Episode 123: GREAT! YOU'RE NOT A PHYSICAL THERAPIST, NOW WHAT?

Saying you're not a physical therapist is one of the most limiting beliefs among yoga teachers, and it keeps you from working with students who have injuries. Believing this creates an environment where you're unnecessarily apologizing and using disclaimers, and diminishes the incredible value you offer. It's true, you're not a physical therapist, and that's exactly why your students need you. Physical therapy and yoga teaching are different roles with different scopes, and both are equally valuable and necessary. Understanding this distinction empowers you to confidently serve your students. In this episode, I'll dismantle the limiting belief, reframe your role, and show you why your classes are exactly what students recovering from injuries or living with chronic pain desperately need. I'll cover: 

• What Physical Therapy Is and Is Not
•  What Yoga Teachers Offer That PTs Don't
• How The Roles Are Different and Both Matter
• Why Yoga Serves Students With Chronic Pain
• Why Collaboration with PTs Matters
• What Is Actually in Your Scope
• Reframing How You Respond to Students with Injuries

I want you to start owning that you're a yoga teacher, and here's the value I can bring to students with pain and recovering from injuries.

Resources Mentioned:

Within Your Scope Workshop - Understand your scope, dismantle limiting beliefs, communicate your value clearly, and develop confidence in what you offer

Teaching Students with Injuries Mentorship - Six-month program with real students, real-time application, ongoing support covering anatomy, pain science, injuries, nervous system, recovery strategies, and sequencing

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