All Episodes

Ep 140: Incorporating Different Movement Modalities: Is It Still Yoga?

Ep 139: Should You Keep The Hips Square in Twists?

Ep 138: Teaching Tip: Getting Curious About Your Language

Ep 137: Yoga Cues That Need Updating & Why

Ep 136: What 200-Hour YTTs Miss and Why Teachers Aren't Prepared

Ep 135: When Yoga Props Help And When They Don't

Ep 134: How A Student's Neutral Alignment Should Affect The Cues You Use

Ep 133: How Often Should Students Practice Yoga?

Ep 132: Savasana: Everything You Need to Know

Ep 131: How Breathing Helps the Nervous System

Ep 130: Why Plow Pose Shouldn’t Be Taught in Group Classes

Ep 129: Should Chaturangas Be in Every Vinyasa Class?

Ep 128: Yin Yoga and Labral Tears

Ep 127: Why Traditional Restorative Yoga Isn't for Everyone

Ep 126: How to Teach Your Students Body Awareness

Ep 125: Sequencing: Why Less Is More

Ep 124: Teaching Yoga to Aging Students

Ep 123: Great! You’re Not A Physical Therapist, Now What?

Ep 122: Herniated Discs? How To Teach Students Who Have Them

Ep 121: How To Find The Best Continuing Education

Ep 120: Poses That Trigger Hip Discomfort & How to Modify Them Safely

Ep 119: What to Say When a Student Asks 'Will This Hurt My Injury?

Ep 118: Teaching Yoga to Students with Bursitis

Ep 117: Do Yoga Teachers Need to Know Anatomy? How Much Is Enough to Teach Safely

Ep 116: Students With Wrist Pain In Your Yoga Classes? Here's How to Help!

Ep 115: Mindset, Impostor Syndrome, and Your Scope of Practice

Ep 114: How to Teach Yoga to Students with Lower Back Pain

Ep 113: Sequencing Considerations

Ep 112: What Changes When You Sequence Based on the Idea That Poses Belong Together?

Ep 111: The Missing Link Between Anatomy Knowledge and Sequencing

Ep 110: Teaching Yoga As A Personal Relationship

Ep 109: Teaching: Shift from Authority to Curiosity-Based

Ep 108: Why Your Verbal Cues Aren’t Always Enough

Ep 107: Why Warrior 2 Looks and Feels Different for Every Student

Ep 106: The Myth of Perfect Alignment

Ep 105: Ever Felt Unprepared in Class? Here’s What To Do

Ep 104: Planning For A New Year: How to Work Smarter

Ep 103: Burnout: Why It Happens & What to Do About It

Ep 102: Sequencing for Your Students’ Needs

Ep 101: Sequencing - Why Repetition and Intention Matter More Than Novelty

Ep 100: Yoga Teachers, I'm Celebrating You!

Ep 99: How Confident Are You That Your Sequences Support All Students?

Ep 98: Students with Shoulder Pain is More Common Than You Think

Ep 97: What’s the Deal with Knee Pain in Yoga Classes?

Ep 96: Got Students with Hip Pain in Your Classes?

Ep 95: How to Talk About Pain in Class Without Creating Fear

Ep 94: Confidence Is the Key to Teaching Injured Students

Ep 93: Anatomy Made Simple: Teach with Confidence

Ep 92: Repetitive Stress Injuries in Yoga: What You Should Know

Ep 91: How Foot Injuries Affect A Student's Yoga Experience

Ep 90: Yoga Rules That Don’t Hold Up

Ep 89: Sequencing Struggles That Still Haunt Experienced Teachers

Ep 88: Feel Unprepared for Multiple Injuries in One Yoga Class?

Ep 87: Teaching Beginner Yoga Classes - Pros, Cons, and More

Ep 86: Teaching the Senses of Proprioception, Interoception, and the Vestibular System

Ep 85: The Case for Teaching Students w Injuries

Ep 84: Sciatica: What Yoga Teachers Should Understand

Ep 83: Mobility: How You Define It Matters!

Ep 82: Why Hip Openers Look Different & Understanding Skeletal Variations in the Hip Joint

Ep 81: Yoga Poses: Teaching Full Expression vs Functional Variations

Ep 80: Why Is The Psoas Muscle So Important?

Ep 79: All Backbends Are Not The Same! Let's Explore Why...

Ep 78: Upward Facing Dog: Not As Simple As It Looks!

Ep 77: All Pelvises Are Not Created The Same, How This Affects The Yoga Practice

Ep 76: Excessive Hip Flexion In Yoga & What To Do About it

Ep 75: Should Students w/ Scoliosis Practice Yoga?

Ep 74: SI Joint Dysfunction and Yoga

Ep 73: Hip Openers and Labral Tears: Why Deep Stretches Aren’t for Everyone

Ep 72: When to Refer Out: Recognizing the Limits of Your Scope

Ep 71: Injury Prevention in Yoga: What We Can (and Can’t) Control

Ep 70: How Alignment Cues Affect Your Nervous System

Ep 69: Why Alignment Cues Don’t work For Everyone - Part 2

Ep 68: The Problem w/ Rigid Alignment Cues - Part 1

Ep 67: How to Teach Anatomy? - Teacher Questions Answered

Ep 66: Staying Within Your Scope of Practice While Teaching Injured Students

Ep 65: Learning Anatomy Feels Overwhelming, Start Here!

Ep 64: Sequencing for Students with Rotator Cuff Injuries

Ep 63: Yoga Retreats: A Beginner’s Guide for Teachers

Ep 62: How to Teach A Student with An Injury

Ep 61: Guided Meditation - What is Guided Imagery?

Ep 60: The Complexities of Half Pigeon Pose

Ep 59: How to Teach Chair Yoga - Creating Accessible Classes for All Ages

Ep 58: Meditation Sounds Easy, Is It?

Ep 57: Winter Season - Class Themes Inspired by Ayurveda

Ep 56: Guided Meditation - Breath & Body Awareness

Ep 55: Teaching Classes to Beginner Students

Ep 54: Goal-Setting: Building a Vision for Your Teaching Career

Ep 53: 2024 Yearly Recap - Top 5 Episodes!

Ep 52: Self-care for Yoga Teachers - Professional Tips

Ep 51: Self-care for Yoga Teachers - Physical Tips

Ep 50: Self-care for Yoga Teachers - Mental & Emotional

Ep 49: The Effects of Chronic Pain on the Nervous System Pt. 2

Ep 48: The Effects of Chronic Pain on the Nervous System Pt 1

Ep 47: Acute vs. Chronic Pain - What’s the Difference?

Ep 46: What is Functional Freeze?

Ep 45: 65 Strategies to Calm your Nervous System

Ep 44: Sequencing for General Shoulder Injuries

Ep 43: Students & Class Expectations – Yoga Teachers Questions Answered

Ep 42: Teaching students w/ Pain & Injuries - Why Teachers are Hesitant

Ep 41: Yoga Teachers Questions Answered - Nervous System Regulation

Ep 40: Pain Science & Nervous System Regulation w/ Diana Oppenheim

Ep 39: Managing Pain & Injuries via Nervous System Regulation Pt. 2

Ep 38: Managing Pain & Injuries via Nervous System Regulation Pt. 1

Ep 37: Understanding Pain Beyond Tissue Damage

Ep 36: Advancements in Pain Science: Comparing Current Understanding vs. 2018

Ep 35: Anatomy Matters - Why Every Yoga Teacher Needs to Understand the Human Body

Ep 34: Injuries associated w/ More Basic Anatomy Terms! Pt 2

Ep 33: Injuries Associated w/ More Basic Anatomy Terms! Pt 1

Ep 32: More Anatomy Terms You Should Know!

Ep 31: Injuries Associated w/ Basic Terms

Ep 30: Is Your Proprioception Affected When You Have an Injury?

Ep 29: Anatomy & Terms You Should Know

Ep 28: Let's Talk Anatomy!

Ep 27: The Hyper-sexualization of Yoga

Ep 26: All Levels Yoga Classes - Problems & Solutions

Ep 25: Yoga, Social Media, Comparison & Competition

Ep 24: Yoga Teaching & Enforcing Boundaries

Ep 23: Yoga, Social Media, Body Positivity & Aesthetics

Ep 22: Yoga, Social Media, and Cultural Appropriation

Ep 21: Teaching Yoga and How It Affects Family Dynamics

Ep 20: Somatic Yoga Principles - How To Incorporate Them In Your Yoga Classes

Ep 19: Your Personal Practice - Where Did it Go & How to Get it Back

Ep 18: Passive Income - What Is It & Why You want It

Ep 17: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome - The Key to Unlocking your True Potential

Ep 16: Online Yoga - Accessible Learning, Scalability, and Diversifying your Content

Ep 15: Branding - Mastering your Yoga Teaching Identity

Ep 14: The Power of Newsletters - Elevating Your Yoga Teaching Business

Ep 13: Emails - How Building A List Can Catapult Your Business

Ep 12: Why you need a website

Ep 11: Are you being strategic?

Ep 10: Turn your continuing education into offerings

Ep 9 Why you should diversify your teaching

Ep 8: Teaching through heartbreak

Ep 7: How to know if you’re getting in your own way Pt 3

Ep 6: How to design your yoga teaching career Pt 2

Ep 5: What does the yoga teaching career typically look like? Pt 1

Ep 4: How to Find Your Passion

Ep 3: The emotional process of YTT

Ep 2: If I had to start all over again

Ep 1: Why We Love Teaching Yoga

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