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: Kelsey Hood
Meet Kelsey Hood, one of the newest certified Sage Yoga for Athletes teachers. Kelsey grew up in Iowa and played soccer at the University of Minnesota, then professionally for five years. She lives...
Hillsborough Spa and Day Retreat First Anniversary Party
Join me, my business partner Lies, spa director Dara, and the wonderful staff of the Hillsborough Spa and Day Retreat at our first anniversary party! We'll be open Sunday, October 29, 2:00–5:00...
Scheduled: Yoga for Athletes and Teaching Yoga to Athletes at Kripalu
Time flies: 2018 will mark my tenth year on the faculty at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Lenox, Massachusetts. What a lovely place! My trips there always restore me. The students are...
The Toughest Part of Yoga Teacher Training
We're in our eleventh round of 200-hour yoga teacher training at Carolina Yoga Company. (Join us for the twelfth! Or go deeper with our 500-hour advanced studios yoga teacher training!) As usual, we...
Newly Certified: Melissa Butler
Meet Melissa Butler, one of the newest certified Sage Yoga for Athletes teachers. Melissa was part of the sweet group that did the in-person five-day at 1440 Multiversity in the Santa Cruz...
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...
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.
