Let’s Go, 2023

Let’s Go, 2023

Friends, I hope the dawn of 2023 finds you well! I spent much of 2022 working on things that will emerge over the course of 2023 and 2024, including my tenth book. I will share more about that, and another book project—my first second edition—soon. Other things...
How to Write a Yoga Bio That Stands Out

How to Write a Yoga Bio That Stands Out

Whether you are building your yoga website or teaching at a gym, studio, or festival, you will need a good biography. Start with role models. Look online at the bios of your favorite teachers, both those with a national visibility, with whom you may have studied...
Yoga Nidra Practice and Teacher Training

Yoga Nidra Practice and Teacher Training

On Friday, November 18, I’ll lead a pop-up Yoga Nidra class at Carrboro Yoga. We start at 6 p.m. Yoga Nidra is a guided relaxation that leads you through the layers of your being with the goal of accessing bliss. If savasana is your favorite part of yoga class,...
What’s the Difference Between Gentle, Yin, and Restorative Yoga?

What’s the Difference Between Gentle, Yin, and Restorative Yoga?

If you have explored the softer side of yoga, you have probably encountered gentle, yin, and restorative yoga. But there’s often confusion around the differences between these three approaches, and not just for students, for teachers as well! While they can be...
Mark Your Calendars: Kripalu 2023

Mark Your Calendars: Kripalu 2023

Mark your calendars now for two workshops Alexandra DeSiato and I will be co-leading at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Lenox, Massachusetts: Recharge: A Retreat for Yoga and Movement Teachers, Sunday–Friday, October 1–6Teaching Yoga Beyond the Poses: Create...
Satisfaction Equals Perception Minus Expectations

Satisfaction Equals Perception Minus Expectations

One of our teachers at Carolina Yoga Company also teaches business classes at the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School. There, she told me, she tells her students that customer satisfaction follows this formula: Satisfaction = Perception −...