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Somatic Meditation: A Body-Based Approach to Healing Stress, Anxiety, and Trauma
Discover how somatic meditation helps calm the nervous system, release stored stress, and heal anxiety and trauma through body awareness and embodied mindfulness.
Harnessing the Power of Kundalini Divine Feminine for Transformation
Discover how to awaken your kundalini feminine energy through pleasure, intuition, and feminine embodiment—honoring your body’s cycles instead of forcing through them.
Advanced Pelvic Floor Breathing: A Somatic Approach to Healing
Discover essential pelvic floor breathing techniques that address the root cause of your emotional turmoil.
Best Yoga Business Podcast For Entrepreneurs: Listen To Our Top 15 Podcast Episodes
These are the BEST yoga business podcast episodes to listen to if you want to start and grow your yoga business.
Somatic Yoga For Yoga Teachers: Everything You Need to Know in 10 Steps
Whether you're a certified yoga therapist working in a clinic or teaching yoga at your local rec center, chances are you've heard the latest buzzword "somatic." You might have even seen somatic exercises or somatic techniques on Instagram and YouTube (hopefully from...
How Somatic Shaking Can Release Tension and Reset Your Nervous System
Discover the healing power of somatic shaking to release tension, reduce stress, and reset your nervous system!
Discover Somatic Pilates: Enhance Your Body Awareness and Flexibility
Combine pilates with somatic yoga for a powerful practice! Here’s how to practice somatic pilates.
Understanding Fascial Tension: Causes and Effective Relief Strategies
Learn more about fascial tension, what causes it, and how to relieve it in this comprehensive blog post.
Kundalini for Feminine Energy: Ignite Your Creative Power and Passion
Ignite your creative power and passion with Kundalini for feminine energy. Here’s how.
6 Effective Somatic Yoga for Neck and Shoulders
Here are the best somatic yoga poses for neck and shoulders that are holding onto stress.
Mastering the Sufi Grind: Benefits and Techniques for All Levels
Discover effective techniques and benefits of the Sufi grind to enhance your Kundalini practice.
The Best Scholarship for Yoga Teacher Training: Your Path to Funding
Discover the top scholarship options for yoga teacher training and learn how to fund your journey.
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
How to Get Hired at a Yoga Studio (What Studios Look For)
Getting hired at a yoga studio comes down to three things: showing up as a real person, being reliable, and demonstrating that you can hold safe space for students. Studios aren't looking for the most advanced practitioner in the room — they're looking for someone...
How to Find Your Yoga Teaching Niche: A 3-Question Framework for Building a Signature Program (and Why Generic Vinyasa Doesn’t Sell Anymore)
I'm going to start with the part nobody wants to hear. The reason your yoga classes aren't filling — the reason you've been certified for two years and you're still cobbling together $800 a month from a studio gig you don't love — is not that you're a bad teacher....
How to Build a Yoga Email List from Scratch
Your yoga email list is the single most valuable marketing asset you can build as a yoga teacher. Unlike social media — where algorithms decide who sees your content — email lands directly in your students' inboxes. Every. Single. Time. If you're starting from zero,...
Yoga Alliance
How Much Does It Cost to Register with Yoga Alliance?
The short answer: Registering with Yoga Alliance costs $50 for the initial application fee plus $65 per year to maintain your RYT status. That's $115 for your first year and $65/year after that. For yoga schools (RYS), the fees are higher — $130 application plus...
How Long Does Yoga Alliance Certification Last? 5 Steps to Maintain It
There are sooo many good reasons to become a yoga teacher! To name a few... Help people embody their fullest potentialInvest in a truly fulfilling careerDrink more smoothiesetc. I can tell you honestly that when I ask my teachers in training why becoming a yoga...
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...
Teaching Yoga
Traditional Yoga Class Plan Template (Tips for Yoga Sequencing)
Using a yoga sequencing template can help you design transformative yoga classes, even more so than creating a sequence from scratch. How? Creating yoga sequences can be a time consuming process. So much energy is spent in the preparation that a lot of the inspiration...
Why You Need A Yoga Intake Form (FREE download)
Teaching private yoga classes is a great way to boost your income as a yoga teacher and gain experience with one-on-one teaching. The ONE thing you need to get started? A private yoga intake form. Here’s why: A private yoga intake form is a simple, all-in-one admin...
9 Yoga Modifications for Pregnancy and How to Teach Them
Regardless of your level of expertise as a yoga teacher, chances are, you will have someone who is pregnant in your vinyasa yoga class at some point in your career. You don't have to be a practicing prenatal yoga instructor to guide pregnant students but it's...
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.
Product Reviews
Check out my honest opinion on yoga mats, yoga props, books, and clothing in these helpful product reviews.
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Yoga By Benefit
Find the yoga sequence right for you.
The Enchantress Archetype: Characteristics & Challenges
Discover how to embody the Enchantress archetype, embracing your feminine allure, sensuality, and inner power to live a more vibrant and authentic life.
Leaning Into Soft Feminine Energy: Finding Balance in a Busy World
Discover the nurturing power of soft feminine energy, where gentleness, compassion, and emotional wisdom create a balanced and fulfilling life.
6 Hip Openers For Emotional Release
Discover how to release deep-seated emotions with these 6 transformative hip openers for emotional release.
Yoga Philosophy
Learn yogic philosophy, practices, and postures for a deep dive into traditional yoga.
Pranayama
How To Do Breath Of Fire (Kapalabhati) Safely
Breathing is a central part of any yoga practice, to center and ground, and really find your steady connection to Spirit. There are many different yogic breathing techniques, but one I absolutely love is Breath of Fire, a form of Pranayama Breathing. Breath of Fire...
Meditation
The Sa Re Sa Sa Mantra: Connecting Breath, Light, and Creativity
Many people in our yoga community have been reaching out to me with questions about the Sa Re Sa Sa mantra. This “beginner level” Kundalini mantra is beloved by many yoga practitioners who incorporate chanting mantras in their practice. Let’s explore why. Sa Re...
The Meaning Of Ang Sang Wahe Guru Mantra in Kundalini Yoga
We all go through hard times. Maybe you find yourself in one now? Invite Ang Sang Wahe Guru to be your balm. This mantra from the Kundalini yoga tradition re-connects and synchronizes your finite sense of self to your sacred essence as part of the Infinite Oneness....
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...
Prenatal Yoga
9 Yoga Modifications for Pregnancy and How to Teach Them
Regardless of your level of expertise as a yoga teacher, chances are, you will have someone who is pregnant in your vinyasa yoga class at some point in your career. You don't have to be a practicing prenatal yoga instructor to guide pregnant students but it's...
How To Relieve Pelvic Girdle Pain During Pregnancy
Pregnant women experience all sorts of changes to their body. Many of them encounter pain in areas that they never had problems with before pregnancy. One of those tricky spots is in the pelvis. If you feel pain in your pelvis during pregnancy or after giving birth,...
What To Consider When Taking a YTT While Pregnant
So you’re about to bring a mini human into this world, but also can't stop thinking about taking a Yoga Teacher Training (YTT)? You are not alone. If you're wondering, "can I take a YTT while pregnant?", rest assured there is something for you out there, no matter how...