with Brian Peoples & Guests
For yoga instructors seeking to elevate their teaching caliber and sharpen their collection of tools used within private lessons, this program is thoughtfully crafted to furnish you with the power to deliver new meaningful experiences and create fertile ground for your students to catch an insight.
Over the course of two weekends you will Learn modern formulas and techniques to leverage your circumstance in the container of a lesson. Find mastery through giving adjustments in joint space and study how to construct the right measure of time and meet your environment with awareness and ingenuity. We go over the business and the rhyme and reason around creating effective boundaries and strategize the most effective of use of time.
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Throughout the duration of the program you will learn:
How to organize a lesson
How to use their space and the difference between spaces
How to dress and conduct yourself as a member of this person’s team
How to conduct scheduling
How to give adjustments
How to use props
Thai massage techniques
Body oragami
Other techniques in teaching private lessons (body reading, air flow and environment control, breath work, pole work, restorative)
What are we doing in a lesson?
What is your goal?
Offer a new experience
Look for them to catch an insight
Retention of the student
How to source students
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We’ll explore the enigma of sourcing prospective students, the principles of organization and space utilization. We will spend time reading bodies, reading maps and exploring the theory of Katonah yoga .
Under the expert guidance of Brian Peoples and the wisdom shared by seasoned guest instructors, you will absorb innovative methods to captivate your students attention and tailor your instruction to their needs.
Whether you are a neophyte in the realm of private lessons or a seasoned practitioner seeking to refine your existing skills, this program will imbue you with more joy in your work.
About your Instructor:
Brian Peoples
Brian is compelled to share yoga practice as a means to living life more fully, simply, sensibly and embodied. Encouraging students to become curious, deliberate and playful in their choice making; his lessons illustrate how to recognize form for its function and understand natures implicit pattern as found in the body. Through sound adjustments in joint space, breath work and metaphor; each practitioner can develop their awareness to better refine, relate, re-pair, attune and achieve more harmony in how they conduct themselves and the energy around them.
He has been a guest teacher at the United Nations, and annually headlines workshops, retreats, festivals and training programs, both in the U.S. and internationally. He lives in New York City.