A 2 Day CPD Training for yoga teachers and teachers in training with Anna Taylor and Norman Blair
While teaching yoga can be hugely rewarding, it also brings with it challenges that can feel draining. We often work alone, which can feel isolating. In addition to our direct teaching there are often many unpaid hours involved in marketing, planning, travel, and a range of other admin. Burn out is common.
As with any care-giving profession learning how to skilfully hold space for ourselves is as important as learning how to hold space for our students. Doing so enables us to feel resourced and resilient as we ride the inevitable ups and downs of teaching. After all, as the saying goes “you can’t pour from an empty cup”.
This 2-day workshop offers you space to step out of the role of care-giver and shift focus to your own needs in care-receiving. We will place self-care and self-compassion centre stage, shining light on the barriers we face as well as exploring practical ways to weave it within our teaching including scheduling, finances, managing our inner critic, and the importance of creating supportive connections and communities.
Self-care is about so much more the resting on bolsters and soaking in a bubble bath (as lovely as these can be). It can be a courageous commitment to ensure that our own needs aren’t being sidelined through our teaching. It can be about creating small, impactful changes that don’t need to be costly.
The course offers an opportunity to gather collectively in a non-judgmental setting so that we can share openly and honestly about what nourishes and sustains us, as well as tools we use to navigating the challenges. Participants will receive a self-care workbook full of practical suggestions, space to log reflections as well as time to create a personal action plan that supports your sustainability and wellbeing.
And if a part of you feels a little self-indulgent, guilty, or unsure about offering yourself two full days to support your own wellbeing, here are some beautiful words from the meditation teacher Jack Kornfield to reminds us in a Path with Heart,
“If we are to bring light and wisdom and compassion into this world, we must first begin with ourselves.”
After all, when we show up to our teaching feeling more present, resourced, inspired, compassionate and resilient, it benefits ourselves and our students.
Each day will also include a restoring practice to nourish and nurture ourselves and remind us to practice what we feel so passionately about teaching. Participants will receive a manual and plenty of practical tips from Anna and Norman.
Price
Places are £250. 2 bursary places are available on application (£125)
Location
Orange Studio, Cheltenham
Testimonials from past participants
“This workshop I feel is a must experience for all teachers, as a way to continue to be re-empowered in your teaching journey and also be in an inclusive, safe, positive and non-judgmental open space with other teachers. It's rich in its content and also really impactful too. Highly recommend!”
“Led by two thoughtful, experienced and highly regarded teachers, this weekend offers important reflections, space and support to reflect on what it means to look after yourself as a yoga teacher. A must for all!”
For more information about Norman and his teaching please visit www.yogawithnorman.co.uk