celebrating 20 years of yoga teacher training

Celebrating 20 Years of Yoga Teacher Training!

It feels incredible to say this, but today I am celebrating 20 years of teaching yoga teacher training! I look back and can’t believe I had the audacity to even start this journey. Teacher training is so much more than I though it would be – more challenging, more transformative, and more fulfillin..read more
how can we make yoga props more appealing to our students? Inspiration and practical strategies for yoga teachers.

How to Make Yoga Props More Appealing and Encourage our Yoga Students to Make the Most of Yoga Props

Watch the video discussion, or scroll down to read the transcript notes and practical strategies to add to your yoga classes. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeSemaw5Mq8[/embedyt]  

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Yoga Ethics and Community Action How Can Our Yoga Community Contribute to A Better World?

Yoga Ethics and Community Action

How Can Our Yoga Community Contribute to A Better World?

Let's talk about how community action can fit into our yoga practice, teaching, and yoga spaces. Watch the video below, or scroll down for the transcript notes. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aKZY1r__o8[/embedyt]

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Mapping Your Dream Yoga Teaching Practice

Mapping Your Dream Yoga Teaching Practice

As yoga teachers in training, it can be easy to focus only on getting through our studies and assessments or teaching our next class. But it’s also useful to pause and zoom out. What might your teaching practice look like in the real world - not just in theory, but in a way that fits your life, your values, and your capacity..read more
gentle yoga new online course

New Gentle Yoga Online Course

50-Hour Gentle Yoga Training Course

After years of faster-paced, higher-intensity yoga dominating the modern postural yoga landscape, there is a growing trend towards gentler, more accessible forms of practice. Gentle Yoga has emerged in response to busy lives, changing bodies, chronic pain, aging, and a deep..read more
Your year of yoga guided journaling practice

Your Year of Yoga - Guided Journaling Practice

As we enter this new year, I want to invite you into a pause. Not a rush to plan or fix or improve anything - but a pause to reflect on your year of yoga. What you’ve practiced. What you’ve learned. What challenged you. And what quietly changed along the way. This is a guided journal..read more
yoga for a reason season or a lifetime

Yoga for a Reason, Season, or Lifetime

There’s a saying that some people - or things - come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. I think this applies beautifully to yoga, too. In this discussion we reflect on yoga styles and trends past, present, and emerging and to connect trends back to the fundamentals and timeless..read more
from yoga teacher to yoga student

From Yoga Student to Yoga Teacher: The Fundamental Shifts

When you begin your yoga teacher training journey, one of the most important things you learn is that not everyone is like you. Today we’re talking about one of the most important transformations you’ll experience in your yoga teacher training — the shift from yoga student to yoga teac..read more
yoga, ritual, and the seasons - reflections on Hallowe'en

Yoga, Ritual, and the Seasons: Reflections on Hallowe’en It’s Hallowe’en weekend here in Canada, and it’s just the most perfect spooky weather - the wind is whipping orange and red leaves around the street, pumpkins and ghouls decorate front yards, and families are busy preparing costumes, finding the biggest pillowcases to collect candy, and plannin..read more

green flags for yoga teachers

Green Flags for Yoga Teachers

  We often hear about red flags - signs of negative or unsafe behavior, things that make us feel uneasy or disconnected. But today, let’s shift our focus to green flags.   Green flags are signs of positive qualities, constructive behaviors, and healthy relationship skills. In yoga class, they’re the subtle signals t..read more
does yoga alignment really matter? unpacking yoga alignment myths

Does Yoga Alignment Really Matter?

Unpacking yoga alignment myths.

Hi folks, it’s your senior yoga educator Heather Agnew here, and today we ask the question: Does Yoga Alignment Really Matter? We are going to talk about some of the alignment cues and ideas you might have learned over the years in yoga class - some that you might have even learned from ..read more
marking 29 years of yoga learning, unlearning, and writing through it all

Marking 29 Years of Learning, Unlearning, and Writing Through it All

  This month I am celebrating 29 years of publishing a newsletter. This newsletter started when I was a new personal trainer, 22 years old, and I printed copies to hand out to my clients on visits.  When my business grew into a wellness centre, we started mailing newsletters to our client..read more