What’s Included

• 5 hours of lesson plans to guide students on the start of their yoga career
• Trainer notes to guide you every step of the way
• Fun and interactive discussions and activities to drive learning home
• Student handouts in Google Docs (downloadable as PDF or Word)
• These business lessons recommended for a 200 hour YTT

Lesson Plans & Learning Objectives

Your Teaching Mission (1 hour)

• Articulate their “why” for both practicing and teaching yoga
• Identify their ideal student
• Identify their unique gifts as a teacher
• Create a mission statement for their professional work

Getting Started (2 hours)

• Develop perspective and flexibility in embarking on their yoga career (and what a yoga career can look like)
• Identify possible streams of income 
• Identify three potential venues for beginning to teach
• Clarify common rates of pay for new and experienced yoga teachers
• Describe channels for opportunity outside of public yoga classes
• Describe next steps for continuing education and practice
• Describe the behavior of a professional yogi
• Describe your region’s requirements around professional organizations, liability insurance, etc.

Building Your Business (2 hours)

• Identify five brand words for your business
• Leverage your work on your missions statement to create a cogent brand vision
• Define marketing
• Identify your most viable marketing channels
• Write your bio so that it relays your mission and your brand
• Create your 10 year Vision