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.
How to Teach Balance in Yoga Class (So Every Body Can Actually Practice It)
Balance isn’t one pose—it’s a skill built from four systems, a plastic brain, and a classroom where wobbling is allowed. Here’s how to teach it so every body can practice.
How Yoga Teachers Pitch Themselves: From “Why Not Me?” to “Why Me?”
A two-question mindset for yoga teachers who are ready to pitch their workshop, hang out a shingle for private lessons, or finally take up the space their training has earned them.
How to Build a Yoga Teaching Career without Burning Out
Most yoga teachers quit within two years—not for lack of talent, but because nobody showed them what a sustainable career actually looks like. Here’s the five-phase career map and practical strategies for building a yoga teaching career that lasts.
The Benefits of Private Yoga Lessons (and How to Help Students See Them)
When a student lingers after class and asks about doing a private, do you fumble the explanation? Here’s what private yoga lessons actually do that group classes can’t—plus scripts you can adapt for the four students most likely to ask.
My First Time Teaching NFL Players Yoga (And What I Got Wrong)
I made every mistake possible the first time I taught yoga to future NFL players. Here are the three biggest—and what actually works instead.
Why a Private Yoga Lesson Isn’t a Smaller Group Class
Your 200-hour didn’t teach you how to teach one person. Here are the three shifts that turn a group-class-for-one into a real private yoga lesson, plus pricing that respects the craft.
Difficult Moments in the Yoga Room: What Every Yoga Teacher Needs to Know
A practical guide to the four classroom situations every yoga teacher will face—students leaving, no-shows, challenging behaviors, and medical emergencies—plus the mindset shift that makes them carryable.
Yoga FOR Athletes vs Athletic Yoga: Why This Distinction Changes Everything
Most yoga teachers confuse yoga FOR athletes with athletic yoga—and it’s costing them clients. Learn the critical distinction that transforms how athletes see your teaching and positions you as a specialist worth premium rates.
Your Students’ Bodies Are Smarter Than Your Boredom
Two principles from exercise physiology—progressive overload and diminishing returns—explain why repeating your yoga lesson plan with small, intentional changes serves your students better than designing a new sequence every week.
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.
