 Thank you. Okay, so hi folks. My name is Nancy and I'm gonna share with you some things I've learned from being a yoga teacher So much of my time is spent trying to get other people to do things and my son my Students my yoga students my math students, so I think a lot about what drives people and I'll share that with you So a little history. I do love being a math teacher really, but I also love a lot of other things So I became a yoga teacher in 2006 after quitting school teaching for the second time And I learned that lots of people do yoga lots of different people So I've taught young and old small and large all different types and so I think about what Motivates people and I'm gonna share with you some lessons. I've learned so lesson one Motivating groups of people is hard. It might be easy to figure out what motivates an individual, but not so much a group So think about what motivates you for a second Or like fourth what motivates me So for example this picture might help motivate me to make better choices and like not eat 17 copy hates in five minutes If I had a hanging in my home, would it help motivate you? Turns out that type of image only works on me because I'm a bit of an optimist So a pessimist or you know somebody with pessimistic tendencies might need the opposite type of image Think about what that might look like So if you know that negative images and words might help motivate people does that give you the right to be negative and No is my answer to that Saying things such as do as much as you can today instead of come on You're wasting your time is a better way to motivate people which leads to lesson two happiness is a choice one of my most favorite yoga teachers has made it her mission to convince people of this and We can help convince people by staying positive when you're in the position of power But what holds us back from choosing happiness? Well Excuse us labels So I was both of these things as Matic and I had a bad back and I really clung on to those labels They stopped me from doing a lot of things, but I didn't know that back then then little by little I let things change and This is lesson three we all are very attached to our labels And it takes a lot of understanding and patience as the teacher to let people work through their own stuff You might see somebody's potential differently than they do, but you can't force them to see it on your own timeline You need patience. You need to chip away. You need to keep them happy keep them coming back to you and build trust Because lesson four trust is essential Once trust has been established you can really help steer someone to see their potential and start to realize it You can push them a little bit in a good way Lesson five Regarding pushing being comfortable is overrated Once you have trust people might be willing to step out of their comfort zone with you Change comes from discomfort just like that good productive struggle in the math class But you can't really discuss this mistake discomfort for pain. I don't agree with pushing through pain I do have everything that we need to change our relationship with pain which leads us to our next lesson Pain is a gift really. Yeah sort of kind of pain gives you information about yourself Pain can be a great motivator Pain can be a signal that change needs to happen or it's about to happen like it or not And I'd be happy to talk to you more about pain sometime if you'd like my own experiences, but we want productivity We want results. We need the motivation the trust. We need to be okay with the idea of discomfort and change So now we need the magic formula. You ready? Lesson seven Consistency plus intensity plus form equals results no magic really just hard work So as Emmy Cleaves one of my most favorite and influential yoga teachers have ever met She says about yoga this shit works. We have to do it, but you have to do that hard work So those were some of my bigger lessons here are a few more listening is a learned skill So learn to do it how I don't know Train a dog practice Simon says there are lots of different ways. We could talk about that more someday if you like Lesson nine Everything is always easier said than done and if you tell your students your clients your employees that you understand that It helps them so you can be real with them and lesson 10 You really can't please everyone. So don't think take things too personally And you might spend your whole lifetime trying to really get that one and because that is easier said than done Thanks for your time. Okay, let's