Most new yoga teachers think confidence comes from more training. Twenty years in, I can tell you—it doesn’t. I’ve trained hundreds of teachers in my programs at Carolina Yoga Company and Comfort Zone Yoga, and I’ve watched the same confidence crisis...
The Question That Keeps Yoga Teachers Waiting “I’m only RYT-200. Do I need my 500-hour certification before I can teach athletes?” I hear this every single week. It’s the most common question I get from yoga teachers who want to work with...
A note up top: this post is for yoga teachers wondering what to charge for privates, not for students wondering what to expect to pay. If you teach, keep reading. Someone texts asking about a private. You read the message twice. You start typing a number . . . then...
A few years ago, I was at the doctor’s office for an X-ray on a “sprained” ankle that wouldn’t heal. I’m an ultrarunner, which means I roll my ankles on trails for sport. The doctor—not knowing I’d been teaching yoga for over twenty years—kindly suggested I try...
I just spent two hours in my favorite kind of conversation: a crossover. Sara Joelle came on Yoga Teacher Confidential to talk about storytelling for yoga teachers. Then I went on her show, Point of the Story, to talk about something that started with my husband...
