Introducing Core Strength for Real People

I’m really bursting with excitement about this one: introducing my new video series, Core Strength for Real People! This will be an ongoing series with new content appearing regularly. To get you started, there are four doable routines and three mini-practices...

Reblog: Hunchback, Begone! Relief for Your Upper Back, Part 1

Here’s a piece I wrote for Yoga for Aging Athletes in reply to the Buzzfeed hunchback incident. Let’s talk about the hunch! It’s been on my mind both over time—I have a prominently rounded, or kyphotic upper back, and have since childhood (one doctor...

Conditional Language, Agency, and Liberation Prison Yoga

If I were to make a word cloud of the language I use while teaching, some of the bigger words would be or, maybe, might, could, can, and try. I’d been thinking this was a weakness—offering students too many choices, suggesting a passivity that stands in contrast...

Postview: Yoga Journal LIVE! NYC

It was a treat to connect with the sweet students at Yoga Journal LIVE! in New York last weekend. I taught three sessions and, as promised, am writing up a postview with practice notes. (This is my preferred method, as it lets me teach to the students who are there,...

Yoga Journal LIVE! Single-Class Passes on Sale Tomorrow

Next weekend, I’ll be presenting at Yoga Journal LIVE! at the Hilton Midtown in New York City. Single-class passes go on sale Monday, April 4, right here. Using the code SAGE will save you 15 percent! Here are my offerings: Core Strength for Real People Friday,...

New: The Workshop Workshop

Yoga and movement teachers: there’s a new course for you at Sage Yoga Teacher Training! The Workshop Workshop is an online workbook course that will lead you through all the steps for planning, placing, and promoting a workshop to help your students grow.  ...