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.
Newly Certified: Shelley Sams
Meet Shelley Sams, one of the newest certified Sage Yoga for Athletes teachers. Although she has been a student of ours at Carrboro Yoga, she's now living in Malawi, where she teaches both locals...
New: Core Strength for Real People: Reset Your Hips and Spine
All the core exercises in the world are useless if you can't balance your pelvis and spine. In these relaxing exercises, you'll give the muscles that control movement of your hips and back a...
Read and Watch: 8 Yoga Poses for Injury-Free Running
The September issue of Runner's World includes my favorite go-to core routine. I like to say it's just enough to make you feel like you can check off the "I did my core!" box for the day. Including...
Sage Advice: Balance Professionalism and Personality in Yoga Classes
Your teaching persona should be authentic to your day-to-day self, but that doesn't mean you would share with your students in the same way as you would with your friends. I explored how to find the...
Excerpt: Anti-Aging Health Benefits of Yoga
If you've ordered your copy of Lifelong Yoga and are waiting for it to arrive—or if you need a reminder to order it—take a look at this excerpt from the book, over at Yoga Journal. Along with the...
Pub Day: LIFELONG YOGA
Today's the official release date for Lifelong Yoga. While it's my seventh book, it also marks some important firsts—it's my first book cowritten with my longtime assistant, Alexandra DeSiato, my...
The Absence of Stress ≠ the Presence of Recovery
Much of my work is selling the concept of recovery. My weekly Yoga for Athletes classes have a little bit of movement, mostly focused on balance, but the majority of class is an opportunity for Type...
Sage Advice: Medical Emergencies in Class
The first article I ever wrote for Yoga Journal gives advice to yoga teachers about how to deal with medical emergencies in class. Despite every studio's and teacher's efforts to create a safe...
New: Core Strength for Real People: Pinup Warmup
Want to move over the long weekend without having to stand up? Here's a preview of my new Pinup Warmup sequence, which focuses on mobilization through the shoulders and spine and activation of the...
let me plan your next yoga class
Feeling uninspired when it’s time to plan? I’m here to help!
Give me your email and I’ll send you 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.
