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.
The Five Things Keeping You Stuck: An Introduction to the Kleshas
Five forces fire in ninety seconds of scrolling and land as one feeling: I’m not enough. The Yoga Sutras named them. Here’s how the five kleshas show up in your teaching life, and a checklist to catch them.
Yoga Alliance Certification: What It Actually Means (and What It Doesn’t)
Yoga Alliance is a registry, not a certifying body. Here’s what the designations actually mean, when registration matters for your teaching career, and what your students truly care about.
How to Teach Yoga to Athletes: The Training Path
Teaching yoga to athletes is a distinct skill set—and one traditional YTT doesn’t cover. Here’s what yoga for athletes training actually involves and how to build a career doing this work.
Learn to Teach Restorative Yoga: Start Here (Free Guide + 7 Videos)
Your training barely covered restorative yoga—but your students keep asking for rest. Start with the free Six Supports guide, then follow the seven-video series that teaches the whole framework.
What can I teach instead of plank and down dog—without dumbing down the flow?
When wrists need a break, you don’t need a watered-down class. Here’s what to teach instead of plank and down dog—eight hands-free sequences that keep your flow balanced and intact.
Restorative Yoga That Actually Restores
The difference between a class that says rest and one that actually restores comes down to how well you understand the nervous system you’re trying to talk to.
The Yoga Teaching Voice Mistake That Costs You Students (And What to Say Instead)
Over-cueing the position and under-cueing the feeling is a habit that loses students. Here are three language shifts—plus the mindset behind them—to try in your next class.
Yoga Sequencing Ideas: Plan Fresh Classes Without the Overwhelm
Stuck planning the same classes every week? Here’s how to use a simple sequencing framework to generate fresh yoga class ideas in minutes—without starting from scratch.
How to Earn $500 a Session Teaching Yoga to Athletes (Without a Studio)
Yes, a yoga teacher can earn $500 for a single session with an athlete, no studio required. Here’s how the number works, why athletes pay premium, and the path to building that practice.
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.
