The Five Things Keeping You Stuck: An Introduction to the Kleshas

The Five Things Keeping You Stuck: An Introduction to the Kleshas

I was scrolling Instagram on a Sunday afternoon a few weeks ago, not looking for anything in particular. A teacher I follow had posted a reel: beautiful studio, gorgeous light, a sequence that looked effortless and inventive. The comments were glowing. Before I had...
Yoga Sequence Ideas: Five Classes, Built on One Checklist

Yoga Sequence Ideas: Five Classes, Built on One Checklist

It’s Sunday afternoon. You open three books, scroll your notes, pull up a couple of videos for inspiration, and an hour later you have seventeen tabs and no plan. The problem is almost never a shortage of ideas. Twenty years of teaching yoga teachers has convinced me...
How to Plan a Hands-Free Yoga Class Your Students Can Actually Sustain

How to Plan a Hands-Free Yoga Class Your Students Can Actually Sustain

A student arrives with a wrist that won’t bear weight today. Or you’re teaching a beginners’ class. Or you’ve been demoing all week and your own hands need a rest. Whatever the reason, you want a complete class ready to go—one that moves through everything a balanced...

How to Sequence a Yoga Class in 15 Minutes Using the 6–4–2 Method

Many yoga teachers I speak to admit to spending two or three hours planning a single 60-minute class. After 20 years of teaching, I can tell you the bottleneck isn’t a shortage of creativity! Most of us were never handed a structural checklist for class planning, so...