Breaking News!
We’ve upgraded to a 350-Hour Yoga Teacher Training.
Over the past two years, since the switch to a remote training, I’ve been adapting and evolving the Vinyasa Flow Yoga Teacher Training. Recently I realized that with all the updates and adaptations that our curriculum hours had extended beyond the 300-hours of the original course. ..read more
Still In Love With Yoga After All These Years
It’s just a few days until I share the first yoga teacher training program of 2022, and I’m so excited! Sometimes I wonder about my enthusiasm because this will be, I think, my 49th teacher training. One might think that after all this time my excitement might fade. The thing is, I’m still as excited today as I..read more
Winter Solstice Greetings
Rest - Reflection - Gratitude Today is the winter solstice, a changing of the seasons, and here in the north this is the time that we move into a rest period. Traditionally this is a time for learning, storytelling, and reflection. The longer nights and colder temperatures guide us to spend a bit more time indoors, and I’ll be making ..read more
4 Virtues for Mental Peace
One of the philosophies that we learn from the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali is the 4 virtues. The teaching is that we can find mental peace and serenity through these four practices:Yoga Sutras 1:33
The mind becomes clear and serene when the qualities of the heart are cultivated: 1. Maitri: Friendliness toward the joyful 2. Karun..read more
Black Friday / Cyber Monday Yoga Sale Begins Today!
Save 25% on any professional development yoga courses online.
Upskill and Earn Professional Development Credits with Yoga Alliance, Fitness Australia, Yoga Australia Update, upgrade, and upskill with online yoga-based education.- Self-Paced Study with No Tim..read more
Q: How do we give students space between instructions? I'm finding this really hard, and feeling like I'm talking through the whole class. A: I am answering this as a chronic over-cuer, but I do hope to continue to improve my cueing skills to create more time and space for students to feel and inquire into their body/experience. The idea behind this prac..read more
Yoga Teaching Skills
Developing Your Own Cuing Style
I had an email from a teacher trainee this week with a concern that comes up quite regularly and is, I think, worthy of some further discussion. The concern was about how often, particularly as teachers in training, we find ourselves using the cues we hear our teachers saying. This might feel like ‘co..read more
New Dates for
2022 Vinyasa Flow Yoga Teacher Training Online
Yoga Alliance has confirmed that they are extending their Online Training Exemption through 2022, and Yoga Trinity programs have been approved. That means I’m beginning to schedule dates for the next few Yoga Teacher Training programs. What’s up first are two online training options for ea..read more
An Updated List of Heather's Favourite Blogs, Podcasts and Resources to support your yoga practice, studies, and teaching:
- Amy Matthews http://www.embodiedasana.com/
- Ariana Yoga & Beyond Podcast https://www.arianayoga.com/thepodcast/
- Bliss and Grit Podcast ..read more
Concession Pricing for Yoga Teacher Training Programs for Yogis in Lockdown
Reminder that for the upcoming Adapted Online Vinyasa Flow Yoga Teacher Training our concession price is available to anyone with a concession card, and anyone who has lost work durin..read more
I just have to get this off my chest. This is for any yoga teachers or teachers in training who are feeling like they aren’t good enough, or don’t know enough, or don’t have a ‘yoga body’ (whatever the heck that is), or aren’t spiritual enough, or won’t be as fluent with their cues, or can’t demonstrate the fancy asanas, or, in general, feel like an imposter...read more