Modern Teaching Methods & Online Strategies for Yoga & Wellness Teachers

When I first started teaching and building Embodied Philosophy, I had no roadmap. I learned a lot through trial and error — what works, what doesn’t, and what can actually sustain an educational platform for teachers.This weekend of workshops is my way of sharing the methods, strategies, and insights I wish I’d had from the beginning. You’ll learn the same teaching approaches and online strategies that helped grow Embodied Philosophy into a platform serving hundreds of thousands worldwide — hopefully without making the mistakes I did along the way.

Day 1 – Modern Teaching Methods (Saturday, Sept 13)

How do you hold the attention of students who are overwhelmed, distracted, and hungry for meaning?

In this session, I’ll share the core competencies of teaching today — skills I’ve tested, refined, and taught to dozens of teachers over the years.

Jacob Kyle is a meditation teacher, writer, philosophy educator, and the Founding Director of Embodied Philosophy. His guiding mission is to re-imagine the modern function of the yoga teacher in alignment with the teachings, texts, and traditions of yoga's profound history. He believes that by building a network of teachers who share a commitment to disseminating the deeper teachings and practices of yoga, we can build a world based on wisdom rather than ideology and divisiveness.

Jacob is a doctoral student at the University of Oxford, researching Abhinavagupta's Philosophy of Language and Meditation with advisor Diwakar Acharya. He holds an MPhil in Classical Indian Religions from Oxford (2023), an MA in Philosophy from the New School for Social Research (2017), and an MSc in Political Theory from the London School of Economics (2007). Jacob is a passionate advocate of Kashmir Śaivism and a devoted practitioner of the Śaiva-Śākta Darśana.

Patricia Pinto’s personal healing journey evolved into a path of alternative healing trainings beginning in 2008, when she was first certified to teach classical Power Yoga in the lineage of Baron Baptiste. In 2010, she expanded her studies with Buddhist Meditation and Yoga Teacher Training. Since then, she has completed over 900 hours of training across diverse disciplines, including Yoga, Pilates, Mind/Body Therapy, Yoga Therapeutics, Buddhist Psychology, Pilates Apparatus Therapeutics Training, Reiki Level IIIb, and certification as both a Kids Yoga Instructor and Yoga Therapist.

She has studied both academically and through direct lineages with some of the world’s foremost teachers of Buddhism, Yin Yoga, Pilates Therapeutics, as well as shamanic and energetic practices. Patricia is also a student of Neurology at the University of Pennsylvania, a certified Yoga Therapist, Mind-Body Therapy practitioner, and a Movement Specialist with an emphasis on somatic awareness and mobility.