The class you’re most likely to be asked to teach—and least likely to have been taught Sooner or later, a studio asks you to sub yin yoga, or to add a yin class to your schedule; or a student asks what yin actually is, and you realize your training skipped it. Most...
Updated October 2026 The best online yoga teacher training is the one that fits what you want from it and can show you, before you pay, that it will teach you to teach: live time with a lead trainer who still teaches real students, practice teaching with specific...
Most conversations about yoga philosophy begin politely, with a Sanskrit term and a respectful nod to the Yoga Sutras. When I sat down with my dear friend and longtime writing partner, Alexandra DeSiato, to talk about our new book, she opened with death. That is very...
You dim the lights, prop everyone up, lower your voice to its softest register, and say, “Now just relax.” Then you look around the room and a small voice starts in: is this actually working? Are they settling, or just lying there waiting for it to end? If you’ve ever...
The first time I stood in front of a college football team, I had been teaching yoga for years. I was a published author. I had credentials. And within the first five minutes, I knew that the cues I used every day in a studio class were landing like a foreign...
Your 200-hour training probably gave restorative yoga an afternoon—maybe an hour. Someone propped you up in a supported shape, dimmed the lights, and the curriculum moved on. Now your students keep asking for slower classes, the Thursday-evening restorative slot needs...
