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Lessons, stories and interviews designed to help you feel more confident as a yoga teacher. Music used with artist permission: https://johnbartmann.com/faq
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Do you feel like your intuition is guiding you when it comes to how you’re teaching or are you following what you were told or what others are doing? In this episode, you’ll discover ways to listen to your intuition so that you can find the most authentic, easy, confident way to teach your yoga classes. By the end of this episode, you’ll have a clearer idea of the direction you want to go as a teacher, what that looks like and what your first step is to help you get there.
You’ll hear about the 5 Day Confidence Challenge which you can take here:
You’ll also hear about the Yoga Anatomy Accelerator Program, which you can check out here:
Monday Jul 14, 2025
Monday Jul 14, 2025
Are you feeling overworked and underpaid or even one or the other? Catch this episode and discover how to swap that out and instead feel rewarded, balanced and valued. I heard this statement from a yoga teacher recently as a comment on my social media and I used it to query my email list to see if it resonated. I got a bunch of replies and that told me that we’ve got a problem. Feeling overworked and underpaid is self-defeating and energy sucking experience and over time, you’ll grow to resent your classes. So, instead, listen to this episode and you’ll discover how to set your own rate, how to evaluate your teaching schedule so it’s filled with rewarding opportunities and how to get all your planning time back so you drop that feeling of being overworked.
At the end, I share a special offer that goes with this link:
Monday Jul 07, 2025
Monday Jul 07, 2025
In today’s episode, you’ll meet Dr. Jodi Blinco. She is an educator, former yoga studio owner, entrepreneur and leader in higher education. Jodi and I have a spirited conversation about confidence, managing your energy, learning and building a life you love. Listening to this episode, you’ll hear more about:
- Developing your intuition
- Jodi’s work owning and teaching in her yoga studio outside Boston, MA
- Holistic practices she shares with people in a way that makes it easy to access and understand
- The concept of “Performative Polish” and how we can teach our classes in an authentic way
- Grounding practices for yoga teachers
- Mindfulness techniques she shares with people
- Her concept of “Managing your energy ROI,” or “return on investment”
- Using frameworks to build confidence
- Using systems and practices to make life easier.
Learn more about Jodi below:
Dr. Jodi Blinco is a visionary educator, serial entrepreneur, and pioneering leader in higher education. As the Founder of The U School and Vice President of Enrollment Management Consulting at EducationDynamics, Dr. Blinco has spent over two decades at the forefront of innovative training and coaching methods, driving student success, faculty development, and sustainable growth in higher education.
With a Doctorate in Education, a Master's degree in Business, and a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Dr. Blinco's unique blend of academic expertise and business acumen has led to impactful results across various institutions. Her work emphasizes student-centered approaches, personalized learning, and strategic enrollment practices that foster engagement and retention.
Dr. Blinco’s dynamic leadership style and her commitment to empowering educators through training programs have transformed how colleges and universities approach teaching, mentorship, and leadership development. Her workshops and consulting sessions go beyond traditional methods, offering actionable strategies that enhance institutional effectiveness and drive measurable outcomes.
Grounded in a passion for education and innovation, Dr. Blinco’s mission is to inspire meaningful change within higher education, equipping institutions to adapt to the evolving needs of students and the workforce. Her contributions continue to shape the future of learning, fostering environments where both students and educators can thrive.
Find out more and contact Dr. Blinco here:
For the link to The Yoga Anatomy Accelerator Program I shared with you at the start of the episode, click here:
Monday Jun 30, 2025
Monday Jun 30, 2025
When you’re teaching your yoga classes, what’s one feeling you wish you had? If you’re like a lot of yoga teachers that I talk to, you might wish you felt more confident. In this episode, you’ll find out more about how to build your confidence and how shifting your focus might just be one of the keys.
Meet Divya Parekh, an ICF-credentialed executive and leadership coach who helps people connect with their “why” and tap into their confidence. You can read Divya’s full bio below. In this conversation, we talk about the concept of emotional intelligence and how it impacts learning and teaching, mindfulness and it’s impact on decreasing stress and increasing the meaning of what we’re doing, whether it’s relaxing or teaching a yoga class. She shares incredible stories of transformation from the one on one work she does with clients and we discuss the importance of working with a coach to facilitate change and foster insight and growth. We also talk about the epidemic of people comparing themselves to others, fueled by social media and she shares things you can try to decrease the pressure you might feel to keep up with what others are doing.
Learn more about Divya’s background here:
Divya Parekh is an ICF-credentialed executive and leadership coach (PCC) with over 20 years of global impact across academia, biopharma, and corporate leadership. Known for helping leaders and teams connect with their “Why,” Divya empowers clients—from C-suite executives to Gen Z professionals—to lead with purpose and drive meaningful transformation.
https://theconfidentleaders.com/icfcredentialedprogramforcoaches/
Rooted in neuro-leadership and mindfulness, her coaching style blends science and storytelling to build trust, resilience, and results. She has guided thousands across 40+ countries through leadership programs that foster influence, credibility, and high performance.
A trusted coach to Fortune 50 companies and startups alike, Divya is also a Forbes and CEO World contributor and author of several books on leadership, influence, and emotional intelligence. Off the clock, she mentors young women, champions ocean sustainability, and leads with a deep commitment to community impact.
https://theconfidentleaders.com/icfcredentialedprogramforcoaches/
For more information about Karen Fabian, your host:
Monday Jun 23, 2025
Monday Jun 23, 2025
When you hear the word “anatomy,” what feelings come up? If you’re like a lot of yoga teachers, you might feel nervous or you might feel a sense of pressure to “learn anatomy” when your attempts to learn it in the past haven’t given you the results or confidence you need.
Enter Dr. Andrew McGonigle, a yoga teacher with over 20 years of experience in anatomy, in part because he originally thought and trained to be a physician. After having an epiphany that led him to change paths, he found that helping yoga teachers understand anatomy was both his passion and his zone of genius. When you listen to this episode, you’ll see how easy Andrew makes it to understand anatomy and we also take time to share what’s possible for you when you truly understand it.
Andrew shares stories from training yoga teachers and elements of his philosophy on how to balance sharing anatomy in your teaching along with sharing other elements as well.
For Andrew’s bio, see below:
Andrew McGonigle has been studying anatomy for over twenty years, originally training to become a doctor and then moving away from Western medicine to become a yoga teacher, massage therapist and anatomy teacher. He combines his skills and experience to teach anatomy and physiology on Yoga Teacher Training courses internationally and runs his own Yoga Anatomy Online Course. His book Supporting Yoga Students with Common Injuries and Conditions: A Handbook for Yoga Teachers and Trainees was published in March 2021 and his most recent book The Physiology of Yoga was published in June 2022. He lives in Los Angeles with his husband. For more information visit: www.doctor-yogi.com Instagram: @doctoryogi Facebook: @doctoryogiandrew
Links for Andrew:
Instagram link is: https://www.instagram.com/doctoryogi/
Website: https://www.doctor-yogi.com/
Enlightened Yoga Collective membership: https://enlightenedyogacollective.com/
One final thing:
If you’re ready to learn anatomy and you’d like to check out my 4 week accelerated program, see:
Monday Jun 16, 2025
Monday Jun 16, 2025
There’s no denying that yoga is both a physical and mental practice. When people practice yoga, they can experience all sorts of emotions and that may come out in various ways. In this episode, Dr. Lauren Tober and I discuss various scenarios that may come up in your classes and look at them through the lens of mental health, sharing emotions and human behavior. These topics are not often discussed but they can provide an important foundation for yoga teachers when teaching classes.
In this episode, Dr. Tober breaks down the components of mental health into 6 pillars, which are further explored in her book ( link below ). Highlights include the ethics of being a yoga teacher and what’s within our professional scope of practice as well as how yoga can be helpful from a therapeutic perspective. We discuss what it means to create a “safe space” for our students, how to teach a class when a student is doing their own practice ( outside of what you’re teaching ) and other scenarios that may arise.
More about Dr. Lauren Tober:
Dr Lauren Tober is a Clinical Psychologist, Senior Yoga Teacher and Author based in Mullumbimby, Australia. With a deep curiosity in health, healing, happiness and awakening, Lauren integrates the best of western psychology with ancient yogic wisdom, both on and off the mat.
Lauren is the founder of the Yoga Psychology Institute and Mental Health Aware Yoga, the author of Mental Health Aware Yoga Yoga: A Guide for Yoga Teachers, host of the A Grateful Life Podcast and loves teaching yoga teachers about mental health, and health professionals about yoga.
Her work is soulful without being new-agey. It’s evidence-based, without being clinical. It’s authentic, heartfelt and life-changing.
I'll attach a couple of photos you're welcome to use to promote the episode, as well as a copy of my new book - Mental Health Aware Yoga Yoga: A Guide for Yoga Teachers.
People can also download the first chapter of my book for free at www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com/book.
For more about Karen Fabian, visit www.barebonesyoga,.com
For more about how you can learn anatomy for yoga, in an easy step by step way, check out The Yoga Anatomy Accelerator Program:
Wednesday Jun 11, 2025
Wednesday Jun 11, 2025
In my years of working with hundreds of yoga teachers inside my program, I’ve discovered there are several different teacher types. Each has their own unique set of problems but many times, they don’t see it as a problem because there’s a strong belief causing them to keep doing what they’re doing…. even when it feels hard, pressure-filled and blocks them from feeling confident.
In this episode, you’ll hear about a few of these teacher types, the characteristics of each and a starter solution so the you can start to fix the problem. Don’t be surprised if this conversation triggers you a bit; sometimes, when our beliefs get challenged, we get defensive. If you are open minded, curious and looking to find your confidence as a teacher, this episode is for you.
In the show, I talk about The Yoga Anatomy Accelerator Program.
Here is the link:
Monday Jun 09, 2025
Monday Jun 09, 2025
In today’s episode, you’ll meet yoga teacher Reiki Shucart, who runs an in person and online yoga business and is the host of the podcast, “Full Time Yoga Teacher.” You’ll hear her story, how she began teaching yoga and how she build a multi-faceted yoga business. She shares her philosophy as a teacher, shares from her work mentoring yoga teachers and gives perspective on working full time as a yoga teacher.
Listening to this episode will help you:
-See if working as a full time yoga teacher is a good fit for you
-Determine the steps you might take to build a full time yoga business
-Discover the different models of teaching yoga full time
You can find Reika on Instagram @reikayoga
Her website and online yoga studio can be found here:
Find out a little more about Reika here:
Reika Shucart (she/her) is a 500 E-RYT, SmartFLOW-certified yoga teacher, Accessible Yoga Ambassador, and trauma-informed practitioner dedicated to making yoga inclusive, empowering, and purposeful. Born in Nepal and raised in Japan and the U.S., Reika draws from her multicultural background and academic foundation in sociology to offer classes rooted in accessibility, alignment, and intentional living. Her teaching blends functional movement, yoga philosophy, and mindful sequencing to support a wide range of students, from those recovering from injuries to those deepening their practice. Reika has taught internationally, led 200- and 300-hour YTTs, and offers mentorship for new yoga teachers. She believes yoga is a powerful tool for self-exploration, community care, and global awareness.
As an additional link, check out www.barebonesyoga.com for The Yoga Anatomy Accelerator. Use the code words “Podcast Offer” to get a discount for listening to the show!
Monday Jun 02, 2025
Monday Jun 02, 2025
Have you ever wanted to try something different in your classes that would allow you to elevate your teaching to a new level? On today’s show, you’ll discover a new technique that will not only transform you as a teacher but also transform your students. MaKenzie Fly shares a teaching methodology called “Theme Weaving,” and once you hear more about it, you’ll be hooked! MaKenzie not only walks you through the logic behind it; she also shares the huge opportunity for you as a teacher to step beyond teaching from action and start sharing themes that inspire you and will inspire your students.
In this episode you’ll discover:
What theme weaving is from a sequencing perspective
How to begin to experiment with it in your classes
What’s possible for you as a teacher when you challenge yourself to begin to teach in this way
Possible “themes” you can use with this teaching model
How to give yourself the support you might need to get started and move past any feelings of fear around trying it.
Once you listen to the episode, be sure to connect with MaKenzie on Instagram @masteryouryogateaching
MaKenzie also hosts the podcast called “Master Your Yoga Teaching” which you can catch on iTunes or Spotify using this link:
She also mentions in the episode a great resource for teachers on sequencing. Find out more about it here:
At the start of the episode, I share that I have a few spots left in the Yoga Anatomy Accelerator Program. DM me or email me for your discount code. To check out the program, see this link:
Monday May 26, 2025
Monday May 26, 2025
Listen in to a workshop held on May 21, 2025 on the four pillars of confidence teaching.
At the end of the workshop, you’ll hear an offer. Here’s the link: