a blog for curious yoga teachers
Here’s all my Sage advice for how to become (almost) everyone’s favorite yoga teacher. You’ll learn a transformative mindset shift: your students, not you, are the heroes of their practice. These posts will give you the tools, inspiration, and confidence to guide them—and see your teaching career flourish.
36 Yoga Class Themes (and How to Build Your Own)
Thirty-six yoga class themes from Teaching Yoga Beyond the Poses, grouped and ready to teach, each with the language to open, weave, and close — plus the five-minute method for building your own.
How to Teach Balance to Students Over 50
Your students over 50 need balance training more than anyone—and they can improve. Here are four staples, the functional framing that motivates, and the dignity rules that keep the work respectful.
A 60-Minute Yin Yoga Sequence for Teachers, Built with 6–4–2
A full 60-minute yin yoga sequence for teachers—eleven shapes with props and hold times, the 6–4–2 checklist behind it, and the three things I say in every hold.
The Discipline Paradox: Why Structure Sets Your Teaching Free
September brings a wave of teaching motivation that never survives to November. Here’s the yoga teaching that explains why, and what to build instead.
How to Begin a Yoga Class: Centering and Warmup Done Right
The first ten minutes of class have two jobs: help students arrive, then help their bodies prepare. Here’s a two-part opening—centering, then warmup—that works for any room, plus a worked example you can use tonight.
Wobbling Is the Work: Rethinking Balance in Your Yoga Classes
Every wobble is your balance systems recalibrating—not a mistake, and definitely not something to apologize for. Here’s the reframe (and the exact language) that changes how your students experience falling out of a pose.
Why Your Yoga Teacher Instagram Still Isn’t Finished (and How to Fix It)
Your Instagram doesn’t need more content. It needs a finish line—here’s what a complete, professional yoga teacher profile actually looks like.
How to Plan Your Yoga Teaching Year Without Burning Out
Most yoga teachers either overplan until they burn out or wing it until they feel scattered. Here is the three-part framework—structure, skills, self-care—that keeps a teaching year balanced from September through June.
Why Balance Poses Don’t Build Balance (Teach the Skill Instead)
Your students have done tree pose for years and still wobble the same way. Here’s why balance is a skill, not a shape, and the simple progression method that keeps them improving.
let me plan your next yoga class
Feeling uninspired when it’s time to plan? I’m here to help!
Trade me your email for my go-to yoga lesson plan with ideas for every minute. This is the class I teach when my energy is low—but it’s the favorite of my students from 20 to 80 years old! I’ll even give you tips on how to adapt it for various class formats.
