If you want to make yoga your full time passion and career, I recommend you to start slowly. If you have a steady job, do not just up and quit…
You know this moment. You're teaching a class. It's a sequence that you've taught many times. You suddenly stop and think, "Wait, did I just say the same thing twice?"…
Do you feel the pressure to create a new sequence for every class? When you tromp into your eighth class of the week and teach the same sequence that you…
When I opened up my yoga studio many years ago, I expected the people to come to my classes in masses because there was no other yoga studio around. However…
In my recent dissection experience, I spent some time handling a human heart. To literally hold someone's heart in your hands is a humbling and awe-inspiring experience. Even though its…
Last week, I went into the lab with Gil Hedley. I experienced my previous 6-day human dissection course with Gil back in 2012, so it's been awhile since I shared…
When you're just beginning to teach, trying to figure out what to cue in a yoga pose can be overwhelming! Sure, you obviously have to get people into the "shape"…
Headstand is a wonderful pose, but has suffered a rash of bad press ever since the post on "How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body". However, when done intelligently, it provides…
When we are faculty, we think our job is to tell students what we know. This is a recipe for disaster. A studio owner recently spoke to me about the…
Four tips for yoga teachers on supporting emotional yoga students. Yoga is a practice where we can invite students to arrive authentically in their bodies, minds, and feelings. For some…
When To Use We often incorporate this transition casually into our sequences, but it is not easy! It's harder to step forward from downward facing dog than it is to…
At some point, most of us will experience knee pain. The knee joint is essential in propulsion and weight bearing and experiences a lot of wear and tear over a…
