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How To Become A Yoga Teacher

If you want to become a yoga instructor, then start here. These are my most helpful articles to get you started.

Yoga Teacher Resources

If you’re already a yoga instructor and you’re looking for resources on how to choose your advanced training or to improve your career, then you’ll love this section of the blog. From how to write the perfect resume to how to find a job, I’ve got you covered.

Yoga Business and Marketing

What Is Mindset Coaching? A Complete Breakdown

Mindset shifting is a pretty popular concept in wellness circles since the last decade. Mindset coaching is a way to learn actionable ways to bring those mindset principles into your daily life. And if you want to become a mindset coach, then you’ll want to learn ways...

5 Affordable Yoga Teacher Insurance Plans (Updated 2024)

Whether you’re teaching yoga online or in person, as an independent contractor or as a part-time yoga instructor with a yoga studio, investing in yoga liability insurance is always a good idea. In addition to providing insurance for teachers, most insurance companies...

7 Steps To Start A Life Coaching Business

Maybe you are looking for a new side hustle. Maybe you are trying to determine if becoming a life coach is something that would be a good fit for you. Maybe you are already a life coach, but not quite sure how to actually start a life coaching business. Well, it is...

Yoga Alliance

What Topics Does a Yoga Alliance-Certified Training Cover?

Just like studying at university where lectures follow a certain curriculum, a Yoga Alliance (YA) certified Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) offered by a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga School (RYS) is required to cover specific topics. There is freedom within these...

How Many Hours Do You Need to be Certified by the Yoga Alliance?

Timing is everything. Especially when it comes to YTT! With literally thousands of yoga teacher trainings to choose from with all of the confusing standards, travel options, and formats, you might be wondering, how long is a yoga alliance certified training, really?...

Teaching Yoga

Yoga Cues 101: Everything You Need To Teach Yoga

Congratulations you’ve gotten your yoga teacher certification and you’re ready to get out into the world and start teaching yoga! But…. maybe, as a new yoga teacher, you’re not feeling very confident as a yoga instructor yet. Maybe you're worried that your verbal cues...

How to Easily Modify 6 Common Yoga Poses [+VIDEO]

https://youtu.be/biPpCkzCC9A There's nothing worse than finally getting yourself to yoga class and then your yoga instructor calls out certain yoga poses that you just.can't.do. Rather than grunting through them and shifting your weight awkwardly as you try to balance...

Creating Inclusive Yoga Spaces: Here’s What To Avoid Saying

Have you ever gone to a yoga class where you couldn’t keep up? Maybe you were asked to contort your body into shapes that just weren’t attainable for you. Did you leave feeling defeated instead of confident? Yoga isn’t one-size-fits-all, and it’s not a competitive...

Chakras and Kundalini

Wanna know about the chakras colors, how they work, and how to balance them? Then check out these posts all about the chakras and Kundalini Yoga. See all of my posts about chakras and Kundalini Yoga here.

Yoga Pose Directory

Explore different yoga postures, alignment, and yogic philosophy behind the poses.

Yoga By Benefit

Find the yoga sequence right for you.

Yoga Philosophy

Learn yogic philosophy, practices, and postures for a deep dive into traditional yoga.

Pranayama

How to Do Sitali Pranayama: The Cooling Breath

https://youtu.be/vthtFd3BUCc In yoga, we often talk about stoking our internal fire to awaken prana. This is in part why people love vinyasa flow so much. You know - the same people who love a daily 5-mile jog and core work. We -(yes, I am one of you) love to feel the...

What Are Nadis? Your Guide to Energy Channels In Your Body.

Ah! The beautiful journey of becoming a yogi! You’ve been practicing asanas, doing breathing exercises, and chanting mantras. But you’re not there yet. The physical aspect of yoga is just the tip of the iceberg. Now, you’re learning all this stuff about your astral...

How To Do Pyramid Pose

(Parsovtannasana): Techniques, Benefits, Variations Level – Intermediate Pyramid Pose (Parsovtannasana) Pyramid Pose Prep & Practice 1 Beginning in Warrior I (Virabhadrasana I), right leg forward, left leg back, hands on hips. Right toes (front foot)...

Meditation

Meaning of Ra Ma Da Sa: The Healing Siri Gaitri Mantra

Kundalini Yoga has a mantra that is known for its healing powers. Known as the ‘Siri Gaitri Mantra’ or popularly called the ‘Ra Ma Da Sa‘, this kriya, when practiced right, these eight basic sounds can fine-tune your soul to the rhythm of the Universe; a healing...

Surya Mudra: What Is It And How Do You Use It?

One of the most important lessons for yogis to learn is that yoga is much more than asana classes.  As you dive deeper into your practice, you’ll find scores of philosophy, breathing techniques, cleanses, meditations and other wellness practices. All of these are...

Ek Ong Kar: How And When To Use The Thunderbolt Mantra

Do you ever feel like you are in a constant state of unrest? Yeah, me too. How could you not be with the way the modern world is constantly bombarding you with decisions, information, and negative sensationalized stories? It’s time for a nervous system reset. ...

Prenatal Yoga

Yoga For Third Trimester: My Favorite Poses

Your bags are packed... you’re ready to go... HAVE A BABY!  What a magical time in your life. You are in the home stretch of your pregnancy journey. You are probably feeling excited, nervous, and maybe some back pain, shortness of breath, and fatigue. Good news!...

10 Yoga Poses That Will Strengthen The Pelvic Floor

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Yoga For Nausea: 7 Yoga Poses For A Sore Stomach

How often do you feel sick to your stomach? For me, it can be pretty often...which is no fun. So many things can cause nausea! Anxiety, excitement, anger, intense pain, morning sickness, motion sickness, food poisoning, the list could go on and on!  With nausea...