Leadership and Yoga Kirby Gordon on Teaching Yoga Around the World, Hosting Retreats, and Building Confidence as a Yoga Teacher
Kirby Gordon is a yoga teacher based in Austin, Texas and hosting retreats around the world. In this episode we talk about nomadic teaching, building confidence and decisiveness as a teacher, and advice on hosting your first retreat. Kirby also shares tips for teaching yoga and finding your people. If you're a yoga teacher looking to travel, are ready for your next adventure or to take that next step, this episode is for you!
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Time Stamps:
00:00 intro
01:39 OfferingTree & TEND
05:09 nomadic teaching
13:00 decisiveness & confidence
19:03 finding your people
26:18 traveling after teacher training
31:05 consistency in yoga practice
34:35 the importance of yoga retreats
39:20 hosting your first yoga retreat
44:32 leave your students with something they can take with them
48:00 what makes an exceptional yoga class?
51:32 rapid fire questions
52:36 billboard question