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.

D.C., NYC

A few yoga for athletes options for you cosmopolitan East Coasters. I'll be in Washington, D.C. (well, technically, Chevy Chase) this weekend to lead my intensive on teaching yoga to athletes at the...

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Back to Its Natural State

I had my hair blown out today, for fun and because I had the time after my semiannual haircut. It's been two years or so since I've seen it straight. The children were alarmed. "You look like a...

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Tough Call

I spent the first ten years of my life in Buffalo, New York. These years included the Blizzard of '77, which buried our AMC Pacer so much that not even a hump of the car was visible in the snow....

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Magazine Favorites

Today, I enjoyed a nice lunch with Joe Nuss, managing editor of Endurance Magazine, where my yoga column has been running since 2004. (Wow.) Joe says he and Steve Lackey, the publisher, often...

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Mopping the Floors

Tuesdays and Thursdays, I arrive at Carrboro Yoga midday to sign in and enjoy Ruth's noon Power Flow class. One of my first chores, and my most favorite, is cleaning the floor. I slowly push...

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Christmas Tree Yoga

I was honored to teach a lovely group of yogis and yoginis for an all-levels, all-ages holiday practice today. In honor of the season, we enjoyed tree pose in a number of orientations: on our backs,...

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It’s Always Been Here

One of my regular private yoga lessons is to a couple in their home. I see the wife more often; the husband travels a lot for his busy job, and when he's in town, he joins. This morning during...

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Creatures of Habit

My dog, Manta Ray, accompanies me on my twice-daily walk taking the girls to and from the elementary school down the street. Morning departure is hectic and broadly telegraphed, with increasingly...

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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.