How to Become Your Students’ Favorite Yoga Teacher (Almost)

How to Become Your Students’ Favorite Yoga Teacher (Almost)

You’re never going to be everyone’s favorite yoga teacher. I put the word almost into this series title on purpose, because the chase for universal approval is precisely what keeps good teachers from becoming anyone’s favorite at all. The harder you contort yourself...
Beginner Yoga Class Plan: A Filled-In Example You Can Teach This Week

Beginner Yoga Class Plan: A Filled-In Example You Can Teach This Week

Planning a beginner class is mostly a matter of restraint. New students need fewer poses than you think, held a little longer than you might expect, and repeated week after week until the shapes feel familiar. Below is a complete 60-minute beginner yoga class plan...
Can a Whole Course Be About Core?

Can a Whole Course Be About Core?

What twenty hours of core training for yoga teachers actually covers, lecture by lecture If you’re thinking, Isn’t core just crunches? Then twenty hours of continuing education about the core might sound excessive—until you see what confident core teaching actually...