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.
Watch: Book Talk on Balance
In this book talk I presented at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, I spoke on the subjects of my two recent books: The Art of Yoga Sequencing and The Athlete’s Guide to Recovery. Both are about finding balance—especially the balance between making things happen and letting things happen.
Listen: Another Mother Runner Podcast on Recovery
I had a great time chatting with Sarah and Tish of the Another Mother Runner podcast about all things recovery! The episode is live today wherever you get your podcasts, or listen here.
Books to Help You Up Your Game—and Destress
Can reading a personal finance book really make you a better athlete?
Absolutely!
As I explain in The Athlete’s Guide to Recovery, your best tools for peak performance are sleep, nutrition, and stress management. Less stress, better recovery. And one smart way to reduce your stress is to get a handle on your money—and your relationship to it.
Preorder Sequencing Book and Get the Library Free
Preorder my forthcoming book, THE ART OF YOGA SEQUENCING, and get the companion video demo Sequence Library for free! Here’s how.
New! Core Strength for Real People: Figure 4 and Curtsy
Come to finishing school! 🫅🏻Challenge your balance and build hip strength in this fun sequence that includes a curtsy lunge. You’ll work from your back, from table pose, and from standing.
Join the Workshop Workshop and Teach Great Yoga Workshops
The Workshop Workshop gives you all the materials you need to lead life-changing, problem-solving workshops for your students. And you’ll earn CEUs!
What You Can Learn from Joe-Paul’s Story
The Workshop Workshop will walk you through the entire process of planning, placing, and promoting meaningful workshops for whatever students and whatever topic you best work with.
Build a Clear Image of Your Students and Your Niche
I don’t just teach workshops, I also book workshops at my studio, Carrboro Yoga Company. Here’s what I want you to know.
How to Find Your Niche as a Yoga Teacher
Here is an exercise to help you find your niche and hone your voice as a yoga teacher across all the things you offer: workshops, classes, even social media and any other messages you deliver to your students.
let me plan your next yoga class
Feeling uninspired when it’s time to plan? I’m here to help!
Give me your email and I’ll send you 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.
