The Discipline Paradox: Why Structure Sets Your Teaching Free

The Discipline Paradox: Why Structure Sets Your Teaching Free

Every Labor Day weekend, I sign up for something new. A training, a planning system, a color-coded calendar I am positive will finally stick. Most years, by the third week of September, it has quietly fallen apart, and I have gone back to whatever I was doing before....
How to Teach Yin Yoga: The Framework Behind a Full Class

How to Teach Yin Yoga: The Framework Behind a Full Class

The four and a half minutes nobody trained you for You said yes to the yin class. Maybe it was a sub request, maybe it was a seasonal add on a quiet Sunday evening, and maybe you said yes because it looked like the easiest hour on the schedule: five to ten shapes,...
Why Your Students Wobble: The Four Balance Systems (For Yoga Teachers)

Why Your Students Wobble: The Four Balance Systems (For Yoga Teachers)

What’s actually happening in a shaky tree pose, and how to teach toward it on purpose A student wobbles in tree pose, catches herself, and apologizes before you’ve said a word. That apology is the tell: she thinks the wobble means she failed. It doesn’t. Balance isn’t...

Do You Need a Certification to Teach Yin Yoga?

The honest answer, and the standard that replaces it Let’s answer the question first: no. Nobody is going to show up and check your papers before you teach a yin class. There’s no yin police, no governing body, no license that exists to revoke. If that sounds like...