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.
The Yoga Teaching Voice Mistake That Costs You Students (And What to Say Instead)
Over-cueing the position and under-cueing the feeling is a habit that loses students. Here are three language shifts—plus the mindset behind them—to try in your next class.
Yoga Sequencing Ideas: Plan Fresh Classes Without the Overwhelm
Stuck planning the same classes every week? Here’s how to use a simple sequencing framework to generate fresh yoga class ideas in minutes—without starting from scratch.
How to Earn $500 a Session Teaching Yoga to Athletes (Without a Studio)
Yes, a yoga teacher can earn $500 for a single session with an athlete, no studio required. Here’s how the number works, why athletes pay premium, and the path to building that practice.
Effort and Ease: How Sthira and Sukha Reshape Your Yoga Teaching
You’ve cued “effort and ease” a thousand times. Here’s the Sanskrit framework underneath it—and how to use sthira sukha in your cues, your sequencing, and your whole teaching career.
How to Plan a Hands-Free Yoga Class Your Students Can Actually Sustain
A hands-free yoga class is a full, balanced practice in its own right. Here’s how to sequence one that satisfies the 6–4–2 checklist across all four quarters—no weight on the wrists required.
How to Sequence a Yoga Class in 15 Minutes Using the 6–4–2 Method
After 20 years of teaching, I plan a balanced 60-minute class in about 15 minutes using a simple structural checklist. Here’s the 6–4–2 Method, start to finish.
The Three Gunas Explained: Yoga Philosophy You Can Use
Meet the gunas—tamas, rajas, and sattva—and learn a simple, Sanskrit-free way to notice your energy and theme a whole class around it.
How to Plan Your Yoga Class Without Spending 3 Hours
A simple framework and a batch-planning workflow that turn three-hour Sunday planning sessions into one focused hour a month—without sacrificing the quality of your classes.
The 5 Skills 200-Hour YTT Doesn’t Teach You (And How to Learn Them)
Most working yoga teachers finish their 200-hour and feel a gap they can’t name. Here are the five skills almost every training misses—and a concrete way to practice each one this week.
let me plan your next yoga class
Feeling uninspired when it’s time to plan? I’m here to help!
Trade me your email for my go-to yoga lesson plan with ideas for every minute. This is the class I teach when my energy is low—but it’s the favorite of my students from 20 to 80 years old! I’ll even give you tips on how to adapt it for various class formats.
