in preventing injury and reconnecting with the body in a natural way. It helps teachers and sharers of yoga to understand the “why” behind what they are saying.  In this wonderful episode, Michael and Abi share meaningful thoughts on themes including perfectionism, imitation, finding your voice, resilience, and developing your unique path. As Abi says these things are all based on the mindset you have and understanding the value of these topics.  Abi’s book recommendations: Mastery by Robert Greene  Awareness by Anthony de Mello FrameWork by Nicholas DiNubile 00:00 Introduction 02:05 About Abi 04:20 Developing Yoga 15 10:05 Yoga Teacher Training 17:30 Budokon Yoga 19:55 Tips for New Yoga Teachers 24:40 Just Get Started & Learning to Serve 29:30 The Medical/Anatomical Foundation in Yoga 37:00 Helping Yourself in Your Body 41:05 Imitation Vs Finding Your Flow 45:13 Perfectionism and Making Mistakes 48:30 Receiving Feedback 52:00 Your Mindset 54:50 Book Recommendations 57:05 Final Thoughts --- About Going Pro Yoga: At Going Pro Yoga, we help yoga teachers become even better by teaching them new skills and giving them the tools they need to make their yoga classes safe, fun, and special for everyone. **Right now you can try Going Pro Yoga FREE for 7-days and sample: All Tools Needed to Master Cueing, Sequencing, and Alignment Video Library of over 75 fully Sequenced Classes, Sequence Chunks, and Flows FIRST EVER Yoga Cueing System with Over 160 poses and Hundreds of Variations Wisdom Talks from over 20,000 Hours of Teaching Experience Anatomy and Injury Prevention as it relates to Yoga. To Learn More, Visit Going Pro Yoga, and ⁠⁠⁠Start your 7-Day Free Trial⁠⁠⁠! For more information about in-person trainings in Bali, ⁠⁠https://www.elementsofpoweryoga.com/advancedtrainings⁠⁠