Category: Teacher Training

Stay up-to-date on the latest from Asheville Yoga Center with our blog! Meet our teachers and hear them share more about their lives and yoga practice. Read tips on how to integrate yoga more deeply into your life off the mat. Learn more about inspirational teacher training programs, and discover new ways to deepen your practice!

Teach Yoga While Attending College

Teach Yoga While Attending College Yoga is a path to find your true self and to honor that journey in your life. As you know, yoga teacher trainings can help you strengthen and deepen your yoga practice, delve into your bliss and discover your true nature. Perhaps your daily practice and yoga teacher

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Teacher Training

The Components of Yoga Teacher Certification

The Components of Yoga Teacher Certification When you begin your path toward becoming a yoga teacher, you may find that a variety of the requirements test your body, mind and spirit. Yoga teacher training will push you to the edge of your abilities. It’s necessary to bring out the best

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Focus & Communication — Two Skills a Yoga Teacher Needs

Focus & Communication — Two Skills a Yoga Teacher Needs In the universe of skills you need to develop during your yoga instructor training, two of the most vital are: learning how to focus and learning how to communicate effectively. Your training will teach you both skills, but first you

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How Do You Become a Yoga Instructor When You’re Over 50?

How Do You Become a Yoga Instructor When You’re Over 50? The easiest answer is to practice every day, increase your knowledge of yoga, challenge yourself to go deeper into your practice and take the required courses to earn your certification. Your age doesn’t matter. Benefits of Aging As a

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What Yoga Teacher Certification Means

What Yoga Teacher Certification Means Do you really need yoga teacher certification to teach a yoga class? Why does that “RYT” suffix matter? Hasn’t it been said that anyone can teach yoga? Why go through the bother of graduating from a costly and time-consuming certified yoga teacher training program? Can’t you just learn the

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Yoga & Emotions — On Becoming a Yoga Teacher

Yoga & Emotions — On Becoming A Yoga Teacher Yoga, when done regularly and with intention, is known as a way to integrate your mind, body and spirit. Through a mindful yoga practice, you can learn to better control your emotions and bring peace and harmony to your outer and

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10 Tips for Leading a Yoga Class

  10 Tips for Leading a Yoga Class Yoga teacher training can take you only so far. You still have to actually lead a yoga class by yourself. If you’ve trained at Asheville Yoga Center, you’ve had some experience that gave you the foundation for success. Like life, yoga requires

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8 Ways to a Peaceful Class

8 Ways to a Peaceful Class When you first asked how do you become a yoga instructor, you probably weren’t thinking of becoming a peacemaker, negotiator or disciplinarian. The focus of your answer to How do you become a yoga instructor was more likely on the poses, the marketing and the yoga philosophies

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Becoming a Yoga Teacher in Demand

Becoming a Yoga Teacher in Demand While yoga continues to grow in popularity across the country, the number of certified yoga teachers also grows. But you are not too late to jump on the bandwagon, as the 20-plus million Americans practicing yoga will attest. There is always room for someone

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5 Tips to Prepare for the Training of Your Life

5 Tips to Prepare for the Training of Your Life Once you’ve developed a strong desire to move from the role of student to become the teacher, you may wonder: How do you become a yoga instructor with the tools you have now? You may feel that you are ready, but there

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– Mary Oliver

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