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Even yoga teachers make mistakes, despite the best of intentions.

This challenging posture is so much more than just a cool shape.

How to take care of one of the body's most critical joints, so you can remain pain-free on and off the mat.

Hands shoulder-distance apart? Check. Lengthen through your back? Done. Here are other prompts to help you heighten your—and your students'—experience in this foundational pose.

5 tips to improve your work-life balance so you can teach what you love—without it taking over your entire existence.

You know what happens to a paper clip when you bend it back and forth too many times? Stop doing the same thing to your body.

Looking to help yourself (or your students) slow down and shift perspective? Try this comprehensive list of ways to say rest, melt, observe, allow, surrender... you get the idea.

Time to break out of your sequencing rut.

From nonstop talking to arriving late or even adjusting other students—yoga teachers have seen all sorts of class disruptions. Here’s how to handle them.

“Going deeper” into your pose has nothing to do with how it looks.

The answer is simple.

Sometimes doing what you most love can leave you exhausted. Here's how to lead others through their practice without debilitating yourself.

How you engage your feet during asana practice is important for the health of your tootsies—and for establishing more balanced postures.

When the standard alternatives don’t feel right, try these instead.

There's more to sequencing the final resting pose than putting it at the end of class. Here's how to ensure your students are set up to find their calm.

If you've ever silently cursed as your teacher started to cue Eagle Pose, you're not alone. Here's how to make it a lot more tolerable—and doable.

Whether you're an experienced teacher or have yet to teach a class, here's what you can do to set yourself—and your students—up for the best experience possible.

For the founder of Accessible Yoga, “anyone can do yoga” isn’t a slogan—it’s a lifelong mission.

Gratitude flows feeling tired? Try one of these alternatives.

"Lost" by David Wagoner speaks to finding belonging and interconnectedness when stepping into stillness.

We trust our breath to keep us alive, to help us through panic or pain, and support our meditation and yoga practices. But that’s not all it can do. Here's how your body moves with your breath.

The way you move your shoulder joint is important for avoiding injury. Physical therapist and certified yoga therapist Rachel Krentzman breaks down how this commonly used cue can be dangerous—and tells you what to do instead.

The prop you never even knew you needed can transform how you (and your students) find alignment.

Some teachers are naturally eloquent; others have to cultivate their voice with practice—and these tips.

These tips and tricks will make your resume stand out. Plus, a sample template you can use to get started.

Retreats build your business and give you the potential to examine your inner truths, while spending quality time with kindred spirits. What are you waiting for?

Marketing yourself can feel downright unyogic, but it is possible to do it authentically—starting with your website.

There's no magic formula, but these tips and strategies will help you identify a price that you are comfortable charging.

The trade off in cost is definitely worth your peace of mind.

You just finished your YTT. Here's how to stand out from the crowd to build—and keep—a strong student following.

The practical, open approach is designed to develop self-responsibility, self-regulation, and self-awareness.

Even if your teacher shares a profound insight in the moment you needed to hear it, it's important to remember that they are still human.

Being upside down can shift how we view the world—literally and figuratively.

To demo or not to demo? These tips will help you discern which online teaching approach works best for you and your students.

The learning doesn't end with YTT. These tips help you get past your newness and nervousness.

Blocks, straps, and blankets have a place in everyone's practice. Here's how to use them to find better alignment in 5 common poses.

Avoid these commonly used (and misused) phrases—and replace them with these better ones.

After you've made sure your student wants to be touched, follow these hands-on assist upgrades.

You've got your YTT. Now what?

Six essential tips to build teaching confidence.

Demonstrate the meaning of balance by unpacking three key concepts with your students.

Many yoga instructors tell students to “anchor the sitting bones” in seated twists. But the key to healthy twisting is moving your pelvis.

Check out Ellen O'Brien's author page.

Considering a next-level training to deepen your practice or expand your teaching skills? Here's what you need to know.

Whether you're taking a bilingual class or teaching it—there's so much to gain from stretching your brain along with your muscles.

Yes, your home practice is for you, but it can also improve your teaching. Here's how.

Encourage ease in your hips.

When you're teaching multiple classes each week, writing sequences, creating curriculum, and managing your careers, your home yoga practice might slip through the cracks. Here's why you shouldn't let it.

Here's how to design a flow that explores the ideas of practice and non-attachment, culminating in Handstand.

Each posture in this mini-sequence targets a specific action while building toward the main pose, Virbhadrasana III.

The word “flexibility” is often associated with yoga. But what does it mean to be flexible? In this four-week online course, Anatomy Trains founder Tom Myers walks you through the latest science on stretching.

Two yoga luminaries discuss whether you can teach yoga without discussing the roots of the practice.

Sit-ups are one of the least effective ways to strengthen the core.

These five poses help your students prepare for Tree Pose. Here's how to put them together.

Mapping out what you want to teach and how you're going to do it sets you—and your students—up for success.

From making the practice more accessible to forcing the community to slow down and reflect, there might just be a silver lining to the toll the past year has taken on our mental and physical health.

The yoga community has seen more than its share of guru downfalls in recent history. But what do we do about it?

Observing your students will make you a more effective teacher. These practices will help you reflect what you see so that you can offer clear and compassionate feedback.

Top yoga teachers share the creative ways they guide their students to achieve proper alignment in their postures—even through a computer screen.

How to build a class your students will love.

The key is balancing all that stretching with strengthening exercises.

It can be tempting to lean into your ideas of who you think you are—or who you think you should be—as a yoga teacher. But there's a better way.

Many yoga teachers and students find Down Dog uncomfortable because they hold a fundamentally flawed understanding of how the shoulder joint moves.

While yoga isn’t about becoming more flexible, having a good understanding of what flexibility is, and why it’s important, can take your practice to the next level.

There are many upsides to virtual yoga teacher trainings. Here, top instructors dish on how to make your online programs shine.

Is now the right time to do a 200-hour yoga teacher training?

The vast majority of us tend to adopt this shoulders-hunched, neck-craned-forward posture regularly throughout our day thanks to our desk-bound jobs. Learn how yoga can reverse its effects.

Yoga leaders discuss the explosion of teacher training programs over the last decade, the pros and cons for students, and alternate models for students who wish to deepen their practice.

Six teachers share how they've found success and connection when teaching in the virtual world.

Develop your song-selection savvy to create a yoga music playlist to pair perfectly with your favorite sequence.

Making your trainings, classes, and workshops more accessible is a good thing. But before you spread the word, know there’s much more to the process. We asked the experts for guidance.

Your teacher might use these cues all the time—and they could be causing a lot of harm.

Forget YouTube, TikTok and IG Reels are a new hub for yoga—a space to learn, laugh, and connect with the community. Here’s how 10 teachers are using these new platforms to spread their yoga knowledge and inspirational messages.

Jivana Heyman, author of Accessible Yoga, explains how it's important to adapt a pose to the person instead of the other way around.

Use scribing to enhance your teaching for yourself and your students.

Thought leaders in the yoga industry discuss the benefits and drawbacks of streaming yoga classes. Plus, find helpful tips for giving a great one.

During these difficult times, many teachers are offering donation-based or sliding scale classes. Here are some guidelines to help you support your community, while also taking care of your personal financial needs.

Expecting everyone to relax the same way is like expecting everyone to do postures without variations, props, or individual adjustments.

How to protect your knees during your practice.