What Yoga Students Need During COVID
COVID has dramatically changed the way we teach and practice yoga.
In this episode, Dr Lauren Tober shares three things that your yoga students are really needing right now, including:
- Community and connection
- Nourishing practices when they’re feeling exhausted and anxious
- Guidance to engage a busy, ruminative mind
In this video, you’ll hear loads of practical ways to bring these three components to your yoga classes or private sessions, whether you’re teaching yoga in-person or online.
Thank you for the wonderful work you’re doing supporting your yoga students right now. We know it’s not easy when the world is so uncertain, but it’s needed now more than ever.
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Hi, I'm Dr Lauren Tober!
As a Clinical Psychologist and Yoga Teacher of nearly two decades and the author of Mental Health Aware Yoga: A Guide for Yoga Teachers, I'm passionate about integrating yoga and psychology on the mat, in the counselling room and in the world.
With the growing interest in mental health and yoga, yoga students are attending yoga classes for the mental health benefits in unprecedented numbers.
In fact, 79.4% of yoga students report practicing yoga for the mental health benefits.
It's important that Yoga Teachers know how to support them.
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