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.
Hands-Free Yoga Flow for Hips and Shoulders: A Creative Sequence to Build Strength and Balance
Looking for a creative way to challenge your students without using hands on the mat? This hands-free yoga flow builds hip and shoulder mobility while strengthening balance and core control. It’s a full-body standing sequence that’s ideal for athletes, beginners, or anyone avoiding weight-bearing on the hands.
Specialized Pathways in 300-Hour Yoga Teacher Training: Finding Your Teaching Niche
Discover how specialization pathways within 300-hour yoga teacher training can transform your career. From teaching yoga to athletes to specialized approaches like yin and restorative, finding your teaching niche sets you apart and increases your earning potential.
How to Build Confidence as a Yoga Teacher (Even If You Still Feel Like an Impostor)
Confidence isn’t about perfection—it’s about showing up. Learn how to build authentic teaching confidence through repetition, structure, and support.
Affirmation: I know enough
Yoga teacher affirmation: I know enough to help my students right now.
The Secret Power of Yoga Teaching: Nervous System Co-Regulation
The most transformative element of your yoga class isn’t your sequence—it’s the invisible conversation between your nervous system and your students’.
Here’s what’s going on in that conversation.
Mastering Yoga Sequencing: The Foundation of Advanced Teacher Training
Sequencing is what separates exceptional yoga teachers from the rest. Explore how my S.E.R.V.E. Method and 6-4-2 framework provide the foundation for advanced yoga teacher training, helping you find the sweet spot between rigid formulas and chaotic improvisation.
Why More Yoga Certifications Won’t Make You a Better Teacher
Are you caught in the cycle of chasing yoga certifications, thinking one more training will finally make you feel ready? You’re not alone. Many yoga teachers believe that more credentials mean more confidence—but that’s not always true. The reality? Confidence comes from teaching experience, not from another certificate. In this post, we’ll break down why the endless certification chase can hold you back, when more training does make sense, and practical ways to build confidence with the knowledge you already have.
Affirmation: I give my students freedom
Yoga teacher affirmation: I give my students freedom to find their own practice.
The SERVE Method: Break Free from Yoga Class Planning Anxiety
Discover the SERVE Method for yoga teachers: a practical framework to break free from planning anxiety, teach with confidence, and rediscover your joy in teaching. Learn how to balance structure with creativity.
let me plan your next yoga class
Feeling uninspired when it’s time to plan? I’m here to help!
Give me your email and I’ll send you 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.