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join the waitlist: mastering the art of yoga sequencing—a mentorship membership
My forthcoming six-month mentorship membership, Mastering the Art of Yoga Sequencing, will open doors in March!
the model
In the culinary world, cooks learn some in the classroom but far more in the kitchen. A first next step out of culinary school is to stage—that is, to apprentice in a restaurant, rotating through the various stations (salad, sauce, grill, dessert) until these apprentice chefs really understand how to build a complete meal.
This mentorship program follows a similar model, taking you from apprentice to confident chef capable of leading a kitchen—or opening a restaurant.
I do this by giving you done-for-you meal kits with a complete yoga curriculum for you to serve in your own classes. Then in live calls and asynchronous mentorship, I help with done-with-you tweaks to make these dishes perfect for your students. Finally, we check that you are fully comfortable and confident doing your own lesson planning as you go!
Mastering the Art of Yoga Sequencing Mentorship Membership takes you from your 200YTT (or off the sidelines) and into your career. You’ll learn to cook for yourself by understanding the deep structures that go into a well-balanced lesson plan. And I’ll make sure you have all the techniques down for efficient planning of repeatable classes that sell out and keep your students coming back hungry for more.
who it’s for
Here are the archetypes the program will serve:
🧑🍳 The culinary school grad: fresh out of training without real-world knowledge. All book learning, this chef needs to get messy in the kitchen and learn by doing.
This is you if: you are recently out of your 200-hour YTT and just starting to teach.
🧑🍳 The mad genius: like Carmy from The Bear, this chef likes to invent a new, creative menu every time—and winds up creating a lot more work in the process, work that is ultimately unsustainable and doesn’t build a brand or serve the students.
This is you if: you generate a fresh, innovating sequence every single class—and it’s wearing you down.
🧑🍳 The fry cook: has been trained in one sequence at a franchise studio, very much like a cook at McDonald’s. They need to see the deep structures at play in sequencing and then expand their repertoire beyond what they have been repeating every shift.
This is you if: you have come up through a corporate studio and learned to teach one signature sequence (and not much more).
🧑🍳 The home cook: has been out of teaching but maintained their own practice. They need tips for how to scale, to serve yoga to other people, and to grow to a full restaurant.
This is you if: you’ve been sidelined as a teacher and are looking for a refresher and a path back into the classroom.
🧑🍳 The aspiring restaurateur: a teacher who is feeling good about their sequencing but wants affirmation and skill development to eventually open their own restaurant/studio/be a top-level teacher.
This is you if: you feel pretty good about your knowledge but want to be even better; you want to earn your 300-/500-hour certification in a high-touch small-group program like this (the full program constitutes about half of the Carolina Yoga Company 300-hour YTT).
why you need this
When you learn how to sequence your yoga lesson plans, you’ll increase client retention and your career will grow in exciting ways. Both your students and your bank account will benefit.
And if you’re moving toward a 300-/500-hour yoga teacher training, this is the perfect next step. You’ll earn 30 CEUs and get a jumpstart on your credits for the Carolina Yoga Co. 300YTT. The full six-month program will cover about half of the 300 hours.
what you’ll get in the program
Everything is housed online in my new virtual studio, Comfort Zone Yoga.
You’ll get a recipe box of done-for-you lesson plans, including balanced sequences and class themes, keyed to The Art of Yoga Sequencing and Teaching Yoga Beyond the Poses, so you can teach lesson plans that you know satisfy your students, without struggle on your part.
You’ll get technique tips keyed to The Professional Yoga Teacher’s Handbook. You’ll learn to clean up your cueing, refine your language, and level up your professional presentation, so you can be (almost) everyone’s favorite yoga teacher. Your new skill will keep your students returning and bringing friends, building your impact and your income.
Every month has a new featured lesson plan. Think of it as a meal kit. I offer a precooked version—a follow-along video so you can take the class as a student and see how it feels in your body, mind, and spirit. Then I show you, in video and in writing, various ways you can prepare, present, and season this recipe to suit the students you are serving. You’ll get to be a student again—something new teachers often miss.
In the monthly live, call, we’ll workshop ways to customize the month’s recipe for the exact class formats you are teaching and the very students you serve. You’ll leave each call knowing exactly what you’ll teach in your next several classes, and exactly how you’ll teach it.
We’ll also expand each lesson, so you can repeat it with minor variations across the month. This means you’ll offer your students the consistency they need while also spicing things up just the right amount week to week.
You’ll “taste” these featured meals as a student in follow-along recorded classes, so you’ll know just how they land in students’ bodies and minds.
Then you’ll serve these lesson plan sequences to your clients and share feedback with the group and with me about how it went. You’ll benefit from everyone’s knowledge.
You’ll get a Notion database with poses, modifications, and sequences that you can use for quick and easy class planning. Think the Sequence Library on steroids! With a few clicks, you can create your own modular, adaptable lesson plans. Get all your planning done for a month in only a few minutes. (I am so thrilled about this element of the program—it’s my brain in sharable format!)
I also provide asynchronous mentorship for you in the community platform. You’ll get answers to all your questions. I bet you can’t stump me, but if you do, we’ll work together to find the best solution to any yoga teaching problem you’ve ever had.
You’ll be prompted to expand your teaching comfort zone by investigating every element of your class planning and delivery. I will guide you through exercises to get you clear on where to go with your teaching, your marketing, and your career. I have mapped out a pathway through this, and you can also pick your own way through, addressing your most pressing needs so you can be a better teacher right away. You’ll get a gorgeous workbook to complement your journey through this exercises, and the community and I will support you, so that you will feel uplifted, unalone, and unstoppable as a teacher.
time commitment
The time you spend in the kitchen is up to you!
If you are a minimalist, you can get what you need and share your feedback and questions in an hour or two each week. Remember, you’ll access dozens of done-for-you lesson plans, so you can work with these preset recipes and lead fantastic classes in very little time.
If you are a maximalist, you can spend several hours a week reviewing recipes, taking classes, asking questions, and working on your technique. Your teaching will benefit accordingly!
Our live calls are the first Tuesdays of the month at 2 p.m. Eastern. Calls last around an hour with an option to stick around for more Q&A. While it’s best if you can make the calls live, it’s not a requirement; replays will be available in both video and private podcast format to catch up with later.
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let me plan your next yoga class
Feeling uninspired when it’s time to plan? I’m here to help!
Give me your email and I’ll send you my go-to yoga lesson plan with ideas for every minute. This is the class I teach when my energy is low—but it’s the favorite of my students from 20 to 80 years old! I’ll even give you tips on how to adapt it for various class formats.