Yoga Teacher Mentoring
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Monthly sessions over six months, Jul – Dec 2019, Sundays 10.00am – 12.30pm

Teaching yoga can be a lonely and isolating job, but it is also incredibly enriching. Participating in a mentoring group will give yoga teachers the chance to have their anxieties and questions about teaching contained and thought about, while making connections with other teachers, and  feeling part of a community. In addition, every month's group meeting will have a theme where we will look at something specific about teaching. The objective will be to discuss, inquire and reflect, in order to refine and enhance your skills, to grow and develop your teaching style and you as a teacher. We will set goals and strategies to enhance your development between modules. The group will be limited to eight participants.

*Supportive space to discuss teaching issues
*Set goals and develop as a teacher
*Explore your vision and aspirations
*Themed modules
*Goal setting, strategies for development
*Connect with other teachers
*Teaching methodology
*Hands-on assists
*Teaching beginners
*Teaching different age groups and injured students
*Your yoga business

Sarai is a Senior Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance Professionals UK. She has been teaching in London for sixteen years and practising for twenty years. She has taught in many capacities including workshops and retreats in London and worldwide, at yoga studios, gyms, from hired venues, within corporations, privately, to adults, children and special needs children. Sarai has an MA in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and is an honorary Psychotherapist within the NHS. This work has hugely enriched her yoga teaching and understanding of the dynamics of the teacher student relationship.
Summary of Dates
​Sundays 10am - 12.30pm
7 July, 4 August, 1 September, 6 October, 3 November, 1 December 2018.
Investment
£249 - Early bird offer, book before 31 May 2019
£280 - After 31 May 2019
We will start each week with a one hour open discussion on teaching issues that participants wish to discuss, followed by the module topics listed below.
We will set goals to work on between modules, and look at strategies to help move you to the next level and develop yourself as a teacher.
​Discussion topics could be anything from practical issues of how to manage a specific student to more broad questions of how to hire a venue or build a following. 

MODULE 1, 7 July 2019
​The Teacher Student Relationship: Transference/Countertransference.
Your Goals as a Yoga Teacher
Complexities and complications of relating

The aim of this workshop is to equip yoga teachers with a strong internal teacher from which to draw upon, and a clear moral and ethical compass from which to contain classes and private client sessions. We will explore the importance of and how to set clear boundaries, and the essence of the teacher student relationship, the challenges and joys of holding a space for students. 
We will start the process of looking at where you are at with your teaching, and what your hopes, aspirations and goals are. ​

MODULE 2, 4 August 2019
Hands-on Assists + Alignment 1
Practice assisting students and learn about alignment for different body types

This module is part one of the two alignment modules. We will discuss the topic of hands-on assists in yoga, whether it is necessary, the question of consent, and how this links into your idea of what your intentions are for your students and how you wish to impart your knowledge. We will explore and practice hands-on assists for certain postures.
We will look at alignment issues and common mistakes, and consider whether to align or not to align.

MODULE 3, 1 September 2019
Hands-on Assists + Alignment 2
Practice adjusting and learn about alignment for different body types

​This is part two of the alignment modules. We will continue to explore certain hands-on assists, and will discuss your evolving ideas on how to impart your knowledge as a teacher with or without the use of hands-on assists.

2017 Dates - Course underway
​Sundays 9.30am - 12.30pm
16 July, 13 August, 10 September, 8 October, 5 November, 3 December 2017.
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MODULE 4, 6 October 2019
Teaching Practice 1
Ideas on sequencing and repetition, class themes. Teaching beginners

We will think about what you wish to impart in your teaching and what it is you want your students to experience. We will consider the ideas of sequencing and repetition, and how to teach beginners. Feedback and discussion on these ideas.
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MODULE 5, 3 November 2019
Teaching Practice 2
Modifications

This will be a forum for you to think about areas you need more knowledge on, such as pregnancy or injured students. We will discuss why different practices might be relevant, such as pregnancy, different age groups or constitutions, and how one might teach these. 
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MODULE 6, 1 December 2019
Business of yoga
Aspects of the business side of teaching yoga. Requests. Feedback

The practicalities. Setting up yoga classes, retreats and yoga holidays. How to build a private client portfolio, build a following of students in life or online. How to promote, optimise social media, and look after your accounts.
​VENUE
2 Richmond Road, London SW20 0PQ
Sarai's Home Studio

By train: 10 minutes walk from Raynes Park overground, which is the closest station (20 mins from Waterloo Station, 15 mins from Vauxhall Station). 

By 57 bus: 3 min walk from Cambridge Rd bus stop. 10 mins from Wimbledon, 15 mins from Kingston.

​Lots of free on street parking.

Call Sarai on 07710 819 485 or email saraiharveysmith@gmail.com for any further info and booking.
INVESTMENT
£249 - Early bird offer, book before 31 May 2019
£280 - After 31 May 2019
 Includes mentoring support via email or phone for the duration of the course.