Students come to yoga for a wide variety of reasons, and many participate in vigorous outside activities or team sports when off of the mat. Tiffany Cruikshank, founder of Yoga Medicine and former acupuncturist at the Nike headquarters, is no stranger
People often ask, “how do I turn my dreams into reality?” One answer would be to understand the power of Shakti. While many of you might be familiar with Shakti as the wife of Shiva in Indian cosmology, Shakti also refers
Learning to sequence yoga classes safely and purposefully can require valued time when you are just starting out as a teacher. Yoga sequence builders have been designed to save you time and energy in this process. But are they really providing
Pictures are an effective way to share your message and promote your brand. With yoga continually growing as a mainstream practice, there are countless online images to choose from. Just searching “yoga” on a traditional stock site like istockphoto.com will yield
Traveling is such a great way to expand your perspective and see the world through new eyes. This is especially true when visiting yoga studios outside of your local community. Not only do you get to enjoy simply being a student
Your website is an extension of you and your brand. It’s a powerful tool to share your message with a broad audience. Yet designing a website can be more challenging than you might expect. There’s the techy lingo and the unlimited
The heart of the yogic paradigm is that we, as humans, are part of an infinite, intelligent, and evolving universe. In fact, our true self mirrors that unending field of possibility. You are abundantly creative and you are powerful beyond measure.
There are many agreements you make as a yoga teacher--some written, some verbal, and many unspoken. When you bring those agreements to light through clear communication, you increase trust with your students. You’ll also increase the level of engagement in your
In the Toronto TEDx talk by Drew Dudley, he explains that we all have immense power to be leaders everyday through lollipop moments. Dudley defines a lollipop moment as one “where someone said or did something that you feel fundamentally made
An intensive yoga training forms the foundation for becoming a yoga teacher. While various formats of a 200-hour training are available today, an intensive program allows you to solely focus on yoga, bond quickly with like-minded people, and put your new
