Anxious About Your Yoga Teaching Audition? Here's the Advice You Need to Hear.

""Yoga teaching auditions are a challenge for anyone," says Coral Brown, a teacher trainer, holistic psychotherapist, and longtime student of Shiva Rea."

"Of course, you can draw on tools that you have learned in yoga, such as mindfulness, your breath, and maybe a mantra, explains Brown. Humble confidence can also help."

""Create a brief but well-rounded sequence that showcases your ability to create a beginning, middle, and end of an experience," suggests Giselle Mari, a Jivamukti teacher and teacher trainer."

""This can include chanting; a brief talk about your theme, whether philosophical or the desired outcome for this sequence; asana related to that theme; and meditation.""

Yoga teaching auditions require integrating everything learned about yoga and teaching without trying to show off. Use tools from yoga practice such as mindfulness, breath awareness, and possibly a mantra to manage nerves. Cultivate humble confidence while presenting. Design a brief, well-rounded sequence that has a clear beginning, middle, and end and that may include chanting, a short thematic talk, asana tied to the theme, and meditation. Rehearse the sequence repeatedly with others and solicit feedback from family and friends. Film practice sessions to observe and refine delivery and presentation skills.

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