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.
How to Theme Your Yoga Classes with Confidence
Theming isn’t just sharing a quote at the start of class—it’s what ties your teaching together, making it more engaging and memorable. Here’s how to theme with confidence, balance personal and universal themes, and make yoga philosophy accessible.
Affirmation: My Students Value My Work
Yoga teacher affirmation: My students value my work as much as I value myself.
Confident Pricing for Yoga Teachers: How to Charge What You’re Worth
Struggling with pricing your yoga offerings? Learn how to confidently set rates for private lessons, workshops, and corporate classes while avoiding common pricing pitfalls.
Affirmation: I serve my students by finding the right way to teach them
Yoga teacher affirmation: I serve my students by finding the right way to teach them.
Are Sun Salutations Sabotaging Your Classes? How to Fix Them
Sun salutations are a classic yoga sequence, but they don’t work for every student. The constant up-and-down movements, wrist pressure, and flexibility demands can alienate students and lower retention. In this post, discover practical modifications that make sun salutations accessible and effective for all levels—ensuring your classes stand out and students keep coming back.
Are You Making One of These Two Common Yoga Lesson Planning Mistakes?
Are you unknowingly making one of the two biggest mistakes in yoga lesson planning? Many new teachers fall into either the “overplanner” or “free spirit” category, and both approaches can drive students away. Here’s how to find the perfect balance between structure and spontaneity, ensuring your classes are both engaging and effective.
Finding Balance: When to Demo and When to Observe in Yoga Teaching
Teaching yoga is about more than guiding students through poses. It’s about connection—with your students, the practice, and the space you share. But finding the right balance between demonstrating poses and stepping off your mat to observe can be tricky.
Affirmation: No Failure, Just Feedback
Yoga teacher affirmation: There’s no failure, just feedback.
Lessons from Failure: How a Workshop Misstep Became a Game-Changer
Have you ever launched a workshop or class that didn’t go as planned? That’s what happened with my Plan a Month in an Hour workshop. From missed emails to unprepared participants and even a no-show redo, it felt like a failure—until I realized it was the feedback I needed to create something better.
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