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Brent Laffoon | March 18, 2019

Wondering How to Choose the Right Retreat for You? Ask These 6 Questions

Wondering how to find a yoga retreat that you’ll love? Ask these six questions to help you determine the best yoga retreat out there for you!
beYogi | March 8, 2019

Here’s How to Prevent Injury When You Practice These 9 Common Yoga Poses

There are common yoga injuries that can be avoided through proper form, modifications and guidance. Read on for yoga injury prevention in nine common poses.
Stephanie Spence | February 5, 2019

If You’re Making This Mistake In Your Yoga Classes You’re Really Missing Out (Hint: It’s Not About Alignment)

How to get the most out of yoga? Not the easiest question to answer. But, it can be as simple as getting to know your yoga teacher. Here’s how to start!
Allie Hill | December 21, 2018

An In-Depth Guide to Opening Your Own Yoga Studio (From a Successful Studio Owner)

Here’s an informative guide all about how to open a yoga studio and start your own yoga business so you can make your yoga biz dreams a reality!

Jenn Bauer | October 30, 2017

What’s the Best Yoga Teacher Training for You? Consider this Before You Choose

When you’re ready for yoga teacher training, it’s hard to know which one to choose. Consider these tips to help you choose the best YTT for you.
Alexander Berger | September 28, 2017

The History of Yoga – Yoga Lineage and How It Impacts Your Practice Today

The history of yoga is fascinating and plays a big role in the yoga we know today. Learn all about the origins of yoga, and the people who brought it here.
Jillian Halliday | September 19, 2017

Do Yoga Instructors Really Need to Join Yoga Alliance?

Yoga Alliance is the world’s most popular yoga organization. This article explores the pros and cons of joining the Yoga Alliance membership.
Michelle Stanger | September 7, 2017

Best Online Resources for Yoga Teachers – Your Complete Guide

A yoga teacher needs to do more than teach yoga for a successful career. Here are the top online resources yoga teachers need to know.
Lara Falberg | August 7, 2017

Here’s Why Curse Words and Teaching Yoga Go Together

Being a yoga teacher means being authentic. If you love to cuss and use curse words in yoga class, this article explains why that’s perfectly acceptable.
Lara Falberg | July 4, 2017

7 Effective Tips For Yoga Teachers to Build Your Class Size

Yoga teachers, don’t get discouraged if your class isn’t full. Apply these effective tips to increase your yoga class size.
Morgan Garza | June 22, 2017

Meet Tabay Atkins, The Youngest Yoga Teacher in the US (Video)

At just 11 years old, Tabay Atkins is the youngest yoga teacher in the US. Watch this inspiring video on how he discovered yoga.
beYogi | May 12, 2017

10 Habits All Great Yoga Teachers Share

Yoga teachers have the ability to make a huge impact on their students. These are the things that make great yoga teachers GREAT.
Lynann Politte | May 8, 2017

Yoga Teachers: This is How to Get Booked at a Yoga Festival

There are currently over 50,000 registered yoga teachers and hundreds of yoga festivals happening each year. So how do you get asked to teach at one?
Jenn Bauer | April 28, 2017

4 Practical Methods to Avoid (or Overcome) Yoga Teacher Burnout

Teaching yoga brings joy, gratitude, and wellness, it can also burn you out. Finding the inspiration and energy to lead a class can be a real challenge.
Emilie Blum | April 19, 2017

Build a Strong Online Yoga Presence With 4 Productivity Tips

Build your online presence to showcase your yoga career - there are many wonderful tools and services that can help you be an online warrior!
Vicky Simpson | April 15, 2017

10 Effective Yoga Teaching Cues to Empower Your Students

As yoga teachers, we have a responsibility to our students to ensure they feel safe and comfortable during class.
Lynann Politte | March 11, 2017

This Is the #1 Most Important Marketing Tip for Yoga Teachers

Are you a yoga teacher looking to build your student base, your following, and your reach? Who isn’t,...
Lara Falberg | March 2, 2017

3 Ways You Can Use Journaling to Become a Better Yoga Teacher

Becoming more self-aware will in turn create a more confident and capable yoga teacher. Here are writing exercises to help you become a better yoga teacher
Ryan Rockwell | December 28, 2016

Yoga Teachers! JOIN the 2017 Global Yoga Teacher Challenge

What are two of the most common problems for yoga teachers? Keeping up with their personal practice and...
Lynann Politte | December 23, 2016

Tips for Teaching Yoga to Professional Athletes: An Interview with Dana Kraft

Her experience offers insight in not only how she got her job teaching professional athletes, but also offers tips on how to find, interview, and work within unique opportunities for teaching yoga.
Tiffany Leeson | November 17, 2016

A Yoga Teacher’s Response to Trump Getting Elected

Wow - clearly we didn’t see that one coming! I, just as much of the world, believed it wasn’t...
Katie Ness | October 17, 2016

7 Simple Pieces of Advice for Teaching Yoga to Kids

I was a newly qualified kids yoga teacher . . . fresh out of my training, with bundles...
Shayla Law | October 16, 2016

Travel and Yoga – The Formula for Finding Your Voice

College, they say, is a time of self-exploration. It’s the time in our lives we’re told we’re supposed...
Jessie Wren | September 2, 2016

8 Reasons Every Yoga Teacher Should Get Their 500-Hour Certification

Whether you want to deepen your knowledge as a teacher, or simply find growth in a painful time, yoga teacher trainings are not just for you as a teacher; they are for you as a student and as a person too.
Elisha Thompson | August 23, 2016

Yogi Highlight: An Interview with Nina Camille

This month’s yogi is the talented and inspiring Nina Camille. Nina: My life mantra is “love today.” Part of the yogic path is to dedicate our practice to something higher than ourselves
Alexis Kristan | August 17, 2016

Everything You Need to Know About Teaching Yoga at a Gym

It’s no secret in the yoga instructor world that teaching yoga at a gym is far different than teaching it at a yoga studio.
Bec Weeden | July 11, 2016

Yoga Teachers: 5 Steps to Maintain Your Personal Yoga Practice

Even as yoga teachers, we can sometimes fall out of our personal yoga practice. It’s easy to do - we are all so busy and the to-do list is endless.
Lara Falberg | July 7, 2016

Interested in Teaching Yoga at a Resort? Here’s How to Do It

Lots of travel companies are popping up, offering people in the fitness world an opportunity to go teach at various resorts.
Lynann Politte | June 15, 2016

An Interview with Pete Guinosso – Professional Advice for Yoga Teachers on How to Build Community

In this interview with Pete Guinosso, we will explore the idea of community and how it applies to being a yoga teacher and building your student base.
YogiApproved | May 27, 2016

Review of the Yoga Sequence Builder Service – Sequenched.com

Sequenched is a simple tool designed for yoga instructors to create custom yoga sequences. It’s great for any level of yoga teacher, but particularly ideal for new teachers or individuals currently in teacher training.
YogiApproved | May 20, 2016

Yoga’s Touch: Hands-On Adjustments, Alignment & Verbal Cues (Book Review)

Self-described as “an easy to use reference book that will become every teacher’s go-to source for the foundations of alignment, verbal cues, and hands-on adjustments, Yoga’s Touch acts as a comprehensive guidebook for yoga teachers.
Kate Connell | April 27, 2016

5 Things You Should Know About Teaching PRIVATE Yoga Classes

Like many, I viewed private yoga classes as a yoga class for a party of one. I imagined that they ran similar to group classes except the class was sequenced to the individual’s needs and there was just two people: student and teacher.
Allie Flavio | March 29, 2016

How to Adjust Your Students in 6 Common Yoga Poses

Here are a few tips on how to practice safety, intention, and authenticity when making adjustments to your students during your yoga class.
Lynann Politte | March 2, 2016

5 Habits to Make Your Yoga Business Successful

Here are 5 pro tips to keep your yoga business side of life healthy, happy and successful:
Dr. Kristian H. | February 25, 2016

How Yoga Teacher Training Changed My Life

Day one of yoga teacher training (YTT) came on a Sunday. I found myself in a circle with 7 other future yoga teachers. The fear was still there. We went around and introduced ourselves and said why we were there.
Michelle Thielen | February 17, 2016

So. . . You Graduated From Yoga Teacher Training. Now What?!

Here are several tips based on personal and professional experience to help you focus in on where to go now that you’ve finished yoga teacher training:
Lara Falberg | February 16, 2016

10 Perfect Songs For Your Yoga Playlist

Building a yoga playlist is no joke. You can’t just throw random songs together and expect the class - or your personal yoga practice - to flow well. It takes intention, thoughtfulness, a keen ear, and vision.
Jessie Waite | December 28, 2015

Dear Yoga Teachers: Please Don’t Skip Savasana

For most teachers, this probably doesn’t apply. But I’ve been to one too many classes lately where the final savasana has been all but completely forgotten.
Meredith DeCosta | April 30, 2015

Confessions of an Egotistical Yoga Teacher

When I first started teaching yoga, it was all about me. I wanted students to think I was a “good” teacher. I wanted to move students and their bodies through never-before-seen sequences.
Yogi Ram | March 18, 2015

6 Things You Should Know About Being a Yoga Teacher

Being an advanced yoga practitioner doesn’t make you an advanced teacher. There is a big difference between knowing something and being able to explain and transfer that knowledge to students.
Ilonka Michelle O’Neil | March 3, 2015

For Yoga Teachers – Don’t Call it a “Belly”

This is for my fellow yoga instructors. There are parts of the body that we are more sensitive about than others. No one is offended if a teacher says “hug your quad muscles to the bones” while students are in plank pose.
Elisha Thompson | September 8, 2014

6 Things Every New Yoga Teacher Should Know

As you step into the next chapter of your life as a yoga teacher, honor the time you have devoted to this accomplishment and go forth with confidence and compassion towards all that you meet.