Yoga Teacher Toolbox

90-Day Mentorship for Evolving Yoga Teachers

Fine-Tune Your Teaching ~ Deepen Your Practice

Expand your knowledge and skills, gain valuable guidance from an experienced teacher and practitioner, and build your professional networks.
Develop your practice in meditation and asana, your teaching voice and style, your in-depth understanding of philosophy and alignment principles, and your personal path.
Deepen your practice with a more personal and tailored approach.
Investigate more about Anusara Yoga, alignment inspired approaches, Embodiment practices, and Tantric, non-dual philosophy.

If you are in between a 200-hour and a 300-hour teacher training certification, or are a skilled teacher who simply wants more guidance and feedback, this program is for you.

Duration

90 days. The program begins whenever you like and ends 90 days from the start date.

Requirements of Mentees

Minimum of two days of asana practice at participating Yoga studios with Mikhayla per week.
Daily home meditation practice
Work Trade 5 hours/month
- help with weekly social media updates, monthly newsletters, website maintenance, writing, and editing. If you have a special skill you would like to offer we can incorporate that as part of your trade
Predominantly plant-based diet for the duration of the mentorship
Assist with Mikhayla’s classes minimum of 1X monthly in the last 60 days
- Hands-on adjustments, demonstrating poses, and adding therapeutic releases.
Ability to assist in a community based service projects.

Benefits

Free class attendance to any of Mikhayla’s weekly yoga classes at Balance or Reyn for the duration of your program (up to 6 classes/week).
Specialized one on one approach to deeper learning and research with a focus on alignment, adjustments, and methodology
Creative explorations of self-expression and manifestation
All Starblossom retail at cost
Assist with national and international workshops and retreats

At the end of this program you will feel confident about…

Your path forward in your practice and teaching
1. A solid foundation for your meditation practice
2. Universal Principles of Alignment from Anusara Yoga.
3. Name of asanas in Sanskrit
4. Concrete ways to sequence your classes with flow, stability, and creativity
5. Adjustments
6. Creative practices to tap into your confidence and inherent ability to SHINE!

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Reading List

Required

Braving the Wilderness, Brene Brown
Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert
Meditation for the Love of It, Sally Kempton
Light on Yoga, B.K.S. Iyengar

Suggested

Awakening Shakti, Sally Kempton
Bhagavad Gita – studies continued
Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras – studies continued
Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Swami Muktibodhananda

Investment

$ 790.00 for 90 days.

This is an easy and affordable way to grow your teaching expertise and your personal practice.

This is less than eating out everyday for lunch.

You can pay monthly or at the start of your mentorship.

Email Mikhayla to sign up today!

Meditation & Visualization

What is the difference? How is meditation distinct from visualization? And where does contemplation or intention fit into these practices?

In a contemporary Yoga practice, you will probably be exposed to intention setting or contemplations during the introduction of a class. These contemplations are called Sankalpas, which in Sanskrit means a connection to a vow or truth. When a teacher asks you to set an intention for your practice, they are asking you to contemplate a Sankalpa that you can think about throughout your physical asana experience.

A Visualization is, in some ways, an expanded version of a Sankalpa. It is a guided path for you to follow with breath, words, and imagery that typically crafts an environment or feeling to support the Sankalpa.

Meditation is the stillness that can be experienced at the very heart of these practices. The place where you can sit in quiet repose. A pause between thoughts, feelings, and sensations. A wellspring of dignity and silent emptiness.

People access meditation through various techniques, including Sankalpas, Visualization, Mantra, Tapas, Japa, and Kirtan.

Below are three original visualizations for your enjoyment. I hope that they inspire an easeful experience to prepare you for meditation.

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Color Shield Visualization

This visualization guides you through a powerful call to empowerment and protection. Practice this when you feel like you could use an extra boost of self-care, self-assurance, and authentic wisdom.

Yoga Nidra Cakra Relaxation

Please enjoy this Yoga Nidra relaxation that focuses on the illumination of the cakra system. Yoga nidra is a process of step-by-step relaxation where we move sequentially through the body, releasing individual body parts to further relax the entire physical system.

Cakra Empowerment Visualization

The Cakra system is a long-held Yogic system of subtle body points of power and awareness. Through this visualization, we travel through the 7 standard cakras, exploring their physical placement, their color, and their attributes. This awakening in each cakra can furthermore lead to a clarifying full body awakening of bliss.

Coaching +Meditation