Develop as a Yoga Educator - learning how to design and facilitate transformational yoga experiences by understanding more about learning design, group development and psychological safety, as well as facilitation of different types of situations.
Have you ever as a teacher experienced that the dynamics of the group is more challenging to handle, that the energy is "leaking" or maybe that one participants behavior impacts the experience for the rest of the group? When leading longer experiences as workshops, retreats and trainings, we as teachers end up in situations that put demands on our leadership and capability to handle group processes in different ways than when we lead a yoga class.
In the foundational 200hr teacher training we learn yoga asana, philosophy and how to sequence a class. In continued education we deepen and widen our expertise wihin different specialisations. These trainings focus on different types of content, meaning what we share (forms of yoga, pranayama, meditation techniques etc).
A new and unique education
What is not until now included in any training, is competence around how to consciously plan for and facilitate group processes - especially in context of longer experiences. When we offer retreats, workshops and trainings, it is often with the purpose to invite our participants to deeper development, meaning that we invite them to open up emotionally, psychologically and spiritually. The experience is also taking place in a group context which increases the vulnerability and complexity.
In these situations we as teachers and leaders needs to take repsonsibility not only for what we share but also for how we do it - how we lead the process as such. Our task is not just to offer inspiring content, but as much to offer a safe environment that empower individual and group development.
Certified Yogafacilitator focuses on the HOW. We weave together threads from different yogic perspectives with contemporary theory on how to design pedagogical and safe learning & development processes and we practice to lead and facilitate different types of situations.
Module 1, Online
We meet on Zoom to co-initiate our journey together, sharing our purpose for being on the training, starting to create emotional connections and creating clarity on the training curriculum and modes of learning.
Before the session you have received your manual, extended reading recommendations and a few reflection questions to initiate your process.
Module 1, in-person
Rooted in perspectives from the yoga tradition and contemporary theory about group processes, facilitaiton and leadership development, we explore:
Our role as teacher, facilitator and educator
Theory on transformational processes
Different maps to apply when designing and structuring a process
Hands-on methods for how to open up, explore and complete a process
Foundations: what is facilitation + facilitation methods for different types of situations
Methods for ceating and facilitating emotionally and psychologically safe environments
Module 2, Online
The period between our in-person retreats is where the real work happens. There are four streams of learning happening in this period.
Self study: you go deeper into your leadership development as yoga educator, supported by tools from the training. You also start designing your own retreat or workshop.
Peer-learning: you self-organize to meet up in a smaller peer-group supporting each other on your learning journey and leadership development.
Online reconnections: we meet in the big group for 2 x 90 min sessions via Zoom. Purpose is to keep collective momentum and leverage the support in the whole group.
Coaching: you are offered one coaching session to get support with your design and/or your leadership development.
Module 2, in-person
Deepening of theory, but mostly a lab where we focus on practicing facilitation and embodiment of our learnings:
Facilitating challenging situations
Creating emotianally & psychologically safe environments
Based on yoga philosophy, yogic values and contemporary leadership development: deepening insights about your role as a yoga educator and leader, as well as your authentic offering
Practical application: designing workshops, retreats and trainings
My personal purpose is to be a catalyst for expansion and transformation. I want to empower you as a yoga teacher to develop your leadership as yoga educator. I want even more of the many yoga retreats, workshops and trainings out there to be not only great, designed ways that increases the potential of transformation. Experiences that contribute to the deeper shifts that I believe our world so deeply needs right now.
I bring over 20 years of experience as a teacher, leader and manager, as well as working with leadership development, adult learning, learning experience design and facilitation. I am a multi disciplinary yoga educator registered as E-RYT 500hr with 1000+ training hours from different traditions and teachers. Based on this combined experience, I offer this training - bridging contemporary resources from learning design, facilitation and leadership development with yoga philosophy, values and practices - and applying this in the context of yoga experiences.
An immensely valuable training that fills a gap in today's yoga community. Based on yoga philosophy and contemporary theories, this training adds new perspectives on designing and delivering truly special experiences. The approach is holistic and combines theory, a hands-on toolkit, sparring, and time to explore and practice. Åsa is the perfect guide with her solid competence in learning design in addition to being a much-appreciated yoga teacher. And she embodies what she teaches beautifully.
I highly recommend this training to anyone aspiring to offer magic yoga experiences.
I had the great opportunity to enter the teacher training even though I am not a yoga teacher. It was an immensely heartfelt and rewarding training that both magically united the group of attendees and let us not only learn from Åsa but also from each other. I would like to describe it as a smorgasbord of possibilities and insights. It helped me to intensify and magnify my well-being food classes by more consciously designing them with all senses in mind.
To learn, work and experience with Åsa puts me always on a great, challenging and enjoyable learning curve.
https://www.jeanetteguttenberg.com
This was truly a transformative experience ❤️
Åsa has created a beautiful training that really have helped me in my journey as a leader of groups. She
brings knowledge and science to help explain experiences that I’ve had on retreats
and classes in a new way. And she does it with so much love and safety 🙏🏻 Thank you Åsa ❤️