Mentoring for Teachers

Grow in your confidence and ability as a teacher, through Individual or Small Group Mentoring with Kate

Kate offers intimate Mentoring sessions to yoga teachers via Zoom.
These sessions are tailored to the individual, based on their vision for their teaching and personal values as a human and a teacher.

IS MENTORING with Kate FOR YOU?

“I often tell my mentees that I see my main job as to be your ‘hype girl’ - to give you support and encouragement. That’s not only because it’s my style but also, it’s part of my spiritual practice to look for the good in others. My role as a mentor, as I see it, is to see the good in you and to help you share all that goodness, all that sunshine in your soul, with the world. And, if there’s something getting in the way of that, to help you identify it so you can do something about it. Sometimes that means helping you find a more clear and authentic voice, sometimes that means helping you become more precise with your intention or cueing or concise with your philosophy. Sometimes that might mean helping you workshop ideas or find rhythm or understand technique. Whatever it is, I’m here to help you and nothing thrills me more than seeing you shine.”

- Kate

Mentoring with Kate is for teachers who are looking to refine their offering as a teacher or add new tools to their tool kit. Past mentees have also been new teachers who have felt a bit cast adrift when they complete their teacher training and enter the world of studio teaching and had some unanswered questions after they graduated.

Some of the questions we’ve addressed in these sessions include:

  • How do I teach Philosophy in a way that is personal, authentic and relevant and faithful to the true teachings of yoga?

  • How do I foster a sense of belonging in my classes and help people of all abilities feel welcome?

  • How do I sequence to create a sense of coherency and intentionality with my classes?

  • How do I create ‘flow’? 

  • How do I deal with Freeze response?

  • How do I teach strong asana in a way that doesn’t feel like I’m bossing everyone around?

  • How do I sequence for beginners?

  • How do I guide meditation?

In all Mentoring sessions with Kate you receive:

  • Tools, techniques and frameworks to support your teaching

  • Resources to help you grow

  • Opportunities to apply the techniques and tools practically and receive feedback

Structure:

Below is the usual format for a Mentoring Program. Please know that this is a guide and I’m very happy to tailor the program to best meet your needs and life circumstances.

  • Preliminary Call to see if Mentoring with Kate is right for you (Free, No obligation ‘chemistry check’)

  • 10 week Mentoring program, with fortnightly Zoom calls (5 in total is suggestion but more if it’s helpful)

  • 5 x Zoom calls, 1.5 hours each at agreed time (usually 8pm Tuesday or Thursday evenings)

Investment:

$150 per session

If you’re interested in seeing if Mentoring with Kate is a right for you, please reach via email… thisiskatehenry@gmail.com

 
 

TESTIMONIAL

“A mentorship with Kate is a journey that goes far beyond yoga teaching and takes me straight back to the core as a human. She helps me find my unique voice as a yoga teacher, and constantly inspires me to drill deeper into the person I am- it is from there my teaching emerges sharper, more fluid and more real. Kate’s approach to mentoring beautifully gels the spiritual, the techniques and the philosophy. She has been tremendously generous in sharing her wealth of knowledge and experience with me and my fellow mentees.” - June Zhou, 2021