Past Present and Future – Life as a Yoga Business Owner
It’s been a tough week to stay present and not spiral into despair. There is a lot going on in the world that is hard to sit with. So, I did what I always do when I need to be talked down from catastrophizing, I called my mom. She knows me well and knows that I often need reminding to try to ta..read more
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
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
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 during the lockdowns.
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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
What Am I Studying Right Now?
Yoga and Chronic Low Back Pain.
I’ve done two great webinars this week exploring chronic low back pain and movement. While I’m still integrating much of what I’ve learned, I wanted to jot down a few quick notes to share with you some of what’s new in movement applications for low back pain and some of the updates to rese..read more
Yoga Teacher Training Scholarships Now Open
As we prepare for our next Vinyasa Flow Yoga Teacher Training I am continuing this years’ practice of doubling my scholarship offerings. There are two Fusion Scholarships available for our Oct-Dec Adapted Online Intensive.Fusion Schol..read more
Online Yoga Teacher Training Will Continue For Now
I'm so sorry to see all the outbreaks and lockdowns around Australia this week. I hope that you are all coping okay and that you and your loved ones are all safe and sound. With this new round of outbreaks I'm reminded that we are not nearly 'back to normal' yet, so as I make plans for the next few yoga programs I h..read more