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    Ready to Teach? 4 Ways to Make the Most of Your Mindfulness or Yoga Teaching Career (Part 5 of Mindful Professional Series) By: Lindsay Miller   Ready to Teach? Here are 4 ways to make the most of your mindfulness or yoga teaching career. The final advice we have is to enjoy your accomplishments!  This is the last …

    Things to Remember as You Pursue Advanced Training (Part 4 of Mindful Professional Series) By: Lindsay Miller   This is a continuation in our series about what to do after your yoga or mindfulness certification. Read Part 1 here. Part 2 here. Part 3 here.   You have your certification as a Yoga or Mindfulness Teacher. You are ready …

    The 4 Most Important Things for New Yoga and Mindfulness Teachers. (Part 3 of Mindful Professional Series) By: Lindsay Miller   In our series about what to do after your yoga or mindfulness certification, we encouraged you to start teaching as much as you can. Many students wait to teach until they feel “ready”. But once you have …

  Four Qualities of A Mindful Life By: Lindsay Miller   As mindfulness becomes more popular every year, we have to ask the question, “What exactly do people mean when they use the word mindfulness?” There are many different approaches to mindfulness and different mindfulness traditions may have different definitions.   You’ll often hear about the ways that mindfulness can …

    How to Find a Job Teaching Yoga or Mindfulness (Part 2 of a Series) By: Laura Jayne   You’ve completed your yoga or mindfulness teacher training, and now you are ready to find a job! But, where do you begin?    Often jobs are word-of-mouth, or only advertised to students after they graduate from a specific training. Applying …

    You’re a Certified Teacher! But Now What? Four Things New Mindfulness and Yoga Teachers Should Know. (Part 1 of a Series) By: Laura Jayne   You’ve made it through weeks of classes and challenged yourself in ways you didn’t expect. You can start to call yourself a teacher. But what comes next? Teaching mindfulness or yoga is one …

5 Tips for Making Yoga a Fun Habit By: Julia Izquierdo   Whether you’re new to yoga or you have years of experience, it’s not uncommon to struggle with staying consistent. While it’s fine to take a break from practice, you can use these tips to help you stay consistent and make yoga a fun, daily habit.   Find a …

8 Signs It’s Time for You to Enroll in Yoga Teacher Training By: Lindsay Miller   Are you trying to decide if it’s time for you to enroll in a Yoga Teacher Training Course?    Here is a checklist for people who are considering whether they should become a yoga teacher. Reviewing these points is a great way to get …

Yoga Therapy Will Change Health Care. What You Should Know as a Professional.  by: Aron Stein   If you work in health care you know all too well how challenging some issues are for certain clients and patients. This is true for both mental and physical health issues. Individuals may feel that they have tried everything with little success. They …

An Advanced Guide to the 5 Yoga Certifications By: Lindsay Miller   When you’re looking into yoga teacher trainings, it can all be very confusing.   There are different numbers, certifications and different levels of training.    But don’t worry. We’ve got you covered. Here’s a quick breakdown of the basics you need to know about yoga teacher trainings:   …

How to Plan a Yoga or Meditation Class By: Laura Jayne   For most of us, one of the most intimidating parts of becoming a teacher is actually teaching!    To become a mindfulness or yoga teacher you may learn about the different postures, anatomy, breathing, or mindfulness principles.    But even the most experienced teachers spend time thinking about …

5 Reasons You Should Do Your Yoga Teacher Training Online  By: Lindsay Miller   It might seem daunting to learn to teach yoga online. But did you know Yoga Teachers who complete their training online are just as successful as those who do it in-person? You just need to find the right online program to make sure you succeed.   …

How To Become A Teacher Who Facilitates Lasting Change   By: Lindsay Miller   Lona, a big-hearted grandma from Puerto Rico, was small in stature but had huge amounts of energy. Each week, I would take her amazing yoga classes where she would guide us through sequences and offer stories about how the poses related to life. Lona connected with …

5 Things To Look for in an Online Yoga Teacher Training Program By: Lindsay Miller   If you’ve decided to take your first yoga teacher training, it can be overwhelming to wade through all the options. Use this guide to help find the best training for you! Here are five things to look for as you make this important choice.    …

Top 6 Things to Avoid When Starting a Yoga Teacher Training By: Lindsay Miller We finally made it to 2022! But for most people, stress levels haven’t gotten much better.     So what can you do? How can you help not only yourself but other people you care about? You know all the amazing things yoga can do for you. …

Staying Mindful and Safe: InBody Response to COVID-19   It will come as no surprise to our staff, faculty, and students that InBody is taking Coronavirus (COVID-19) very seriously.  As a wellness and mindfulness studio, it is especially important for us to keep our community safe and act promptly in the face of this outbreak.  We have been extremely proactive …

As a yoga instructor, you’re constantly thinking about others. Your responsibilities as a teacher revolve around everyone in your class — has instruction been differentiated enough? Is there someone who needs extra help? Are students understanding your directions? How’s the pace working for this class? What about that gentleman in the back who has a bad knee? The questions that …

At the start of every journey, there’s always a number of questions that one asks. Before a trip, we wonder — have I packed everything I need? Before going to the store, we think — do I know what all I need? Especially poignant before starting a new career path or direction, we come back to the same question -should …

Call them fiction, call them falsehoods, call them whatever you’d like to call them, but the truth remains — there are many myths that exist in the world of yoga teacher training. We have heard them all, and we’re more than ready to dispel some of these misconceptions. See some of the most common myths about yoga teacher training. You …

Healing and Transformation through a Yoga and Mindfulness Psychotherapy Group By Lisa M. Mountain Yoga scholar Stephen Cope, MSW, states, “It’s through remembering who we really are that we are liberated. The transformation of the self is not about adding anything. It is about finding what was already there.”1 Yoga, mindfulness, and group psychotherapy are each pathway to self-discovery, but …