“Get out of your comfort zone.” It’s everywhere—bumper stickers, Instagram captions, motivational posters. The message is clear: your comfort zone is a problem to be solved. But here’s a definition I keep coming back to: the place where you can...
A Real Teacher’s Story of Going from “Someday” to Five Sessions in One Week One of my students learned a five-step recipe for teaching yoga nidra—and then taught it five days in a row. She didn’t wait until she felt ready. She didn’t sign up for a six-month...
You’ve been teaching restorative yoga from what you picked up in your 200-hour training—a few supported poses you remember, some blanket folding you figured out on your own, and a general sense that students should relax. It works . . . sort of. But you know...
The yoga-for-athletes market has completely transformed in the last five years. If you’re a yoga teacher interested in working with athletes—or already doing it—the landscape you’re operating in looks nothing like it did pre-2020. I’ve been teaching yoga to athletes...
Theming a yoga class takes five minutes—not five hours. Yet for many yoga teachers, it’s one of the top sources of pre-class stress, ahead of sequencing and music selection. The problem isn’t a lack of creativity. It’s the belief that every class needs a Big Idea—a...
