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.
Last Days for Early Bird Rates: Designing and Teaching Gentle Yoga Sequences and Classes
The $50 early bird savings for my upcoming continuing education program for movement teachers, Designing and Teaching Gentle Yoga Sequences and Classes, is good through August 23, so now is the time...
Watch: Six Moves of the Spine, Supine, One Leg
One of my favorite sequences can work as a warmup, as an end-of-practice sequence, and as yoga to do in bed. Here's a run-through; when you are practicing this on your own, take your time with each...
Registration Open: Kripalu in September and October
For over a decade, teaching at the magical Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Lenox, Massachusetts, has been the highlight of my work travel schedule. The last time I was there was in late...
Imposter Syndrome Is Normal
Our yoga teacher trainees at Carolina Yoga Company and in my continuing education courses often ask me, “When did you stop feeling like a fraud?” The question makes me smile, because it presumes...
New Video: Split Squat Flow
Surrendering shrimp, aggressive chicken: there’s a new flow up in my Sequence Library! This standing sequence uses a split squat, lateral lunge, and eagle pose to challenge your legs and balance...
Listen: Run with Fitpage Podcast
I had a wonderful conversation with Vikas Singh of the Fitpage website and podcast in India about yoga for runners, breathing techniques, and lots more. This featured an especially wonderful...
Teachers, Your Class Is Not Your Practice
Your yoga class is not your asana practice time. Don't overdemonstrate. Hold the demo just long enough to make your point. This can be really tough for new teachers. Remember, you're leading yoga,...
Meet Steve Shelton of Brummel Academy
Meet Steve Shelton of Chicagoland's Brummel Academy, the most recently certified graduate of Teaching Yoga to Athletes. A former high school and college football player, Steve has the bona fides to...
Early Bird through June 1: 200-Hour Summer Intensive YTT
If your relationship to your yoga practice has shifted over the last few years, it may be time for you to embark on yoga teacher training! At Carolina Yoga Company, we offer three formats of our...
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.
