Acclaim for The Professional Yoga Teacher’s Handbook
“This incredibly useful handbook covers every facet of yoga teaching, from landing your first teaching job to refining your yoga-teaching language. Whether you’re an aspiring yoga teacher or have years of experience behind you, this guide will help you level-up your teaching craft and career within the current landscape of the modern yoga world.”—Jenni Rawlings, pioneer of science-based yoga, movement, and instruction
“Dr. Rountree incorporates her wide-ranging experience as a dedicated yogi, author, business owner, athlete, and master teacher to enhance and support the careers of yoga instructors at any stage of their professional journey. She offers advice with a practical workbook that allows the reader to ask thoughtful, self-reflective questions. An invaluable addition to any yoga teacher’s library.”—Ingrid Yang, MD, JD, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT, author of Hatha Yoga Asanas and Adaptive Yoga
“No one can predict how the pandemic will continue to impact local yoga communities and the yoga industry at large. Yet Rountree’s book is the business-of-yoga book that every 200-hour training program needs to have as required reading. Clear, practical, well-informed, and an honest ‘peek behind the curtain’ of being a yoga professional, this book is a game changer for yoga teachers who want to teach in an impactful, purposed, and far-reaching way.”
—Octavia Raheem, co-owner of Sacred Chill West, author of Gather, and yoga teacher
“How I wish I had this book when I first began teaching! Asana knowledge and yogic philosophy will only get you so far. This book points the way to the ‘next level’ of your aspiration to teach, walking you through a truly integral strategy for the business of teaching yoga. A teacher training without this book is like buying a new car but failing to fill up the tank.”
—Josh Summers, Yin Yoga trainer and host of the podcast Everyday Sublime
“Whether you’re embarking on your first teacher training program or you’ve been teaching for a decade, this book strikes every essential chord while providing a dose of ‘real talk.’ Relevant to today’s yoga culture, this book is an indispensable companion for anyone on the path of teaching yoga.”—Terry Cockburn, owner and director, Freeport Yoga Company
“The Professional Yoga Teachers Handbook is an excellent guide to teaching yoga successfully. It includes sage advice on offering the best quality instruction in today’s climate, while setting up healthy boundaries to enjoy the rest of your life.”—Michael Johnson, founder, Clearlight Yoga