Ep #41: How to Teach Yoga in a Gym Environment

How can you make gym/fitness students fall in love with your yoga classes? Teaching yoga in a gym environment can be incredibly challenging and difficult, but can also lead to much more rewarding results! Like giving an amazing first impression of yoga as a practice, and really changing the course of somebody's life... In this episode of the Going Pro Nugget Series, Michael Henri and Byron de Marsé discuss their top tips for teaching yoga in a gym environment. They cover the following topics: (00:00) Introduction (01:26) The differences of the environment (gym vs yoga studio). (02:53) Distractions, attitudes and experience of gym students compared to yoga students. (05:10) How to avoid demonstrating every single pose. (10:11) Managing your expectations, and seeking reward as a yoga teacher. (11:52) Adapting your teaching style, and optimising your communication and language to your audience. (15:04) Example language for yoga cueing in a gym environment. And much more... This episode is specifically about gym environments, but a lot of the information, guidance and advice is applicable to yoga teaching in general, and different environments. Some of these tips are absolutely essential skills for you to have if you’re wanting to start ‘Going Pro’ as a yoga teacher. --- 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 ---