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Yoga to Connect with Feminine Energy: 5 Transformative Practices
Embrace your feminine energy and access YOUR inner balance with five powerful yoga practices for embodying feminine energy.
Yoga to Connect with Your Heart: 3 Poses for Emotional Balance
Find emotional equilibrium and deepen your heart connection with transformative yoga to connect with the heart.
How Somatic Yoga for Anxiety Can Help You Find Calm and Balance
Unlock the healing power of somatic yoga for anxiety through gentle, mindful movements that reduce stress.
Somatic Stress Release Techniques for Emotional Balance
Reclaim emotional balance and relieve chronic stress with the mindful practices of somatic stress release.
Progressive Muscle Relaxation Meets Yoga for Deep Sleep
Unwind with yoga and progressive muscle relaxation techniques to release tension and improve sleep.
What Is The Ultimate Best Non-Slip Yoga Mat? Here Are My Top 3 Picks
Everyone is looking for a non-slip yoga mat, but which is actually the best? Here are my top 3 picks for durability, slip resistant, eco-friendly stick mat options.
5 Somatic Hip Exercises For Beginners
These somatic hip exercises help release trauma, stress, and other stagnant energy.
Crystals For Chakras: Unlock Your Energy and Balance
Learn how to use crystals for chakras to heal and open your chakra energy flow!
How To Relieve Myofascial Pain with Yoga: Heal and Prevent Muscle Tension
Support your body’s natural healing with yoga to relieve myofascial pain and ease muscle tension.
Somatic Energy Healing: Techniques to Realign and Restore Balance
Explore somatic energy healing and learn how to release stored energy, heal trauma, and enhance your body-mind connection.
Myofascial Release Yoga: Unlock Tension and Improve Flexibility
Discover how myofascial release yoga can relieve tension and boost flexibility, with included yoga poses to help you feel more at ease.
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!
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
Types Of Life Coaches: How To Choose Your Life Coaching Niche
Are you a newly certified life coach and not sure what direction you want to go in or who you want to serve? Did you know that there are dozens of different types of life coaches that will work with any specific area of a person’s life? Let me give you a list of the...
20 Awesome Ways To Make Money As A Yoga Instructor
There seems to be a common theme among yogis…. …at a certain point in their journey, passion for the practice grows. They see how great yoga is for their own health and well-being and they feel like they want to share it with others. Perhaps teaching is on the...
Life Coach Marketing: A Comprehensive Guide For Long-Term Growth
So, you are certified to be a life coach, marketing coach, relationship coach, etc. You have set up your online business accounts. You have gained a little bit of a following. Now, you are ready to start marketing and develop a life coach marketing plan. Life Coach...
Yoga Alliance
Am I Qualified to Teach After Taking a 200 Hour YTT?
So, you're interested taking a yoga teacher training (yay!!)? Even if you're more than ready to dive into your YTT, you may still be wondering ... is 200 hours enough to teach yoga? As an expert teacher-trainer who has graduated thousands of students just like you,...
How to Upgrade Your Yoga Alliance Certification Designation to 300 / 500 RYT
Hey, graduate! You just finished your 300 / 500 hour RYT, freshly aglow with wisdom and energy to share with students. Before you continue your teaching journey, make sure to upgrade your Yoga Alliance certification designation to 300 / 500 RYT. This post will show...
How to Register Your YTT Certificate With Yoga Alliance (With Photos)
So you're officially a yoga instructor, yay! Now it's time to get out there and start teaching yoga. For many, that means registering your certificate with Yoga Alliance. While I'm writing this for my students who will be registering their YTT certificates with Yoga...
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.
Yoga By Benefit
Find the yoga sequence right for you.
Wise Woman Archetype: Characteristics & Challenges
Unlock the wisdom of the Wise Woman archetype and discover how to embody her intuitive insight, profound strength, and deep knowledge in your own life.
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.
Yoga Philosophy
Learn yogic philosophy, practices, and postures for a deep dive into traditional yoga.
Pranayama
10 Essential Types of Pranayama Breathing Techniques That You MUST Know
Breathing is part of our autonomic nervous system, the very basis by which our bodies survive… …so obviously we know it’s important. But many people might not know just how powerful it can be. The very act of inhalation and exhalation can help control your blood...
3 Tips to Master Ujjayi Breath (An Ancient Yogic Breathing Technique)
You know those yogic breathing exercises that your yoga instructor always talks about? Well, there's a big reason why they're incorporated into every yoga class. In fact, they are just as important as the 'yoga' that you're doing. It's true. Pranayama breathing is one...
6 Breathing Techniques for Stress and Anxiety Relief (That You Can Do Right Now)
Ever feel stressed or anxious? Yea, me too. While we may not be able to eliminate stress in our lives, we can learn how to respond to it more effectively. For me, one of the most direct ways to stay centered during times of stress and anxiety is by working with my...
Meditation
The Power of Humee Hum Brahm Hum Mantra for Connection and Healing
To be human can be hard and you may find yourself at times feeling alone or isolated as you navigate tough choices and experiences. In times of stress like these, I find that my yoga practice, and especially chanting mantras, can guide me back to a place of grace and...
The Sa Re Sa Sa Mantra: Connecting Breath, Light, and Creativity
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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....
Prenatal Yoga
Home Birth vs Hospital Birth: Which is More Yogic?
Congratulations, you're having a baby! Now is the time for questions that lead to research that leads to... TA-DA! More questions. I've been there! You're probably here because you're caught between two worlds; you're considering a home birth, but you're not sure if...
Pregnant? To Teach or Not To Teach
Congratulations! You're pregnant! Your heart is probably overflowing with the joy of motherhood! ....Aaaaaand your mind is probably filled with at least a few oh crap types of thoughts as you embark on the most epic 40-week rollercoaster ride of your life!...
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...