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TAA 016: Finding Your Authentic Voice (and how to stop fearing yourself)

By Brian Aganad 4 Comments

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PODCAST 16

In this session you’ll learn:

  • How to find your authentic teaching voice
  • Why it’s important to stay true to yourself
  • Silencing the Inner Critic
  • How to figure out what you DON’T want to teach
  • Why your teaching avatar is so important
  • Your actual voice while teaching a class
  • Your teaching homework assignment

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Don’t forget to do the HOMEWORK! 🙂

Links & Resources:

  • TAA 010: How to Properly Structure a Yoga Class (the simple sandwich technique)
  • TAA 007: A Practical Guide to Building a Yoga Class (how to make students love you)
  • TAA 005: Teacher Training – How to Develop Room Presence 
  • Pose Tress, Providing Value to Your Students, and How to Safely Integrate “Advanced Asanas” Into Your Yoga Class
  • TAA 013: The Art of Simple Sequencing

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Comments

  1. Lisa says

    October 8, 2015 at 7:50 pm

    Hi Brian! I guess this podcast was “inspired” by my last comment! Thank you – I like your suggestions and I am going to practice my authentic teaching voice in the mirror for 20 days. I think it will be really good for me to hear my own voice. I have a speech defect as a result of surgery many years ago, and I think this exercise will help me to finally be ok with my speech. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and advice.

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    • Brian Aganad says

      October 9, 2015 at 5:40 pm

      Hi Lisa, yes it was! Great idea for a topic. Keep me updated on the homework!!

      Reply
  2. Judith says

    October 8, 2015 at 9:42 pm

    Thank you for the podcast – it was really good and caught exactly the right note for me. I have been teaching a year but only one class a week and just starting another. Finding my voice is an ongoing project and your words really helpful. Will be doing the homework – great idea. I especially appreciated your down to earth conversational segments makes the scary normalised and lightens it all – connecting me to the lighter part of me that I want to teach from. Thanks again! Judith

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    • Brian Aganad says

      October 9, 2015 at 5:38 pm

      Judith, that’s awesome! Glad I could be of help. Keep me updated on the homework, happy to help!

      Reply

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