5 things to do in Summer as a kids yoga teacher

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*Disclaimer! I know not everyone has the same home and business set up as me, many kids yoga teachers still work over the summer holidays. I’m just sharing my own experience as someone who built my business around my family life with the intention of not working much in the summer holidays*
 
As I have children myself, I have historically not worked much in the summer holidays, apart from delivering the odd family workshop or family yoga camp.

I’ve noticed that, when I stop working over the summer and pick it all back in September, I feel really overwhelmed in September!

I’m going to share with you in this blog 5 things to do over the summer so that you don’t get that big old ‘Uhhhh!’ feeling in September.


Schedule in a day for you to review of what is working and what isn’t –
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Or, simply just ask yourself “what do I want more of, what do I want less of?”
I like to do this on one of the last days of term.
 
Spend some time with your diary / calendar
Plan when you are going to do your lesson plans for next term, so you know when you are going to do it and it isn’t hanging over you. Again, I like to do this at the end of term, rather than in the holidays.
 

Have a big sort out
Get rid of props/ books/ resources/ documents that are no longer aligned with what you want to do and where you want to go. This is something that you can fit into small pockets of time write a list of tasks/ areas you want to sort and then work through them in mini pockets of time.
Ask yourself “Is this going to get me closer to where I want to go?”
I like to do this as an ongoing task over the holidays, half an hour here or there when my kids are occupied with friends, or screens!!
 
Invest some time learning-
Summer can be a great time to do some upskilling on your own terms- an online course or reading a book. Make sure your learning is aligned with your goals (refer to point 1).

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Take some real time off
Take a good amount of time, when you don’t look at your email, or do bits here and there. This is something that I think us yoga teachers can really struggle with!
I take two full weeks when I don’t look at any emails or do any work for my business at all- although I may still read a book that links to it (as I love reading!)
 
 
I hope that this was useful to you and gave you some things to think about.
 
What do you do in the summer holidays? Do you do any work at all?
 
I’d love to know what works for you and your thoughts about what I’ve shared here.
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