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Top 5 Qualities of a Good Yoga Teacher. Full video you know where. #yogateachertraining #yoga

7 Feb 2022 · 1 min

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In this concise monologue, a yoga instructor with 17 years of full‑time teaching experience shares the five key qualities that distinguish an excellent yoga teacher. He emphasizes a service‑first mindset, a deep respect for yoga’s traditional roots, teaching authentically without relying on written notes, and the surprising advantage that teachers who have earned their flexibility through diligent effort often become more effective educators than naturally flexible practitioners. The speaker frames each quality as essential for fostering student growth and maintaining the integrity of the practice, offering practical guidance for current and aspiring yoga teachers.

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What are the qualities of a good yoga teacher? I've been making a full-time living teaching yoga for the last 17 years, and a lot of people ask me this exact question. Over the years, I've seen a lot of people become yoga teachers, and I've helped a lot of people become a yoga teacher. And these specific qualities are what makes people a really good teacher. Number 1, your focus is service. You're constantly focused on how can I help someone else. Number 2, it's a priority to you to actually learn and honor the traditions of where yoga came from. Number 3, you don't use notes. You don't write things down and teach your classes that way. You teach from the heart. Number 4, surprisingly, inflexible people who had to work really hard for their practice generally do better at being a good yoga teacher than people who have natural flexibility. So if you don't have flexibility,