Last updated: October 13, 2026. I’ll keep updating this post as Yoga Alliance releases more details. For my more personal thoughts and opinions on these changes, read my Substack essay here. Hello, yoga family. If you’ve heard that Yoga Alliance is completely changing...
If you Google “yoga teacher training syllabus,” you’ll find plenty of lists: anatomy, philosophy, asana, sequencing, ethics, practicum. Those lists are useful. They’re also not enough. A syllabus tells students what you’re covering. A...
You can absolutely create your yoga teacher training curriculum from scratch. I did. And I’m deeply grateful I did because the process helped me codify my teaching philosophy and eventually develop the Uplifted Yoga Alignment Method. Would I tell a brand-new...
Starting a yoga teacher training sounds dreamy when you picture the fun parts: deep philosophy conversations, anatomy labs, practice teaching, watching students find their voice. Then someone’s payment fails. Someone needs to defer. A certificate has the wrong...
When I created my first yoga teacher training manual, I did not start with a blank Google Doc and hope divine inspiration would strike. I looked at at least 12 other teacher training manuals. I studied what they went deep on. I noticed what they glossed over. And most...
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...
