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.
Yoga Teacher Training: Benefits, Drawbacks, Cost, and Time Commitment (An Honest Breakdown)
Considering a 200-hour yoga teacher training? Here’s an honest breakdown of the benefits, drawbacks, realistic cost, and time commitment—from a teacher educator who has graduated hundreds of teachers since 2011.
How to Teach Yoga Balance Poses for Every Body
Balance is a teaching skill before it’s a pose. Here’s how to scale tree, eagle, and dancer for the whole curve of your class without singling anyone out, using the sweeter-to-spicier spectrum and the 6–4–2 framework.
How to Find High-Paying Athlete Yoga Clients at 5 Local Venues (No Pro Teams Required)
You don’t need connections to professional sports teams to build a profitable practice teaching yoga to athletes. These five types of local venues exist in almost every town—and they’re filled with committed athletes who are already spending money on their training.
E86: The Two Arrows—Why Your Suffering About Suffering Is the Real Problem
A 2,500-year-old Buddhist teaching, adapted for yoga teachers: how to tell the difference between what’s actually happening and the story you’re adding on top—and what to do about it when the Sunday-night spiral starts.
How to Build Confidence as a New Yoga Teacher: 5 Tools You Can Use in Your Next Class
After 20+ years of teaching and training yoga teachers, I can tell you confidence doesn’t come from more certifications—it comes from reps. Here are five practical tools you can use in your very next class.
Do You Need RYT-500 to Teach Yoga to Athletes?
You don’t need RYT-500 certification to teach yoga to athletes. Learn what actually matters—and why waiting for more hours delays the meaningful work athletes need from you now.
How Much to Charge for Private Yoga Lessons: A Step-by-Step Pricing Framework
For yoga teachers freezing on the “what do you charge?” text: a craft-first framework for private lesson pricing, including the $75 floor, packages, a 24-hour cancellation policy, and a goals-first intake.
How to Teach Balance in Yoga Class (So Every Body Can Actually Practice It)
Balance isn’t one pose—it’s a skill built from four systems, a plastic brain, and a classroom where wobbling is allowed. Here’s how to teach it so every body can practice.
How Yoga Teachers Pitch Themselves: From “Why Not Me?” to “Why Me?”
A two-question mindset for yoga teachers who are ready to pitch their workshop, hang out a shingle for private lessons, or finally take up the space their training has earned them.
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.
