Mentoring

Mentoring

Mentoring is a relational and reflective process — a space where thoughtful dialogue, embodied awareness, and lived experience meet. I work with individuals devoted to personal growth, as well as Yoga Therapists and Yoga Teachers seeking professional refinement and deeper integration of their work.

Rooted in the philosophy and psychology of Yoga, our work together invites steady self-inquiry and values clarification. This is not a posture-centered experience, though embodied practices may be woven in to support integration. At its heart, mentoring is about aligning how you live and how you serve with what is most authentic and meaningful to you.

Questions: ellen@ellen.love

Mentoring for Personal Growth

These sessions support deep self-understanding and spiritual dialogue. They may be helpful if you are:

• Clarifying vision for how you live in this world

• Seeking greater alignment with your values

• Cultivating self-acceptance and compassion

• Exploring patterns that keep you feeling stuck

• Navigating depression, anxiety, or the effects of trauma

• Searching for meaning and steadiness in uncertain times

Yoga Therapist Mentoring

Professional mentoring may include exploration of:

• Personal practice: inspiring, creating, sustaining

• Refining the intake process and developing wellness plans

• First-session structure and therapeutic presence

• Multi-session planning

• Teaching multilevel Yoga Therapy groups

• Cultivating therapeutic relationship

• Expanding communication and language skills

• Deepening understanding of the koshas and subtle body

• Working skillfully within the Manomaya Kosha

• Conscious communication

Yoga Teacher Mentoring

Mentoring for teachers may include:

• Teaching multilevel classes

• Adapting classes for specific populations

• Designing classes that integrate the Eightfold Path

• Cultivating authentic presence and finding your voice

• Expanding your language toolbox

• Understanding and applying the koshas within class design