Last updated: July 2026 TL;DR: Build a mindfulness community the way you build a good class: structure first, then warmth. Show up on a consistent schedule, teach a repeatable base plan so your attention is free for the humans in the room, greet students by name, add...
Joy and comparison can’t share the same breath—so how do you choose joy? I don’t run much anymore, so most mornings you’ll find me walking—usually with my husband, often before the day has decided what it wants to be. We have a little game. When another walker comes...
The question every newly certified teacher gets asked—and how to answer it for yourself You barely made it out of your 200-hour training before the question started: are you going to get your 500? Sometimes it’s a friend from your cohort. Sometimes it’s a...
Online yoga teacher trainings run anywhere from eleven dollars to well over three thousand. If you’ve been searching, you already know how wide that range is, and the price tags never explain the gap. So how do you tell them apart? I’ve been training yoga...
Most conversations about yoga philosophy begin politely, with a Sanskrit term and a respectful nod to the Yoga Sutras. When I sat down with my dear friend and longtime writing partner, Alexandra DeSiato, to talk about our new book, she opened with death. That is very...
