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.
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....
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Thank You, Wellness Center
It's Wednesday evening and getting dark, and I'm feeling nostalgic for the class I've just retired from: a Yoga for Athletes class at the UNC Wellness Center. I taught the class for the last six...
Reverse Vinyasa
This is a follow-up to my variations on vinyasa post, as well as the story of a lightbulb moment. During my fantastically fun intensive on teaching yoga to athletes (there's still room for a few...
Variations on Vinyasa
In my class this week (join me for a repeat Thursday night at 5:45), there are a lot of opportunities for the vinyasa from plank through chaturanga to cobra or upward-facing dog to downward-facing...
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.
