Essential Conversations for Yoga Teachers
The podcast for yoga teachers centered around important conversations for yoga teachers to discuss, reflect, and implement. From class planning to business strategy, these conversations help yoga teachers build the business that will help keep them teaching long-term and with a sustainable income.
Episodes
97 episodes
Ep 96: Got Students with Hip Pain in Your Classes?
Hip pain is one of the most common conditions yoga students have, and for many teachers, it can feel overwhelming to know how to help without making things worse. In this episode, listen as I explain why all hip pain isn’t th...
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Ep 95: How to Talk About Pain in Class Without Creating Fear
One of the hardest things for yoga teachers is knowing what to say when students mention pain. The language we use can either empower our students or unintentionally create fear that makes them feel fragile or unsafe in their ...
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Ep 94: Confidence Is the Key to Teaching Injured Students
As yoga teachers, we often feel pressure to be endlessly creative in our sequencing, transitions, and class themes. But when a student walks into class with an injury or persistent pain, creativity isn’t what they need most. They need you to be...
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Ep 93: Anatomy Made Simple: Teach with Confidence
Do you feel overwhelmed by the thought of learning anatomy as a yoga teacher? You’re not alone. I'm sure you know the importance of understanding anatomy, but at the same time, it feels complicated, time-consuming, and intimidating.
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Ep 92: Repetitive Stress Injuries in Yoga: What You Should Know
Not all yoga injuries happen in a single moment. Many develop slowly, over time, from repeated movements or sustained positions. These are known as repetitive stress injuries, and they are some of the most common injuries students have because ...
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Ep 91: How Foot Injuries Affect A Student's Yoga Experience
The feet are our foundation, yet they can be overlooked when it comes to teaching and sequencing. In this episode, I'll discuss a few foot injuries and conditions, like plantar fasciitis, bunions, arthritis, ankle instability, and stress fractu...
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Ep 90: Yoga Rules That Don’t Hold Up
When you finished your 200-hour yoga teacher training, chances are you walked away not just with a certificate but with a list of “rules” about how to teach. Rules about sequencing, alignment, hands-on assists, and even how you’re supposed to s...
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Ep 89: Sequencing Struggles That Still Haunt Experienced Teachers
Sequencing is more than putting poses together; it’s actually a puzzle if you think about it. Inside that puzzle are nervous systems, mixed abilities, injuries, as well as the human need for meaning and understanding. If sequencing still feels ...
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Ep 88: Feel Unprepared for Multiple Injuries in One Yoga Class?
Teaching yoga in a group setting can feel overwhelming when students show up with injuries or persistent pain. How do you balance the flow of the class while making sure every student feels safe, supported, and included? In this episode, we’ll ...
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Ep 86: Teaching the Senses of Proprioception, Interoception, and the Vestibular System
In this episode, I'll discuss three internal systems that shape every student’s experience on the mat, but are often left out of the conversation in yoga teacher trainings. They are: proprioception, interoception, and the vesti...
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Ep 84: Sciatica: What Yoga Teachers Should Understand
If you’ve ever had a student say, “I have sciatica,” and your go-to response was to offer hamstring stretches or deep hip openers, you’re not alone. Many teachers and students think they’re helpful. Today, let's unpack why that approach ...
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Ep 83: Mobility: How You Define It Matters!
You’ve probably heard people say that yoga improves both flexibility and mobility. While that may be true, what most yoga teachers don’t realize is that mobility has more than one definition.Each definition matters when you're teaching s...
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Ep 82: Why Hip Openers Look Different & Understanding Skeletal Variations in the Hip Joint
In this episode we cover:why hip openers look so different from student to studenttake a look over a few poses and what to look out forwhy no amount of stretching will make certain bodies look like what we see in y...
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Ep 81: Yoga Poses: Teaching Full Expression vs Functional Variations
We’re talking about the widely used phrase “full expression of the pose” what it means, how it’s used, and why it can unintentionally create harm or hierarchy in your classes. If you’re using this phrase now, don't you worry,...
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Ep 80: Why Is The Psoas Muscle So Important?
In a recent conversation with a fellow yoga teacher, she asked me if I’d ever consider doing an episode on the psoas muscle. Of course, I said YES!I truly love diving into topics like these! There are certain muscles that every yoga or m...
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Ep 79: All Backbends Are Not The Same! Let's Explore Why...
Not all backbends are the same & that might sound obvious at first, but I can’t tell you how many classes I’ve been in, or even taught in my early years, where backbends were treated as one interchangeable category. Whether it was Cobra, Bo...
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Ep 77: All Pelvises Are Not Created The Same, How This Affects The Yoga Practice
In this episode, we’re taking a deeper dive into the pelvis. Its anatomy, its purpose, and some deviations from “normal,” how those deviations affect the yoga practice, and what you can do about it in your classes. Let’s get to it!<...
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Ep 76: Excessive Hip Flexion In Yoga & What To Do About it
Let’s discuss the issue of hip flexion in yoga. What is it? Is there too much? And what can you do about it. Hip flexion is normal; You need to flex your hips to walk, sit down, and...
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Ep 75: Should Students w/ Scoliosis Practice Yoga?
Ever wondered if students with scoliosis can practice yoga safely? Spoiler, the answer is Yes, but first we’ve gotta ditch the one-size-fits-all alignment cues and actually work with the curve, not against it. In thi...
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Ep 74: SI Joint Dysfunction and Yoga
Many students practicing yoga encounter the frustrating and often debilitating experience of SI joint pain. I even experience it from time to time myself! Despite its prevalence, it remains widely misunderstood, and well-intentioned advice can ...
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Ep 73: Hip Openers and Labral Tears: Why Deep Stretches Aren’t for Everyone
Some students need to be extremely cautious when it comes to poses like Pigeon, Fire Log, and even Butterfly. Excessive hip movement that's required in these poses can lead to labral tears, hip impingement, and even chronic pain. Th...
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