Teaching Yoga

An exploration and explanation of the good, the bad, the confusing, and the just plain hilarious.

When your student feels out of balance, here's what you can do to keep them safe.

Tips for helping someone who becomes sick in class.

Because you shouldn't have to suffer through class.

And how to fix them.

It's so simple.

A yoga teacher shares how she intuits subtle physical and emotional revelations before class has even begun.

Whether you've just graduated yoga teacher training or have been leading classes for years, you still need to practice in order to evolve. Here's how.

Feeling a little anxious? Here's what you need to know to stay calm and collected.

You don’t necessarily get rid of fear. But you can learn how to overcome it. Instagram's @upsidedownmama explains.

This language misstep can have a tremendous effect on your students' practice.

A full-time yoga teacher trainer explains why the thing that everyone seems to worry about actually isn't a concern at all.

Some lessons come only with experience. But there are other universal truths that can be useful to know sooner rather than later. (Also, humor helps.) Jack Workman explains.

“Action Hiro” Landazuri shares his Body Smart Yoga, focusing on muscle sensations and effort over the endgame of a pose.

The narrative of a powerful class lies not just in the postures, but also in the progression. Here's how to honor those in-between moments.

You cannot make everyone happy, nor should you try.

Because there's more to life than hip openers.

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

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

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.

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.

Approaching this classic asana in a new way can make you keenly aware of your alignment—and help you break free of your 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.

Ever find that a standard alternative to a pose still doesn't feel right in your body? These accessible options will change that.

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.

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?

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.

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.

You've got your YTT. Now what?

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Plus, why it’s a critical step in making the practice accessible and welcoming

A growing coalition of nearly 2,000 CorePower Yoga instructors have signed a petition demanding better pay and benefits as well as putting an end to the company’s alleged history of racial discrimination.

Keep calm, troubleshoot tech, and teach on: Here's what yoga teachers are leaning on for their classes, trainings, online courses, and community conversations, so you can build something that lasts beyond the pandemic.

How one man's practice freed his Black masculinity.

We look at what diversity, equity, job security, and teaching could look like in a post-COVID era.

Unionize Yoga—the first-ever yoga teachers’ union—reaches a severance agreement with major studio chain YogaWorks.

Mudras are ancient symbolic seals that may hold the key to deepening your connection to your yoga practice. Yoga mudra has a deep history within the practice.

The decision to close the four remaining New York locations effective April 19 highlights the uncertainty facing yoga teachers, especially during the coronavirus pandemic.

With cancelled events and a real fear of losing income, here are 10 things you can do to keep teaching, contribute to collective health, and feel better about the future during the coronavirus pandemic.

Jana Long’s top six tips for leading a class with adults over 60.

Nicole Cardoza is making the world a little bit nicer by bringing yoga to kids in schools and altering the face of wellness.

These yoga teachers are using their platforms to give back to the community in necessary and inspiring ways.

Transformation Yoga Project leads trauma-informed yoga and mindfulness classes in Philadelphia addiction treatment centers and prisons.

There are new standards for registered yoga schools and teachers. Here’s what’s changing.

Teachers, researchers, scholars, and activists weigh in on modern yoga and how we might practice with more integrity and respect.

On our path to healing, we can seek to practice without as much appropriation. Here’s how.

Yoga and Buddhism teacher Jacoby Ballard shares thoughts on travel and how the compassion and generosity that a yoga practice fosters can help create peace, regardless of where you roll out your mat. You don’t have to go far to feel connected to the world.

Do what you love and you never work a day in your life? More like do you what you love and you will work every day! Here’s how not to burn out.

After one yogi took her 200-hour yoga teacher training, she decided to volunteer at a senior citizen home instead of finding a paid job teaching yoga. Here’s how it’s changed her practice—and her outlook on life.

Combining asana and Tibetan Buddhism, the founder of OM Yoga Center gives us a glimpse into how she sequences slow flow vinyasa classes with a contemplative touch.

Celebrating five years of service, the nonprofit Exhale to Inhale brings free, trauma-informed yoga classes to rape crisis centers and domestic violence shelters in New York and California.

The right name can mean the difference between a small turnout and a well-attended class. Here’s how to choose the best name for the yoga class you’re offering.

Wish you could jump inside the mind of a master teacher as she designs a sequence? Here, this teacher’s teacher gives us a look at how she created a SmartFLOW sequence to help you keep your hips free and your spine healthy—both on and off the mat.

Yoga Journal set out to talk to some of today’s preeminent voices in Western yoga about leadership in yoga—what it looks like, how it has evolved (or devolved), and what the yoga community needs right now.

David Lipsius, the former president and CEO of Yoga Alliance, shares his thoughts on what it takes to be a leader in the yoga community.

One yoga teacher weighs in on why you should bring up the challenges we’re all facing out in the world—think wildfires, news of sexual misconduct, political unrest, the list goes on—in your yoga classes.