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.
Now Available: Professionalism
My latest online course for yoga and movement teachers is Professionalism, produced at the Carrboro Yoga Company in October as part of our 500-hour teacher training. This course includes candid...
Scheduled: Yoga for Athletes Five-Day Teachers’ Intensive in North Carolina
I've just scheduled my annual five-day teachers' intensive at my home studio, the Carrboro Yoga Company. Come enjoy a wonderful week with like-minded colleagues in beautiful central North Carolina....
Read: 6 Steps to Creating a Welcoming Class
Over at prAna Life, I offer six steps to setting a welcoming, nurturing tone that will make your students feel safe and right at home. While the piece is specifically about yoga, it would work in...
Now Available: Sequencing Yoga Classes from Welcome to Namaste
It's been a busy year, between production of Racing Wisely and its forthcoming audiobook and our ongoing work at the studios to build a great community led by well-trained, experienced yoga...
Read: When Bad Genes Happen to Good People
Please enjoy this fantastic article by Debra Witt up at Purple Clover today, on the smart topic of how to prevent some of the issues you might witness your older relatives begin to grapple with....
Scheduled: Summer Yoga Mala
Join me and my fantastic colleagues Michelle Johnson and Hollie Sue Mann next month for a yoga mala complete with recovery practices! As the light of summer reaches its peak, Michelle Johnson,...
Online Course Tour
It was a treat to play with recording and editing this tour of my online course on teaching yoga to athletes. The sound isn't perfect, but never fear: the sound is great in the actual course videos....
Yoga Teacher Training at Carrboro Yoga
I'm in love with this photo from the penultimate weekend of our 2012–13 yoga teacher training at Carrboro Yoga. (Thanks to Elizabeth Matteson of Inner Voice Wellness for taking it!) In this...
Watch: Sitting to Standing with Blocks
In my yoga for athletes class, we've been working on the transition to standing from a sitting position, without crossing the legs, pushing the hands to the floor, or using much momentum. It builds...
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.
