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Back to Search92. When and How to Use Sanskrit in Your Yoga Class
Episode 92
A few weeks ago, I posted a simple carousel on Instagram in my “Here’s the Tea” series for yoga teachers: not every pose needs you to call out a Sans…
2 months, 1 week ago
91. The Five Things Keeping You Stuck: An Introduction to the Kleshas
Episode 91
Ninety seconds of Instagram scrolling. Five distinct forces firing inside you, so fast you experience them as a single feeling: “I’m not good enough.…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
90. Restorative Yoga That Actually Restores
Episode 90
The first time I felt true parasympathetic rest, I was ten minutes into legs up the wall during a restorative workshop, and the entire outline for my…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
89. Effort and Ease—The Balancing Act You’re Already In
Episode 89
You’ve cued it a thousand times: “Find the balance between effort and ease.” In this episode I take Patanjali’s sthira sukham asanam (Yoga Sutra 2.46…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
88. The Three Gunas Explained—Yoga Philosophy You Can Actually Use
Episode 88
Right now, three tracks are playing inside you. One is heavy—the energy that makes you hit snooze. One is wired—the one drafting tomorrow's class at …
3 months ago
87. Summer-Proof Your Yoga Teaching
Episode 87
If you teach in any climate with real seasons, summer attendance has its own logic. The first beautiful spring day empties the studio. A July heat wa…
3 months, 1 week ago
86. The Two Arrows—Why Your Suffering About Suffering Is the Real Problem
Episode 86
You know the spiral. A student walks out of your class early, and by the time you reach your car, you've decided your classes are getting stale, the …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
85. How to Teach Balance for Every Body
Episode 85
Have you ever had a student freeze in tree pose and apologize for wobbling? In this episode, I'm rethinking how we teach balance so every body in the…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
84. Why a Private Yoga Lesson Isn't a Smaller Group Class
Episode 84
For over a decade I taught private yoga to Hall of Fame coach Roy Williams, and somewhere along the way I realized I'd been teaching privates wrong. …
4 months ago
83. Stop Reinventing Your Yoga Class Every Week: What Exercise Physiology Tells Us About Sequencing
Episode 83
If you've ever spent hours creating a brand-new yoga sequence every week, only to wonder if your students even noticed the difference, this episode i…
4 months, 1 week ago