Top Tips For Teaching Yoga In Schools - Tip #7: You Are The Expert

Welcome back to the blog!

It’s crazy to think that in just a few weeks, I’ve been able to share so many top tips with you. I look forward to sharing more as the days and weeks go by. As always, if there’s a topic you want me to address, please feel free to leave a comment on the blog. I’d also love to connect with you and hear how it’s going, any successes or challenges you’re facing in schools, and where you’re located. Community is so important, and I most certainly wouldn’t be where I am today without it.

This week, I want to address an important concept that has more to do with mindset than anything else: believing you are the expert.

Enjoy!

Tip #7: You Are The Expert

I can’t tell you how many times I hear from people who want to teach yoga in the schools lament about the fact that a school administrator was unresponsive to requests. 

Well, here’s the thing: you’re approaching them like you need them, when in reality, they need YOU!

Believe it or not, principals and recruiters view you as the expert. More often than not, they have little to no experience with yoga. 

Your job is to sell yourself to them. By having a scope and sequence, testimonials, and other documents to support you, you’ll be seen as an expert. 

Tip Takeaway: Go into each interview and conversation believing in yourself as the expert, and with documents to support you. Make a list of 3 reasons why their students will benefit from your guidance, and lead with that!