Nikki Costello - "Reimagining the Classroom"

J. Brown Yoga Talks

J. Brown

Yoga, Health & Fitness, Yogateacher, Alternative Health, Yogaindustry, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality

4.4 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Nikki Costello talks with J about the changing dynamics between yoga teachers, students, and institutions. They discuss their parallel trajectory of practice over the last thirty years, Nikki's evolution and identity as an Iyengar lineage holder, the pedagogy of liberation, dogma and co-creation, the role of a teacher in facilitating inquiry, discernment of students in the information age, the problem with the scaling of yoga teacher training, and reimagining the classroom to embody the qualities and values that are fundamental to healing.

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0:00.0	Just in case I want to take this moment to make sure listeners are aware that early bird pricing
0:07.7	for my online yoga teacher training is available until October 1st.
0:13.7	If you feel like you learn something from the show or you connect with the way that I engage
0:19.0	in these conversations and you're looking for a learning
0:22.3	opportunity to delve deeper into your own understanding of yoga, or develop a teaching practice,
0:29.3	or maybe you already have a teaching practice, and you're looking for new information,
0:34.4	then my year-long program might be the perfect thing.
0:38.1	A new group is starting in January.
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0:44.7	It is truly co-creative.
0:46.9	It's designed to fit to your needs rather than you having to jump through a bunch of arbitrary hoops.
0:53.8	By far, it is the most comprehensive offering I've ever put together.
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1:14.8	slash training. Okay, I just pushed my button. You just pushed your button. Here we are. This is Jay Brown Yoga Talks
1:37.7	podcast. My name is Jay Brown. Welcome if this is your first time here. All the of y'all what's up how are we feeling today
1:49.5	can you feel it can you feel that that turn of the season happening we're in that late summer
1:57.5	with the hint of fall if not not already, kind of fall upon us? I always like that,
2:06.2	that feeling of the momentum takes over a little bit. When life's momentum starts to pick up
2:14.8	after a bit of a slowdown, you know?
2:20.6	I'd ride that wave and see if we can make some use of ourselves in it.
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