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Published on March 3, 2026 7:07 am When I completed my yoga teacher training over a decade ago, teaching opportunities were easy to find. Studios and gyms had such full schedules that there was a near-constant need to add more teachers to the sub-list. Those days seem to have come to an end. Fewer personal […]
There are some things happening that are not yoga. (Photo: Freepik and Canva; designed by Renee Marie Schettler) Published on February 27, 2026 7:07 am We talk about it a lot in yoga ahimsathe concept of non-violence. We talk less about his quieter brother or sister, levelthe practice of not stealing. But in today’s yoga […]
Published on February 24, 2026 8:08 am For years, I quietly assumed that the best yoga teachers were the ones who could effortlessly work a room and make the class feel like a social event. I’m introverted. If you’re like me, that means you may have spent much of your career in yoga assuming that […]
Sometimes silence is overrated. (Photo: Getty Images) Updated February 16, 2026 12:46 PM Every Sunday morning for the past seven years, I walked into a noisy room full of students to teach a heated vinyasa class. Noisy as in the dressing room, festive night out, noisy at restaurant level. It is far from peaceful shalas […]
Teachers, I’ve been there. Here’s how I navigate through it. (Photo: Binik | Getty; Canva) Updated February 12, 2026, 8:00 AM A few weeks ago I went to the same studio three times in one week. Three different vinyasa teachers. Three different classes. And guess what? Every teacher taught almost the same sequence. Different voices. […]
Here’s what changed when I started making playlists my way. (Photo: Courtesy of Anaiz Ochoa at Sweatshop Central in Phoenix; Canva) Updated February 11, 2026, 11:12 am I vividly remember watching it Saved by the bell as a little girl and drawn to the character of Zack Morris. However, my grandfather Tati repeatedly mentioned AC […]
Published on January 30, 2026 1:58 PM It started with a petition. Posted online in December 2025 via MoveOn.orgthe petition claimed that the national studio chain CorePower Yoga paid unfair wages and inadequately cleaned his studios. It was written by a CorePower instructor, Dani, who asked that her last name not be shared for fear […]
Published on January 30, 2026 1:33 PM Last week, the Saturday morning class at Yess Yoga on 26th Street in Minneapolis started like any other. But as the 8:30 a.m. class neared the end of the hour and the students settled quietly into Savasana, the teacher quietly uttered, “Oh no, oh no, oh no.” She […]
Here’s how to overcome the constant dialogue that’s probably happening in your head. Woman in yoga class in studio in low lunge pose (Photo: Thomas Barwick | Getty) Published on January 25, 2026 7:34 am When I started teaching yoga, every time I took someone else’s class I had a full-blown ego trip. Instead of […]
Updated January 22, 2026, 8:26 AM As yoga teachers, we sometimes doubt our ability to adequately share the practice. We worry that we are not strong enough, flexible enough, spiritual enough, articulate enough, wise enough, popular enough, creative enough, or [fill in the blank] enough to share what we know. Yet for some of us […]
