Sian O’Neill 
Yoga Teaching Handbook 
A Practical Guide for Yoga Teachers and Trainees

This trusted companion offers help and guidance on the day-to-day practicalities of teaching and running a yoga business.

Including insights from renowned yoga professionals, including Liz Lark, Lizzie Lasater, Andrew Mc Gonigle, Katy Appleton and Tarik Dervish and more, this book offers practical ways to hone teaching skills. It features topics such as working with common injuries and conditions, breath, sequencing, incorporating philosophy and myth into class, and the links between yoga and Qigong and Ayurveda. It also provides key information on how to get the most out of a yoga business, with advice on setting up and running a studio, and planning and leading retreats.

Table of Content

1. Introduction, Sian O’Neill, Yoga Teacher, UK. 2. Yoga and the Breath. Dr Andrew Mc Gonigle, Doctor Yogi, UK. 3. The Art of Composing: ‘Putting Together’ a Sequence. Liz Lark, Liz Lark Yoga Art, UK. 4. Incorporating Philosophy into Yoga Teaching. Graham Burns, The Life Centre, UK. 5. Once Upon a Time: Yoga and Mythology. Tanja Mickwitz, The Life Centre, UK. 6. Yoga and Language. Antonia Boyle, Alpha Waves, UK. 7. Supporting Students with Injuries. Dr Andrew Mc Gonigle. 8. Yoga Adjustments. Melanie Cooper, UK. 9. Yoga Therapy: Training, Assessment and Practice. Lisa Kaley-Isley, Life Tree Yoga and Yogacampus, UK. 10. Yoga and Qigong. Mimi Kuo-Deemer, UK. 11. Yoga with an Ayurvedic Appropach. Tarik Dervish, Ayurvedic Practitioner, British Wheel of Yoga Diploma Course Tutor (DCT) and Internal Quality Controller (IQA), Yogawell, UK. 12. Building a Yoga Business. Katy Appleton, appleyoga, UK and Natasha Moutran, appleyoga, UK. 13. Running a Retreat. Kate Walker, Kate Walker Yoga, UK. 14. Setting Up a Yoga Studio. Paul Wong, Mudra Yoga London, UK. 15. Case Studies: Lessons Learned from New and Established Teachers. Sian O’Neill. About the Authors.

About the author

Paul is Owner and teacher at Mudra Yoga London based in Stoke Newington in North-East London. He started out renting and running yoga classes from various community spaces around London with his partner and fellow yoga teacher Emily-Clare Hill before they decided on opening their own studio. These formative years and the experience of running community-based classes provided the ethos and ideas behind Mudra to provide a friendly and accessible community orientated yoga studio with expert passionate teachers. Ever present at the studio Paul is the heartbeat of Mudra and takes great pride in providing an open space for students to feel welcome and inspired when they come to practise. Paul’s drive for community wellbeing and positivity shines through every class and is at the core of everything at the studio.