ENLIGHTEN UP!
Teaching From Your Most Authentic Voice

Hollywood performance coaches Beth Lapides & Greg Miller help you find your natural organic teaching style using techniques from theater and comedy. (Don't worry, no jokes or improv games!)

When it comes to yoga teachers, one size does not fit all and this workshop will help you define and refine the particular qualities that will help you shine as a teacher so you can attract and retain students. As Beth says, "the rhythm of your voice is the the wave your inner truth surfs on", and these methods are also tools for you to practice svadyaya (self-study) and develop your 7th Sense, you Sense of Humor.

Workshop topics include:

Personality/Persona - Taking it personally and making it personal. Defining ements of your unique style.

Voice - Using Dialog, Rhythm, Vernacular and Dynamics to communicate more effectively. Quoting others.

Physicality - Non-verbal communication can be especially helpful for teaching yoga or any physical practice.

Story - You have a narrative and so does every student in your class. So does every pose and, potentially, every class.

Spontaneity - We’ll look at the Power of Now – and the Power of Not Right Now. How to prepare to go with the flow.

"Beth and Greg see right through the foundational blocks that are in the way of any type of speaker/performer. In my Yoga Tune Up® Teacher Training, they supercharged the awareness of all the trainees, who were completely transformed by Beth and Greg's insights. Yoga teachers are public speakers who must be able to reach into the hearts and souls of their students'. Beth and Greg filled my teachers with compassionate confidence and the playful permission to be the unique leaders they are.". - Jill Miller, Equinox Yoga Tune Up®.

They have been guest instructors at the FitYoga convention, Jill Miller's Equinox Yoga Tune Up® Teacher Training and Beth's Shaw's Yoga Fit Teacher Training.

WORKSHOP LEADERS:

Beth Lapides & Greg Miller are a partner-couple. They have been living, working, teaching and evolving together for 25 years. Their work encompasses almost every medium, from TV and radio to theater and standup. Beth is a comedian, writer and performer (Sex and the City, Politically Incorrect, Comedy Central special). Greg is a producer and writer (HBO, Comedy Central, Recovery Network, 20th Century Fox).

As teachers, Beth & Greg are known for their uncanny perception, inspirational tough love and practical advice. They have coached professional TV writers, comedians and screenwriters (Mad-TV, King of the Hill, Undeclared, Gilmore Girls, Californication, Dawson's Creek, Bring It On), and also many people who have never been ‘on stage’ before. They have been teaching privately for over ten years, have lectured and taught at UCLA Extension, Brown University, University of Iowa, Humber College, Media Bistro, Cal Arts and others.

They like to say: “We don’t teach comedy. Comedy is our teacher."

More info: 323-993-3305 or e-mail us.

Read Beth & Greg's Enlighten Up article about teaching yoga from your most authentic voice.