Yoga Teacher Mentoring Program
October 12 - November 9, 2024
Led by Susan and Mimi
The comments we hear the often from newly qualified yoga teachers is ‘I want to teach but I feel like a need more experience or guidance’ or ‘teaching yoga is harder than I expected!’
If you’re feeling a lack in confidence or are wanted to develop more wisdom and time on the mat teaching in a safe and comfortable environment, then our new yoga teacher mentoring course, accredited by Yoga Alliance International Registry, and led by Susan and Mimi could be the next step for you.
This course is designed to sharpen your teaching skills, boost your confidence, and give you valuable face-to-face experience. You’ll gain the self-assurance to hold space for your students while deepening your own practice. This practical program is tailored to support qualified yoga teachers, inspiring you to get out there and do what you love!
SO, WHY EMBARK ON A MENTORING COURSE?
There are many reasons why embarking on a mentoring course can be transformative. Some of the reasons we, at Light Space, are approached by trained yoga teachers is because they:
- Have completed a 200 hour or more teacher training course but don’t feel confident to start teaching;
- Have completed an online yoga teacher training course but don’t feel they have the real-life skills and knowledge to teach students in person;
- Feel that their yoga teacher training hasn’t provided them with sufficient skills and knowledge;
- Have taken a break since training and need some help to get back into the swing of teaching;
- Have suffered burnout and need some motivation, support and encouragement;
- Need help with understanding some of the fundamental elements of yoga asana, sequencing, holding space and creating themes in yoga classes;
- Don’t know where or how to start marketing themselves or securing an in-studio teaching position;
- Want to open a yoga studio and need some advice and direction on how to do this.
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THE DATES
The in-person training course will be held part-time over a month long period, commencing in October, 2024, at our beautiful Ivanhoe studio. The program consists of 4 x 4 hour Mentoring Sessions, along with optional teaching opportunities to assist as second/assistant Instructor in a class at Light Space Yoga studio.
| Saturday 12 October | 12.15pm - 4.15pm |
| Saturday 19th October | 12.15pm - 4.15pm |
| Saturday 26th October | 12.15pm - 4.15pm |
| Saturday 9th November | 12.15pm - 4.15pm |
Post the completion of the course, follow up monthly group zoom calls will be available for 3 months.
WHO IS THIS MENTORSHIP COURSE FOR?
Yoga teachers who have completed 200 hour, 300 hour, or 500 hours of training and wish to build confidence and skills.
Our mentoring course offers the opportunity to receive both one on one and group mentoring within the course. The framework will include discussing personal goals in regard to developing your teaching and your journey as a yoga teacher.
In addition:
- we will be offering in-studio teaching assist experience at various classes on the timetable; and
- Post follow up monthly group zoom meetings for 3 months.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
- Sharpen and upgrade skills to teach with confidence
- Increase on-mat face-to-face teaching experience through the practical nature of the course
- Acquire self-assurance to hold space and support students
- Broaden and extend own practice
- Inspire and build further wisdom and connection to yoga
This program, accredited by Yoga Alliance International Registry, has been developed to support qualified yoga teachers with an emphasis on teaching. This is a very practical course, that will give you experience and inspiration to get out there and do what you love!
TOPICS INCLUDE
- Asana knowledge
- Structuring and sequencing classes
- Teaching style
- Teaching prep
- Working with modifications and injuries
- Teaching scenarios and how best to manage them
- The business of yoga
- Class planning and theming
- Holding space for your students
- Developing your ‘voice’
- Use of props
- Avoiding burnout
- Tips and resources for inspiration
- Alignment and the art of adjusting
THE VENUE
The course will take place at our beautiful Ivanhoe studio, located at level 1, 174 Upper Heidelberg Road.
ATTENDANCE
In order to receive your 20 hour mentoring training certificate, you are required to be present for all sessions and yoga classes. If you do need to miss one session you may be able to make up the hours with homework but this is confirmed on a case by case basis and is not encouraged.
OUT OF CONTACT HOURS WORK
You will receive homework and tasks. The estimated hours of study outside of the contact hours are approximately 4 hours.
INVESTMENT
We have two payment options available:
| Payment in full | $900 |
| Payment plan | $950 |
Upon acceptance, payment via EFT is required to secure your place. Payment plan available.
