The Inspiring
Yoga Teacher:
A Blueprint for
Teacher - Student Transformation
A unique eight-week yoga foundations course that teachers familiar with the shared-inquiry approach can start teaching immediately.*
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Every registrant gets access to a free online class with Lisa to experience teaching with the shared-inquiry approach.
Created and offered by Lisa Petersen
‘Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire.’
W.B. Yeats
Meet Lisa
With so much information readily available online, it's critical to be confident that any time you invest watching and learning from someone has a high chance of delivery value. This page would not exist and this product would not be here if that was not the case.
It's a daunting task to tally up time spent learning, but when asked to do this, this was Lisa's response:
Over the past two decades I've taught four thousand hours of public in person group classes in school halls, church halls, hospitals, yoga studios and once above a pub for several memorable terms. I've spent another two and a half thousand hours working one-to-one with people suffering from pain, injury, stress and tension, one and a half thousand hours leading yoga and somatic teacher training, and a further thousand hours leading workshops and retreats. I spent another nine hundred hours assisting Donna Farhi worldwide, and co-taught two of Donna’s teacher trainings. As a student, I've participated in over four thousand hours of professional training in yoga, yoga therapy, embodied anatomy, and somatic movement education all over the world. That’s a lot of face to face time working with peoples’ bodies, minds and spirits.
This Student Felt Far From Ready
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They say that when the student is ready, the teacher will appear. I was fortunate in that my teacher was Lisa Petersen, because this student felt far from ready. I was full of apprehension. Would the others in the class notice that I looked different? Would my wig fall off? Would the arm on which I had surgery be strong enough to support me? Would I be able to even attempt what the others were doing, or would I fail miserably? Would it be obvious to others that I had been ill? Dear God, don't let me draw attention to myself because of my illness.
I managed a downward dog in that first class. Ok, so it was abysmal, and I only held it for about a second, but I did it. And, here's the funny thing, other people, people who very obviously were not getting over an illness, seemed to be having the same difficulties as I was. Fears of standing out like a sore thumb receded.
I look back on those first classes, and I remember light streaming in through tall windows. I remember gentleness, and patience, and explanations as to the benefits of each posture. I remember being told to listen to my body, to respect my body, to not go further than my body wanted to go.
There was no competitiveness, but there was a lot of laughter. I Remember growing in confidence. I felt utterly safe. I started, little by little, to become stronger.
I started to practice yoga in the mornings before work. It was the one time of the day during which I could promise myself some time for me and for what was important to me.
Gradually my yoga practice has become part of my day, and in addition to my weekly yoga class, I now practice four or five times a week. Yoga, and a very special teacher, gave me back what I thought I would never have again: the gift of confidence in my body. And for that I want to say, gratefully and humbly: "Thank You".
*If you're new to the shared-inquiry approach of teaching yoga, allow yourself 2-4 months. This course includes a detailed manual to help start adding shared-inquiry teaching skills. Plus there's plenty of support along the way.