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.
Now Available: All-New Sequence Library
Are you looking for ways to freshen up your yoga classes or your home practice? Or have you read Everyday Yoga and wished the pages could come to life? If so, I have the perfect resource for you: my all-new freshly recorded Sequence Library!
Available Today: Adaptive Yoga by Ingrid Yang and Kyle Fahey
Welcome to the world a wonderful, much-needed, beautifully produced book: Adaptive Yoga by Dr. Ingrid Yang and Dr. Kyle Fahey. I give this book my absolute highest recommendation!
Last Call: Daytime Online Yoga Teacher Training
Here’s your last call to sign up for the Carolina Yoga Company 200-hour daytime online yoga teacher training that starts in January.
Evaluation for Existing Teachers
Yoga teachers: are you letting your class sizes be a de facto form of student feedback? Here are ways actively to seek improvement and serve your students better.
Bonus Question to Ask About YTT
I recently had a conversation with a prospective yoga teacher trainee who had read The Professional Yoga Teacher’s Handbook and who turned the tables on me by asking me all the questions I suggest aspiring teachers ask teacher training directors. But she added a great question of her own.
Newly Certified: Vicky Tu
Meet Vicky Tu, the most recently certified Sage Yoga for Athletes teacher! Because she holds a PhD in neuroscience, Vicky is especially interested in the intersections between the body and mind.
Questions to Ask about YTT
While The Professional Yoga Teacher’s Handbook is for teachers of every level, part 1 of the book helps aspiring teachers chart a path through yoga teacher training. Specifically, I suggest that as you evaluate your YTT options, you ask these questions.
Coming in January: 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Online in Real Time
The Carolina Yoga Co. 200-hour yoga teacher training meets online in real time on weekdays starting in January. Deepen your understanding of yoga, learn to teach and have a wonderful experience of personal growth!
Résumé Time
With studios starting to reopen for in-person classes or looking for new online teachers, now is a good time to brush up or create your yoga teaching résumé—even if you aren’t currently teaching.
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.
