Erin’s dream is to grow her yoga business, put together a series of workshops and create her first retreat. She is a talented and inspirational teacher with adoring clients who…
So how much do you need to really know to offer a teacher training? This is a great question - and one that is not to be taken lightly, especially…
I've worked in the yoga "business" for about fifteen years. In addition to being a teacher, I've managed teachers, administrated studios, and run teacher trainings. So I've seen a lot…
I stick my butt out. I don't mean to, but somewhere along the way in high school, I learned to stand up straight by lifting my ribcage up and forward…
So you've been teaching awhile, and you love yoga. You'd love to share the deeper aspects of the practice with your students. And maybe you've even been asked by your…
I call it the Great Mistake. And I've made it. A lot. Here it it: As a teacher trainer and educator, it's natural to want to give your students a…
At the yoga center where I sometimes teach in New York City, a woman called wanting to register for a four-week introduction to yoga course. She asked to speak to…
Yoga teachers are entrepreneurs. In addition to teaching, we have to do our own marketing, manage our bookkeeping, create our own products, and be our own graphic designers. We're one-woman…
It's hard to make a living as a yoga teacher. We run across town from class to class, trying to cobble together enough money to make a living wage. New…
I’m sorry my yoga offends you……. There is a divide in the yoga community right now and I feel like I have one foot on either side of a great…
When you graduate from a 200-hour teacher training that has been approved by Yoga Alliance (YA), you have the opportunity to join the Alliance and become a "registered yoga teacher"…
Crow pose (bakasana) is the entrance to more challenging arm balances. (Check out this video on my favorite way to get into the pose.) When practicing crow pose, you need…