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.
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...
Just Scheduled: Sequencing Yoga Classes from Welcome to Namaste
I've just scheduled a five-day teachers' intensive to give you concrete and copious tools and sequences no matter what style of yoga (or other movement classes) you teach. This workshop, which meets...
Just Scheduled: Intensive on Teaching Yoga to Athletes
I've booked the dates for my next intensive on teaching yoga to athletes at my home studio, Carrboro Yoga, in beautiful central North Carolina, July 8–12, 2013. If you're more of a winter-in–New...
Teaching Yoga to Athletes: Online vs. In Person
In January, I'll repeat my intensive on teaching yoga to athletes at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in the Berkshires. We had a wonderful time last year and I'm already looking forward to...
Sage Advice: Choosing a Yoga Teacher Training
Aspiring teachers sometimes write me to ask for advice on choosing a teacher training. While I can't make individual recommendations without knowing the teacher-to-be and the offerings in his or her...
Watch: Everything You Wanted to Know about the “Athlete’s Guide” Series
Here's more than you might have ever wanted to know about my books and DVD, footage from my online course on teaching yoga to athletes.
New Site!
If you're looking at this post in a reader (and if you want to be looking at it in a reader, you'll find the RSS feed here), you may not have realized that my site has a new look! Please click on...
Kripalu Post-View, September
Yes, I was in Seattle,however briefly!I am happy to be done with my whirlwind travel week, which began with a trip to Seattle on Wednesday–and a trip back on Thursday! In between, I loved meeting...
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.
