Yoga Teacher Mentorship
“The fact that you worry about being a good teacher, means that you already are one.” — Jodi Picoult
Whether you’ve been teaching yoga for over a decade and feel like it’s time for a refresh, or you’ve just graduated from your first teacher training and want continued guidance as you grow into the role of teacher, mentorship shouldn’t be about changing who you are to sound like someone else or to fit a certain mold.
There’s a lot of subtle pressure in the yoga world to teach like the people we admire and while learning from mentors is important, the goal here isn’t imitation. The most inspiring and impactful teachers are the ones whose voice has emerged through practice, study, and embodied experience. They offer something that is uniquely theirs, while being deeply rooted in community and tradition and being unafraid to evolve with new information.
A good mentorship should support that unfolding, not override it.
As a mentor, my role is to help you uncover and strengthen your own voice as a teacher. That might look like refining your sequencing and cueing, deepening your understanding of anatomy and philosophy, or helping you become more confident in how you hold space for students. We’ll also focus on supporting consistency in your own practice, because the depth of your teaching always reflects the depth of your relationship to the practice itself and is the first wave of defense against feeling burnt out as a teacher.
Just as importantly, mentorship is a place to explore what you’re genuinely passionate about offering. Maybe that’s developing stronger class themes, integrating philosophy in a way that feels natural to you, creating workshops, or simply finding more clarity and confidence in the classes you’re already teaching.
The goal isn’t to standardize your teaching. It’s to help create systems that help you refine it, deepen it, and trust it so that what you offer comes from a place that feels skillful, informed, and authentically your own.
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Gross & Subtle Anatomy
Refresh your knowledge of gross and/or subtle body anatomy to craft efficacious sequences and master non-dogmatic alignment cues that guide students deeper into their embodied and energetic experience.
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Philosophy and Mythology
Study yoga history, philosophy, and mythology to inspire your own practices and inform what you teach, providing students a window into yoga beyond the asana.
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Teaching Methodology
Refine your teaching skills including sequencing, theme weaving, hands on assists, effective communication, workshop design and more under the guidance of an experienced teacher.
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Working with Rebekah has not only bettered me as a yoga teacher, it has bettered me as an individual and as one who practices yoga.
Her own studentship is at a level of which we dream: complete dedication to craft, eager to evolve with new information, and passion to no end.
She approaches each session and topic with preparation and precision. We learn together and she doesn’t move on until you’re comfortable with the information. I sought her out for help with class sequencing and after just a few weeks I felt equipped and empowered to elevate all elements of my own teaching.
It is the integrity with which Rebekah does anything that impresses me the most and makes her someone I want to learn from. I wholeheartedly recommend her mentorship sessions. It is an investment that will set you apart in a crowd of teachers.
- Caroline P.