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.
Teaching Yoga to Athletes: Now with Captions
In 2020, I re-filmed all the lectures for my signature course, Teaching Yoga to Athletes. And now I’ve added captions, to make these lectures more accessible!
Newly Certified: Mark Bonner
Meet Mark Bonner, the most recently certified graduate of my Teaching Yoga to Athletes course! Mark teaches online and in Salisbury in the UK. He’s got a wonderful skillset!
Upcoming Continuing Education, In Person and Virtual
What a total joy it is to have live in-person trainings to announce! If you are a yoga or movement teacher, I hope to see you this fall for one or more of these: Teaching Yoga to Athletes What:...
DIY Consent Cards
Now that social distancing has eased in yoga studios, there's a potential for teachers to offer manual assists again. At Carolina Yoga Company, our policy is that this happens only with expressed...
Guide: Essential Questions to Ask About Yoga Teacher Training
It’s a joy to have a live, in-person yoga teacher training on the schedule at Carolina Yoga Company! As part of my planning for this fall’s weekend-format YTT, I created a guide, “Essential Questions to Ask About Yoga Teacher Training.” Get it here.
Registration Open: Roots and Wings—Fundamentals and Next Steps
with Christine Veit and Sage Rountree SIX WEDNESDAYS, JUNE 23–JULY 28, 6:30–7:45 P.M., AT CARRBORO YOGA COMPANY Christine Root yourself in the basics of yoga while learning to fly free in any yoga...
Last Call: Teaching Yoga Beyond the Poses Live Online Saturday
It’s not too late to join me and Alexandra DeSiato for a live online workshop this Saturday, March 27! We’ll discuss how to find your authentic voice as a yoga or movement teacher so you can elevate your classes by incorporating themes to help your students feel better connected.
Virtual Book Event Sunday, March 21
Join me for a virtual book event hosted by Swamp Fox Bookstore and Vella Yoga in Marion, Iowa, on Sunday, March 21, at 3 p.m. EDT/2 Central. It’s free!
Live Online Theming Workshop March 27
Join me live 3/27 for a workshop keyed to Teaching Yoga Beyond the Poses that will build your comfort incorporating themes and philosophy in your yoga class.
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.