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.
Discount: Yoga Journal LIVE in New York
I’ll present three offerings as part of the Yoga Journal LIVE! weekend in New York: Core Strength for Real People, Friday, April 8, 5:30–7:00 p.m. A More Perfect Union: Building Better Balance,...
Scheduled: The Workshop Workshop
I've always had a fondness for metanarrative—stories that are about themselves. It was the topic of my master's thesis (on metanarrative cinema, and yes, this included The Muppet Movie and Pee-Wee's...
“How Do I Make Myself Relax?”
The youngest participant in my recent weekend on yoga for athletes at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health was a twelve-year-old swimmer. Toward the end of the first session's savasana—the quiet...
Postview: Kripalu 2016
For the eighth consecutive year, I had a wonderful time leading a weekend on yoga for athletes, as well as spending five days investigating teaching yoga to athletes with my colleagues. (If you'd...
Highest Recommendation: Yoga for Athletes and Active People Video with Steve
Steve Krojniewski—Krojo to his friends, and everyone is a friend to Steve—is a certified Sage Yoga for Athletes teacher and one of my senior assistants. Steve, who works with several University of...
Newly Certified: Jo Marchi
Meet Jo Marchi, who has just finished her certification in Sage Yoga for Athletes! (Start yours at sageyogateachertraining.com.) We had the great pleasure of Jo's company in Carrboro last summer for...
Scheduled: Yoga Journal LIVE! New York
I'll present three offerings as part of the Yoga Journal LIVE! weekend in New York, then hustle home to graduate our 8-month yoga teacher training: Core Strength for Real People, Friday, April 8,...
Everyday Yoga: Now in Spanish as Yoga Diario
Do you prefer your Everyday Yoga en español? You're in luck: Ediciones Tutor has just published the Spanish-language edition. Read all about it and order it here. Sinopsis Sage Rountree, la experta...
Scheduled: Yoga for Athletes Weekend, Shreveport
Friends in northern Louisiana and environs: please join me at Breathe Yoga Shreveport for one or all of these sessions in February! Friday, 2/26, 6:00–8:00 p.m.: Yoga for All Athletes: Sage will...
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.
