Facing the Fear: The First Time Teaching Yoga | The Making of a Yoga Teacher (Ep 2)

What does it really feel like to teach yoga for the first time? In this episode of The Making of a Yoga Teacher, Jason Crandell takes you inside that nerve-wracking but transformative moment every new teacher faces: stepping to the front of the room.

Follow three students from Jason’s 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training as they move from self-doubt to confidence, learning to teach, cue, and connect with others in real time. Through their stories, you’ll see that every yoga teacher starts here — nervous, vulnerable, and discovering that courage grows with each breath and each class.

Whether you’re preparing to teach your first yoga class or remembering the rush of your early days as an instructor, this episode offers an honest, behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to find your voice as a teacher.

Chapters
0:00 Facing the Fear — The First Time Teaching Yoga
0:40 Joining Yoga Teacher Training: What It Really Feels Like
1:20 First Impressions of the Group and Building Community
2:59 Realizing You Don’t Have to Be Perfect
3:23 Why Community Matters in Yoga Teacher Training
4:28 From Practice to Teaching — Learning to Give Verbal Cues
8:37 The Humanness of Teaching: Connection Over Perfection
9:27 Behind the Scenes: How Online Yoga Teacher Training Works
10:42 What Students Learn from Anatomy and Philosophy

🎥 About the Series
The Making of a Yoga Teacher pulls back the curtain on Jason Crandell’s 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training. Across four episodes, you’ll witness what yoga teacher training is really like — the challenges, the breakthroughs, and the transformation that unfolds when students say “yes” to the path of teaching.

📺 Episodes in the Series:
1️⃣ How It All Begins — Starting Yoga Teacher Training
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2️⃣ Facing the Fear — The First Time Teaching Yoga

3️⃣ How Teacher Training Changes Your Practice— Confidence, Connection & Growth

4️⃣ The First Class — Teaching in the Real World

✨ Watch the full series playlist here → The Making of a Yoga Teacher
   • The Making of a Yoga Teacher: Behind the S...  

🧘‍♂️ Learn about Jason Crandell’s Online 200-Hour Training → learn.jasonyoga.com/200


💡 If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to become a yoga teacher — this series shows you, honestly and up close.

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