There’s a moment that happens for many experienced yoga teachers: your students start asking for more. That was my moment. I was already teaching in local studios, leading retreats, and running my membership when students began asking whether I would offer yoga...
You want to become a yoga teacher — or maybe you want the education for yourself, without ever teaching a class. Either way, you’re staring at the same decision. Should you go all-in on an in-person yoga teacher training, or do it online? I’ve been running...
Let me name something you might not want to say out loud: you’re thinking about doing a 200-hour yoga teacher training, but you don’t actually want to teach yoga. You’re almost embarrassed to admit it. When you look at yoga teacher training programs,...
If you’ve been anywhere near modern yoga in the last two years, you’ve heard the phrase nervous system regulation. It’s on Instagram, in every wellness podcast, and increasingly in the conversations Barbie has with prospective students on the phone....
I have two sons. When my oldest was a toddler, and he started having the kind of full-body meltdowns that toddlers have, my body would react before my brain could catch up. I’d tense. My breath would get short. My voice would tighten. I’d want to fix it,...
Planning a yoga retreat budget comes down to one formula: total costs + your profit margin, divided by your minimum number of attendees. Get that math right and you’ll run a retreat that’s both transformative for your students and financially sustainable...
