Some more comments from past The Art of Teaching course registrants:
The Art Of Teaching Is Simply Beyond All Expectations
The Art of Teaching is simply beyond all expectations and the opportunity to be held in this way so as to be aided in embodying this pedagogic model is just so wonderful. . . What a peerless training this is.
This Is Making Planning And Teaching More Satisfying For Me.
Thank you very much for the sessions this week which I enjoyed and found interesting and informative. I appreciate the time and care put into the preparation which in itself is modelling the art of teaching so I have been spending much more time in preparation and this is making planning and teaching more satisfying for me.
My Students Are Receiving All The Benefits.
Thank you for everything! I find I cannot say that enough!! I am learning so much from the course and am finding that in spite of not teaching yoga (yet) I am able to put such a lot of the material into practice in my day-to-day teaching life - my students are receiving all the benefits.
Once I Had Been Present In My First Webinar I Moved Heaven And Earth To Be In Attendance!
I found the course content to be transformative. It has provided me with countless opportunities for reflection, integration and renewal. It has made me think differently about myself not only as a yoga teacher, but as a human being! There have been so many beautiful opportunities throughout the course to pause, to consider, and to think carefully about interactions with others and myself.
Extra Level Of Insight And Value Watching Donna Teach
In a course about the art of teaching, it's just fantastic being able to watch Donna teach and interact with real students in a Yoga class. It adds a whole extra level of insight and value. That said, it was also great to watch her approach to teaching an online class to camera on her own as this is something we all now find ourselves doing.
Thank you both for the care put into the delivery of the course.
It Is Very Evident That The Art Of Teaching Was Put Together With Thought
I have seen the ongoing trajectory of Donna's work that I was drawn to immediately 20 years ago due to her somatic approach and experience. It is very evident that The Art of Teaching was put together with thought, attention to detail and has set itself apart from the current reality (deficit) of what is out there for yoga offerings/training/enrichments in this modern world. It has been a real gift to your current students and also to those who don't find themselves fitting into the cookie-cutter programs available.
Validating, Challenging, Lovingly Supportive, Full Of Challenges
Please let me take this moment to tell you how heartening the entire course has been for this old girl, veteran teacher and devotee of inquiry-based learning. The journey has been validating, challenging, lovingly supportive, full of challenges.
Please know that up here in the frozen north, there is at least one teacher who is warmed thoroughly by all you have done for me and for the teaching of yoga as I know it.
My world is more beautiful because of you.
These Classes Have Been Invaluable For Progressing Healing From A Very Old Knee Injury That I Have Been Enduring For 40 Years.
Donna, the classes you offer are exquisitely crafted, highly informative, and also leave a spaciousness that makes room for inner connection and self-inquiry.
These classes have been invaluable for progressing healing from a very old knee injury that I have been enduring for 40 years. I enjoy being able to integrate and explore the experiential class content into my home practice and also share some of the new skills with my students.
I Am Thrilled, Perplexed, Inspired, And Heartened, Even Feel Vindicated, By This Deep Course.
I am thrilled, confounded, intrigued, perplexed, inspired, and heartened, even feel vindicated, by this deep course. Thank you very much for this chance to learn from you. The multiple angles you show us to get at teaching principles are really useful, like a big catalog for evolving our teaching.
This Course Has Given Me A Clear Process And Framework For Even Further Refinement
I have gained so much from the course, and have particularly benefited from the idea of layering instructions to build a vocabulary and experiential layering of these enquiries. The idea of ‘less is often more’ can be applied not only to a student’s practice, but to a teacher’s instruction!
Although working with your enquiry approach for many years in both personal practice and my teaching, this course has given me a clear process and framework for even further refinement, for my learning, for teaching, and for my business structure.
The Art of Teaching Course Brings Me Back To More Clarity And Compassion
Rich In Content And Beautifully Paced
Just a quick note to say how much I have been enjoying the course so far, so rich in content and beautifully paced and delivered. I'm also enjoying Donna's sincere and honest sharing and sense of humour, love your view of the world!
New Ways To Engage Students To Actively Find Ways To Refine Their Interoception
As a beginner yoga student I was introduced to the very structured Iyengar Style and was always trying to emulate my teacher with no understanding that I couldn't be an exact copy of what I was observing, despite experiencing pain in certain asanas. I remember my first introduction to Donna's teaching held in Ballina back in 2004 and I honestly want to thank her for taking yoga in a direction that allows everyone to feel safe and accepted for who they are and to listen and honour their capabilities in any given moment. Thank you for introducing me to new ways to engage students to actively find ways to refine their interoception of body and space.
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I love Donna’s books and have been wanting for years to attend her trainings but was never able to in person.. this course was an amazing opportunity to get live access to Donna’s teachings without travel. And I was feeling disillusioned by the current Yoga climate/ commercialisation/ manipulation/ guru mentality and I LOVE how Donna doesn’t stand for any of that! I had stopped teaching but now with my new embodied knowledge from this course so far, I’m excited to start teaching again.
I just want to say how incredibly valuable this course has been for my personal and professional life. The content is obviously amazing (thanks Donna!), but the course structure, the presentation and sequencing of course material makes it easy to follow and integrate the theory. The sequential release of material interspersed by the zooms works wonderfully. The thorough transcripts of the questions is really helpful and so are the resources. I'm currently studying another course online over the same period of time (for twice the price!), and it is really difficult to follow and poorly presented. So, thank you so much.
Donna is changing the way Yoga is learned and taught
Donna is incredibly generous in showing her experience, knowledge, research, and love. She's changing the way Yoga is learned and taught, and an incredibly strong woman and role model for generations to come.