The Mud & The Lotus: A Guide and Workbook for Students of Yoga
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Product Description
Rooted in the understanding that yoga teachers are themselves lifelong students of yoga, The Mud & The Lotus: A Guide and Workbook for Students of Yoga offers opportunities for aspiring teachers and new students alike to grow in their practice. Guided by hatha yoga traditions, Courtney Denise Butler presents the curriculum she uses to train student-teachers at her Balance Yoga and Wellness Yoga School (R.Y.S. 200/300/500, with a 4.85/5-star Yoga Alliance rating). From the grit to the zen of the yoga world, Butler has developed these lessons through extensive experience in many aspects of the yoga business as well as four decades of personal practice. She shares basic history, physical and energetic anatomy, teaching tips and pose adjustments, essential cautionary notes, detailed professional and business advice, useful approaches for class planning, demonstrative images and illustrations, inspirational personal anecdotes, and much more. The volume includes a workbook that actively reinforces key terms and concepts, and lights the way for self-reflection that will continue to inform teachers as they lead from and beyond their mats.
Review
“A comprehensive and unique guide to the basics of yoga for students and teachers. Highly recommended!” —Larry Payne, PhD, C-IAYT, E-RYT500. Founding Director, Yoga Therapy Rx® and Prime of Life Yoga®. Co-author, Yoga for Dummies, Yoga Rx, and Yoga Therapy & Integrative Medicine.
“A wonderfully practical—and inspiring—foundations book based upon Butler’s years of caring experience in the real world. The title is quite appropriate, as Butler weaves in many personal highs and lows that most of us will relate to, and shares examples of how her yoga practice helps. Her chapter ‘Yoga Business Basics’ will be especially valuable to many, with much pragmatic education not readily found elsewhere. Her ‘Yoga Lifestyle’ chapter flows naturally and authentically from her teachings and experiences. Highly recommended for the beginning or aspiring yoga teacher.” —John Kepner, MA, MBA, C-IAYT. Executive Director, International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT).
“I highly recommend The Mud & The Lotus to anyone currently teaching yoga, or thinking of entering this highly rewarding field. Interest in studying to become a Registered Yoga Teacher has only grown over the past several years and with it, the preponderance of books and training guides, all approaching the practice and business of becoming a teacher from different angles. One of the most challenging things for teachers, especially new teachers, is to find one guide that can lead them through their careers, taking into account all aspects of being a teacher: teaching, conducting yourself as a teacher, running a business (be it a studio or as an independent teacher), and understanding all the components of the practice itself (poses, breathing techniques, alignment, anatomy, and so on). Butler provides teachers—new and experienced—one guide that can support them throughout their careers. Her book will mentor new teachers, helping them pull together all they learned in training, adding essential pieces not presented. It will be a reminder to more senior teachers in some areas, raising new aspects of yoga for further growth. Personal stories lend an authentic and warm vibe, so it really feels like Butler is right there with you, supporting you as you develop.” —Karen Fabian, MS, E-RYT. Founder, Bare Bones Yoga. Author, Stretched and Structure and Spirit.
About the Author
Courtney has been a practitioner of yoga for nearly four decades and a yoga teacher for nearly two. She delights in being of service by sharing the gift of yoga with others. Courtney has every credential available from Yoga Alliance including the 500 E-RYT (Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher who has taught at least 1,000 hours since graduating from a Registered Yoga School), RCYT (Registered Children’s Yoga Teacher), RPYT (Registered Prenatal Y
