The Art of Private Yoga Instruction: Crafting Personalized Sessions

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The Art of Private Yoga Instruction
Crafting Personalized Sessions

Yoga Alliance-Approved Advanced  Studies and
Continuing-Education Yoga Teacher Training

Date: Sunday, September 21, 2025
Hours: 1 - 4 p.m.
CEC: 3 Hours (3 Contact)
Location: Mendota Heights or Virtual via Zoom

This 3-hour training empowers certified and in-training yoga teachers to confidently design and deliver one-on-one sessions. Blending interactive discussion, hands-on practice, and ready-to-use handouts, you’ll learn a professional intake process, goal-setting strategies, personalized sequencing, and follow-up documentation—whether you join in person or virtually.

What You’ll Explore

  • Conducting a comprehensive private-session intake

  • Translating client needs into clear intentions and measurable goals

  • Tailoring breathwork, asana, mudras, and restorative tools to each individual

  • Structuring a balanced session framework 

  • Best practices for note-taking, client folders, and session summaries

  • Business essentials: pricing, scheduling, policies, and boundaries

Who Should Attend
Yoga teachers eager to elevate their private offerings with structure, confidence, and professional polish.

The Art of Private Yoga Instruction Faculty

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Dawn Schaefer Stumpf, C-IAYT, BS, MS, E-RYT 500, YACEP
Dawn Schaefer Stumpf, C-IAYT, BS, MS, E-RYT 500, YACEP

Dawn (she/her) is an MS-licensed educator and a 500-hour Green Lotus–certified yoga teacher with additional credentials in Yoga Therapy, Functional Yoga Therapy, Sound Healing, Reiki, Mindfulness for Schools, and Lifeforce Yoga for Anxiety, Depression, and Trauma. She teaches yoga history, philosophy, and pranayama in Green Lotus’s 240-hour YTT. She offers Body-Mind Therapy (also called Yoga Therapy) private instruction for adults and children, including those with special needs such as autism and ADHD. She co-authored Journal of an ADHD Kid with her son, Tobias. Dawn is guided by the mantra lokah samastah sukhino bhavantu, which translates to “May all beings be happy and free, and may the thoughts, words, and actions of my own life contribute in some way.”

Fee $66

Green Lotus Alumni receive a 10% discount.

Make-up sessions are not available. Because our training sessions frequently develop a wait list, refunds will be made to your personal Green Lotus account with less than two-weeks advance notice when you cancel.  Cancellations made with less than a 72-hour notice will not receive a refund.