I once received an email from a yoga teacher who wanted to teach at “Triangle Yoga.” That was our competition down the street. The email was clearly a mass copy-paste job, and it went straight to the trash. As co-owner of Carrboro Yoga Company, I’ve...
Most people who Google “yoga teacher training” are looking for permission to follow a calling they already feel. Consider this your permission—and a reality check that might change why you pursue it. The Short Answer: Yes, It’s Worth It—But Maybe Not...
I’ve spent twenty years watching yoga teachers struggle with the same pattern. They graduate from their 200-hour training full of knowledge and excitement, start teaching . . . and then something happens. They’re standing in front of a class of three...
Many yoga teachers are secretly terrified of teaching meditation. You can cue a vinyasa in your sleep. You can adjust a warrior two without thinking. But that moment when you ask students to close their eyes, sit still, and turn inward? That’s when the panic...
If you are a yoga teacher, there is a good chance Instagram lives rent-free in your head. Maybe you have been told you “need to be on Instagram” to build your brand. Maybe you have heard that you should be posting Reels three times a week, engaging in the...
Lana Boone remembers the feeling well: standing at the front of the room, trying to teach something other than her familiar Baptiste sequence, and feeling absolutely terrified. “Before your program, I was terrified to teach them,” she told me recently,...
