Join Lindsay Monal in this guided meditation for yoga teachers who are feeling insecure about their abilities, and just not feeling empowered to start teaching.
Meditation teacher, Lindsay Monal, guides you through the body using color moving through different segments of your body in accordance with the Chakra system. This practice can be done lying or sitting down.
Do you struggle to find a sustainable seat for your meditation practice where your legs don’t fall asleep and your low back isn’t in constant pain?! We can help!
Why Online Yoga Teacher Training is an Advantage During COVID
COVID shut the world down completely for over a year and has only allowed us to slowly re-emerge into a new world full of masks, mandates, and social distancing.
As we adjust to this new world, we find ourselves itching to be as creative as we were when we were locked away in our homes with nowhere to go.
Many of us learned a new skill (or 2 or 12), some of us started valuing experiences over material possessions, and some of us found a new way to live life.
Whatever your yearning may be, you’ve found your way here to our page, and we welcome you with open arms.
With COVID taking away all in-person classes, training, education, and more, we’ve had to find a way to pursue our passions online.
This is where we come in. We said, “Hey, we can do that!” And so we did. We built a completely virtual, 100% online yoga teacher training experience that allows you to explore and immerse yourself in the benefits of yoga and teaching others.
In our latest article, we discussed the benefits of virtual vs. in-person training. Today we will be talking about how our virtual training is effective and beneficial during this pandemic.
Safe- Online Yoga Teacher Training During Covid
Our priority is keeping you safe. Our program allows you to train from home and away from an environment that could possibly expose you and your family to COVID.
Traveling for certification could mean you stay in hotel rooms and then train in a room of people for upwards of 10-12 hours over the course of 6 weeks. You will most likely also have to wear a mask during training, which doesn’t help when attempting to learn effective breathing techniques.
With our virtual training, you can eliminate the travel and exposure risk.
Practical
Along with the accessibility to train in your own home, it’s also practical because you learn at your own pace. Everyone has their own priorities and daily routines, giving you a chance to learn around your schedule.
We don’t have scheduled training sessions; they are all recorded and available whenever and wherever you are. You can even train on vacation!
You’ll be able to become certified when it works for you. It’s not about cramming training and education into a few weekend sessions; it’s about learning with passion and purpose.
Immersive
Yes, in-person training can help you build friendships and community, but when COVID hit, all of that turned online. We get that, which is why we created a virtual community of our own.
You’ll have lifetime access to resources, yoga training, and support anytime you need them. In addition, we offer the opportunity to get involved in live classes, workshops, and virtual chat sessions, which keeps your finger on the pulse of the industry and helps you build connections near and far!
Get Certified with YogaRenew
If you’ve found yourself intrigued by the idea of becoming a yoga teacher, contact us today. We are available to answer your questions and provide support in any way possible. Our intention is to create a universe of accessible and affordable yoga training courses that anyone can take advantage of.
Browse through our website, check out the training courses, and read our articles to learn more!
Ready to open your heart? Join Lindsay Monal for a heart-centered meditation practice focused on the 4th Chakra, Anahata. Through visualization, you’ll bring this center into balance and leave feeling more compassionate and empathetic than before.
Online Yoga Teacher Training vs. In-Person Training
For many of us, 24 hours in a day isn’t enough time. We have to split our precious time between work, sleep, family, household chores, eating, and more.
Unfortunately, this leaves little time to explore new opportunities that take up more time than you’re able to give.
If you have been interested in learning more about yoga and becoming a yoga teacher, chances are you haven’t pursued it because of the amount of time you need to spend learning the craft.
Most likely, you’ve gotten discouraged when you searched for yoga teacher training and were met with 6 to 10-weekend intensive training classes with 10-12 hour days of mandatory attendance…along with a price tag that makes you want to run for the hills.
Well, we are here to tell you that times have changed, and we here at YogaRenew have broken that mold with online yoga teacher training.
If you’re ready to immerse yourself in the benefits of yoga and become certified to lead classes with confidence, you have come to the right place.
In a previous article, we discussed the Top 5 reasons for doing a yoga teacher training program, and today we will be discussing the value of virtual vs. in-person training.
Let’s dive in!
Accessibility
How many yoga studios are within an hour’s drive to you? How many of those offer certified teacher training courses? If you live in a small town, your chances are slim.
And now, with COVID restrictions and the way it has affected many businesses, you may not even be able to find a studio remotely close by.
We created YogaRenew with the intention of making it accessible to as many people as possible.
You’re able to take the classes on your own time and learn around your schedule, at your own pace. You don’t have to cram them into a few weekend sessions at a yoga studio 2 hours away; you can practice and learn with intention and purpose.
You’ll be able to take your time, watch and learn and watch again if you need to. So even though it is a rigorous certification, you’ll be able to learn how you want to, whenever you want to.
Another perk? You have LIFETIME access to the courses and online yoga teacher training resources. So if you need a refresher down the line, it’s there, right at your fingertips.
Affordability
If the price of in-person teacher training was keeping you from pursuing, we’ve got you covered. In-person training often requires you to pay in full or in 2 or 3 parts over the training period. Right now, that is a hefty price to pay and one that you may not be able to afford to handle, along with your other bills and responsibilities.
With our program, you pay monthly, which breaks the training price down into manageable payments. We are in the business of helping people learn how to balance their bodies, minds, and souls, and the affordable monthly cost can bring you peace of mind.
Get Going with YogaRenew
There are numerous benefits of online training, and we have highlighted just a few of them today. These benefits are unique because you don’t get them with in-person training. Our entire reason for creating this online training is to allow people to have accessible and affordable options for pursuing their goal of becoming a yoga teacher!
If you’re interested in learning more, it’s time to contact us. We are available to answer your questions and put you on the right track to the courses designed for your goals.
Let’s get moving together!
Kate Lombardo and Lindsay Monal talk through how to get started as a yoga teacher with in-person classes.
I came into teaching prenatal yoga by chance. I wasn’t sure if being a mom myself and a yoga practitioner would make me able to serve the pregnant population around me. My first classes were clumsy and although I knew Prenatal Yoga should not just be a diluted version of a regular class, I feared offering too much or going too far. Here is the magic though, a prenatal yoga class might very well be the only place your student will come to that doesn’t treat her like a person with an impediment. The class is meant to meet students where there are in their practice whether they are brand new or seasoned.
Asanas are multidimensional. They require flexibility of the body but also endurance of the mind as well as connection to one’s breath. The idea that a class, mostly seen as physical, can bring so much more into a person’s journey is extremely humbling as a teacher! When you see a student leave with a new perspective on their pregnancy or a newfound sense of autonomy and trust in their intuition, you know you’ve honored Yoga as a whole. They might be directed towards a class for alleviating common aches and pain but, when you know the vastitude of the yoga teachings, you know that most lessons are meant to flourish off the mat and, in this case, straight into the labor and delivery floor.
Something happens in a prenatal yoga class; it acts as a central magnet for likeminded people.
My absolute favorite part of teaching is when two students, who just met, can’t stop chatting, sharing experiences and leave the class sharing their phone numbers and making decaf coffee date. It happens often. We say it takes a village, and the village can be built before the mayor arrives. I am a firm believer that if we take the time and seize all the opportunities that present themselves to build a nonjudgmental, inclusive and safe community around the pregnant folks, the anxiety and stress that come with welcoming tiny humans into the world and the uncertainty and challenges of parenthood can be greatly alleviated.
I think that there are very few jobs that never require you to be a student forever. When you are a prenatal yoga teacher, or have prenatal students in your classes, you have to stay very much informed. Not only to provide students with reliable information but also because guidelines and studies are constantly evolving. And while the framework doesn’t change much, the material you can bring in could potentially save a student’s like and enlighten them on their rights and the best practices to accompany them on their journey. As a yoga teacher with no other qualifications, I stay in my lane and never diagnose or pretend to treat anything but by constantly seeking information it allows me to stay relevant to my students.
Do you know the best part of teaching prenatal yoga? The birth announcements. Pictures, birth stories and then sometimes meeting the baby is the most exciting part! Once you are part of someone’s journey through birth, you are part of their practice for life.
If you’re interested in learning more about prenatal yoga, check out my online, self-paced, Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training right here on YogaRenew!
