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.
Upcoming Continuing Education and Advanced Studies Workshops
We are delighted to return to live in-person trainings at Carolina Yoga Company’s Carrboro studio! This first round is led by me and my excellent collaborator and coauthor, Alexandra DeSiato.
Meet Prof. Jen McDonald
Meet Professor Jen McDonald, the most recently certified graduate of Teaching Yoga to Athletes.
Guide: The Fastest, Cheapest, and Best Way to Improve Your Teaching
Feedback helps us grow as teachers. But as yoga teachers, we don’t often get much feedback. Our students vote with their feet—they return or don’t. We may not receive evaluation from our employers...
Live In-Person and Virtual Teaching Yoga to Athletes
If, like me, you love the dynamic of a live classroom, join me for Teaching Yoga to Athletes at Lift Body + Yoga in Atlanta Friday–Sunday, October 15–17.
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.
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.
