The first time I felt true rest, I wasn’t trying to. I was deep in Ironman training, carrying the kind of fatigue that made me look forward to dentist appointments—because they meant I got to lie down for forty-five minutes. I signed up for a restorative workshop...
You’ve been teaching restorative yoga from what you picked up in your 200-hour training—a few supported poses you remember, some blanket folding you figured out on your own, and a general sense that students should relax. It works . . . sort of. But you know...
Theming a yoga class takes five minutes—not five hours. Yet for many yoga teachers, it’s one of the top sources of pre-class stress, ahead of sequencing and music selection. The problem isn’t a lack of creativity. It’s the belief that every class needs a Big Idea—a...
I was teaching my regular Monday night balance class when I caught myself doing something I’ve done literally over a thousand times. I settled everyone in. I asked them to notice their bodies on the mat. Then I invited them to turn their attention to their breath....
There’s a skill you use every time you step in front of a yoga class, and chances are no one ever formally taught it to you: storytelling. You tell stories when you introduce a theme. You tell stories in your newsletters. You tell stories on your website,...
Here’s something most yoga teachers don’t want to hear: great classes alone won’t keep your students coming back. I learned this the hard way. For years, I watched my most loyal students slowly drift away—not because my classes weren’t good,...
