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Who is Monica Bright?
I have been teaching yoga since 2012 in the city of Chicago & have come to love the human body so much that it's important to me to teach sustainable yoga so that students can actually practice for life. I teach yoga teachers (via mentorship & business coaching) how to cultiva…
Meet Monica Bright (EP.302)
On today’s show, you’ll meet Monica Bright, an experienced yoga teacher and teacher trainer who shares her philosophy and teaching method. Monica and I connected recently and I was so impressed with her background that I invited her on the show. We cover a number of teaching topics from cueing to s…
27: Creating Freedom: Monica Bright on Running Your Own Yoga Business
In this week’s episode of the Full Time Yoga Teacher Podcast, I had the honor of interviewing Monica Bright, a master yoga teacher, YACEP, and business strategy coach. Monica’s extensive background in yoga and human movement, coupled with her experience as an educational consultant, has uniquely po…
Ep 57: Winter Season - Class Themes Inspired by Ayurveda
Is it winter where you live right now? While the cycle of the seasons is more apparent in certain parts of the world, winter brings its own unique challenges: shorter days, colder temperatures, and a natural tendency for your body & mind to slow down.
In Ayurveda, winter is a season dominated by V…
Ep 58: Meditation Sounds Easy, Is It?
Meditation is a practice of focusing the mind to regulate your nervous system by reaching for a state of mental clarity, emotional calm, and overall awareness.
However, the thought of starting a meditation practice can feel out of reach. Whether you think “I can’t possibly sit still for 15 or more…
Ep 143: Interoception: Teaching Students How to Feel What's Happening Inside
Interoception is the sense of the internal state of the body: your heartbeat, breath, hunger, temperature, muscular effort, tension, and pain. It sits alongside exteroception, our perception of the outside world, and proprioception, our sense of where the body is in space. Every person has a differ…
Ep 144: Side Plank Hand Placement: Stacked or Slightly Forward?
Two very well-trained yoga teachers can cue Side Plank differently, one stacking the hand directly under the shoulder and the other placing it slightly forward, and both have legitimate and very good reasoning for teaching the way they do. This episode explains the anatomy of the shoulder joint, un…
Ep 145: Warrior One vs Crescent Lunge: Which Should You Teach?
Warrior One and Crescent Lunge (also called High Lunge) look very similar. The difference comes down almost entirely to what the back foot is doing, and that single variable changes what the ankle, knee, hip, and pelvis are able to do above it. This episode breaks down what each pose actually deman…
Ep 146: Transitions: Why They’re Just As Important As The Poses
Are you a yoga teacher who sequences by choosing poses and arranging them in an order that feels varied and interesting? This is how many of us were taught. But that approach leaves transitions as an afterthought, which means students are solving movement problems in real time without a lot of prep…
Ep 147: Crepitus: What Are The Hip & Knee Popping Sounds?
Have you ever heard popping, clicking, cracking, and grinding sounds in your or your students' knees and hips? If your students are experiencing this, they'll likely look to you for more information or to tell them whether it's a problem or not. This episode explains what crepitus is; I'll explain …
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