Conversations for Yoga Teachers

Feeling confident and like teaching yoga is easy and natural isn't about trying to control everything that happens in your classes. But often, teachers try to do that because they think some things are theirs to control when they’re really not. 

In this episode, I'm sharing 6 essentials that can help you become a more confident, intentional yoga teacher while letting go of the worry and pressure around the things you can't control.

We'll talk about creating a signature sequence, understanding the cues you share, learning the essentials of anatomy, adopting a walk-and-talk teaching style, shifting from attachment to agency, and finding a grounded approach to yoga philosophy.

You'll also discover how to focus your energy on what matters most: understanding what you're teaching, knowing why you're teaching it, and taking responsibility for your own growth as a teacher.

Resources mentioned in this episode are: 

“I don’t teach that in my classes because my students can’t do it.”

I hear teachers say this all the time. But how do you actually know what people can and can’t do?

In this episode, I take a deeper look at the assumptions that can sit behind this belief—from our own experiences and limitations, to assumptions about older, newer, or deconditioned students, to things we’ve simply been told by other teachers.

We’ll also look at the fear that offering a challenging movement might somehow put our students at risk, and how our attachment to having students “do it right” can actually get in the way of teaching objectively.

Using High-to-low push-up as an example, you’ll discover why understanding anatomy changes the way you teach. When you understand what a movement is asking the body to do, you can observe what’s actually happening, offer modifications and useful cues, and help students develop the strength and skill they need to progress.

Because sometimes, when we decide a student “can’t do it,” we’re actually denying them the opportunity to discover what they can do.

And this is one of the reasons learning anatomy is so important for yoga teachers. It’s not about memorizing muscles and bones, it’s more about filling in the knowledge gaps so that you can trust what you teach. 

You’ll hear more about this in the episode and here it is: 

Download my free guide, 10 Key Steps to Learning Anatomy: 

What happens when the way you want to teach is different from the way you were trained to teach?

In this episode, I’m exploring the tension between following the script and actually responding to the people in front of you. We’ll use Child’s Pose as a case study: a pose we’re often told is restful and accessible, yet one that can be surprisingly uncomfortable for many people. What happens when teachers can see that discomfort but don’t have the anatomical understanding or tools to know what to do about it?

This is a conversation about moving beyond memorized cues, learning to observe what’s actually happening, and developing the confidence to teach from understanding rather than simply repeating what we were taught.

Many yoga teachers learn cues by hearing them in teacher training, taking classes or watching other teachers. But when you don’t understand the WHY behind a cue, it can be hard to trust what you’re saying—or know what to do when a student is out of alignment. 

In this episode, I’ll walk you through a simple framework for creating cues from an understanding of anatomy rather than relying on memorization.

We’ll look at how to start with the pose, identify the major joint movements, determine which muscles are creating those movements and then turn that understanding into something you can actually say to your students.

I’ll also share my 3 action cues + 1 anatomy cue approach and explain why I always say, “Say the cue, see what they do.”

Because the goal isn’t to memorize more cues. It’s to understand the WHY behind what you say so you can adjust, reframe and teach in your own voice.

That’s how you begin to trust your cues—and trust what you teach.

Have you ever walked into teach your class, started teaching and something triggered you to feel nervous or anxious?

In this episode, we’ll talk about why this can happen even after you’ve completed your 200-hour teacher training and feel like you “should” be getting it by now.  I’ll share how overcomplicated sequences, complex cues and the pressure to please or take care of your students can make teaching feel harder than it needs to be.

You’ll learn simple strategies to help you stay grounded, including using a signature sequence, simplifying your cueing with action cues, and what to do in the moment when anxiety starts to take over.

Trusting yourself as a yoga teacher doesn’t mean you’ll never feel nervous. It means having a clear approach you can rely on when you do.

Here’s a download on how to create a Signature Sequence: 

If you've been following my Anatomy Breakdown videos on social media this summer and loving the format and content, this short bonus episode is for you.

I'm sharing why those videos inspired something new I'm launching this September (2026)—and why learning how to think through movement is far more valuable than memorizing anatomy or repeating cues.

In this special announcement episode, I’m sharing a new way for you to up level your confidence- it’s called September Sessions, a new series of Live Teaching Labs designed to help you learn how to apply anatomy to movement without having to memorize anatomy or feel like you’re just repeating what you were told in teacher training. 

You can discover the exciting details in the episode and of course, you’ll need the link to the Yoga Anatomy Accelerator which you can find here: